Journal of Control, Automation and Electrical Systems, formerly Controle & Automacao, is the scientific journal of the Brazilian Society for Automatics (SBA).  The journal publishes original research papers as well as tutorials pertaining to industrial automation, intelligent systems, robotics, instrumentation, power electronics, power systems and control theory and applications. Contributions are welcome on research, development and/or innovation in any area of science or technology in which the novelty and implications to control and automation are made clear. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to: • Alternative Sources of Energy • Automation Systems • Circuits and Systems • Computational Intelligence • Control Theory and Applications • Discrete Event Systems • Education in Control, Automation, Robotics and Mechatronics • Electrical Machines and Drives • Electric Power Systems • Electronic and Biomedical Instrumentation • Energy Efficiency • Intelligent Systems • Mechatronic Systems • Micro-grids and Intelligent Networks (Smart Grids) • Power Electronics • Robotics • Signal Processing • Systems Modelling, Identification, and Optimization    .