Hey @livinguktaiwan, firstly, thank you so much for the kind words, means a lot!
We have countless problems but let me take environmental concerns for a start. It is pretty obvious that the leaders aren't doing much regarding cutting down usage of fossil fuels and instead are giving leeway to large corporations to take up land to aggravate the effect. This is believe is due to their ignorance to the term "green energy" or just failure to accept that it is a viable source of energy. Of course, it is not easy to switch to renewable sources all of a sudden but a gradual process, but even for that, serious steps need to be taken by the leaders. COP26 was a mockery and was pretty evident.
Technology not only can bring the actual renewable sources and harvest them but even bring its onset. What I mean by that is developing technology for the transition rather than directly the end product which seems to be so hard as of now. This technology obviously will vary and comes in different forms, in fact, brilliant minds from small villages in India are coming up with ways to harvest Solar energy much better with modifications in transistor technology, in fact I coded for a mini project which aimed to maximize the effect of the diodes of solar panels. I won't go in detail here or I will keep rambling on and on.
Apart from this another major concern was the weakness of security in current large scale IOT systems. I specialize in network security especially in wireless sensor networks, so I was left baffled when I notices its vulnerabilities. At the same time I was getting into Blockchain technology and its development, I implemented a blockchain and IOT integration model which basically eliminated data tampering in the middle. The research paper is under peer review in one of the international journals now.
It really is sad how ignorant and unaware people are regarding the privacy and security breaches around them, in fact Mr. Robot was right all along. Not very clear on my startup idea but damn sure it will bring a change when I figure it out. Hopefully my master's degree orients my thoughts.
But yep, I would love to join and work in a community regarding the same cause. Thanks again for showing interest and reaching out! If possible please do leave a like on the post as it is my first one, will really help me!
Wow! That's incredible! You're an undergraduate and you have a research paper being reviewed with an international journal already, many PhD students don't manage that you even years of research. In that case you don't need to sweat over your post graduate application, I'm sure universities will be glad to snap you up
Haha, fingers crossed I get into my dream school! Thanks :)