Hsiao-Dong Chiang is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University, New York, President of Bigwood Systems, Inc. (BSI), Ithaca, New York and President of Global Optimal Technology, Inc. (GOTI). He is a Fellow of the IEEE. Luís F. C. Alberto is an Associate Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department of the School of Engineering of Sao Carlos, University of São Paulo and a director of the SBA (Brazilian Society of Automation) 2013-14.