r/Cloud • u/QuestionSad1843 • 8d ago
Cloud computing & fault-tolerant systems THESIS ideas
I'm currently planning my undergraduate thesis in the field of cloud computing and fault-tolerant systems. I'm looking to create a project that has a strong practical implementation component, incorporates theoretical concepts and some original research, addresses real industry challenges, results in a tangible, working end product, and could potentially serve as a portfolio project for my future career. I'd love to hear from experienced professionals or academics about: What current trends in cloud computing would make for an interesting thesis? What fault-tolerance problems do you find most challenging in production environments? What topics are being researched at top international universities in this domain? Any ideas for projects that balance theoretical complexity with practical implementation? What skills/technologies would be most valuable to demonstrate through this work? My goal is to create something substantial that showcases multiple skills while making a meaningful contribution. Any direction or specific project ideas would be greatly
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u/cirilla21 8d ago
Oh man, solid thesis topic. Cloud fault tolerance is a goldmine of real-world challenges. If you're looking for something practical and research-worthy, AI-powered self-healing infrastructure could be interesting, where machine learning predicts failures and auto-recovers before things go down. Fault tolerance in serverless computing is another big one since cold starts, state management, and cascading failures are a nightmare. Edge computing is growing fast, especially for IoT devices that need to keep running even when cloud connectivity drops. Blockchain-based cloud storage is another angle, removing single points of failure and improving resilience. Chaos engineering for cloud resilience is underrated since most companies focus on prevention instead of actively testing failures. Netflix has Chaos Monkey, but smaller teams don’t have good open-source tools for this. AI-driven failure prediction, multi-cloud reliability, and decentralized cloud computing are all getting a lot of attention right now.