COSMO — Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory

Jorge Alvarez

Current Position:

• EIT – Project Management Office at Dumas Contracting Ltd

Sebastian Arenas Bermúdez

Current Position:

• Mining Engineer in Training at Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

Zeyneb Brika

Years: 2013-2019

Thesis Title: Optimisation de la planification stratégique d’une mine à ciel ouvert en tenant compte de l’incertitude géologique

Current Position: Data Scientist Team Lead, Newtrax Technologies Inc.

Veronique Bouzaglou

Current Position:

• Environmental AnalystEnvironmental Analyst, Ministère de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques (MELCC)

Lisa Chanderman

Years: 2015-2016
Thesis Title: None: COSMO Consortium Scholarship in Geostatistics and Mine Planning Optimisation with Uncertainty
Current Position: Resource Geology Superintendent at Barrick Gold Corporation

Rein Dirkx

Years: 2014-2016
Thesis Title: “The optimization of mine planning aspects under uncertainty: a study on infill drilling and block cave scheduling”
Current Position: Principal bij GBL (Groupe Bruxelles Lambert)

Sean T. Grogan

Years: 2014-2016
Thesis Title: “An adaptive neighborhood search algorithm for optimizing stochastic mining complexes”
Current Position: Researcher at Polytechnique Montréal

Iain Farmer

Years: 2014-2016
Thesis Title: “Stochastic Mining Supply Chain Optimization: A Study of Integrated Capacity Decisions and Pushback Design Under Uncertainty”
Current Position: Vice President Corporate Development at Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd

Ashish Kumar

Years: 2015-2020

Thesis Title: Algorithms for Real-time Production Planning with Incoming New Information in Mining Complexes

Current Position: Technical Lead & Senior Data Scientist, Rio Tinto

Yanyan Mu

Years: 2013-2020

Current Position: Research Associate, National Research Council Canada.

Matthew Quigley

Years: 2014-2016
Thesis Title: “The Stochastic Optimization of Long and Short-term Mine Production Schedules Incorporating Uncertainty in Geology and Equipment Performance”
Current Position: Director, Project Evaluation, Osisko Gold Royalties

Luiz Resende Silva

Current Position:

• Mining Engineer, MEng. Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Mathematics at École Polytechnique de Montréal

Adrien Rimélé

Current Position:

• Data Scientist at IVADO Labs

Cristian Saavedra

Current Position:

• Flotation Lab Manager, Molycop logo

Michael Spleit

Years: 2012-2014
Thesis Title: “Production Schedule Optimisation – MeetingTargets by Hedging against Geological Risk while Addressing Environmental and Equipment Concerns”
Current Position: Manager – Mine Technical Services at ArcelorMittal

Ziad Saliba

Years: 2016-2019
Thesis Title: “A study of simultaneous stochastic optimization of open pit mining complexes”
Current Position: Associate at Denham Capital Management

Maria Vallejo Garcia

Years: 2014-2016
Thesis Title: “Stochastic Orebody Modelling and Stochastic Long-Term Production Scheduling for an Iron Ore Deposit, in Northern Quebec”
Current Position: Area Manager Surface Studies & Senior Principal Consultant North America, Mining Plus

James MacNeil

Years: 2013-2015
Thesis Title: “Determining optimal open pit to underground mine transition depth using stochastic mine planning techniques”
Current Position: Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company

Ahmad Rashid

Years: 2012-2015
Thesis Title: “Reconstructing Spatial Images from Limited Samples using Supervised and Semi-Supervised Learning Algorithms”

Current Position: PhD Candidate at U Waterloo & Vector Institute and ML Researcher at Noah’s Ark Lab Huawei

Renaud Senécal

Years: 2013-2015
Thesis Title: “Applications of tabu search parallel metaheuristic for stochastic long-term production scheduling”
Current Position: PConsultant en informatique, KPI Mining Solutions, Montreal, Canada.

Justin Scott

Years: 2004-2006
Thesis Title: “Fractal and multifractal fault simulation: application using soft data and analogues at Wyong, New South Wales, Australia”
Current Position: Operations and Business Development Manager at Global Ore Discovery, Brisbane Area, Australia

Volker Osterholt

Years: 2004-2006
Thesis Title: “Simulation of ore deposit geology and an application at the Yandicoogina iron ore deposit, Western Australia”
Current Position: Expert Natural Resource Governance, ESG and Resource-Reserve Reporting Solutions

Richard Peattie

Years: 2004-2007
Thesis Title: “The use of simulated future grade control drilling to quantify uncertainty in recoverable ore reserves”
Current Position: VP Geology at AngloGold Ashanti

Andre Leite

Years: 2005-2008
Thesis Title: “Stochastic optimization approaches to open pit mine planning: Applications for and the value of stochastic approaches”
Current Position: Vice President Ontario Operations, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

Xu Huan

Years: 2006-2009
Thesis Title: “Robust decision making and its applications in machine learning”
Current Position: Senior Staff Engineer, Alibaba Group

Lucia Robles Stefoni

Years: 2006-2009
Thesis Title: “Critical Analysis of Multiple-Points Statistics Methods in the Stochastic Simulation of Geology at Fox Kimberlitic Diamond Pipe Located on the Ekati Property, North West Territories”
Current Position: Senior Geostatistical Engineer, Technical Services at Glencore

Conor Meagher

Years: 2006-2010
Thesis Title: “On the Directed Cut Polyhedra and Open Pit Mining”
Current Position: Newmont Mining Corporation, Denver, Colorado

Francisco Albor

Years: 2007-2010
Thesis Title: “Exploring stochastic optimization in open pit mine design”
Current Position: Mine Manager at Rio Tinto

Victor Vidal Aguilar

Years: 2008-2011
Current Position: Production Planning Superintendent at Minera Spence

Wadood Yahya

Years: 2009-2011
Thesis Title: “Image reconstruction from a limited number of samples: a matrix-completion-based approach”
Current Position: Software Engineer at Amazon

Putra Manggala

Years: 2009-2012
Thesis Title: “On Markov Random Field Models for Spatial Data: Towards a Practitioner’s Toolbox”
Current Position: Technical Advisor, Haibrid Technologies; Doctoral Researcher, University of Amsterdam

Alexandre Marinho

Years: 2011-2012
Thesis Title: “Surface Constrained Stochastic Life-of-Mine Production Scheduling”
Current Position: Co-Founder, MiningMath Associates, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Martha Villalba Matamoros

Years: 2011-2014
Thesis Title: “Stochastic Short-term Production Scheduling Accounting for Fleet Allocation, Operational Considerations, Blending Restrictions and Future Multi-element Ore Control Data“

Murilo Nogueira Teixeira

Years: 2012-2014
Thesis Title: “Application of Multiple-Point Simulation of Mineral Deposits Based on Discrete Wavelet Transform”
Current Position: Mining Engineer at Deswik

Mario De Freitas Silva

Years: 2012-2014
Thesis Title: “Application of Efficient Frameworks for Joint Simulation of Multi-Element Mineral Deposits and Stochastic Optimization of Open Pit Mine Production Scheduling”
Current Position: Manager Technical Services at Vale

Sabrina Carpentier

Years: 2012-2015
Thesis Title: “Planification Stratégique d’une Mine Souterraine en Tenant Compte de l’Incertitude Géologique”
Current Position: Senior Mining Engineer at Glencore

Amir Abbas Haji Abolhassani

Work Experience:

• Computer vision/Machine learning specialist, C2RO, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (2017-2019)
• Research assistant (Physics Department), INRS, Varrenes, Quebec, Canada (2010-2012)
• Electronics board designer and developer engineer, Pasargad smart-home co. Tehran, Iran (2002-2005)

Christian Both

Work Experience:

• Graduate Intern, Knauf Gips KG, Iphofen, Germany, February – July 2016
• Research Assistant, Institute of Mining Engineering I, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, August 2013 – September 2014
• Internship, RAG German Hardcoal, Mining Department, Bottrop, Germany
• Internship, RWE Power AG, Lignite Mining, Grevenbroich, Germany

Cristina Tessa Penadillo Palomino

Work Experience:

• Junior Mine Planning Engineer, Compañia Minera Condestable, Cañete, Lima, Peru (2020-2021)
• Planning and Engineering Intern, Compañia Minera Condestable, Cañete, Lima, Peru (2019)
• Software Laboratory Teacher in Underground Mining, Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC), Lima, Perú (2018)
• Junior Engineer in Project Development and Mining Planning, Minconsulting SAC (2018)
• Intern of Technology, Innovation and Development, Sociedad Alikante SAC, Lima, Peru (2017)
• Mining Intern, Regional Directorate of Energy, Mines and Hydrocarbons Huanuco (DREMHCO), Huanuco, Peru (2017)

Daniel Morales

Years: 2018-2021
Thesis Title: “High-order simulation of geological domains of a gold deposit and its effects on the simultaneous stochastic optimization of a mining complex”
Current Position: Consultant at Americas Mining & Metals Centre of Excellence at EY

Matheus Faria

Years: 2018-2021

Thesis Title: “Stochastic optimization of stope design and long-term underground mining production scheduling for sublevel open stoping mining operations”
Current Position: Senior Mine Planning Consultant / Product Manager, KPI Digital Solutions

Mélanie LaRoche-Boisvert

Years: 2018-2020
Thesis Title: “An application of simultaneous stochastic optimization in mining complexes and integrating mine-to-port transportation”
Current Position: Mining Engineer, DRA Global

Waqas Ahmed

Work Experience:

• Data Scientist, Afiniti Software Solutions Ltd., Pakistan, April 2021 – August 2021
•  Data Science and Business Analytics Expert, MySportsAnalysis, UK, November 2020 – April 2021
• Artificial Intelligence Researcher, National Centre of Artificial Intelligence, Pakistan, February 2019 – November 2020
• Data Science Intern, S&P Global, Pakistan, June 2018 – August 2018

Zachary Levinson

Work Experience:

• Drill Blast Engineering Co-op Student September 2014, Taseko Mines Ltd., McCleese Lake, British Columbia, Canada
• Survey Engineering Co-op Student May 2014, Taseko Mines Ltd., McCleese Lake, British Columbia, Canada
• Geotechnical Engineering Co-op Student January 2014, Taseko Mines Ltd., McCleese Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Contact Information: zachary.levinson@mail.mcgill.ca