> I am the parent of a college sophomore. My son is learning data science in the US.

This is nice and all, as a parent. But I am sort of scratching my head wondering why the son is not posting themselves.

In my experience of seeing hundreds of posts over the decades like this, the key resourcefulness to do good work is also the same compulsion to post for this kind of advice themselves. Without knowing your background, surely a student (your son) studying data science, is far better suited to finding a project that a) matches their skillset and b) matches their interests.

If my son was trying to find a project I’d be telling them to find one themselves, not asking others online on their behalf.