Any tips or ideas on choosing a final year project? I don’t really have any ideas in mind other than implementing an LLM, not sure how applicable or good this is though, my major is computer engineering and i’m only interested in software dev
Silly idea: computer vision for classtoom rollcall. Take a photo and it generates a list of absences.
I am unfamiliar with your school system I think. Final year of college / university? Do you have a specialization in your major (graphics, machine learning, embedded, networks / security - something like this?)
I’d go with something from the specialization if you have one. If not, just something that interests you.
I’m interested in graphics and infosec
An LLM pointed at various (local) public sources of data, that can answer (local) voter questions, could be pretty cool.
I.e: "Summarize X candidate’s voting record on tax increases/education/walkable cities/unionization/etc…
LLMs are all the hype but there are plenty of solid computer science projects. Some options that come to mind:
- Your own DB engine
- Your own game engine (you can put a cool twist on it - I had a thought of making a game in non-euclidean 3D space)
- Your own <insert network protocol> client/server Etc…
A more general option is to look for free APIs and use that is base for ideas.
What topics do you find interesting?
They aren’t all hype. They are amazing technology.
A lot of the software built with them is completely just hype though.
I didn’t say they are “all hype”, I said they are “all the hype”. I agree they are useful, but over hyped.
I might misunderstand what you mean with “implementing” an LLM, but unless you have a good understanding of deep learning and math I wouldn’t recommend to implement one from scratch. There’s a lot of complex math involved in these kind of topics. If you mean implementing an application around an existing LLM, for example writing a chat website that interfaces with ChatGPT or a local LLM, then it’s doable (depending on you current skills).
Ask your profs or other applicable personnel for offered final year projects, suggestions, and previous years projects. You can also check software dev companies which may offer such projects as job openings. That’ll give you more of an overview of current common projects, and some ideas of what you could do.
