Reinaldo Palhares Email Biography Reinaldo Palhares is currently a Full professor with the Department of Electronics Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Palhares received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the UNICAMP, Brazil, in 1998. His main research interests include Robust Control; Fault Detection, Diagnosis and Prognosis; and Artificial Intelligence. Prof. Palhares has been serving as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems; IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics; and Sensors. He had also served as Guest Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics - Special Section on "Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Systems"; the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics - Focused Section on "Health Monitoring, Management and Control of Complex Mechatronic System"; and The Journal of The Franklin Institute - Special Section on ``Recent Advances on Control and Diagnosis via Process Measurements". Position(s) & Affiliation(s) Federal University of Minas Gerais Brazil