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Demonstrate your expertise with a comprehensive, industry-ready AI application that showcases your ability to solve real business problems and deploy production-grade systems.

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Professional Capstone Requirements

Build Something Impressive

Your capstone project will be a complete, deployable application that demonstrates your mastery of AI/ML concepts, software engineering practices, and business problem-solving skills.

End-to-End Solution

Complete project from data collection to deployment, demonstrating the full ML pipeline.

Production Quality

Industry-standard code quality, testing, documentation, and deployment practices.

Business Impact

Solve real-world problems with measurable business value and clear ROI demonstration.

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Professional Capstone Options

Select a capstone project aligned with your chosen specialization and career goals.

Computer Vision: Smart Manufacturing QC System

Build an automated quality control system for manufacturing operations

Project Overview

Design and deploy a real-time defect detection system for manufacturing quality control. Your system will process live camera feeds, identify defects, and integrate with existing manufacturing workflows.

Key Features

  • • Real-time defect detection and classification
  • • Edge deployment on NVIDIA Jetson or similar
  • • Integration with manufacturing execution systems
  • • Automated reporting and alert systems
  • • Performance monitoring and model drift detection

Technical Requirements

  • • Custom CNN architecture for defect classification
  • • Real-time inference (>30 FPS processing)
  • • Model optimization and quantization
  • • RESTful API for system integration
  • • Comprehensive testing and validation
  • • CI/CD pipeline for model deployment
  • • Documentation and user training materials
Deliverables
  • • Production-ready system deployed on edge hardware
  • • Performance benchmarks and ROI analysis
  • • Technical documentation and architecture guide
  • • Video demonstration and case study

Generative AI: Enterprise Knowledge Assistant

Build an intelligent document processing and Q&A system for enterprises

Project Overview

Develop a comprehensive enterprise knowledge assistant that can ingest, process, and provide intelligent responses based on company documents, policies, and knowledge bases using advanced RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) techniques.

Key Features

  • • Multi-format document ingestion (PDF, Word, web pages)
  • • Intelligent chunking and semantic search
  • • Context-aware question answering
  • • Source attribution and citation tracking
  • • Multi-tenant enterprise deployment

Technical Requirements

  • • Advanced RAG pipeline with vector databases
  • • LLM fine-tuning for domain-specific responses
  • • Scalable architecture (microservices/containers)
  • • User authentication and access control
  • • Performance monitoring and cost optimization
  • • A/B testing framework for response quality
  • • Enterprise security and compliance features
Deliverables
  • • Fully deployed web application with API
  • • Performance benchmarks and cost analysis
  • • User adoption and satisfaction metrics
  • • Enterprise integration guide

Quantitative Trading: Multi-Asset Portfolio System

Build an automated trading system with risk management and portfolio optimization

Project Overview

Develop a comprehensive quantitative trading system that combines multiple alpha-generating strategies, portfolio optimization, and sophisticated risk management across multiple asset classes.

Key Features

  • • Multi-strategy alpha generation (technical, fundamental, alternative data)
  • • Portfolio optimization with transaction cost modeling
  • • Real-time risk monitoring and position sizing
  • • Backtesting framework with realistic market simulation
  • • Performance attribution and strategy analysis

Technical Requirements

  • • Machine learning models for price prediction
  • • Real-time market data processing pipeline
  • • Execution management system with slippage modeling
  • • Risk metrics and stress testing framework
  • • Performance analytics and reporting dashboard
  • • Regulatory compliance and audit trail
  • • Cloud deployment with monitoring and alerting
Deliverables
  • • Live trading system with paper trading validation
  • • Comprehensive backtest results and analysis
  • • Risk-adjusted performance metrics
  • • Investment committee presentation
Professional Standards

Industry-Grade Requirements

Your capstone project must meet the same standards expected in professional software development teams.

Code Quality

  • • Clean, well-documented code following PEP 8
  • • Modular architecture with separation of concerns
  • • Comprehensive unit and integration tests
  • • Code review and static analysis integration

MLOps Pipeline

  • • Automated model training and validation
  • • Model versioning and experiment tracking
  • • CI/CD pipeline for model deployment
  • • Monitoring and alerting for model drift

Deployment

  • • Containerized deployment with Docker
  • • Cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure)
  • • Load balancing and auto-scaling
  • • Security best practices and compliance

Documentation

  • • Technical architecture documentation
  • • API documentation and user guides
  • • Deployment and operational runbooks
  • • Business case and ROI analysis

Performance

  • • Response time and throughput benchmarks
  • • Scalability and load testing results
  • • Resource utilization optimization
  • • Cost analysis and optimization strategies

Final Presentation

  • • Live demonstration to industry panel
  • • Technical deep-dive and Q&A session
  • • Business impact and lessons learned
  • • Portfolio-ready case study
Project Timeline

8-Week Development Sprint

1

Weeks 1-2: Planning & Design

Requirements gathering, technical design, and architecture planning

2

Weeks 3-5: Core Development

Model development, core features implementation, and testing

3

Weeks 6-7: Integration & Deployment

System integration, deployment, and performance optimization

4

Week 8: Documentation & Presentation

Final documentation, presentation preparation, and project defense

Mentor Support

Expert Guidance Throughout

  • Weekly 1:1 mentor sessions with industry experts
  • Code review and technical guidance from senior engineers
  • Access to industry datasets and computing resources
  • Career guidance and industry networking opportunities

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