Patrick M. Ciarelli graduated in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Espírito Santo in 2006. He received the master’s and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Espírito Santo in 2008 and 2012, respectively. He is currently a Professor at Federal University of Espírito Santo. He has experience in the area of electrical engineering, with emphasis on artificial intelligence, information retrieval, pattern recognition, and digital image processing.