long-term projects

In the morning, with Blanton, Yosi Gelfand, and Ingyin Zaw (NYU), I discussed possible big astronomy projects we could undertake as part of NYU Abu Dhabi. We concentrated on radio, where start-up costs can be far lower. In the afternoon, with Yann LeCun (NYU) and Lang (in separate conversations), I discussed on-line learning (which for some reason also in some contexts gets the name stochastic gradient) and how it might make possible our Theory of Everything and Open-Source Sky Survey projects. These are all long-term projects, but I need to think long-term now that everything has changed.