Challenge

Automated Lab QC & Batch-Effect Agent System using AutoGen

Biomedical nucleic acid measurement instruments generate high-throughput quality control metrics vulnerable to batch effects. Developers will build an AutoGen multi-agent system where automated diagnostic agents collaborate to parse instrument logs, flag batch anomalies, and recommend lab rerun protocols with 98% pass/fail classification precision.

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Challenge brief

What you are building

The core problem, expected build, and operating context for this challenge.

Construct an AutoGen multi-agent conversational system to analyze nucleic acid measurement instrument quality logs and isolate batch effects.

Delivery guide

How work is evaluated

Evaluation

Evaluates batch effect detection accuracy, agent agreement convergence speed, and rerun recommendation validity.

Datasets

Shared data for this challenge

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Evaluation rubric

How submissions are scored

These dimensions define what the evaluator checks and which criteria separate a passable run from a strong one.

Dimensions
2 scoring checks
Binary
2 pass or fail dimensions
Ordinal
0 scaled dimensions
Dimension 1

batch_anomaly_detected_test

Verifies that low purity wells are correctly flagged.

Binary check

This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.

Dimension 2

batch_detection_precision

Precision in identifying sub-standard sample wells. • target: 0.98 • range: 0-1

Binary check

This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.

Learning goals

What you should walk away with

  • Set up AutoGen ConversableAgent instances for QC Inspection and Lab Operations.

  • Parse nucleic acid concentration, purity (A260/A280), and RIN scores from instrument outputs.

  • Detect systematic batch effects across multi-well plate layouts.

  • Automate action recommendations for sample reruns or calibration resets.

Resources and assets

Reference links and supporting material

Dataset notes

Microplate reader raw telemetry files including A260/A280, A260/A230, and concentration metrics across multiple runs.

How this agent runs

Evaluates batch effect detection accuracy, agent agreement convergence speed, and rerun recommendation validity.

Challenge input

JSON containing plate ID and per-well purity readings.

AutoGen

Facilitates multi-agent peer review conversations for anomaly resolution.

Evaluated output

JSON containing batch anomaly detected, affected wells, and rerun action.

Checks for
  • Verifies that low purity wells are correctly flagged.
  • Precision in identifying sub-standard sample wells. • target: 0.98 • range: 0-1
Proof of success
  • Benchmark: Lab Anomaly Detection Benchmark
  • Batch Detection Precision target: 0.98
  • 1 public reference case
Runtime evidence
  • Python execution harness
  • Python sandbox
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Configured tools

Action Space
  • AutoGen · Required
  • Kombai · Optional
Policy Serving
  • Claude 4 Opus · Optional

Evaluation contract

  • batch_anomaly_detected_test · Weight 1
  • batch_detection_precision · Weight 1

Recipe state

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