Beginner Challenges
Real-world scenarios at the beginner level. Earn verified credentials as you practice the work your degree prepares you for.
- CodeBeginnerNew
Build a Wake-Word Detector for a Smart-Speaker Startup
You receive a small public Japanese-speech dataset, 30 hours of recorded wake-phrase utterances from 50 volunteers, and 200 hours of background-noise recordings. Train a lightwe…
- Keyword Spotting
- Speech Recognition
- On Device Ml
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Model Bogotá's Bike-Share Network as a Graph for Overnight Rebalancing
Using only the supplied station directory, the aggregated origin-to-destination trip table, and the operations brief, build a directed weighted graph where each station is a nod…
- Graphs
- Networkx
- Shortest Path
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Build a Protein Structure Search and Visualization Tool
Build a FastAPI backend wrapping Foldseek's easy-search command, returning top-20 hits with alignment metadata. Build a React frontend with a structure upload widget and a 3D vi…
- Biomolecular Structure
- Bioinformatics
- Full Stack Development
Computational Biology and Health Informatics - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Trade Compliance Audit for a Post-Brexit Fashion Exporter
Working only from the operations dossier, the shipment ledger, and the audit notice you have been given, conduct a full trade compliance audit. Re-classify a sample of the brand…
- Customs Compliance
- Rules Of Origin
- Tariff Classification
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- AnalysisBeginnerNew
Greening the Munich D2C Cosmetics Supply Chain
Your task is to conduct a life cycle assessment (LCA) of Glow Naturals' best-selling moisturizer, identify the biggest environmental hotspots, and recommend changes in sourcing,…
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Circular Economy
- Supply Chain Analysis
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
GDPR Data Mapping and Privacy Impact Assessment for an E-Learning Platform
Using the provided system architecture and feature specification, deliver: (1) Complete data map showing all personal data flows (collection → processing → storage → deletion), …
- It Security
- Requirements Engineering
- Data Analytics
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Design a Talent Retention Strategy for a Renewable Energy Firm
Working only from the three materials provided to you — the exit-interview record, the monthly turnover and headcount tracker, and the market compensation benchmark sheet — anal…
- Retention Analysis
- Turnover Metrics
- Compensation Benchmarking
Open coursework - StrategyBeginnerNew
Design a GmbH Governance Framework for a São Paulo Cosmetics Startup
Working only from the materials provided, design the governance framework for the startup's planned German holding company and explain how it resolves the current founder deadlo…
- Corporate Governance
- Shareholders Agreement
- Gmbh Law
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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
Design an LFPDPPP Compliance Program for Glow Natural MX
Using the founder brief, the data-practices case file, the sample customer data inventory, the company's current privacy notice, and the official LFPDPPP statute text (all provi…
- Data Privacy
- Lfpdppp
- Compliance
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Build a Reproducible Pricing Analysis for a DTC Skincare Brand
You receive 24 months of order-line data (around 480,000 lines), a Shopify-style customer export, and a discount-code log. Build a Python pipeline that produces: SKU-level price…
- Data Wrangling
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Cohort Analysis
Applied Data Analysis and Practical Data Science - StrategyBeginnerNew
Platform Launch Strategy for a Lisbon D2C Cosmetics Startup
You are a digital strategy consultant hired by Brilho. Your task is to develop a 12-month platform launch strategy. Constraints: limited budget (€500k), a team of 10 engineers, …
- Platform Design
- Network Effects
- Business Modeling
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- AnalysisBeginnerNew
Diagnose Query Failures in an E-Commerce Search Box
You receive 6 months of anonymized query logs (~480 million rows): query string, language hint, results-shown count, top-3 product clicks, and add-to-cart events. Build a notebo…
- Query Log Analysis
- Clustering
- Ir Failure Analysis
Open coursework - ResearchBeginnerNew
Ransomware Underwriting Brief for a Zurich Cyber Insurer
Using the underwriting mandate brief, the initial-access listing sample, the Ransomware.live tracker, and the public CISA cybersecurity advisories provided, produce a quarterly …
- Threat Intelligence
- Cybercrime Economy
- Ransomware
Open coursework - CodeBeginnerNew
Add a Test Harness to an Untested Open-Source CLI
Fork the repo (test mirror provided), set up Vitest with coverage and a CI workflow that fails under 75 percent on the targeted modules. Write characterization tests first (asse…
- Unit Testing
- Integration Testing
- Test Coverage
Software Construction - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Misclassification of Gig Workers at a Barcelona Delivery Startup
As a junior legal consultant, you must assess Rapido's current classification of couriers under Spanish labor law and the EU Platform Work Directive. Deliver a memo analyzing th…
- Labor Law Analysis
- Legal Research
- Risk Assessment
Open coursework - ResearchBeginnerNew
Build an Accessibility Checklist for a Voice Health Assistant
You receive 20 audio samples spanning accents and speech patterns, the assistant's published dialog state machine, and a list of current voice prompts. Audit the assistant for i…
- Accessibility
- Voice Interaction Design
- Evaluation
Human-Computer Interaction for AI Systems - StrategyBeginnerNew
Omnichannel Roadmap for a Barcelona Cosmetics Brand
Working only from the materials provided, produce a twelve-month omnichannel transformation roadmap for Glow Barcelona. Read the company dossier (glow-barcelona-dossier) to esta…
- Digital Transformation
- Omnichannel Strategy
- Change Management
Open coursework - 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 - StrategyBeginnerNew
Diagnose and Redesign Project Flow at Brillo Natural
Treat Brillo Natural as a field site you must study before you prescribe. Using only the internal observation notes in the case file ('brillo-observation-notes') and the launch-…
- Agile Methodologies
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Change Management
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
GDPR Article 25 Privacy-By-Design Review for a HealthTech API
Review the API specification (OpenAPI 3, provided, 42 endpoints). For each endpoint: identify data categories handled (special-category health data, identifiers, traffic data), …
- GDPR
- Privacy By Design
- API Design
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Cost Allocation for an Austin D2C Cosmetics Startup
You are a junior management accountant hired by GlowUp. Using provided financial data (sales, direct costs, overhead pools, and activity drivers), implement an ABC model to allo…
- Activity Based Costing
- Cost Allocation
- Profitability Analysis
Open coursework - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Resolving Cross-Cultural Conflict in a Global SaaS Remote Team
Your task is to conduct a cultural conflict analysis using frameworks like Trompenaars and Hofstede, identify root causes, and design a team intervention (e.g., a virtual worksh…
- Conflict Resolution
- Cultural Analysis
- Remote Team Management
Cross-Cultural Management - DesignBeginnerNew
Design a Fully Digital Onboarding Journey for a Wealth App
Using the current-onboarding funnel readout, the regulatory requirements brief, and the target-client persona file provided in the materials, design a mobile-first onboarding jo…
- User Experience Design
- Fintech Compliance
- Cost Benefit Analysis
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