Roussos Dimitrakopoulos
Member, GERAD

Full Professor, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University
Phone: 514 398-4986
Phone: 514 340-6053 x6042
Office 4431
Research Axes
Research Applications
Publications
Nov 2023
Yassine Yaakoubi and Roussos Dimitrakopoulos
Computers & Operations Research, 159, Paper no: 106349, 2023
BibTeX reference
Aug 2023
João Pedro De Carvalho and Roussos Dimitrakopoulos
To appear in: International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, 2023
BibTeX reference
Jul 2023
News
Nov 14, 2023
Several GERAD researchers appear in a ranking of research citations updated in October 2023 and published on the Mendeley website, a search tool belonging to Elsevier, the Dutch scientific publisher.
May 24, 2023
Research.com, a leading academic platform for researchers, released in December 2022 the 2nd edition of its ranking of the top 1000 scientists in several fields.
Sep 9, 2022
Roussos Dimitrakpoulos, member of GERAD and Full Professor at the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, has benn elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He will be welcomed into this select group at the induction and awards ceremony on November 25, 2022.
Events
May 12, 202110:00 AM — 11:00 AM
GERAD seminar
Mary Kang – Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, McGill University
Mary Kang – Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, McGill University
Online meeting
Jun 23, 202011:00 AM — 12:00 PM
GERAD seminar
Amina Lamghari – Adjunct Professor, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University
Amina Lamghari – Adjunct Professor, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University
Online meeting
Oct 16, 201901:30 PM — 07:00 PM
Prizes and awards
2005 – 2026
2022
Professor among the top scientists in the fields of mathematics and engineering and technology
Research.com
2022
Elected Fellow
Royal Society of Canada (RSC)
2021
Professor among the world’s most influential researchers in 2020 and in career
Mendeley (Elsevier)
2021
Gold Medal Award
for “Adaptive simultaneous stochastic optimization of a gold mining complex”, Levinson Z, Dimitrakopoulos R, SIAMM Journal, March 2020, 120(3)
SAIMM
2020
Professor among the world’s most influential researchers in 2019 and in career
Mendeley (Elsevier)
2018
Mann Redmayne Medal
for the article "Globally optimising open-pit and underground mining operations under geological uncertainty", Mining Technology, 125(1), 2016
Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
2018
Fellowship
In recognition of his work resulting in major advances in the sustainable and efficient exploitation of mineral resources worldwide
Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)
2017
William Christian Krumbein Medal
International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG)
2014
Mann Redmayne Medal
Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
Editorial Boards & Comittees
Editor-in-Chief
- Mathematical Geosciences, Springer, 2006-...
Managing Editor
- International Journal of Mining Reclamation and the Environment
Editorial board member
- Journal of the South African Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, 2011-...
- Mining Technology - IMM Transactions (Taylor& Francis), 2010-...
- Mining Science and Technology (Elsevier), 2008-...
Supervision
Cristina Penadillo
Master's degree
Jake Cutler
Master's degree
Waqas Ahmed
Ph.D.
Lei Zhao
Ph.D.
Liam Findlay
Ph.D.

Lingqing Yao
Postdoctoral research
Will Jiang
Master's degree
Laura Andrade
Master's degree
Angel Prior
Postdoctoral research