Venkat Akhil Ankem Student (Ph.D.), GERAD share Polytechnique Montréal venkat-2-akhil.ankem@polymtl.ca Phone: 514 340-6053 x6021 Office 4501 Other titles and affiliations Mar 2021 – Aug 2021 École Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC) Education since Aug 2021 Ph.D. Optimization methods for open-pit mine planning Polytechnique Montréal – Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering, Guy Desaulniers, director, Michel Gamache, co-director Mar 2021 – Aug 2021 Internship Accelerating a branch-and-cut algorithm for long-term production planning in a mining complex Polytechnique Montréal – Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering, Guy Desaulniers, director