If you're capable of doing quality research (publishable in top conferences), you won't have any problem finding a job either in academia or in industry. Don't

If you're capable of doing quality research (publishable in top conferences), you won't have any problem finding a job either in academia or in industry. Don't worry about that. As far as actual research topics, there's a long standing need to integrate symbolic logic into deep learning models. No one knows yet how to do this. If you have an interest in the intersection of tcs and ml, I'd encourage you to work on that problem. The next few decades will be known in human history as the time when AI emerges. You decide whether you want to watch it happen or help make it happen.