Sentence:  <WSD>Academics</WSD>...see integrated systems for collecting, processing and acting on data as offering a “second electrification” to the world's metropolises. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice. (First attested in the late 16th century.)<ref name=SOED/>