By Nicolas Guelfi, University of Luxembourg.In 1968 an intergovernmental military alliance (the NATO) decided to react to the damages caused by the first crisis of the digital era. NATO thus created “Software Engineering” (SE). In 2018, 50 years later, it is forecasted a new digital disruption mostly related to the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI). Some expect a $200 billion investment in AI until 2025 with an average compound annual growth rate of 36%.

Fig. 1: 1st Software Crisis (1968 - NATO Crisis Report)

 

While the software engineering community has developed valuable methods and tools, IT projects are still struggling with basic issues that led to the first crisis such as reliability, maintainability, deadlines and cost control. When looking to intelligent systems engineering, it would be easy to conclude that a new crisis could spread our world around 2028.

This article presents an analysis of the competencies needed and of the solutions proposed by education institutions. It designs a proposal of an academy for “deep” professional and academic training targeting an advanced double competency in artificial intelligence-AND-Software Engineering. This academy could offer means to the Luxembourgian IT sector to face the coming challenges. However, to make this academy a reality, it is required a joint effort of three key actors: the IT sector, the University of Luxembourg and the government of Luxembourg.

 

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The other White Papers on Artificial Intelligence will be published in the upcoming IT One Magazine. Stay tuned.