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Data Science Challenges
Real data-science projects and challenges on Ewance — clean messy datasets, build and evaluate models, and turn raw data into decisions the way a working data scientist does. Solve them to build a portfolio of verified, recruiter-checkable proof you can do the work — not just describe it.
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- ResearchIntermediateNew
Evaluate a Knowledge-Graph-Augmented Recommender
You receive permission to use the public MovieLens 1M dataset plus a derived item-KG (movie -> genre, director, decade) built from Wikidata. Train two recommenders: a matrix-fac…
- Knowledge Graph Embeddings
- Recommender Systems
- Benchmarking
Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Web - CodeIntermediateNew
Multi-Turn Dialogue Manager for a Banking Assistant
You receive a transcript dataset of 200 conversations (human-tagged with intent, slot values, and required outcome), a list of 8 supported intents, and tool stubs for 3 backend …
- Dialogue Management
- Intent Classification
- Slot Filling
Question Answering and Conversational Systems - ResearchSeniorNew
Certify Robustness for a Medical-Imaging Classifier
You receive the classifier (a PyTorch ResNet variant) and a 4,000-image labeled validation slice. Apply randomized smoothing (Cohen et al.) at sigma in {0.25, 0.5, 1.0}. Report …
- Certified Robustness
- Randomized Smoothing
- Formal Verification
Trustworthy AI, Robustness, and Safety - CodeFoundationalNew
Build a Best-First Search Solver for a Delivery Startup's Test Lab
Build a Python module exposing uniform-cost search and A-star search on a 2D grid with weighted cells (open road, traffic, no-go). Implement two admissible heuristics for A-star…
- Search Algorithms
- Heuristic Design
- Python Or Javascript
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Practice your coursework on real scenarios.
Every challenge is shaped from real industry context — not generic exercises. The work mirrors what your degree prepares you for.
Why Ewance
- 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
Statistical Machine Learning - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Map a Healthtech Startup's Triage Bot to the EU AI Regulation
Read the EU AI Regulation's Annex III (high-risk areas) carefully. Classify the triage bot's components and explain whether the system is high-risk; if so, enumerate the applica…
- Regulatory Analysis
- Ai Governance Frameworks
- Risk Mapping
AI Law, Policy, and Regulation - CodeIntermediateNew
Build a Multilingual Customer-Email Classifier
You receive 28,000 labeled emails (skewed toward English and Mandarin). Try at least two approaches: (1) a fine-tuned multilingual transformer (XLM-RoBERTa or mDeBERTa) and (2) …
- Text Classification
- Multilingual NLP
- Hugging Face Transformers
Natural Language Processing - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Run a Pre-Deployment Fairness + Drift Audit on a Hiring Model
You receive a trained classifier (joblib), the training data sample, and a held-out 'next-month' evaluation set. Compute group fairness metrics (false-positive-rate gap, true-po…
- Fairness Metrics
- Drift Detection
- Bias Mitigation
Machine Learning in Practice - Browse challenges
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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
Network Analysis for Influencer Marketing Campaign
You are a social media analyst at TaskFlow. Using the Twitter API, collect data on at least 200 accounts related to project management and tech leadership (e.g., tweets, followe…
- Network Analysis
- Twitter API
- Influencer Identification
Social Media and Web Analytics - DesignBeginnerNew
Conversational UI for a Personal-Finance Assistant
You will work from 4 scripted scenarios: 'how much did I spend on coffee last month', 'why did my rent payment fail', 'help me set up an emergency fund', and an out-of-scope 'is…
- Conversational Ui
- Dialogue Design
- Trust Design
Question Answering and Conversational Systems - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Optimizing Ad Spend for a D2C Cosmetics Brand
You are a data analyst at Glow & Grow. Using the provided dataset (simulated), perform an exploratory data analysis to understand trends in ad performance. Build a regression mo…
- Data Analysis
- Regression
- Data Visualization
Data Analytics for Business - CodeSeniorNew
Fuse Camera + Audio Cues for an Autonomous-Vehicle Edge Case
You receive a curated dataset of 4,000 short clips (5s each), each with synchronized 8-camera 360-degree video, 4-channel audio, and labels (siren-active emergency vehicle prese…
- Multimodal Perception
- Neural Networks
- Audio Processing
Machine Perception 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
Cost-Optimize a Large-Scale Spark Job for an Ad-Tech Platform
You receive the Spark job source (PySpark), the EMR cluster config, and 5 nights of job-history JSON. Profile the job with the Spark UI + EMR metrics, identify the top 3 cost dr…
- Spark Optimization
- Cloud Services
- Cost Engineering
Cloud Computing for Data and ML - CodeIntermediateNew
Fine-Tune a 3B Open-Weight Model for Customer Support Triage
You receive 40,000 anonymized labelled support tickets across 18 categories. Fine-tune a 3B open-weight model using parameter-efficient fine-tuning (LoRA) for the classification…
- Fine Tuning
- Open Weight Llms
- Classification
Large Language Models - CodeIntermediateNew
Semantic Parser for an Enterprise Analytics Assistant
Define a small typed query language (filter, aggregate, group_by, time_range, metric). Curate or write 200 training examples covering the controlled subset and 50 held-out test …
- Semantic Parsing
- Grammar Design
- Transformer Models
Computational Semantics - 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
Robot Perception and Autonomy - CodeBeginnerNew
Implement a Constraint Solver for a Lisbon Tourism Scheduler
Model the next-week schedule as a CSP: variables are (guide, day, slot) assignments; domains are available routes; constraints encode language requirements, max consecutive tour…
- Constraint Satisfaction
- Backtracking Search
- Python Or Javascript
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - ResearchSeniorNew
Graph Transformer Research Probe for a Drug-Target Predictor
You receive a public drug-target interaction dataset (around 50,000 drug-target pairs with labels and molecular graphs), a strong GIN baseline, and a starter GraphGPS implementa…
- Graph Transformers
- Neural Networks
- Message Passing
Machine Learning on Graphs - CodeIntermediateNew
Build a Multimodal Generation Pipeline for a Tourism Operator
You receive 40 sample 30-second videos shot by tour guides, the operator's brand voice doc, and SEO keyword lists for EN/PT/ES. Build a pipeline that (1) extracts a representati…
- Multimodal Generation
- Vision Language Models
- LLM Inference
Generative AI - CodeIntermediateNew
Quantize a CNN for Battery-Powered Wildlife Cameras at a Climate Nonprofit
You receive an FP32 CNN (MobileNetV2 fine-tuned to 22 species, around 13 MB) and a hold-out test set of 4,000 images. Quantize to int8 (post-training quantization first, then qu…
- Quantization
- Qat
- Edge Deployment
Deep Learning - CodeIntermediateNew
Extract Skills and Roles from Job Postings for a Recruiter Tool
You receive 30,000 anonymized job postings and a labelled 1,000-posting benchmark with (skill, role, seniority) spans. Fine-tune a small token classifier (e.g., DeBERTa-v3-base)…
- Information Extraction
- Token Classification
- Esco Taxonomy
Linguistic Engineering and Language Technologies - CodeBeginnerNew
Calibrate a Multi-Camera Rig for Warehouse Robotics
You will design and prototype a calibration workflow using a printed ChArUco board (a chessboard with embedded ArUco markers). You receive a sample dataset of 200 raw frames per…
- Camera Calibration
- Multi View Geometry
- Opencv
3D Vision and Multi-View Geometry - StrategyIntermediateNew
Design a Compliance Strategy for an AI Robo-Advisor in the EU
Anchor the work on the published EU AI Regulation risk classification (limited vs. high-risk systems) and the European Securities and Markets Authority guidelines on robo-advice…
- Ai Governance Frameworks
- Regulatory Analysis
- Product Strategy
AI and Quantitative Finance - CodeSeniorNew
Train a Reinforcement-Learning Policy for Drone Obstacle Avoidance
You receive a custom Gymnasium drone-flight environment (provided), a baseline hand-engineered controller, and a target evaluation suite covering 4 obstacle densities. Train a P…
- Reinforcement Learning
- Ppo
- Robotics Simulation
Advanced Robotics
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