  Next-generation synoptic photometric surveys will yield unprecedented (for
the astronomical community) volumes of data and the processes of discovery and
rare-object identification are, by necessity, becoming more autonomous. Such
autonomous searches can be used to find objects of interest applicable to a
wide range of outstanding problems in astronomy, and in this paper we present
the methods and results of a largely autonomous search for highly eccentric
detached eclipsing binary systems in the Machine-learned ASAS Classification
Catalog. 106 detached eclipsing binaries with eccentricities greater than 0.1
are presented, most of which are identified here for the first time. We also
present new radial-velocity curves and absolute parameters for 6 of those
systems with the long-term goal of increasing the number of highly eccentric
systems with orbital solutions, thereby facilitating further studies of the
tidal circularization process in binary stars.
