Overview
What this challenge is about.
Design a Polyhedral Loop-Tiling Strategy for a Tensor DSL. Expert-level challenge in code. Writing production code that solves real engineering problems, ear...
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Design and prototype a polyhedral loop-tiling strategy for a tensor DSL, measured on 8 programs with cache-miss and end-to-end speedup metrics.
This is not a coding exercise. It is the work a software engineer does between a Jira ticket and a merged PR. That distinction matters to every hiring manager who has seen candidates solve LeetCode problems and none who have shipped production code under real constraints.
When you finish, you will have something most graduates do not: a real-world deliverable, verified by Ewance, that you can show to a hiring manager and say "I did this. Here is the proof."
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Apply polyhedral or affine loop-tiling techniques to a real IR
- Reason about cache locality via measured miss rates, not heuristics alone
- Work inside the MLIR ecosystem on a non-trivial pass
- Design and document a tile-size selection heuristic
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Advanced Compilers and Program Optimization
Master · Programming Languages
Strong alignment
This challenge maps to Advanced Compilers and Program Optimization at the Master level. It sharpens the same practical skills your coursework expects — but in a real industry context with actual constraints and deliverables.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Polyhedral Analysis
Apply polyhedral analysis to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Loop Tiling
Apply loop tiling to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Mlir
Apply mlir to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Loop Optimization
Apply loop optimization to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Benchmarking
Apply benchmarking to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Compiler Passes
Apply compiler passes to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles: