Computer & Information Sciences
Computer Science Challenges
Real computer-science projects on Ewance — put algorithms, data structures, and systems thinking to work on real-world problems. Solve them to build a portfolio of verified, recruiter-checkable proof you can do the work — not just describe it.
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- CodeIntermediateNew
Dynamic Programming for an IoT Battery Allocator
Read the device spec (32 KB RAM, 200 mAh daily budget, 9 sensing modes with mAh cost and farmer-value scores) and formulate the daily allocation as a 0/1 knapsack DP (dynamic pr…
- Dynamic Programming
- Algorithm Analysis
- C Programming
Algorithm Design and Analysis - CodeBeginnerNew
Shortest-Path Routing for a Bike-Share Operator
Receive the graph (nodes with lat/lon/elevation, edges with length and slope) and 50 origin-destination test pairs. Implement Dijkstra's algorithm with a custom edge-weight func…
- Graph Algorithms
- Dijkstra
- Algorithm Analysis
Algorithm Design and Analysis - CodeFoundationalNew
Optimize a Slow Search Function for a Recipe Marketplace
Receive the current Python function (nested loop over (recipe_title, ingredient_list) pairs), the 400k-row dataset (CSV), and 20 representative queries. Step 1: write up the cur…
- Algorithm Analysis
- Big O
- Data Structures
Algorithm Design and Analysis - CodeIntermediateNew
Build an Interactive D3 Visualization of a Subway Network's On-Time Performance
Use the provided open-data CSV (around 14M arrival records). Design a small-multiples visualization with a horizon-chart encoding for each of 12 lines vs hour-of-day, with inter…
- D3
- Webgl
- Interactive Visualization
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- DesignBeginnerNew
Redesign a Confusing Onboarding Flow for a Habit-Tracker App
Run a heuristic evaluation against Nielsen's 10 heuristics on the current 4-screen flow. Recruit 5 participants from the target persona (millennials in self-improvement habits) …
- User Centered Design
- Usability Testing
- Heuristic Evaluation
Human-Computer Interaction - CodeBeginnerNew
Build a WebGL Product Configurator for an E-Commerce Brand
Take the 3D model (provided as glTF 2.0, around 220K triangles after decimation), a 3-color and 2-hardware texture matrix, and the monogram font (provided). Build a Three.js sce…
- Webgl
- 3d Rendering
- Shading And Lighting
Introduction to Computer Graphics - CodeIntermediateNew
VR Training Simulator for Power-Substation Switching
Receive a real switching procedure (anonymized: 14-step bay isolation), the safety regulation it references, and photos of the live substation bay. Build a Unity 6 + XR Interact…
- Vr Development
- Unity
- Xr Interaction
Virtual and Mixed Reality - CodeIntermediateNew
Reservoir Sampling for a Privacy-Preserving Telemetry Pipeline
Implement Vitter's Algorithm R (and the faster Algorithm L for bonus credit) producing a 90M-event uniform sample per day from a stream of 18B. Add per-key stratification (so lo…
- Reservoir Sampling
- Randomized Algorithms
- Streaming Systems
Randomized Algorithms - Browse challenges
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- CodeIntermediateNew
Randomized Sketch Algorithm for Stream Cardinality
Read the HLL paper (Flajolet et al., 2007) and a sample of 30 minutes of customer trace IDs (around 80M events). Implement HLL from scratch in Go (no library imports). Run bench…
- Randomized Algorithms
- Sketching
- Algorithm Analysis
Advanced Algorithms - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Amortized-Analysis Investigation of a Production Cache
Read the C++ cache source (around 1,800 lines, custom open-addressing with periodic resize-and-rehash). Perform amortized analysis using all three methods (aggregate, accounting…
- Amortized Analysis
- Data Structures
- Algorithm Analysis
Advanced Algorithms - CodeBeginnerNew
Real-Time Data Visualization Dashboard for an IoT Fleet
Build a deck.gl scatterplot layer rendering 38,000 turbine positions on a map base layer. Color-code by status (operational / degraded / offline) updating from a WebSocket strea…
- Webgl
- Gpu Pipeline
- Data Visualization
Introduction to Computer Graphics - CodeIntermediateNew
Bloom Filter Cache to Cut Origin Load at a CDN Edge
Given a target false-positive rate of 1 percent at 200 million keys per shard, compute the optimal bit-array size (m) and hash-function count (k) using the canonical formulas. I…
- Bloom Filters
- Probabilistic Data Structures
- Hash Functions
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- CodeSeniorNew
Physically-Based Path Tracer for a Product Visualization Studio
Build a path tracer in C++ with: ray-triangle and ray-sphere intersection on a BVH (bounding volume hierarchy), Lambertian diffuse and Cook-Torrance GGX specular BRDFs, multiple…
- Physically Based Rendering
- Path Tracing
- Shading And Lighting
Advanced Computer Graphics - DesignIntermediateNew
Prototype an Embedded Dashboard for an EV Charger
Define the 3 user modes (driver: 4 screens, operator: 5 screens, technician: 3 screens) and their entry conditions (NFC card type, PIN, technician key). Build a 12-screen protot…
- Embedded Ui
- Figma
- Framer
User Interface Design and Prototyping - CodeIntermediateNew
Implement Shadow Mapping in a Toy Game Engine
Add a directional-shadow-map render pass to the engine: render the scene depth from the light's perspective into a 2K depth texture, then sample it during the main pass to atten…
- Shading And Lighting
- Gpu Pipeline
- Shadow Mapping
Introduction to Computer Graphics - CodeSeniorNew
Multiplayer Mixed-Reality Training for Aircraft Maintenance
Build a Unity-based prototype supporting 3 concurrent users on Magic Leap 2 (or Quest 3 passthrough as fallback) co-located in the same physical room. Implement: shared anchor f…
- Mixed Reality Applications
- Multiplayer Xr
- Shared Anchors
Virtual and Mixed Reality - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Choose a Hash Table vs Trie for a URL-Shortener Cache
Implement (1) a hash-table cache with linear probing and (2) a compressed trie cache, both with the same eviction policy (LRU). Measure (a) p50/p99 lookup latency, (b) memory fo…
- Hash Tables
- Trie Data Structure
- Benchmarking
Data Structures - DesignIntermediateNew
Design a Multi-Persona Dashboard for a Smart-Building Platform
Run 6 stakeholder interviews (2 per persona) to define jobs-to-be-done per role. Design 3 entry views with persona-specific information hierarchy and a shared component library …
- User Centered Design
- Interaction Design
- Persona Design
Human-Computer Interaction - ResearchBeginnerNew
NP-Completeness Investigation of a Scheduling Feature Request
Read the feature spec (around 30 vets per clinic, around 10 rooms, around 200 appointments per day, vet-skill constraints, room-equipment constraints, customer-time preferences)…
- Np Completeness
- Complexity Theory
- Algorithm Analysis
Algorithm Design and Analysis - CodeIntermediateNew
MinHash Similarity Sketch for a Job-Board Deduplication Pipeline
Implement a MinHash signature generator (128 permutations) over shingled job-posting text (5-gram word shingles). Build an LSH banding index (16 bands of 8 hashes each) tuned fo…
- Minhash
- Locality Sensitive Hashing
- Probabilistic Data Structures
Randomized Algorithms - DesignIntermediateNew
Intelligent Interface Spec for an AI-Assisted Code Review Tool
Audit current AI-surface inconsistencies and map every AI signal to a confidence band (high / medium / speculative / unverified). Design a unified intelligent-interface spec: su…
- Intelligent Interfaces
- Interaction Design
- Hci Research Methods
Advanced Human-Computer Interaction - ResearchBeginnerNew
Designing Comfortable VR Locomotion for a Mobile Game Studio
Build a Unity test harness on Quest 3 with one short forest level and 3 toggleable locomotion modes (smooth with vignette, teleport, dash). Recruit 18 playtesters (mix of VR-exp…
- Vr Development
- Immersive Design
- Usability Testing
Virtual and Mixed Reality - DesignBeginnerNew
Design-System Component Library in Figma for a Travel Brand
Audit the existing app across the 7 squads to inventory every variant of each component (screenshot grid). For the 12 priority components, design canonical variants using Figma …
- Design Systems
- Figma
- Component Libraries
User Interface Design and Prototyping - DesignIntermediateNew
Accessibility-First Redesign of an AR-Based Navigation Feature
Map the current AR navigation feature against EAA 2025 requirements + WCAG 2.2 AA (where applicable to AR). Define 4 disability profiles with specific personas (e.g. low-vision …
- Design For Accessibility
- Interaction Design
- Contextual Inquiry
Advanced Human-Computer Interaction
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