Here's a nice link to get started http://hadoopblog.blogspot.in/2010/11/hadoop-research-topics.html
Regards Niranjan Singh On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Rahul Bhattacharjee < rahul.rec....@gmail.com> wrote: > You want to add any new simple feature to Hadoop or develop an application > using hadoop. > > Sometime back another university student wanted to add encryption to > HDFS.Its just a pointer. > > Just a problem which might interest your university. > > Talk to the IT dept of NSU and collect as much as server logs with their > help. Then write some different MR jobs to analyze those logs and show them > some useful interesting stats. > > > Thanks, > Rahul > > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Michael Segel > <michael_se...@hotmail.com>wrote: > >> Drink heavily? >> >> Sorry. >> >> Let me rephrase. >> >> Part of the exercise is for you, the student to come up with the idea. >> Not solicit someone else for a suggestion. This is how you learn. >> >> The exercise is to get you to think about the following: >> >> 1) What is Hadoop >> 2) How does it work >> 3) Why would you want to use it >> >> You need to understand #1 and #2 to be able to #3. >> >> But at the same time... you need to also incorporate your own view of the >> world. >> What are your hobbies? What do you like to do? >> What scares you the most? What excites you the most? >> Why are you here? >> And most importantly, what do you think you can do within the time >> period. >> (What data can you easily capture and work with...) >> >> Have you ever seen 'Eden of the East' ? ;-) >> >> HTH >> >> >> On May 21, 2013, at 8:35 AM, Anshuman Mathur <ans...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello fellow users, >> >> We are a group of students studying in National University of Singapore. >> As part of our course curriculum we need to develop an application using >> Hadoop and map-reduce. Can you please suggest some innovative ideas for >> our project? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Anshuman >> >> >> >