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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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Opinion

The Last Word: Making Ethernet Deterministic

For straight-ahead IT data processing, it is more important to deliver data reliably than to be constrained by time.

By: Jack Smith

03 May, 2024 | 3 minutes
News

A Conversation with Deji Chen, ISA Fellow 2024

Deji Chen, chief scientist at Wuxi University in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China, is one of four individuals recognized in 2024 by the International Society of Automation as an ISA Fellow.

By: Jack Smith

02 May, 2024 | 3 minutes