Thomás Vargas Barsante e Pinto is a PhD candidate in the Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and holds a master’s degree in Instrumentation, Control, and Automation of Mining Processes from the PROFICAM program, a partnership between ITV MI and the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP). Graduated in Control and Automation Engineering from UFOP, he is a researcher at ITV MI and works mainly in the development of advanced and regulatory control systems, dynamic simulation of mining processes, and vehicle traffic.