"In deep learning, architecture engineering is the new feature engineering"

Trying to set algo's so they are not limited sets of the developers, or the databases.

http://smerity.com/articles/2016/architectures_are_the_new_feature_engineering.html

An AI was used to optimize and align a set of lasers used to produce BoseEinstein Condensates, and optimized the problem in one hour.

"Fast machine-learning online optimization of ultra-cold-atom experiments"

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep25890

SETI research organizational optimization, and examining the definitions of what alien life actually is

Alien Mindscapes—A Perspective on the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2016.1536

a nice little writeup on using SQL

http://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/2016/07/07/a-beginners-guide-to-sql/

and a free, and large book on maths- warning PDF alert

www3.nd.edu/~powers/ame.60611/M.pdf