Formal Proposal for a BEng Dissertation

It is a second week I'm trying to come up with a proposal for my BEng dissertation.

So far, I have two options: Information Exchange in Multi Agent Systems based on a military hierarchy structure Design and Implementation of an Information Security Monitoring Tool using Modern Software Design Patterns & Methodologies

Most probably, I will go for the first option, as it is more academic (and that what people in academy like).

John.

P.S.: I would love to have ideas/links which are relevant for both of the subjects.