Ideas for Research Papers

Bruce Chittenden

The Brain

How much storage capacity does the Brain have (express in computer terms)?

With the explosion of information (Internet) is it possible that we will run out of space in our Brains?

When will humans become part machine?

Specification of Software as Finite State Automata

Software program to facilitate finite state machine construction

Use of an “Input Conditioner” to reduce the number of states

Mathematically what did the “Input Conditioner” do?

Does the “Input Conditioner” change the Finite State Automata to a Push-Down Automata or a Turing Machine

PayPal Co-Founder

PayPal Co-Found $100,000 To Not Go To College

Analysis High-Tech Companies with Market Caps greater than 1 Billion $

Who were the founders? How much Education did they have when they

founder their companies? Probably a multiple student project because of

the amount of research required.

Develop a Game or App for the iPhone

There are two parts to this project. First the research on how to create the development environment (Computer Science oriented). Second, the research on how to get you Game on the Apple iStore and what is required to sell an App. (Business oriented).

This is probably a multiple student project (probably 2 students).

The same could be done for Android phones.

Setup a Course for Game Development

• CSTA has developed a complete course in game development

• The programming language is C# using the Microsoft XNA framework creates the XNA Game Studio

•The free curriculum package includes:• Teacher Roadmap• Daily lesson plans• Demonstration projects• 14 video tutorials• 22 lab assignments and solutions• Student activities• Assessment tools with keys and exemplars

Hacktivist Group Anonymous

Cyber Security Threats

Two possible papers are possible here. One is on Operating System attacks and the other would be on all types of threats, such as phishing, etc.

There is an endless supply of literature here There is an annual conference of Hackers in Las

Vegas, “DefCon” One might attempt to join the hacker group

“Anonymous”• Create a Cyber Attack and the report on its

effectiveness

Pollinating Robots

One of the first effects of global warming will be the loss of pollinating insects and in turn the loss of our food supply.

Design miniature (possibly nanobots or microrobots) that will replace bees and other pollinating insects

At a minimum file a Provisional Patent First opportunity to work with a Mentor who is

an Intellectual Property Attorney 

Non-Locatable Cell Phones

TECHNOLOGY (Wall Street Journal)SEPTEMBER 22, 2011'Stingray' Phone Tracker Fuels Constitutional Clash

By JENNIFER VALENTINO-DEVRIES For more than a year, federal authorities pursued a man they called simply "the Hacker." Only after using a little known cellphone-tracking device—a stingray—were they able to zero in on a California home and make the arrest.

Non-Locatable Cell Phones

If you have noticed the freedom fighters in the Arab Spring, after making a cell phone call they take the battery out of their cell phone, so they cannot be located by triangulation from cell towers.

Investigate exactly how handoffs from cell tower to cell tower works and design a strategy to defeat triangulation.

At a minimum file a Provisional Patent

Public-Key Private Key Encryption

• Design and implement in software a public key private key encryption scheme

• The research paper should describe how this technology works.

Natural Gas Home Refilling Station

Patent the idea of home refilling station for your car with natural gas

Research will need to be done on how to compress natural gas to get Liquefied Natural Gas LNG

Research will need to be done on the safety of home refilling

NetLogo

• Investigate using NetLogo for Simulations• How easy is this program to use• What type of simulations best fit