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Jack Smith
Jack Smith is senior contributing editor for Automation.com and Automation.com Monthly digital magazine, publications of ISA, the International Society of Automation. Jack is a senior member of ISA, as well as a member of IEEE. He has an AAS in Electrical/Electronic Engineering and experience in instrumentation, closed loop control, PLCs, complex automated test systems and test system design. Jack also has more than 20 years of experience as a journalist covering process, discrete and hybrid technologies.
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ISA Publishes New Book on Nonlinear Model-Based Control
Nonlinear Model-Based Control: Using First-Principles Models in Process Control has just been made available by ISA.By: Jack Smith01 May, 2024 | 2 minutes -
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Ensuring Cyber Resiliency for OT Systems
Awareness is a pathway toward cyber resilience. But organizations must take the necessary steps.By: Jack Smith30 April, 2024 | 8 minutes -
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A Conversation with Jonas Berge, 2024 ISA Fellow
Jonas Berge, a newly recognized ISA Fellow, speaks from the Emerson Solutions Center in Singapore where he works to help plant operators and others understand automation solutions for digital transformation, IIoT and the energy transition. This column originally appeared in the February 2024 issue of InTech digital magazine.By: Jack Smith07 March, 2024 | 4 minutes -
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The Last Word: Putting Generative AI into Perspective
Automation.com is increasing its reporting on the industrial uses of artificial intelligence of all types, including generative AI. This column originally appeared in the February 2024 issue of InTech digital magazine.By: Jack Smith05 March, 2024 | 3 minutes -
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IIoT Insights: Remote Monitoring Key to Chilean Gold Mine Operation
Salares Norte is a gold and silver mining project owned by Gold Fields, in the Atacama region of Northern Chile. This column originally appeared in the December 2023 issue of InTech digital magazine.By: Jack Smith02 January, 2024 | 2 minutes -
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The Last Word: Enabling Kubernetes at the Edge
Kubernetes was a big topic at the recent Ignition Community Conference (ICC) 2023 put on by Inductive Automation in September. This column originally appeared in the December 2023 issue of InTech digital magazine.By: Jack Smith02 January, 2024 | 3 minutes -
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Emerson Delivers Software-Defined DeltaV Automation Strategy
Emerson presented its annual DeltaV Roadmap and latest technology releases with a focus on a more modular and flexible software-defined automation platform.By: Jack Smith29 November, 2023 | 3 minutes -
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Ensure Performance Transparency Through OEE
Performance tracking, OEE and digitalization are necessary for performance transparency.By: Jack Smith08 November, 2023 | 3 minutes -
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The Last Word: The Evolving Language of Automation Engineering
Which programming languages do automation/control engineers use? The classic engineering answer is, “It depends.” The deeper response is, “It depends on the application or use case.” This feature originally appeared in the October 2023 issue of InTech digital magazine.By: Jack Smith02 November, 2023 | 3 minutesSponsored By International Society of Automation (ISA) -
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CNC Machine Resource Management: Perfect World Versus Reality
Program management, tool wear, breakage monitoring and more are optimized through machine tool digitalization.By: Jack Smith27 September, 2023 | 4 minutes
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