While this doesn't help you decide on the topic, if you have even a vague sense for what you want to read about, most people just use Google Scholar. Nearly al

While this doesn't help you decide on the topic, if you have even a vague sense for what you want to read about, most people just use Google Scholar. Nearly all CS papers are posted by the authors on personal pages in PDF form. Once you've found something that has an interested abstract just go back to regular Google with the title, add "pdf" and it's almost certain you'll get a link to the file. [edit]: Also, once you've got one paper that fits squarely into an area of interest you can then just start reading references. You'll also get a better handle on terminology which should make your Google Scholar searches more effective.