🛠️ Hands-On Projects

Build real-world AI & ML applications.

Go beyond tutorials. 15+ curated projects across 6 domains — from sentiment classifiers to production RAG pipelines. Each project includes architecture guides, datasets, code walkthroughs, and deployment steps.

15 plus projects Projects
6 domains Domains
4 difficulty levels Difficulty Levels

Pick a project. Ship something real.

Each project maps to the Roadmap phases you've studied. Start with beginner projects and work your way up to capstone-level applications.

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Sentiment Analysis Pipeline

Beginner

Build an end-to-end text classification pipeline — data cleaning, TF-IDF features, logistic regression vs. BERT, evaluation metrics, and Flask API deployment.

  • NLP
  • scikit-learn
  • Transformers
  • Flask
📚 Phase 5 · ML Coming Soon
🖼️

Image Classification with CNNs

Beginner

Train a CNN from scratch on CIFAR-10, then fine-tune a pre-trained ResNet. Compare accuracy, training time, and deploy with Gradio.

  • Computer Vision
  • PyTorch
  • ResNet
  • Gradio
📚 Phase 7 · Deep Learning Coming Soon
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House Price Prediction

Beginner

Full EDA, feature engineering, and model comparison (Linear Regression, Random Forest, XGBoost). Includes cross-validation and hyperparameter tuning.

  • Tabular ML
  • pandas
  • XGBoost
  • Feature Eng.
📚 Phase 4–5 · EDA + ML Coming Soon
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Customer Churn Prediction

Intermediate

Handle class imbalance with SMOTE, build ensemble models, create a Streamlit dashboard, and design an automated retraining pipeline.

  • Tabular ML
  • Imbalanced Data
  • Streamlit
  • MLflow
📚 Phase 5–6 · ML + MLOps Coming Soon
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Abstractive Text Summariser

Intermediate

Fine-tune T5/BART on a summarisation dataset, evaluate with ROUGE metrics, and serve via FastAPI with streaming responses.

  • NLP
  • Transformers
  • Fine-Tuning
  • FastAPI
📚 Phase 7–8 · DL + GenAI Coming Soon
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Object Detection System

Intermediate

Train YOLOv8 on a custom dataset, build a real-time inference pipeline with webcam input, and deploy to an edge device.

  • Computer Vision
  • YOLOv8
  • Real-Time
  • Edge Deploy
📚 Phase 7 · Deep Learning Coming Soon
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Automated ETL Pipeline

Intermediate

Build an Airflow-orchestrated pipeline that ingests from APIs, transforms with dbt, loads into a data warehouse, and includes data quality checks.

  • Data Engineering
  • Airflow
  • dbt
  • PostgreSQL
📚 Phase 3–6 · Data + MLOps Coming Soon
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RAG-Powered Chatbot

Advanced

Build a Retrieval-Augmented Generation chatbot with LangChain, vector database (Chroma/Pinecone), document chunking, and citation tracking.

  • GenAI
  • RAG
  • LangChain
  • Vector DB
📚 Phase 8 · GenAI Coming Soon

LLM Fine-Tuning Lab

Advanced

Fine-tune an open-source LLM (Llama/Mistral) with LoRA/QLoRA on a domain-specific dataset. Evaluate with perplexity, MMLU, and human preference.

  • GenAI
  • LoRA
  • PEFT
  • Hugging Face
📚 Phase 8 · GenAI Coming Soon
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ML Model Monitoring Dashboard

Advanced

Build a monitoring system that detects data drift, model degradation, and prediction anomalies. Includes alerting and automated retraining triggers.

  • MLOps
  • Evidently AI
  • Grafana
  • Docker
📚 Phase 6 · MLOps Coming Soon
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Movie Recommendation Engine

Intermediate

Implement collaborative and content-based filtering, matrix factorisation, and a hybrid recommender. Serve recommendations via a REST API.

  • RecSys
  • Matrix Factorisation
  • Python
  • API
📚 Phase 5 · ML Coming Soon
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Multi-Tool AI Agent

Advanced

Build an autonomous agent with tool-use capabilities — web search, code execution, database queries. Implement ReAct loop, memory, and guardrails.

  • GenAI
  • Agents
  • Tool Use
  • Guardrails
📚 Phase 8 · GenAI Coming Soon
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Time Series Forecasting

Intermediate

Forecast stock prices or energy demand using ARIMA, Prophet, and LSTM. Compare statistical vs. deep learning approaches with proper backtesting.

  • Time Series
  • Prophet
  • LSTM
  • Backtesting
📚 Phase 5–7 · ML + DL Coming Soon
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RL Game-Playing Agent

Advanced

Train a reinforcement learning agent to play Atari games using DQN and PPO. Visualise training curves, reward shaping, and policy behaviour.

  • RL
  • DQN
  • PPO
  • Gymnasium
📚 Phase 7 · Deep Learning Coming Soon
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Full-Stack ML Platform

Capstone

Build a complete ML platform — data ingestion, feature store, model training, A/B testing, monitoring, and CI/CD. The ultimate portfolio piece.

  • MLOps
  • Full Stack
  • Kubernetes
  • CI/CD
  • Feature Store
📚 All Phases · Capstone Coming Soon

Six domains. Real skills.

💬 Natural Language Processing 3 projects
  • Sentiment analysis & text classification
  • Abstractive summarisation
  • Named entity recognition
  • Topic modelling
🖼️ Computer Vision 2 projects
  • Image classification & CNNs
  • Object detection (YOLO)
  • Image segmentation
  • Transfer learning
📊 Tabular & Classical ML 4 projects
  • Regression & classification
  • Recommendation systems
  • Time series forecasting
  • Feature engineering
Generative AI 3 projects
  • RAG systems & chatbots
  • LLM fine-tuning (LoRA/QLoRA)
  • AI agents & tool use
  • Prompt engineering
🚀 MLOps & Infrastructure 3 projects
  • ETL pipelines (Airflow + dbt)
  • Model monitoring & drift
  • Full-stack ML platform
  • CI/CD for ML
🎮 Reinforcement Learning 1 project
  • Deep Q-Networks (DQN)
  • Policy gradient methods
  • Reward shaping
  • OpenAI Gymnasium

From idea to deployed app.

01

Pick a Project

Choose by domain, difficulty, or the Roadmap phase you've just completed.

02

Study the Architecture

Read the architecture guide and understand the system design before writing code.

03

Build & Iterate

Follow the code walkthrough. Experiment with the dataset. Push your solution to GitHub.

04

Deploy & Share

Deploy your project live — Streamlit, Gradio, Docker, or cloud. Add it to your portfolio.

Every project maps to the Roadmap.

Build knowledge first, then apply it. Projects are tagged by the phases they draw from — so you know exactly when you're ready.

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Got questions?

Are these full project tutorials?
Each project includes an architecture guide, dataset links, a step-by-step code walkthrough, and deployment instructions. They're designed to be completed independently with the knowledge from the corresponding Roadmap phases.
What difficulty should I start with?
If you've completed Phases 1–5 of the Roadmap, start with Beginner projects. After Phase 6–7, try Intermediate. Advanced and Capstone projects are best attempted after completing the full Roadmap or equivalent experience.
Can I use these projects in my portfolio?
Absolutely. That's the entire point. Each project is designed to be a portfolio-worthy piece. We recommend customising the dataset or domain to make it uniquely yours when showcasing to employers.
When will project content be available?
Projects are being released on a rolling basis. The structure and outlines are here now — full code walkthroughs and datasets are coming soon, starting with the Beginner tier.
Do I need cloud credits or paid tools?
Most projects can be completed with free tools — Google Colab, Hugging Face free tier, and open-source libraries. Advanced/Capstone projects may optionally use cloud services, but free alternatives are always documented.
Is this free?
Yes — 100% free. All project guides, code, and datasets are open and accessible without sign-up. This is part of PathtoAI Academy's mission.

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