project ideas for someone who doesnt like ML

hello!
some background, i’m starting a masters in data science soon, not super thrilled tbh, i originally wanted to continue in applied math (dream was math masters+phd) but life got in the way! my undergrad was applied math+cs minor, and my graduation project was on medical image segmentation (so DL and healthcare). that’s what pushed me to apply for this master’s in DS, and i’m gonna try to focus my electives on ML/DL in healthcare.

anyways!! i don’t wanna walk in with just one ML project behind me and feel lost, so i wanna start something over the summer. ideally something not toooo hard but still kinda interesting? maybe something related to healthcare or that mixes math + ML? i don’t mind coding, just don’t wanna burn out either lol

any ideas would be appreciated!!!

edit: i dont hate ML!! bad title phrasing on my behalf