I hear a lot of people saying how they want to take on projects but don''t have the time, luckily I''ve been given the opportunity (and the requirement) to do a major research project in the field of my choice. I was thinking AI would be cool to do, so can you guys give me some ideas? One thing I was thinking was to do a project on squad bot AI in a FPS, like UT (since it has Gamebots). Just looking for some new ideas..

Monster AI in games like MMORPG''s. I have yet to see an inteligent AI that is truely difficult to beat. They are all strong and hit hard, but they don''t think.