Intermediate Challenges
Real-world scenarios at the intermediate level. Earn verified credentials as you practice the work your degree prepares you for.
- CodeIntermediateNew
Design a Force-Controlled Polishing Skill for a Watchmaker
You receive simulated polishing trajectories from the manufacturer's robot, force-sensor logs from 20 master-craftsman demonstrations, and a quality-rubric (mirror finish 1-5) f…
- Impedance Control
- Force Control
- Manipulation
Robotics - CodeIntermediateNew
Build a Neural Surrogate for Computational Fluid Dynamics in HVAC Design
Use a published CFD dataset (e.g., AirfRANS or a small in-house dataset if available) of around 1,000 steady-state airflow simulations on 2D building zones. Train a Fourier Neur…
- Neural Operators
- Surrogate Modeling
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
AI for Science and Engineering - ResearchIntermediateNew
Benchmark Graph-Embedding Methods on a Climate-Network Dataset
You receive a 200M-edge sample of the knowledge graph and a labeled entity-similarity test set (5,000 pairs with relevance labels). Benchmark three methods: a shallow embedding …
- Graph Embeddings
- Graph Neural Networks
- Scalable Ml
Open coursework - StrategyIntermediateNew
Roadmap a Defense Software Supplier from CMMI Level 2 to Level 3
Using only the materials provided to you — the de-identified Level 2 appraisal report (M1), the current-state process documentation snapshot (M2), the pilot baseline dataset for…
- Cmmi
- Process Improvement
- Process Models
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- CodeIntermediateNew
Use Actor-Critic to Auto-Tune a HVAC Control Policy
You receive a Sinergym wrapper around the EnergyPlus model of one floor with 8 thermal zones, weather data for one year, and occupancy schedules. Train a Soft Actor-Critic (SAC,…
- Actor Critic
- Soft Actor Critic
- Continuous Control
Deep Reinforcement Learning - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Architecture Evaluation via ATAM for a Healthcare Platform
Run a 2-phase ATAM (Phase 1: present architecture + elicit quality-attribute goals + analyze approaches; Phase 2: broader stakeholder validation). Capture: business drivers, qua…
- Atam
- Architecture Evaluation
- Quality Attributes
Software Architecture - 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
Open coursework - StrategyIntermediateNew
Recover a Red-RAG Enterprise Implementation Mid-Flight
Pull 7 months of project artifacts (Jira, status reports, change requests, meeting minutes, time-tracking). Interview 6 people across the delivery team + 3 from the client side.…
- Project Recovery
- Estimation
- Scope Management
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Pricing Strategist
Set the price that captures value without leaving sales on the table. Demand modelling, willingness-to-pay research, and the disciplined experimentation that turns pricing into a competitive advantage.
- AnalysisIntermediateNew
ODE Integrator Benchmark for a Pharma PK/PD Pipeline
Use SciPy's solve_ivp + SUNDIALS (via scikit-sundae or diffeqpy) to benchmark: RK45 (baseline), LSODA, BDF (CVODE), Radau, and Rosenbrock. Run on three model classes (insulin-gl…
- Numerical Odes
- Stiff Integrators
- Scientific Python
Scientific Computing and Numerical Methods - StrategyIntermediateNew
Design a Post-Editing Workflow for a Cross-Border Fintech
You will design a 4-stage MTPE workflow: (1) source-content readiness check, (2) MT generation with the existing vendor, (3) post-editing with tier-based effort (light vs. full)…
- Mt Evaluation
- Workflow Design
- Neural Mt
Machine Translation - CodeIntermediateNew
Build a Domain Instruction-Tuning Recipe for a Legal Coach
You will source instruction data from three streams: ~3,000 synthetic paralegal Q&A generated by a frontier model (anonymized prompts), ~1,500 curated examples from public legal…
- Instruction Tuning
- Lora Fine Tuning
- Data Curation
Open coursework - DesignIntermediateNew
Cross-Cultural Merger Negotiation Simulation for a German Auto Parts Supplier
Your task is to create a 2-hour negotiation simulation exercise for 8 participants (4 per team). Design the scenario, roles, confidential instructions, and a debrief guide. The …
- Cross Cultural Negotiation
- Simulation Design
- Conflict Resolution
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Containerized Model Inference on Kubernetes for a Fintech
You receive a pre-trained credit-risk model (a LightGBM model file) and a sample request payload. Containerize a FastAPI inference service, deploy to EKS or GKE (a single-zone c…
- Kubernetes
- Containerization
- Autoscaling
Cloud Computing for Data and ML - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Privacy-by-Design Review for a Smart-City Data Platform
Map the new module's end-to-end data flow (sensors -> ingestion -> analytics -> dashboards -> exports). Run a Privacy Impact Assessment against OECD privacy principles + per-ten…
- Privacy By Design
- Privacy Regulation
- Compliance
Information Security Management and Governance - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Cross-Border Software Agreement: TaskFlow Enters the EU
Working only from the materials provided, draft a Master Services Agreement and a negotiation plan for the TaskFlow-to-buyer deal documented in the deal file. Read the deal file…
- Contract Drafting
- International Sales
- GDPR
Open coursework - CodeIntermediateNew
Build an Indexer for an On-Chain DeFi Analytics Product
Receive the 6 protocols' ABIs + the team's required event coverage spec (around 40 event types). Build a TypeScript indexer using viem + Postgres: subscribe to new blocks via We…
- Blockchain Indexing
- Typescript
- Ethereum
Blockchain and Decentralized Systems Engineering - StrategyIntermediateNew
Executing a Sustainability Transformation in Fast Fashion
Develop a comprehensive strategy execution plan that outlines how the company can embed sustainability into sourcing, supply chain, and marketing. The plan must include specific…
- Sustainability Strategy
- Change Management
- Supply Chain Analysis
Strategy Implementation and Execution - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Structured Prediction for Insurance Claim Triage
You receive 18,000 historical claims with text, attachments-count, claim amount, customer tenure, and the ground-truth final routing bucket. Train a structured classifier (e.g.,…
- Structured Prediction
- Multi Class Classification
- Model Evaluation
Advanced Machine Learning - StrategyIntermediateNew
Migrating a 40-Person SaaS Scale-Up to Cloud-Native Architecture
You are to create a detailed migration plan for TaskFlow. The plan must include breaking the monolith into at least 4 microservices, containerizing them with Docker, orchestrati…
- Microservices
- Docker
- Kubernetes
Big Data and Cloud Technologies - DesignIntermediateNew
Author a SOC 2-Ready Incident Response Playbook for Kestrel Pay
Using the Kestrel Pay company dossier and the current pinned-message 'playbook' (both provided), author a four-phase playbook — Prepare, Detect & Analyze, Contain/Eradicate/Reco…
- Incident Response
- NIST Sp 800 61
- Security Governance
Open coursework - StrategyIntermediateNew
Procurement Strategy for a 40-Person SaaS Scale-Up
Design a procurement strategy for the company's cloud services (AWS, GCP) and key SaaS tools (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot). Constraints: budget of €200k/year for cloud, must ensur…
- Strategic Sourcing
- Supplier Management
- Contract Negotiation
Supply Chain Management - AnalysisIntermediateNew
Cache Coherence Protocol Comparison on a Multicore Simulator
Stand up gem5's Ruby coherence framework with both MESI and MOESI protocols on a 16-core configuration. Run the 6-benchmark suite (provided): producer-consumer queue, false-shar…
- Cache Coherence
- Multicore Architecture
- Simulation
Advanced Computer Architecture - CodeIntermediateNew
Prescriptive Route Optimization for a Sustainable Fashion Logistics Firm
Your team must develop a decision-support tool that recommends optimal delivery routes for EcoThreads' fleet. You'll need to model the logistics network, incorporate constraints…
- Optimization
- Simulation
- Route Planning
Business Analytics - DesignIntermediateNew
Prototype an Explainability Panel for a Fintech Credit Assistant
You receive: the model's top-10 SHAP-style feature contributions per customer (a feature-importance technique that breaks an ML prediction into per-input contributions), the cur…
- Explainability Design
- Human Ai Interaction
- Figma Prototyping
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