2019年04月12日上午，加拿大皇家科学院Keith W Hipel教授应邀在将军路校区自动化学院1号楼403会议室做题为“Expanding Cooperation with China in Environmental Science and Systems Engineering”的学术报告。报告由南京航空航天大学副校长兼自动化学院院长姜斌教授主持，自动化学院及经济与管理学院部分师生参加了报告会。
Hipel教授自1982年第一次到访中国以来，访问中国已逾六十次，共计访问了三十余所高校。在过去四十年里，他指导了七十余位来自中国的研究人员，在决策方法和水环境研究方面与中国有着密切的合作关系。
首先，Hipel教授在开场先进行了有奖问答环节，问题设置为历史上重要的科学革新以及相应的科学家的相关知识，此环节不仅起到了暖场作用也让大家对创新有了更深刻的认识，激发了大家对未知的探索欲。
而后，Hipel教授讲解了他在水环境研究方面所做的主要工作。Hipel教授针对矛盾冲突该如何解决的问题详细的阐述了冲突分析图模型（GMCR）。冲突分析图模型是在经典对策论和偏对策理论基础上发展起来的一种对冲突行为进行正规分析的决策分析方法。Hipel教授对冲突分析图模型的介绍主要集中在五个方面：偏好信息、稳定性概念、稳定后分析、应用研究及其未来展望。充分论述了冲突分析图模型在解决社会热点冲突问题具有重要的实际应用价值。
最后，Hipel教授与到场的师生进行了交流互动，耐心解答了师生们所提出的学术问题并与到会师生代表合影。
附报告人简介：
Keith W. Hipel is University Professor of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo where he is Coordinator of the Conflict Analysis Group. He is Former President of the Academy of Science within the Royal Society of Canada, Senior Fellow of the Center for International Governance Innovation, Fellow of the Bafsillie School of International Affairs, and Past-Chair of the Board of Governors of Renison University College. His major research interests are the development of conflict resolution, multiple criteria decision analysis, time series analysis and other decision-making methodologies for addressing complex interdisciplinary system of systems engineering problems lying at the confluence of society, technology and the environment, with applications in water resources management, hydrology, environmental engineering, energy, and sustainable development. Prof. Hipel is the author or co-author of 5 books, 12 edited books, more than 315 journal papers, as well as many conference and encyclopedia articles (over 13,000 citations; H-index=54, i10-index=247). Dr. Hipel is the recipient of the Officer of the Order of Canada title; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Eminent Scientist Award; Joseph G. Wohl Outstanding Career Award from the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC) Society; IEEE SMC Norbert Wiener Award; three Honorary Doctorate degrees (Royal Society of Canada); Ven Te Chow Award from the Environmental and Water Resources Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers; Jiangsu Friendship Medal; Engineering Medal for Research and Development from Professional Engineers Ontario; and Foreign Member designation of the National Academy of the United States of America.
