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The material and information contained on this website is for general information purposes only. ISA blog posts may be authored by ISA staff and guest authors from the automation community. Views and opinions expressed by a guest author are solely their own, and do not necessarily represent those of ISA. Posts made by guest authors have been subject to peer review.

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What's the Difference Between Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the biggest buzzwords for 2020 and will only continue to beco...
David Schultz Nov 6, 2020 5:30:00 AM

What No One Tells You About Industrial Automation Marketing (Part 2)

Catch up with this series by reading Part 1. Complacency and stagnation. Two words that will crush a...
Chris Sciulli Nov 3, 2020 5:00:00 AM

Autonomous Navigation Control Using Deep Reinforcement Learning

We learn by interacting with our environment—this is probably the first idea that occurs to most of ...
Nishesh Singh Oct 30, 2020 5:15:00 AM

What Is IIoT?

To define IIoT, we first must define IoT. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of intelligent d...
Manjunath Hiregange Oct 27, 2020 5:00:00 AM

What Is an HMI?

What is an HMI? Human machine interfaces, more commonly known as HMIs, have been used since a person...
David Schultz Oct 23, 2020 5:30:00 AM

What No One Tells You About Industrial Automation Marketing (Part 1)

So you’re a marketer in an industrial automation company. You’ve got it down, right? At this point, ...
Chris Sciulli Oct 20, 2020 5:15:00 AM

Leveraging Digital Technology in Manufacturing

The influence of digital technology on automation began with the introduction of distributed control...
Rajabahadur V. Arcot Oct 16, 2020 5:00:00 AM

ISA President's Column: Putting the 'I' Into ISA

Reaching Our International Aspirations The International Society of Automation (ISA) President Eric ...
ISA Past-Presidents Oct 13, 2020 5:00:00 AM

The COVID-Free Smart Building: Sustainably Transforming Beyond COVID (Part 2)

While COVID-19 has accelerated developments in smart buildings, these building trends and innovation...
Vinod Bijlani Oct 9, 2020 5:15:00 AM

Are You Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day This Year?

Ada Lovelace, an English mathematician and writer who lived in the early 1800s, was one of the first...
Kara Phelps Oct 8, 2020 5:30:00 AM

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