Victor Pillac, M.Sc. in Computer Science and Industrial Engineeri

I am a French Ph.D. student at the Ecole des Mines de Nantes (France) and Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia), in the area of transportation and computer science. My research interests go toward dynamic vehicle routing problems and the development of software packages to optimize the real-time routing of a fleet of vehicles.

I spent 12 months studying in Colombia, 6 months working in Australia and 3 in Canada, giving me a strong ability to adapt to different cultures and to fluently communicate in professional contexts in French, English and Spanish. I found the experience of living and working abroad highly rewarding and I relish every opportunity to have such experiences.

I am quick-learning, autonomous and communicative, as I demonstrated in the project I carried out for Constraint Technologies, or during my PhD studies. I particularly enjoy managing projects and communicate on the results and applications, as I did for the 2007 Sustainable Development Trophies presenting the project in front of an audience composed of officials and executive directors. I also proved my ability to communicate complex concepts in other languages giving a seminar at the Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) on manpower planning optimization, or as a teaching assistant at the Universidad de Los Andes teaching a course in spanish on linear programming.