My only requirement for your project is that it contain some relevant new contribution over what we (as a society) currently know. Your contribution need not be ``big;’’ in fact, I recommend that you limit the scope of your project drastically. Below are a few sample project ideas. However, I expressly encourage you to think of your own ideas. If you have a problem that’s bothering you, think of how you could build a system to solve it. Chances are that you’ll end up with a distributed system :).

If you’re interested in researching new data protection abstractions for large-scale machine learning systems, come talk with me. I have many exciting projects looking for a leader.

If not, here are a few example ideas:

Here are some links to other interesting lists of projects from where you could get inspiration:

Remember that your ideas are also greatly appreciated!