other kinds of machine learning

Astronomy is very focused on machine learning in the sense of regression and classification, but machine learning can do many other things. In addition, machine learning is a sub-field of machine intelligence, which is broader. I started today working on a proposal for the NSF (to be written with Mike Blanton, NYU) in which we propose using other kinds of machine learning and machine intelligence, and apply them earlier in the scientific process (like at operations and calibration) instead of at the end (like at source classification and labeling).