EDUCATION
2010 – 2015: PhD, Conflict Resolution & Decision Analysis, Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Thesis Topic: Negotiation Support System with Third Party Intervention.
In addition, developed GMCR+ software for negotiations.
2008 – 2010: Masters of Engineering Entrepreneurship & Innovation, School of Engineering Practice, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Enterprise Project: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Application Lab
2003 – 2007: Bachelor of Science with First Class Honors, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Senior Project: The Effective Evolution of Business Success
CERTIFICATIONS
2011 – Present: Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute, PMP®#1393646
2008 – Present: Certified Graph Analyst Trainer, International Academy of Handwriting Analysis
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
2014 – 2015: Member, Project Management Institute (PMI), PMI ID: 1733229
2010 – 2011: Member, Project Management Institute (PMI), PMI ID: 1733229
2005 – 2006: Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member # 80039261
EMPLOYMENT
Current Appointments
2015 – Present: Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Previous Appointments
UNIVERSITY
2012 (Sept – Dec): Teaching Assistant, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
2007 – 2015: Demonstrator, Industrial Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
1. Kinsara, R. A., Petersons O., Hipel, K. W., and Kilgour, D. M., “Advanced Decision Support for the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution”, Journal of Decision Systems, DOI: 10.1080/12460125.2015.1046682, 2015.
2. Kinsara, R. A., Kilgour, D. M., and Hipel, K. W., “Inverse Approach to the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution.” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 734-742, 2015.
3. Hipel, K. W., Kilgour, D. M., and Kinsara, R. A., “Strategic investigations of water conflicts in the middle east,”Group Decision and Negotiation, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 355–376, 2014.
Conference Publications
1. Kinsara, R. A. , Hipel, K. W., and Kilgour, D. M., “A New Approach to Decision Support for Environmental Conflict Resolution” invited paper published in the special session on Conflict Resolution, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, pp. 1950-1954, ISBN: 978-1-4799-3840-7/14, 2014.
2. Kinsara, R. A., Kilgour, D. M., and Hipel, K. W. "The Inverse Approach to Conflict Resolution in Environmental Management", published in the Proceedings of Group Decision and Negotiation 2014 Conference (GDN 2014) Edited by P. Zaraté, G. Camilleri, D. Kamissoko, F. Amblard. pp. 224 – 231. ISBN : 978-2-917490-27-3, 2014.
3. Kinsara, R. A. , Hipel, K. W., and Kilgour, D. M., “Inverse approach in third party intervention,” invited paper published in the special session on Conflict Resolution in the Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Oct 2013, pp. 2433–2436, 2013.
4. Kinsara, R. A., Kilgour, D. M., and Hipel, K. W. "Strategic Modeling Approach for Third Party Intervention." refereed extended abstract published in the Proceedings of Group Decision and Negotiation 2013Conference (GDN 2013) edited by Bilyana Martinovski: held in Stockholm, Sweden, June 17-20, 2013 pp 45- 48.
5. Kinsara, R. A., Hipel, K. W., Kilgour, D. M. “Third Party Intervention in International Water Conflicts” accepted as Oral presentation at the 6th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research (ICWRER) which took place in Koblenz, Germany, from June 3–7 2013.
6. Kinsara, R. A., Kilgour, D. M., and Hipel, K. W. , “Conflict Resolution and Mediation”, invited paper published in the special session on Conflict Resolution in the Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, held at COEX (Convention and Exhibition Center), Seoul, Korea, October 14-17, 2012, pp 2780-2784, 2012.
7. Kinsara, R. A. , Kilgour, D. M. , and Hipel, K. W. , “Third Party Interventions in Conflict Resolution”, refereed extended abstract published in the Proceedings of Group Decision and Negotiation 2012 Conference (GDN 2012), Volume I, edited by Adiel Teixeira de Almeida, Danielle Costa Morais, and Suzana de Franca Dantas Daher, within the session on Strategic Conflicts over Water, held at the Golden Tulip Recife Palace Hotel, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, May 20-24, 2012, pp 90-93, 2012.
8. Kinsara, R. A. , Hipel, K. W. , Kilgour, D. M. , Aldamak, A. M. , and Fang, L. , “Strategic Insights into the Bahrain Conflict”, invited paper published in the special session on Conflict Resolution in the Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, held at the Hilton Anchorage Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, October 9-12, 2011, pp 3495-3499, 2011.
9. Kilgour, M., K. W. Hipel, and R. Kinsara. "Strategic Investigation of Conflict Dynamics along the Euphrates." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. Vol. 1. 2011.
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