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In most organizations, data is stored in hundreds or thousands of columns stored in multiple tables. With this level of complexity, it's often hard to understand the relation between tables, columns, views, and workflows. In this Build Project, you'll build a library that takes in a complicated data schema, analyzes all the existing relations, and provide a flow chart as an output to easily understand all the relations and how data flows in the system. All these skills are essential for the productive work of any specialist analyzing large datasets, and in this project, you have a chance to develop them under supervision of an experienced Project Leader.
In this Build Project, you will learn how to write and understand basic Python programs. You will use the most popular Python libraries for data visualization, analysis and manipulation. In addition, you will learn about problem decomposition with the use of functions and control flow using logic and loops. In the last sessions, you will work on building your own final project, where you’ll be putting into practice the knowledge gathered throughout this project. This Build Project is different from most others because during it you’ll receive guidelines and support not from one but two Build Fellows!
This project is facilitated with the support of Ada Del Cid.
In this Build Project, you’ll wear the hat of Business Intelligence Engineer, by working on Customer Support on Twitter dataset, which is a large, modern corpus of tweets and replies to check, analyze and understand the pattern and conversations, and for study of modern customer support practices and impact.
You will be working on a project to help a growing tech company determine its enterprise value. This firm is considering a sale to a larger strategic or financial partner. They have already received several acquisition offers and need assistance in understanding their valuation to prepare for negotiations.
In this Build Project, you will take on the role of a Corporate Finance Analyst under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow. You will prepare a forecasting model and a comprehensive enterprise valuation analysis using methods such as Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and Market Multiples. This will take place in an environment that simulates the operations of a real M&A or corporate finance team.
To analyze urban patterns effectively, city planners collect extensive datasets that encompass a wide range of information, such as accidents, collisions, rule violations, congestion, and more. Understanding and interpreting these datasets is crucial for informed urban planning and development. Visualization plays a pivotal role in this process, serving as a powerful tool to capture trends, narrate stories, and identify the underlying causes of urban issues. It also aids in devising effective solutions to mitigate these problems.
In this Build Project, you will take on the role of an Urban Planner, focusing on visualizing city public datasets. Under the guidance of an experienced Build Fellow, you will develop a cutting-edge application using WebGL technology. This application will analyze publicly available urban data, process it, and present it in a user-friendly format. The goal is to create a tool that not only helps city planners and officials understand urban patterns and issues but also engages and informs the public. Your work will contribute to making data-driven decisions for improving urban mobility and enhancing the overall quality of life in the city.
Oligonucleotides are synthetically produced biomolecules that have proven to be crucial for gene editing therapies. Biotech companies put a lot of time and effort in optimizing and developing groundbreaking analysis techniques for these molecules; purity assessment being one of the most significant ones. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), is one of the tools almost every research team uses to assess and characterize the constituents found in a compound. Knowing this technique becomes a very important skill even for entry-level jobs.
In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of an Analytical Development Scientist and help optimize a method for purity/integrity assessment of oligonucleotides through RP-IP HPLC. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll become proficient in navigating scientific literature and building your own conclusions and course of actions in the development of this method. You'll learn the science behind liquid chromatography and how biomolecules such as RNA behaves in such. You will also be able to appreciate role that oligonucleotides play in gene editing therapies; a rising focus for biotech companies. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Analytical Development team.
Web development is a cornerstone in today's digital world where websites are increasingly moving from static documents to dynamic and interactive experiences. That puts more pressure on Software Developers, as they should know how to create web solutions that are not only well-functioning but engaging and visually appealing. In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Creative Coder and explore the world of generative art using JavaScript and the P5.js library – all while developing an interactive portfolio to showcase your creativity and technical skills. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you’ll design and develop a series of generative art and creative code experiences, prepare an interactive slide deck showcasing these projects, and link your work to source code in interactive notebooks. You'll become familiar with industry tools like JavaScript and P5.js, and techniques like interactivity, repetition, randomness, and image processing. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Web Development team.
Cytokines are cell signaling proteins and are released by the CAR-T cells upon engagement with tumor antigens. So, measuring cytokines release is one of the most often used techniques in tumor research. This data is often critical for Investigational New Drug (IND) applications to the FDA. In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Research Associate and quantify a certain set of cytokines to evaluate the functional profile of CAR T-cells before their clinical application. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll learn how to process the raw data for visual and quantitative analysis using statistical software like MS Excel and GraphPad Prism. You'll also develop skills for drawing meaningful conclusions from the analysis you perform.
Being the base requirement in the production of goods, the use of raw materials in the global economy is steadily rising. Both the general public and industry professionals are becoming more concerned about how material consumption contributes to climate change, ecosystem degradation, chemical pollution, and resource limitations. A growing number of industries and individual companies are taking a more comprehensive lifecycle approach to their materials and processes to stay competitive in the long run. Thus, knowledge of sustainable use of resources and different aspects of the material lifecycle becomes increasingly important for success in many types of engineering careers.
In this Build Project, you will wear the hat of a Sustainability Analyst and prepare a business analysis that employs sustainability principles for more efficient use of materials. With the help of an experienced industry expert, you will evaluate an organization using a multistage analysis that involves strategies, drivers, and barriers for business models, the role of governments, and the influence of policies. Sustainability is a cross-disciplinary field of study, and this project will promote the development of your own ideas to become more involved in the transition to a Circular Economy.
In this Build Project, you will learn how to take your Python skills to the next level. You will learn how to write software in a way that it can easily be maintained, tested, and extended so that it fulfills industry standards. Through object-oriented patterns, you will be able to apply design patterns to create modularized code. Version control will be a crucial part of the feedback loop and development of your project. Towards the end, you will work on your final deliverable, creating a software application in a domain of your own choice. For example, you can build a weather data analysis app, language translation app or sports prediction app. This Build Project is different from most others because during it, you’ll receive guidelines and support not from one but two Build Fellows!
This Project is facilitated with the support of Himanshu Raghuvanshi.
FPGA, Field Programmable Gate Array, is an emerging tool for various engineering applications, especially prototyping and real-time control. In recent years, the dramatically reduced price associated with high density semiconductor manufacturing, FPGA can now be used in a product directly and cost-effectively.
Learning FPGA and implementing it to solve an actual engineering problem in such a short time is the challenging part. Unlike traditional software programming, FPGA Verilog programming emphasis hardware thinking. Converting the mind set from software programming to hardware would be challenging at the beginning, but extremely rewarding when the user gets used to it.
Intent-based blockchain systems are the next-generation architecture for building scalable web3 applications. One of the challenges that every intent-based system faces is having competent solvers to fill orders. Unfortunately, not much work has been done to create solver solutions that are easy to run and can be used in these intent-based systems. In this Build Project, you will wear the hat of a Software Engineer and create a prototype of a much-needed solver solution for reliable and efficient filling of intents. Whether new to blockchains or not, this entry-level project provides a solid basis for designing, developing, and testing decentralized systems accessible by billions of users. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll use JavaScript as well as tools such as web3 libraries, Infura, and other external APIs to interact with blockchains and software that runs on decentralized networks.
The E-Commerce Boom which began 5-10 years ago was really accelerated by the COVID-19 Pandemic. With people unable to leave their homes, brands really needed to find a way to bolster their online presence - this has not only led to retailers of every size now having direct-to-consumer/online sales channels, but also created a real spike in new digitally-native brands popping up every single day. The current macroeconomic conditions and low barrier to entry in online commerce has sustained this growth despite our return to the physical world. This has created an immense demand for skilled digital marketers, especially at the entry-level, because this is also most of these brands’ target market.
In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Digital Marketer and develop the marketing roadmap for a digitally native brand. Under the supervision of an experienced industry expert, you'll become familiar with digital marketing fundamentals and key performance indicators, research design and methodology, content creation best-practices, and E-Commerce systems/platforms. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Digital Marketing team and relevant business executives with support from your project leader every step of the way.
All companies must make tradeoffs in navigating how to distribute limited resources (money, employees time) for optimal growth. In this Build Project, you will wear the hat of a Marketing Manager and propose an appropriate marketing event for your chosen company to target. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you’ll leverage online sources to gather market research data, use it to propose a marketing event, and pitch your event in the final project session. You’ll become familiar with navigating online databases, running digital campaigns, modern approaches to market research, and tools like Canva and LinkedIn. All of this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real-life marketing team.
Manufacturing always requires specialists who can lay out the most effective way to produce goods – and who can keep improving these processes in the ever-changing business environment. In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Project Engineer and analyze CAD product design. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll produce a BOM, Time Study, Flowchart illustrating the manufacturing process. You will learn the ability to propose a more efficient process (less expensive, faster) for making that product. You'll become familiar with software tools like CAD, the process flow methodology, as well as manufacturing tools used in actual production. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Engineering team.
One of the biggest problems in modern extractive metallurgy is the recycling and re-mining of bauxite residue (a.k.a red mud). Bauxite residue is treated as a hazardous by-product in the aluminum industry, but it's still full of untapped strategic metals which are critical to the defense, automotive, electronics and biotech industries. In this Build Project, you will assume a research/development role and will be tasked to suggest novel chemistries for our team’s challenge. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you will apply materials thermodynamics and kinetics to design alloys, slags and electrolyte systems of relevant chemistries. This project will give you a soft introduction to metal production and the exciting world of sustainability-focused startups. In the end, you will taste the spirit of being an awesome materials (or metallurgical) engineer and be able to describe process flow diagrams (PFDs) including key metrics of your suggested chemistries and methods. During the project, you will become familiar with industry-standard tools and techniques: Ellinghams diagrams, various phase diagrams related to metals, oxides and halides systems, kinetic models, metal production techniques, etc.
Just like in our personal lives, budgeting for an organization is an important process that entails excellent communication, analytical and personable skills. In this Build Project, you’ll wear the hat of a Financial Analyst and prepare a reasonable hypothetical budget for an airline’s Inflight group. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll develop multifaceted financial models and conduct analysis with tools most commonly used in the industry: Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. You'll also become familiar with aviation terminology and advanced modeling techniques like block hours/staffing and Excel model ‘dials’, respectively. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team.
Companies working in the Medical Device industry always invest in developing new products and improving existing solutions. In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of Research and Development Engineer, and prepare a comparison of competitor devices for a new branch of products that have been developed by a medical device company. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll present all information collected in a visually concise and informative way to help give insights on next steps for the product family. You'll improve your research skills and become familiar with public scientific and medical archives like NIH. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real research and development team.
Generative AI is currently one of the most in-demand skills across multiple industries. As this technology continues to spread across a wide range of fields, the demand for professionals with experience in generative AI is only expected to grow. An area of particular interest is the intersection of computer graphics and generative AI. Can we utilize generative AI to create/edit 3D content? This holds significant potential for industries such as video games, digital architecture, e-commerce, and AR/VR.
You'll wear the hat of a Junior Machine Learning Scientist and leverage generative AI models to enhance 3D digital objects. You will use advanced technologies like "ControlNet" and the "Segment Anything Model" to generate and apply new colors and textures to 3D models. You will also become familiar with industry-standard tools such as Google Colab, PyTorch, and Diffusers.
When making an investment in a startup, it is essential to understand its competitive landscape. We need to understand other companies that are conducting similar research and product development. In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Venture Investor and investigate the competitive landscape (technology and products) of startups. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you will review academic publications underpinning the innovation, conduct sector research, and conduct a competitive analysis. We will focus on the areas including energy storage, carbon capture, 3D printing, green construction materials, microbial fermentation, and drug delivery methodology. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real technical investing team.
User comments are the data fellow's company website's most unique and valuable asset;they provide more genuine and honest opinions on products than most anywhere else on the internet. However, not all of the comments are useful, as there is also banter, trolling and off-topic discussions. While ChatGPT can identify and classify product reviews extremely well, it is costly and time-consuming to use it for every new comment posted on the website. Instead, a Large Language Model (LLM) fine-tuned for this specific task can perform this task quickly, offline and at a fraction of ChatGPT.
In this Build Project, imagine you are part of Company X’s team and it’s your responsibility to solve this challenge. You will train a Large Language Model (LLM) classifier to surface product reviews from among the large body of comments on Company X’s deals and perform sentiment analysis on them.
These days, many companies provide daily-changing information on their website, but it could be a tedious job to collect them every day. The ability to create a scraper helps you get valuable data from static or dynamic websites. In this Build Project, you will gather and structure data from any public website without relying on external data APIs, allowing for time series analysis or monitoring recent information. Data ownership is crucial, so we will also cover the importance of robots.txt to prevent legal issues.
Data is considered one of the most valuable assets that any business owns. Companies that proactively collect and analyze data make more informed decisions and are more likely to succeed. In this Build Project, you'll wear the hat of a Financial Analyst and investigate the financial well-being of the company of your choice. To support your analysis, you'll develop an interactive dashboard using Microsoft Power BI. Under the supervision of an experienced Build Fellow, you'll analyze data from FP&A teams, Financial Statements, and online sources to uncover insights that will inform our financial strategies and drive informed decision making. You'll become familiar with industry tools such as Power BI and Excel and learn methodologies like quantitative and qualitative analysis. All this will happen in an environment that simulates the operations of a real Financial Analytics & Strategic Initiatives team. This type of work is quite common in the industry, and having experience in Financial Analysis will benefit you when applying for entry-level jobs in Finance.
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