54 Dr. Rami A. Kinsara
Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering Dept., King Abdulaziz University
Education
Degree Field of Study Institution Year
Ph.D. Conflict Resolution & Decision
Analysis University of Waterloo 2015
M.Sc Engineering Entrepreneurship &
Innovation
McMaster University 2010 B.Sc Industrial Engineering King Abdulaziz University 2007 Academic Experience
From To Institution Rank Title (Chair,
Coordinator, etc.)
Full or Part Time 2015 Present King Abdulaziz University Assist.
Prof.
Full Time 2012 2012 University of Waterloo Teaching
Assist.
Part Time 2007 2015 King Abdulaziz University Teaching
Assist. Full Time
Non Academic Industrial Experience (including Consultations)
From To Company/Entity Title Position
Description (Brief)
Full or Part Time 2018 Present Doyof Al Rahman Program
(DARP)
CEO Full Time
Certifications and Professional Registrations
1. Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute, PMP®#1393646 (2011-Present)
2. Certified Graph Analyst Trainer, International Academy of Handwriting Analysis (2008-Present) Current Membership in Professional Societies and Organizations
Society/organization Rank Member Since
1. Project Management Institute (PMI), PMI ID: 1733229 Member 2014 2. Project Management Institute (PMI), PMI ID: 1733229 Member 2010 3. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),
Member # 80039261
Member 2005
Honours and Awards
Institutional and Professional Services (administration, committees, units, etc.) Principal Publications/Presentations from the Past Five Years
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.
55 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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
8. 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.
9. 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.
