ALMA Y. ALANIS (Senior Member, IEEE) received a Ph.D.degree in electrical engineering from the Advanced Studies and Research Center of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), Guadalajara Campus, Mexico, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. Since 2008, she has been with the University of Guadalajara, where she is currently a Chair Professor with the Department of Computer Science. From 2016 to 2019, she was the dean of the Ph.D. Program of Electronic and Computer Sciences. She has published papers in recognized international journals and conferences, as well as five international books. Her research interests include neural control, backstepping control, block control, and their applications to electrical machines, power systems, and robotics. She is a member of the Mexican National Research System (SNI-2) and the Mexican Academy of Sciences. Since 2008, she has been a member of the Accredited Assessors record RCEA-CONACYT, evaluating a wide range of national research projects, andshe has belonged to important project evaluation committees of national and international research projects. She is serving on a number of IEEE and IFAC conference organizing committees. In 2013, she received the Grant for Women in Science by L’Oreal-UNESCO-AMC-CONACYT-CONALMEX. In 2015, she received the Research Award Marcos Moshinsky. She is a Subject Editor of the Journal of The Franklin Institute (Elsevier) and the IEEE/ASME TRANSACTIONSON MECHATRONICS.