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- CodeFoundationalNew
Diagnose and Rebuild a Slow Recipe Search at a Marketplace Startup
Work only from the three items in the provided materials: the current search function, a representative sample of the recipe catalog, and the fixed set of representative queries…
- Algorithm Analysis
- Big O
- Data Structures
Open coursework - CodeFoundationalNew
Parallelize an Image-Processing Pipeline with Data Parallelism
Your analysis task is to take the serial pipeline module and its configuration (provided as 'serial-pipeline-module'), run it against the representative image batch described in…
- Data Parallelism
- Python
- Multiprocessing
Open coursework - CodeFoundationalNew
Swap a List Scan for a Min-Heap in the Dispatcher
Working only from the materials provided, your job is to make the courier-selection logic faster and to show, with evidence, that it actually got faster. First, read the de-iden…
- Heap Data Structure
- Complexity Analysis
- Python
Open coursework - DesignFoundationalNew
Redesign a Vet-Clinic SaaS Database to Third Normal Form
Using the current schema dump and the eight most-common reporting queries provided to you, design a replacement database structure for VetLedger. First, produce an entity-relati…
- Data Modeling
- Normalization
- SQL
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- CodeFoundationalNew
Design and Verify a 7-Segment Roaster-Console Display Controller
Working only from the materials provided, build and verify the controller. Implement the controller per the signal definitions in the microcontroller interface specification (ic…
- Verilog
- Fpga
- Digital Logic
Open coursework - CodeFoundationalNew
Rule-Based Intent Classifier for a Customer-Support Triage Bot
Build a rule-based classifier in Python that runs ordered rules (regex + keyword + simple heuristics) against ticket subject + body. Use a hierarchical rule structure (high-prec…
- Knowledge Representation
- Rule Based Systems
- Python Programming
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (CS Elective) - ResearchFoundationalNew
Requirements Discovery for a Restaurant Inventory App
Conduct 5 semi-structured interviews (45 minutes each) across line cook, kitchen manager, bar manager, store manager, and group operations. Synthesize findings into 5 user perso…
- Requirements Engineering
- User Interviews
- Use Case Modeling
Software Engineering Foundations - DesignFoundationalNew
Stakeholder Workshop on AI Risk for a Public-Sector Pilot
You receive a description of the pilot (24/7 LLM chatbot answering questions on municipal services in Spanish and Catalan). Design a 3-hour workshop for around 25 mixed-stakehol…
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Workshop Design
- Responsible Ai
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StrategyFoundationalNewStrategy Memo on AI in University Assessments
You receive: the current academic-integrity policy, faculty survey data from 320 academic staff, a student survey of 1,800 students, and 3 case studies of how peer universities …
- Education Policy
- Ai Strategy
- Assessment Design
AI in Education and Learning Analytics- CodeFoundationalNew
Build a Best-First Search Solver for a Delivery Startup's Test Lab
Build a Python module exposing uniform-cost search and A-star search on a 2D grid with weighted cells (open road, traffic, no-go). Implement two admissible heuristics for A-star…
- Search Algorithms
- Heuristic Design
- Python
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - DesignFoundationalNew
Build a Tic-Tac-Toe-Style Game Agent for an Edtech Demo
Implement Connect-Four (7-column, 6-row board) in Python plus a minimax agent with alpha-beta pruning, configurable search depth, and a simple heuristic evaluation function for …
- Game Playing Ai
- Minimax
- Alpha Beta Pruning
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - CodeFoundationalNew
Classify Retail Product Photos for an E-Commerce Marketplace
Use a publicly-available product-image dataset (e.g., Fashion-MNIST extended, or a Kaggle e-commerce subset of around 10k images across 12 categories). Fine-tune a small pretrai…
- Image Classification
- Transfer Learning
- Pytorch
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Edge Detection Pipeline for a Manufacturing QA Camera
Use a small provided dataset of around 200 part images under 3 lighting conditions. Build a classical pipeline using OpenCV: grayscale + adaptive thresholding + Canny edge detec…
- Image Processing
- Edge Detection
- Opencv
Computer Vision (Undergraduate) - AnalysisFoundationalNew
Cluster Climate-Tech SMB Customers for a Growth Team
You receive a CSV with company size, industry sub-vertical, country, product features adopted, monthly active users, and lifetime value. Standardize features, decide on a cluste…
- Unsupervised Learning
- Clustering
- Dimensionality Reduction
Machine Learning (Undergraduate) - CodeFoundationalNew
Build a Simple Neural Network to Read Handwritten Postal Codes
You receive a labeled dataset of about 60,000 handwritten digit images (28x28 grayscale) drawn from Indian postal forms. Build two models from scratch in PyTorch: (1) a 2-layer …
- Neural Networks
- Convolutional Neural Networks
- Pytorch
Open coursework - CodeFoundationalNew
Tune a Pick-and-Place Controller for a Cosmetics Co-Packer
You receive 4 hours of logged trajectories from the existing controller (joint positions, target poses, miss/success labels) and read/write access to the controller config (YAML…
- Motion Control
- Trajectory Tuning
- Robot Kinematics
Open coursework - CodeFoundationalNew
Python Data Pipeline for Spotify Listening Trends
Write a Python script (or Jupyter notebook) that reads the provided CSV files (4 weeks of Spotify Top 200 data), cleans inconsistencies (missing artists, duplicate entries, enco…
- Object Oriented Programming
- Data Analytics
- Statistics
Open coursework - StrategyFoundationalNew
Collaborative Market Entry Strategy for a Finnish EdTech Startup
Form a team of 3-4 and assign roles: Market Researcher, Competitive Analyst, Pricing Strategist, Go-to-Market Lead. Conduct market sizing for the DACH language learning market, …
- Business Administration
- Collaborative Work
- Digital Business Models
Open coursework - StrategyFoundationalNew
Digital Revenue Model Canvas for a D2C Fashion Startup
Using the Business Model Canvas framework, analyze the transition from B2B wholesale to D2C e-commerce. Interview the provided stakeholder personas, map the current vs. target b…
- Digital Business Models
- Business Administration
- Online Marketing
Open coursework - AnalysisFoundationalNew
Competitive SEO Audit for a Munich Craft Beer E-Shop
Perform a technical SEO audit using free tools (Google Search Console data provided, Screaming Frog export attached). Analyze site architecture, page speed, mobile usability, me…
- Online Marketing
- Web Development
- Data Analytics
Open coursework - ResearchFoundationalNew
Academic Writing: The Impact of AI on Small Business Marketing
Produce a 3,000-word academic essay following APA 7th edition formatting. Structure: Introduction with clear thesis statement, Literature Review (minimum 8 peer-reviewed sources…
- Academic Writing
- Business Administration
- Online Marketing
Open coursework - AnalysisFoundationalNew
Bookkeeping Reset for a Lisbon Specialty Coffee Roaster
Work only from the transaction log provided as a CSV (the 'Café Atlântico quarterly transaction log'). For each of the roughly 60 to 80 transactions, write a double-entry journa…
- Double Entry Bookkeeping
- Journal Entries
- Trial Balance
Open coursework - ResearchFoundationalNew
Ethical Stress Test of an AI Tutoring Startup
Produce a concise ethical risk register and stakeholder impact analysis grounded in publicly available evidence about AI tutors (e.g., Khanmigo studies, UNESCO AI in education g…
- Risk Assessment
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Ai Ethics
AI, Ethics and Society - DesignFoundationalNew
Design a Kanban Catering Workflow for a Lisbon Bakery Chain
Using the order-flow case file describing how a catering order moves from intake to delivery confirmation, and the sample catering order log provided, design a complete Kanban s…
- Kanban
- Process Mapping
- Wip Limits
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