Ask HN: Suggest a research or project for my graduate paper?

HN community has been very helpful to me with discovering amusing topics of my interest. So I would like to try and ask for help directly here now. I'm comp sci student, graduating this semester and I'll be writing a research paper as my diploma work. Anyone has any interesting topics to explore, or open source projects which need help? I really want to find something fresh and relevant to nowadays industry, something I'm going to able to showcase to future employers and it wouldn't be some kind of corny work. Interests: graphics, music tech, encryption, last resort - web development. Thank you for any help!