Student IT projects. Shortage of ideas?

Question

Programming

Good day, dear readers. As a digression... Of course, you might think that now there will be something like "I want to create a mega cool thing, but I don't know which one, advise" and the like, but no, the question is a bit off topic.
I am a student of the 2nd year of the university, I study in the specialty Applied Mathematics and Informatics, and quite successfully, I receive an increased scholarship. But, one fine day, I realized that what I was taught was starting to weigh me down and becoming, subjectively of course, more and more dull and monotonous. A little later, an idea arose, why not implement some of your own projects, get fame and money (the latter is doubtful of course). But. I don’t know if I’m the only one with such a problem, at least I didn’t find almost anything on the Internet, but I can’t decide what exactly I will do. The department shrugged it off, they said that research in mathematics in our time is a thankless task, and if what you do (the emphasis was on the big IF), few people will appreciate it. In general, we have a hard time with NIRS, at least I have not met students involved in this. Perhaps I should somehow come to this myself? why? we are doing fundamental things here, long-established and, perhaps, there is no influx of ideas. By the way, computer science, in comparison with mathematics, we, as they say, "ran through somewhere nearby." Of course, I'm not asking for ready-made ideas, I'm asking for an answer to the question: how can I come to this myself?
Thank you for your attention.

Answer 1

This is not a lack of ideas, but a lack of education. Learn new things outside the program, read a lot of smart thick books (for example , tynts and further on the links), then ideas will appear. And if you want fame and money, invest better not in projects, but in yourself. It will be really difficult to rise on projects. Either no one will appreciate the idea, or it has already been implemented by someone and therefore will not succeed due to competition. But investing in yourself always pays off and brings big dividends.

Answer 2

Try to do what you like and make your niche out of it, rather than defining a topic or format and fitting your hobbies to the chosen topic. Thus, first decide what is more important for you (for example, the relevance of the problem or the implementation of a specific problem, or you are simply interested in this topic without the prospect of implementation and your enrichment from it), and then with what you will do and how achieve the assigned task.

Answer 3

Here is an interesting project, you might want to join: www.sem-tech.net

Answer 4

Start with inspiration, for example, by reading something from here lib.rus.ec/g/sci_popular something like lib.rus.ec/b/450284
Personally, biotech inspired me - habrahabr.ru/post/68584 lib.rus .ec/b/446993/read#t1 I think that's a lot of unplowed now, both for a programmer, a physicist, and for a mathematician.

Answer 5

Participate in summer schools organized by Intel, Yandex, Google, and others. Many summer schools are held in Nizhny Novgorod at Lobachevsky University, and there are winter schools in Novosibirsk.
In order to get there, you need to track information on the official websites of these companies, ask at the university, with friends, on thematic sites.
This is both communication and broadening one's horizons. Participate in conferences.
I am writing from my own experience as a participant in the Intel summer school in 2010, and I can say that this practice was the brightest and most useful event for me at the entire university.
And there you will already have your own ideas, and projects, and the direction will appear in which you want to develop ...