Top 10 topics for 2018: Hottest 2018 topics in automation, controls, and instrumentation are here, but don't take my word for it; help write future history.

The article focuses on several control engineering topics which are expected to be in trend in 2018 including Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Topics discussed include product innovation in automation, controls, and instrumentation; increased use of advanced controls include proportional- integral-derivative (PID) controllers; and energy efficiency and advanced industrial ethernet and wireless communications connecting sensors and controllers and cybersecurity.