Smart Software Application

Context:
- It can (typically) perform Semantic Operations.
- It can (often) Learn.
Example(s):
- a Smart BPM Application.
- an Intelligent Digital Assistant.
- a Smart Government Platform.
- …
Counter-Example(s):
- Dumb Software.
See: Integrated Strategy Application, Smart Phone.

References

Sharon Gaudin Follow. (2016). “IBM: In 5 years, Watson A.I. will be behind your every decision.” In: Computerworld | Oct 27, 2016 4:30 AM PT
- QUOTE: Watson, the company's artificial intelligence-fueled system, is working in fields like health care, finance, entertainment and retail, connecting businesses more easily with their customers, making sense of big data and helping doctors find treatments for cancer patients.
  The Watson system is set to transform how businesses function and how people live their lives. “Our goal is augmenting intelligence," Rometty said. “It is man and machine. This is all about extending your expertise. A teacher. A doctor. A lawyer. It doesn't matter what you do. We will extend it." ...
  ... The A.I. market is young and malleable and Watson is the biggest name, pulling in users like General Motors, GlaxoSmithKline, Staples, Teva Pharmaceuticals, the American Cancer Society and the Cleveland Clinic.

(Maria et al., 2012) ⇒ Maria J. Ferreiraosé M.. (2012). “Intelligent Classrooms and Smart Software: Teaching and Learning in Today’s University.” Education and Information Technologies 17, no. 1
- ABSTRACT: The use of information and communication technologies in higher education is surrounded by contradictory, yet interrelated themes, that suggest that education is either experiencing a revolution or approaching its own demise. ... In other words, unless we consider academic culture we cannot fully capture the relationship of technologies to education.