AI & Data
Computer Vision Challenges
Computer Vision challenges put you to work teaching machines to see. You'll develop skills in Image Processing and CNN Classification, build pipelines with OpenCV, tackle Object detection and Segmentation, and adapt pretrained models through Transfer learning.
From there you'll handle the harder edges — Custom architectures, 3D vision, Real-time inference, and Computer Graphics — building and deploying vision systems the way applied research teams actually do. Each challenge you solve earns a verified credential you can share with recruiters.
- ResearchSeniorNew
Plan a Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning Strategy for a Big-Tech AI Lab
You will produce (1) a 6-page survey of four PEFT methods (LoRA, adapters, prefix tuning, IA3) with their strengths, weaknesses, and parameter footprints, (2) a one-page decisio…
- Parameter Efficient Fine Tuning
- Transfer Learning
- Fine Tuning
Open coursework - 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
Open coursework - CodeIntermediateNew
Few-Shot Defect Classifier for a Fast-Onboarding Industrial AI Vendor
You receive a multi-customer defect dataset (8 historical customers, 4-6 defect classes each). Treat 6 customers as the meta-training set and 2 as the held-out 'new customer' sc…
- Meta Learning
- Few Shot Learning
- Prototypical Networks
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Revamping Loyalty for a Mexico City D2C Cosmetics Brand
You are hired as a marketing analyst. Analyze Brillo Natural's existing customer data (provided in a simulated dataset) to identify purchase patterns and decision triggers. Prop…
- Consumer Psychology
- Segmentation
- Loyalty Program Design
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Each challenge names the skills it strengthens. Over time, your profile fills with the competences a hiring manager would actually look for.
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- DesignIntermediateNew
Rescue a 3x3 Convolution Accelerator on Zynq UltraScale+
Working only from the materials provided, reach and defend an engineering judgment, then deliver the working accelerator that proves it. Read the engineering case file ('vision-…
- Systemverilog
- Fpga
- Axi Stream
Open coursework - ResearchFoundationalNew
Diagnose GreenBite's Plant-Based Chicken Launch Readiness
Work only from the four items in the provided materials: the GreenBite launch-readiness case file, the draft consumer survey instrument left by the previous analyst, the nationa…
- Survey Design
- Data Analysis
- Consumer Behavior
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Build a Crop-Disease Classifier for a Smallholder Agritech Startup
You receive a curated 22,000-image cassava-disease dataset across 5 classes (4 diseases + healthy) plus a labeled 1,200-image held-out test set. Train a CNN classifier (start wi…
- Image Classification
- Cnn Architectures
- Transfer Learning
Deep Learning for Computer Vision - CodeIntermediateNew
Train an Object Detector for an Autonomous-Forklift Robotics Startup
You receive 12,000 labeled warehouse images (pallets, pedestrians, forklifts) plus a 1,500-image safety-test set heavy on pedestrian edge cases. Train an object detector (YOLOv8…
- Object Detection
- Yolo
- Edge Deployment
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Strategy Analyst
Frame the business question, model the options, build the recommendation. From market sizing to competitive analysis, this role is where strategy consulting meets in-house decision-making.
- ResearchIntermediateNew
Multi-Task Learning for a Healthtech Triage Model
You receive 40,000 anonymized de-identified intake-form records with two labels: urgency tier (4 classes) and routed sub-specialty (12 classes). Train (1) two independent classi…
- Multi Task Learning
- Transfer Learning
- Transformer
Open coursework - 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
- Self Supervised Learning
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Build a Face-Anonymization Tool for a Civic-Tech Newsroom
Use a pretrained face detector (RetinaFace or YOLOv8-face is fine). Build a Python tool with a Gradio or Streamlit UI that: (1) detects faces in an uploaded photo, (2) shows det…
- Object Detection
- Image Processing
- Opencv
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Image-Classification Model for a Quality-Control Line at a Bottling Plant
Train an image classifier on 8,000 labeled bottle images (3 defect classes + 'ok'). Use transfer learning from a pre-trained backbone (EfficientNet-B0 or MobileNetV3) — the line…
- Deep Learning
- Supervised Learning
- Ml Applications
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From brief to credential, in six steps.
Step 01
Browse challenges aligned to your studies.
Step 02
Accept the one that fits your goals.
Step 03
Work through it with AI Copilot guidance.
Step 04
Submit for structured evaluation.
Step 05
Earn a verified credential.
Step 06
Add it to LinkedIn with one click.
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