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Diagnose, segment, model — turn a real situation into a sharp recommendation.
- AnalysisBeginnerNew
Instruction Set Analysis for an Embedded Workload
Compile all 12 workload programs to both ISAs using the appropriate cross-compiler (GCC with -march=rv32e for RISC-V; provided proprietary toolchain for the in-house ISA). Repor…
- Instruction Sets
- Code Density
- Embedded Systems
Computer Architecture - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Tax-Efficient Legal Form for a Nairobi D2C Cosmetics Startup
Students will receive financial projections for GlowUp Naturals (KES 50 million revenue, KES 35 million expenses, projected growth to KES 200 million in 3 years). They must calc…
- Income Tax
- Corporate Tax
- Trade Tax
Business Taxation - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Refit a Pricing Model for an Insurance Comparison Site
You receive 9 months of quote-impression data (about 14 million events) with about 60 features and click labels. Refit logistic regression with elastic-net regularization plus a…
- Regularized Regression
- Feature Interactions
- Calibration
Statistical Machine Learning - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Behavioral Strategy Audit for a SaaS Scale-Up
You are a behavioral strategy analyst. Review DataSync's recent pricing decisions, sales pipeline reviews, and customer renewal data. Conduct interviews (simulated via provided …
- Behavioral Economics
- Decision Making
- Cognitive Bias
Strategic Foresight and Decision-Making Practice your coursework on real scenarios.
Every challenge is shaped from real-world context — not generic exercises. The work mirrors what your degree prepares you for.
Why Ewance
- AnalysisSeniorNew
Real Options Analysis for Ørsted Offshore Wind Expansion
Construct a base-case DCF for a 1.1 GW US offshore wind project using public assumptions on capex/MW, capacity factor, and PPA pricing. Then layer a real options framework: mode…
- Real Options
- Monte Carlo Simulation
- DCF Modeling
Advanced Corporate Finance - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Technical-Debt Quantification for an Acquired SaaS
Run a static-analysis sweep (SonarQube + custom dependency scripts) and a 4-hour structured walkthrough with the acquired team's 3 senior engineers. Categorize debt into: code-q…
- Technical Debt
- Code Analysis
- Estimation
Software Evolution and Maintenance - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Customer-Segmentation Study for a DTC Subscription Box
Use 18 months of anonymized data: order history, churn events, NPS responses, box-rating data, referral activity, marketing-channel attribution. Engineer features (RFM-style + b…
- Unsupervised Learning
- Python Or Javascript
- Ml Applications
Machine Learning (CS Elective) - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Analyze a Learning-Analytics Dataset for At-Risk Detection
You receive an anonymized dataset of LMS engagement features (logins, assignment submissions, forum posts, video-watch time), grade history, and a binary label for end-of-semest…
- Learning Analytics
- Classification
- Fairness Metrics
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Ship product that solves real user problems. Combine user research, prototyping, and stakeholder alignment to turn ambiguous briefs into measurable wins — the role at the centre of modern software teams.
- AnalysisIntermediateNew
Run a Red-Team Exercise on a Cloud-Native Microservices Platform
Receive a scoped engagement letter (in-scope: 6 microservices and their CI/CD pipelines; out-of-scope: customer-data exfiltration beyond proof-of-access), the architecture diagr…
- Red Team Operations
- Kubernetes Security
- Lateral Movement
Computer Systems Security - AnalysisIntermediateNew
DeFi Lending Protocol Risk Assessment
You are tasked with producing a risk assessment report for the fund's investment committee. Analyze the protocol's smart contract audits (e.g., from Trail of Bits or OpenZeppeli…
- Defi Analysis
- Smart Contract Audit
- Risk Management
Fintech and Digital Finance - AnalysisSeniorNew
Global Value Chain Optimization for a Sustainable Fashion Brand
You are a supply chain strategist at EcoWear. Your task is to map the current value chain, identify bottlenecks and risks, and propose a redesigned configuration. You must evalu…
- Value Chain Analysis
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Sustainability Assessment
International and Global Strategy - AnalysisSeniorNew
Optimizing Renewable Energy Project Finance Model
You are a financial analyst at a renewable energy consultancy. SunPower Iberia has provided detailed cost estimates, PPA terms (20-year fixed price), and local tax incentives. Y…
- Project Finance
- Debt Scheduling
- Irr Npv
Financial Modeling Build a verifiable portfolio.
Submissions become evidence. Reviewers with shipping experience score against a rubric; the result becomes a credential anyone can verify.
Why Ewance
- AnalysisIntermediateNew
Spectral Clustering for Customer Segmentation at a SaaS
Receive a 12,000 customer × 220 feature usage matrix (counts per feature per week, averaged over 12 weeks). Construct a similarity graph (k-nearest-neighbors with k=15, Gaussian…
- Spectral Methods
- Linear Algebra
- Algorithm Analysis
Advanced Algorithms - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Branch Predictor Study for a Cryptocurrency Hashing Library
Profile the hot inner loop with perf record + perf annotate to identify the 5 highest-frequency branches. Measure per-branch mispredict counts using perf counters (BR_MISP_RETIR…
- Branch Prediction
- Performance Counters
- Benchmarking
Computer Architecture - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Demand Forecasting for a New York D2C Cosmetics Brand
You are a forecasting analyst at Glow NYC. Using provided monthly sales data (units sold) for 10 SKUs, develop a time series forecast for the next 3 months. Compare at least two…
- Time Series Analysis
- Forecasting
- Data Visualization
Forecasting for Decision Making - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Pricing Strategy for a Singapore D2C Cosmetics Brand
You are a decision analyst hired by Glow Singapore. The CEO wants to set the launch price for a new vitamin C serum. You have estimates of demand at three price points (S$25, S$…
- Decision Trees
- Sensitivity & Scenario Analysis
- Expected Value
Decision Analysis under Uncertainty - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Profile and Optimize a Virtual-Memory-Heavy Image Pipeline
Receive the Go pipeline source, a representative batch (1,200 photos averaging 12MB each, with 30 outliers over 80MB), and host specs (4-core, 16GB RAM, Linux kernel 5.15). Run …
- Virtual Memory
- Performance Profiling
- Memory Hierarchy
Computer Systems and Organization - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Threat-Model a Patient-Intake Web App for a Telemedicine Startup
Receive the architecture diagram (Next.js front-end, Node.js API, PostgreSQL, S3 for ID-photo uploads, Clerk for auth), the data-flow description for patient intake, and the SOC…
- Threat Modeling
- STRIDE
- Risk Assessment
Introduction to Computer Security - AnalysisFoundationalNew
Sales Force Restructuring for Regional Retail Chain
Your task is to produce a sales force restructuring plan for GreenMart. Deliverables include: (1) an analysis of current sales force performance (using provided sales data), (2)…
- Sales Force Analysis
- Incentive Design
- Training Program Design
Sales Management - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Transfer-Learning Backbone Bake-Off for Retail Product Tagging
You receive 80,000 retail product images tagged with multiple labels from a 250-tag taxonomy. Use each of the three pretrained backbones via two transfer strategies: (1) linear …
- Transfer Learning
- Fine Tuning
- Supervised Learning
Meta-Learning, Transfer Learning, and Multi-Task Learning - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Continuous Delivery Maturity Audit for a Fintech Backend
Collect 8 weeks of deployment data (lead time for changes, deployment frequency, change-failure rate, mean time to restore) per team using their GitHub Actions + Jira + PagerDut…
- Continuous Delivery
- Dora Metrics
- Ci Cd
Agile Methods and Practices - AnalysisSeniorNew
Diagnose Clock Skew in a HFT Order Matching System
Receive anonymized PTP grandmaster + slave logs (nanosecond resolution, 30 days, 3 cabinets) plus a synthetic order-flow generator. Identify the drift pattern (likely candidate:…
- Logical Clocks
- Ptp Time Sync
- Cpp Programming
Distributed Systems - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Hedging Currency Risk for a German Exporter
You are a junior financial analyst at Mittelstand GmbH. The company has a firm order of €10 million from a US client, payable in USD in 6 months, and a £5 million order from a U…
- Currency Hedging
- Derivatives Pricing
- Risk Management
Financial Markets and Institutions - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Streamlining Returns for a Tokyo D2C Cosmetics Startup
Your task is to model the current (as-is) returns process in BPMN, analyze it for inefficiencies, and design a to-be process that automates key steps, reduces handling time by 5…
- Bpmn Modeling
- Process Analysis
- Bottleneck Identification
Business Process Management
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