André Laurindo Maitelli is a professor at the Department of Computer and Automation Engineering (DCA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil. He graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brazil, and holds a Ph.D. in Electronics and Computer Engineering from the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA). He has coordinated several research and innovation projects in partnership with companies. He is the coordinator of the Petroleum Automation Laboratory (LAUT) at UFRN. He is currently the general director of FUNPEC (UFRN Support Foundation). His research interests include signal processing, artificial intelligence, automation and adaptive, and predictive and robust control.