to Bring Artificial Intelligence to Application Development
Singapore and Lisbon, Portugal – 20 February
— OutSystems, an innovator in low-code
application development and cloud computing, today announced a major initiative
to bring the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to
software development.
The initiative, called Project Turing, is aptly named
after Alan Turing, father of theoretical computer science and artificial
intelligence. The center will explore how AI/ML can transform the world of
software development in the next decade. As part of Project Turing, OutSystems
will:
Build a new AI Center
of Excellence in Lisbon, Portugal
Commit 20 percent of
its overall R&D resources to focus on this challenge
Partner with industry
experts, technology leaders, and universities to drive original research and
innovation in the field of AI/ML.
bold vision for Project Turing fits perfectly with the principal ideas we had
when we started OutSystems 17 years ago – reduce the complexity of developing
and changing enterprise software. It’s in our DNA,” said Paulo Rosado,
OutSystems CEO. “With AI, we see the potential to transform the entire
software lifecycle where AI assistants help with everything from modelling new
applications with the right architecture and user experiences to analysing the
business value and impact for the organisation.”
According to Forrester, “AI will improve,
accelerate, and disrupt the software development life cycle. A combination of
AI technologies like advanced machine learning, deep learning, and natural
language processing, and business rules will have an impact on all steps of the
software development life cycle, helping developers build better software
faster.” The report also notes that, “AI will not just improve apps as we know
them today — it will also allow developers to begin to move beyond apps to
deliver tomorrow’s software experiences.” [How AI Will Change
Software Development and Applications by Diego Lo Giudice, November 2, 2016,
copyright Forrester Research.]
Another recent research report from Gartner
noted that: “Machine learning allows enterprises to implement models that would
be impossible to build using human analysis due to the time required to do the
analysis. Machine learning helps organizations discover hidden insights that
would be impossible to identify through other means.” [AI Will Alter
Application Development — Things to Do Now by Van L. Baker, 17 August 2017,
copyright Gartner.]
“As the leading low-code platform provider for
over a decade, we have one of the largest datasets of production applications
in the world,” said Nuno Antunes, OutSystems Vice President of Engineering.
“Just like IBM Watson is using massive volumes of medical data from the Mayo
Clinic to improve patient health, we’re in a unique position to leverage AI/ML
and big data to identify best practices and create expert assistants that will
significantly help our customers in the future.”
The new center will initially focus on three big
projects:
Developing new AI
Assistants to further accelerate application development. By providing best
practice patterns, components, and widgets during application design, AI
Assistants will make developers more efficient and become the new paradigm for
pair programming.
Designing AI-based
Analysers that will decrease application maintenance costs. By analysing the
structure of complex apps before they are deployed AI-based Analysers will be
able to predict issues and monitor real-time usage patterns to make
recommendations on how to improve and refactor applications.
Developing AI-based
systems that automatically generate new feature recommendations for new
applications based on large data sets of usage, error reporting, customer
feedback, adoption rates, and business metrics.
new center launched on February 19, 2018, the anniversary of the first detailed
design of a stored-program computer proposal developed by Alan Turing.
About OutSystems
Thousands of customers worldwide trust
OutSystems, the number one low-code platform for rapid application development.
Engineers with an obsessive attention to detail crafted every aspect of the
OutSystems platform to help organizations build enterprise-grade apps and
transform their business faster. OutSystems is the only solution that combines
the power of low-code development with advanced mobile capabilities, enabling
visual development of entire applications that easily integrate with existing
systems. Visit us at www.outsystems.com, or follow us on
Twitter @OutSystems or LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/outsystems.
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