Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

I started my computer science journey in java, because it was the language that most of the games i used to play was written in.
And most of all the language is mainstream and I just fitted in with the crowd. Anyways with my project will be on
the effeciencies and defiencies in all areas of software, which means speed, security and complexity
I will be writing something similar to a file transfer protocol or a simple java platformer
and translate them in to lisp and C++ (which I will try to get aid from from a online friend in lisp (since I am too lazy)
IF anyone has project ideas for java please give me some better ones
I would also like to know or find out how, I could find out a mentor to help me
how I would write a letter to a C.S professor and who else can also aid me in my research
I am fairly new to this and Side Note: 11/6 Ists and Regional fair on 11/21st
thanks!

Hi - I know you have posted this question to the Math and Computer Science forum. We ask that you post only to one forum and keep all questions in a thread so Experts can best help.

Your other thread: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... 30&t=12378

Thank you,
Science Buddies