I don't know if this is a right place to ask this question, but a community dedicated to Data Science should be the most appropriate place in my opinion.
I have just started with Data Science and Machine learning. I am looking for long term project ideas which I can work on for like 8 months.
A mix of Data Science and Machine learning would be great.
A project big enough to help me understand the core concepts and also implement them at the same time would be very beneficial.
Introduction to Data Science course that is being run on Coursera now includes real-world project assignment where companies post their problems and students are encouraged to solve them. This is done via coursolve.com (already mentioned here).
More information here (you have to be enrolled in the course to see that link)
I would try to analyze and solve one or more of the problems published on Kaggle Competitions (https://www.kaggle.com/competitions). Note that the competitions are grouped by their expected complexity, from 101 (bottom of the list) to Research and Featured (top of the list). A color-coded vertical band is a visual guideline for grouping. You can assess time you could spend on a project by adjusting the expected length of corresponding competition, based on your skills and experience.
A number of data science project ideas can be found by browsing the following Coursolve webpage: https://www.coursolve.org/browse-needs?query=Data%20Science.
