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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.
- ResearchIntermediateNew
Kernel Methods vs. Deep Learning on a Tiny-Data Drug-Discovery Task
You receive (or download) 3 public ADMET datasets from MoleculeNet (e.g., BBBP, Lipophilicity, FreeSolv). For each, train both: (a) a Gaussian process with a Tanimoto kernel ove…
- Kernel Methods
- Gaussian Processes
- Graph Neural Networks
Advanced Machine Learning - CodeIntermediateNew
Gaussian Process Regression for Wind Farm Power Curves
You receive 12 months of 10-minute SCADA data (wind speed, air temperature, power output) for 30 representative turbines, plus the manufacturer's published curve. Fit a GP with …
- Gaussian Processes
- Kernel Methods
- Uncertainty Quantification
Open coursework - 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 - CodeIntermediateNew
Forecasting Model for Online-Game Daily Active Users
Build forecasts at 14-day horizon per region using: (1) classical baseline — SARIMA or Prophet; (2) ML approach — gradient-boosted regressor on engineered features (day-of-week,…
- Supervised Learning
- Time Series Forecasting
- Python Programming
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
- CodeSeniorNew
Triage Brain-CT Stroke Detector with Calibrated Uncertainty
You receive a curated public head-CT dataset (about 2,800 scans, slice-level labels for hemorrhagic stroke) and a held-out 600-scan hospital cohort. Train a 3D CNN or 2.5D slice…
- Medical Imaging
- Convolutional Neural Networks
- Uncertainty Quantification
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Design a Churn-Prediction and Retention Model for TaskFlow
Using the TaskFlow customer dataset and the VP's framing memo (both provided), design and document a churn-prediction model. Perform exploratory analysis to surface patterns and…
- Logistic Regression
- Classification
- Feature Engineering
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Reason about Drone Mission Plans with Probabilistic Logic
Build a small Bayesian network (around 12 nodes) capturing weather, no-fly-zone proximity, battery state, operator certification, and mission risk. Implement exact inference (va…
- Bayesian Networks
- Probabilistic Inference
- Knowledge Representation
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - ResearchSeniorNew
Pretrain a Small Vision Transformer with Self-Supervised Learning
You receive 80,000 unlabeled 224x224 histology tiles plus 4,000 labeled tiles split into train/val/test. Pretrain a ViT-Small using a self-supervised method of your choice (DINO…
- Self Supervised Learning
- Vision Transformers
- Pytorch
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- DesignIntermediateNew
Stand Up a Feature Store for a Series-B Fintech
Pick one priority feature group (recommend the 25 transaction-history features used by the fraud model). Define the offline source-of-truth (likely Snowflake or BigQuery), the o…
- Feature Store
- Feature Engineering
- Airflow
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Predict Catalyst Properties for a Green-Hydrogen Pharma Spinout
Use an open catalyst dataset (e.g., Open Catalyst Project subset, or a Materials Project pull) where each candidate has descriptors and a target activity property. Train a tabul…
- Tabular Modeling
- Uncertainty Quantification
- Feature Engineering
AI for Science and Engineering - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Explain a Credit-Risk Model with SHAP for a Fintech
You receive a trained XGBoost credit-risk model (binary default prediction), the training feature schema (38 features), and a held-out 10,000-sample test set with labels. Comput…
- Shap
- Interpretability
- Fairness Analysis
Explainable and Interpretable AI - CodeBeginnerNew
Build a Credit-Card Fraud Detector for a Singapore Neobank
You receive 9 months of anonymized authorization data (around 8 million transactions, around 0.4 percent fraud) plus current rule outcomes. Split temporally and train at least t…
- Classification Modeling
- Class Imbalance
- Model Calibration
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- CodeSeniorNew
PDE Solver for Subsurface Reservoir Flow
Implement MPFA-O discretization for pressure on a tetrahedral mesh with explicit fault transmissibility (Aavatsmark et al. 2002 formulation). Couple to a temperature equation vi…
- Numerical Pdes
- Finite Volume
- Newton Krylov
Scientific Computing and Numerical Methods - CodeIntermediateNew
Predict Loan Default Risk for a Cross-Border Fintech
You receive 18 months of transactions (around 12M rows) and seller-firmographic data. Define a defensible proxy label for default (e.g., a 60-day chargeback-or-dispute spike com…
- Feature Engineering
- Model Selection
- Model Evaluation
Open coursework - 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 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 - 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 - 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 - CodeBeginnerNew
Reduce Dimensionality on Sensor Streams for a Mid-Cap Robotics OEM
You receive 120 robot-hours of windowed sensor data (5s windows, 240 channels) with labels for normal vs. one of four fault classes. Implement (1) PCA, (2) kernel PCA with an RB…
- Dimensionality Reduction
- Kernel Methods
- Autoencoders
Machine Learning - 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 - CodeBeginnerNew
Predict Subscription Churn for an EdTech Platform
You receive a CSV with about 18,000 student-month rows: features include login frequency, session length, quiz scores, parent app opens, and plan tier. The target is whether the…
- Supervised Learning
- Logistic Regression
- Gradient Boosting
Machine Learning (Undergraduate) - ResearchIntermediateNew
Compare Kernel Methods to Trees on a Genomics Classification Task
You receive a curated benchmark of about 12,000 labeled variants with ~120 numerical + ~40 string features. Fit kernel SVMs (RBF, polynomial, string), random forest, and XGBoost…
- Kernel Methods
- Svm
- Tree Ensembles
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Spectral-Analyze Wearable Sleep Data for a Healthtech Pilot
You receive 30 nights of wearable data per 25 volunteers, with polysomnography-derived ground-truth stages (Wake / NREM / REM). Engineer spectral features (delta, theta, alpha, …
- Spectral Analysis
- Feature Engineering
- Wavelet Analysis
Open coursework - 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
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Browse challenges aligned to your studies.
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Accept the one that fits your goals.
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