**About the Editors**

**Marcos de Sales Guerra Tsuzuki** graduated from Escola Politecnica from USP (1985), received ´ a Master's in Information Processing Engineering at Yokohama National University (1989), a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Escola Politecnica from USP (1995) and became a Full Professor at Escola ´ Politecnica from USP (2000). He is chair of TC 5.1—Manufacturing Plant Control and Vice-Chair of ´ TC 8.2—Biological and Medical Systems, both at IFAC. He has experience in the field of mechatronics engineering, with an emphasis on CAD/CAM, geometric modeling, and solid modeling. He is currently an associate professor at the Escola Politenica from USP. ´

**Marcosiris Amorim de Oliveira Pessoa** holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering (1995), an MS in Electrical Engineering in the field of Computer Engineering (2003), and a D.Sc in Mechanical Engineering in the field of Automation and Control Engineering (2015). He completed his postdoctoral studies at the University of New South Wales (UNSW—Sydney, Australia) at the School of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE—2018). From 2006, he worked as a laboratory specialist engineer at Escola Politecnica of the University of S ´ ao Paulo and is a researcher in the ˜ Automation Systems Laboratory (LSA-PMR-EPUSP); from 2017–2018, was a Research Associate Visitor from the University of New South Wales (UNSW—Sydney, Australia) at CSE. Has experience in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering, and Computer Engineering, emphasizing the following sectors: Industry 4.0, cyber–physical systems, Internet of Things, virtual enterprises, modeling and simulation, time windows, scheduling heuristics, and constraint programming.

**Alexandre Ac´acio de Andrade**, also know as Alexandre Acassio, holds a degree in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on Energy and Automation (1997), a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (Automation) (2001), and a Ph.D. (2007) in Electrical Engineering (Automation), all from the Polytechnic School at the University of Sao Paulo. He was a Professor at Faculdade de Engenharia ˜ Sao Paulo from 2002 to 2012. He has 10 years of experience in Industrial Automation projects based ˜ on PLCs (Rockwell Automation Agreement—EPUSP), working mainly on the following subjects: artificial intelligence, data mining, supervisory systems, programmable logic controllers, DCS, data networks, low-cost automation, and innovation. He has been a full-time Professor at UFABC since 2012. He has been a Professor of the Master's in Innovation Management Engineering program since 2015.
