Research Triangle Park, NC (15 July 2010) – The International Society of Automation (ISA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2010 ISA Educational Foundation Scholarships. These scholarships are awarded to college and university students who demonstrate outstanding potential for long-range contribution to the fields of automation, instrumentation, and control. The scholarship awards support tuition and related expenses and research activities and initiatives. Continue reading →
ISA Publishes Third Edition of Control Systems Safety Evaluation and Reliability
Research Triangle Park NC, USA – The International Society of Automation (ISA) announces the publication of Control Systems Safety Evaluation and Reliability, Third Edition, by William M. Goble.
This updated third edition, intended to serve a wide variety of users, provides the detailed background necessary to understand how to meet important new safety regulations and offers discussion on reliability engineering topics.
Professional control system designers will learn to properly evaluate control system components and various system architectures and will learn how to better communicate with vendors and increase accuracy of life-cycle cost estimates. Continue reading →
4-7 October 2010 in Houston
Research Triangle Park NC, USA —ISA announced today that registration for its annual event, ISA Automation Week 2010, is now open.
ISA Automation Week is a technical conference that covers 2 ½ days of sessions, including two keynote addresses, networking and social events, and a 10,000 square foot exhibit area featuring over 100 exhibitors. It will be held 4-7 October 2010 in Houston, Texas, at the Westin Galleria Hotel. Continue reading →
The DOE on Cyber Security: Covered by ISA POWID Symposium Keynotes
Research Triangle Park NC, USA (11 June 2010) – Cyber security progress at the US Department of Energy (DOE), the forces that will shape US energy policy development, and the dollars and jobs at stake were the hot topics covered by three keynote speakers at the 53rd ISA POWID Symposium, just completed in Las Vegas, Nevada, 6-11 June 2010.
Henry (Hank) Kenchington, deputy assistant secretary for research and development for the DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, announced that the department, working closely with power-generation end users and vendors, has completed the first milestones in its cyber security testing and pre-qualification plan for automated power technologies such as Smart Grid and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. Continue reading →
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