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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
    News

    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 Smith
    01 May, 2024 | 2 minutes
  • Ensuring Cyber Resiliency for OT Systems
    Feature

    Ensuring Cyber Resiliency for OT Systems

    Awareness is a pathway toward cyber resilience. But organizations must take the necessary steps.
    By: Jack Smith
    30 April, 2024 | 8 minutes
  • A Conversation with Jonas Berge, 2024 ISA Fellow
    Opinion

    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 Smith
    07 March, 2024 | 4 minutes
  • The Last Word: Putting Generative AI into Perspective
    Opinion

    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 Smith
    05 March, 2024 | 3 minutes
  • IIoT Insights: Remote Monitoring Key to Chilean Gold Mine Operation
    Opinion

    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 Smith
    02 January, 2024 | 2 minutes
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