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Machine Learning Fundamentals Challenges
Machine Learning Fundamentals challenges put you inside the work of turning raw data into models that hold up. You'll develop skills in Supervised Learning, Classification & Regression, and Feature engineering, then validate your work with Train/Test Split and Cross-validation in scikit-learn.
From there you'll handle the harder edges — Hyperparameter tuning, Tree ensembles, Model Calibration, and Model selection under business constraints — moving toward Production model tuning and Feature pipelines the way working ML teams do. Each challenge you solve earns a verified credential you can share with recruiters.
- CodeIntermediateNew
Forecast Intraday FX Volatility for a London Liquidity Desk
You receive 18 months of tick-level mid-quote data for six FX pairs plus a calendar of scheduled macro events. Resample to 1-minute bars, engineer realized-volatility features, …
- Time Series Forecasting
- Feature Engineering
- Model Validation
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Stack Five Models for a Kaggle-Style Forecasting Bake-Off
You receive a pseudonymized dataset of 24 months of daily shipment volumes across about 200 origin-destination lanes plus weather and holiday features. Train 5 base models, use …
- Ensemble Methods
- Time Series Forecasting
- Feature Engineering
Advanced Machine Learning - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Chest-X-Ray Deployment Audit Across Hospital Sites
You receive (1) a vendor-supplied multi-label chest-X-ray classifier, (2) the current single-site held-out evaluation set, (3) a 12,000-image multi-site evaluation set with 14-f…
- Medical Imaging
- Classification
- Model Evaluation
Open coursework - 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 Programming
- Ml Applications
Machine Learning (CS Elective) 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
- CodeIntermediateNew
Build a 30-Day Readmission Risk Model on De-Identified EHR Data
You receive a curated MIMIC-style de-identified EHR cohort (about 28,000 admissions, demographics, comorbidities, labs, prior-admission counts) with 30-day readmission labels. T…
- Ehr Modeling
- Risk Stratification
- Model Calibration
Machine Learning for Healthcare and Biomedicine - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Optimize Hyperparameters with Bayesian Optimization on a Tight Budget
You receive a B2B-SaaS churn dataset (about 12,000 customer-month rows, 38 features) and a fixed sweep budget of 40 trials per model family. Implement a Bayesian optimizer (Optu…
- Bayesian Optimization
- Hyperparameter Tuning
- Ensemble Methods
Advanced Machine Learning - CodeBeginnerNew
Churn-Prediction Model for a B2B Vertical SaaS
Use 18 months of anonymized data (provided) covering: usage events, login frequency, support tickets, NPS responses, billing health, feature adoption, practice firmographics. De…
- Supervised Learning
- Python Programming
- 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
Open coursework - Browse challenges
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- CodeIntermediateNew
Edge-Inference Pipeline for a Smart-Factory Vibration Monitor
Architect a pipeline that runs on an ESP32-S3 + STM32 combo (provided): (1) sample 3-axis accelerometer at 3.2 kHz, (2) compute windowed FFT features on-device every 1s, (3) run…
- Edge Computing
- Embedded Systems
- Sensors And Actuators
Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Predict Equipment Failure for a Wind-Farm Operator
You receive 18 months of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition — the standard turbine telemetry feed) data sampled every 10 minutes from all 240 turbines, with labeled…
- Classification
- Regularized Regression
- Gradient Boosting
Open coursework - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Audit a Sepsis Early-Warning Model for Subgroup Performance
You receive a pre-trained vendor model, the training-data summary, and a held-out hospital-network evaluation set (about 18,000 ICU stays with sepsis labels). Compute AUROC + AU…
- Model Evaluation
- Fairness Metrics
- Model Calibration
Machine Learning for Healthcare and Biomedicine - 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 Build a verifiable portfolio.
Submissions become evidence. Reviewers with shipping experience score against a rubric; the result becomes a credential anyone can verify.
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- CodeBeginnerNew
Tune a Recommender for an EU Streaming Music App
Use the public Last.fm-360k or similar dataset (anonymized listening histories) as a stand-in. Implement a baseline matrix-factorization recommender, then a hybrid that adds tra…
- Recommender Systems
- Feature Engineering
- Model Evaluation
Open coursework - ResearchSeniorNew
Validate a Foundation Model for Protein-Ligand Docking Acceleration
Pick 20 publicly available protein-ligand complexes from the PDBbind dataset (or similar public source). Use a published open-source structural foundation model (e.g., a Boltz-s…
- Foundation Model Evaluation
- Structural Biology
- Model Validation
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Building a Customer Segmentation Tool for a SaaS Scale-up
You are provided with a JSON file containing user data: user_id, total_logins, days_since_last_login, features_used (count), subscription_tier (free/basic/premium). Your task is…
- Python
- Pandas
- Scikit Learn
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Audit Data Quality for a Climate Tech Sensor Network
You receive 30 days of ingested sensor data (around 400 million rows) plus the sensor inventory and known maintenance windows. Define a set of data-quality expectations (null ra…
- Data Quality
- Great Expectations
- Anomaly Detection
Data Engineering and Big Data Systems - CodeIntermediateNew
Forecast Energy Demand for a Nordic Renewable Utility
You receive 5 years of hourly residential-segment demand, hourly weather data (temperature, wind, irradiance), and a calendar of public holidays. Build a probabilistic forecaste…
- Time Series Forecasting
- Probabilistic Modeling
- Feature Engineering
Applied Machine Learning - CodeIntermediateNew
Detect Change Points in a Trading Platform's Latency Telemetry
You receive 90 days of per-millisecond latency telemetry across 12 services, plus an incident log of 14 known regressions and 22 known false-alarm-class events. Implement and tu…
- Change Point Detection
- Anomaly Detection
- Time Series Analysis
Open coursework - DesignBeginnerNew
Detect Sensor Drift for a Field Inspection Robot Fleet
You receive 60 days of telemetry from 12 robots, including IMU readings, camera exposure stats, and the inspection-quality scores produced downstream. Define drift signals (roll…
- Anomaly Detection
- Change Point Detection
- Sensor Fusion
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Cluster a Telco's Subscriber Base for a Pricing Refresh
You receive 12 months of anonymized subscriber-level data: monthly minutes, SMS, mobile data, top-up frequency, top-up amount, churn flag, and tenure. Clean and feature-engineer…
- Clustering
- Feature Engineering
- Exploratory Data Analysis
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery - CodeIntermediateNew
Build an Anomaly-Detection Pipeline for Pharma Cold-Chain Logistics
You receive 18 months of shipment telemetry (around 60,000 shipments, around 12 million sensor readings) plus a hand-labeled set of 1,200 incidents (mix of true excursions, sens…
- Anomaly Detection
- Feature Engineering
- Time Series
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery - CodeIntermediateNew
Build a Real-Time Streaming Pipeline for Card-Fraud Scoring
Using the provided transaction-event sample, the cardholder feature snapshot, the reference scoring service, and the risk team's experiment specification, build a stream-process…
- Stream Processing
- Kafka
- Flink
Open coursework - CodeIntermediateNew
Build a Feature Store Backbone for a Healthtech ML Team
You receive synthetic wearable telemetry (heart rate, accelerometer, sleep stages) for around 5,000 patients across 90 days, plus the existing scattered feature scripts from the…
- Feature Engineering
- Data Modeling
- Python
Data Engineering and Big Data Systems - CodeIntermediateNew
Detect Coordinated Fraud Rings via Link Analysis at a Neobank
You receive 90 days of account, login, and transaction data (around 1.2 million accounts, around 30 million events) plus a labeled set of 80 known fraud rings. Build a multi-rel…
- Graph Analysis
- Community Detection
- Link Analysis
Open coursework
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