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Hi, im looking for idea's for a thesis topic. Anything in I.T... not pure computer science.. so its very broad and could relate to any field where I.T is used.. or improving an existing "something", or data analysis improvement in some or other field etc..

Anyone with suggestions? PM me....

Thanks...

Area's that Im familiar with to a limited extent: MySQL,Javascript/HTML,Java,HCI and usability analysis,networking,software engineering...
 
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krono9 said:
Hi, im looking for idea's for a thesis topic. Anything in I.T... not pure computer science.. so its very broad and could relate to any field where I.T is used.. or improving an existing "something", or data analysis improvement in some or other field etc..

Anyone with suggestions? PM me....

Thanks...

Area's that Im familiar with to a limited extent: MySQL,Javascript/HTML,Java,HCI and usability analysis,networking,software engineering...
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Is your thesis subject 6 months, or a year long? Or is it part of your masters or doctorate?
 
Nefertiti said:
Is your thesis subject 6 months, or a year long? Or is it part of your masters or doctorate?
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Hijacking the thread for my own purposes .. Also need a topic for my Msc Comp. Science, topic may be influenced or include SOA and/or BPM and/or EA OR IT projects failures. Have Java/SQL/C/C++/Web technologies... I have applied at UCT waiting for repsonse, but haven't really chosen a specific topic ...
 
HELP! I'm not creative enough to think of a topic on my own!!!

How about "How Porn drove the internet revolution to what it is today and the impact on society as a whole"
 
AcidRaZor said:
HELP! I'm not creative enough to think of a topic on my own!!!
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Don't have time for idiotic comments like that. Sometimes you ask to try and help people solve current known problems by doing a bit of research. Coming up with a solution is my problem, but gathering suggestions could come from the public.
 
Would access to cheap hardware like laptops and tablets and free internet access really help the poor in developing countries.
 
I'd suggest you guys do a case study on a fairly broad subject in order to narrow your options down a bit. From UNISA's thesis topic selection options:
Computer and Information Security
Information Security Education
Trust Negotiation in Information Security
Aspect-Oriented Security; Usage Control; Honeypots
IT Project Management; IT Project, Programme and Portfolio Management
Data warehousing
Access Control in a Data Mining Environment
Knowledge Management
Green Information Systems (Green IS)
Business Intelligence
Formal Ontologies
Socio-Technical Systems
Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Modeling, Cloud computing, Enterprise Governance
Internet of Services, Semantic Service-Oriented Architectures
Open Source Practices and Business Models
Strategic Information Systems Planning
Routing Protocols in Mobile Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, Ad Hoc Networks Security
Sensor and Telecommunication Networks
Privacy, Anonymity, and Identity Management
IS Research Theory and Philosophy
Software Agents and Botnets

So pick something that looks interesting, do a case study and you should have something to base your thesis on.
 
I am stuck in the same boat actually in trying to find out what my theses topic will be. Have you chatted to your mentor? Mine is only 6 months long though, so not sure if the next comment applies. But whatever my question is, it has to have a measurable answer (you should be able to validate it somehow). So picking the topic might be easy, but to get to the question and the outcome could be tricky.

I was told on masters level they more interested to see if you can do research, as oppose to coming up with something new and novel. I had a look at one of my lecturer's papers, and they created a game to teach programming concepts and they measured before and after progress compared to people that didnt partake in the game. If you are on the university network, do research on some topics that are of interest and see where it leads you.

What are your interests?
 
AcidRaZor said:
HELP! I'm not creative enough to think of a topic on my own!!!

How about "How Porn drove the internet revolution to what it is today and the impact on society as a whole"
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Most retarded comment I've read today. For two reasons.

1) People spend a long time thinking up research questions, even MSc students change their entire research question 3-4months into their masters

2) That is a question more suited for media or culture study students which belongs in the Arts faculty. That question has minimal IT/CS relevance, in the academic sense.

Also sonxer77, I'm going to do my MSc next year at UCT too. Cheers
 
How about create a university social network to rate hot girls but then turn it something that all students can use to keep track of friends. Then expand it to other learning institutions and then open it to the general public.
 
krono9 said:
@CrazYmonkeY159 Im currently at UCT, part time.
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ooh, UCT. Maybe you should go to chat to the medical guys. About 3 years ago, they were doing some awesome research on analyzing heart diseases using non invasive techniques. They generated lots of data that needed processing, but they were also working on visual aids like videos to make it easier for the doctors to understand what they are dealing with. There could be an interesting project.
 
How cloud will change traditional IT Departments?

I did an IT/Business thesis last year, if u need some pointers on the above, DM me
 
1. Before you can register for an M or a D requiring a thesis, you need a supervisor. Check out your supervisor of choice's fields of interest - choose one of those.
2. Make sure that you can get on with said supervisor for the duration...
 
BigAl-sa said:
1. Before you can register for an M or a D requiring a thesis, you need a supervisor. Check out your supervisor of choice's fields of interest - choose one of those.
2. Make sure that you can get on with said supervisor for the duration...
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I do not know the supervisors in the IS dept (you can have an IS supervisor even though you're doing CS in some cases. But off the top of my head UCT supervisors cover these subjects

ICT4D - IT solutions for "developing nations" research
GPU Computation - Cuda etc research
Computer Graphics - OpenGL/WebGL/DirectX related research
Embedded Systems - Wireless Sensor Networks research
Mobile - research in the mobile smartphone space
BioInformatics
Security - Policy, Network Security, Information Security.
Databases - w/e
Intelligence - Machine Learning, AI, Evolutionary Computing, Evolutionary Algorithms

yeah!
 
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