Full Name
Sabah Bushaj PDF
Position
Assistant Professor, SUNY Plattsburgh
Email
sabahbushaj@gmail.com

Education

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2021

    PhD in Industrial Engineering

    New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ
    • Dissertation: Multistage Stochastic Optimization and Reinforcement Learning for Forestry and Epidemic Control Planning
    • Advisor: Dr. Esra Buyuktahtakin Toy
  • Sep 2014 - Jul 2016

    M.S. in Computer Science

    Epoka University, Tirana, Albania
    • Thesis: Quadruplets
  • Sep 2011 - Jun 2014

    B.S. in Business Informatics

    Epoka University, Tirana, Albania
    • Thesis: Introducing Mobile Applications in Solving Econometric Problems

Academic Experience

  • Aug 2021 - Present

    Assistant Professor of Business Analytics

    State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY
    • Teaching statistics, operations research, and predictive analytics.
  • Oct 2018 - Aug 2021

    PhD Candidate

    New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ
  • Oct 2017 - Jul 2018

    Lecturer

    Tirana University, Tirana, Albania

Industry Experience

  • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

    Data Science Intern - NLP Analyst

    Novartis Oncology, East Hanover, NJ
  • Oct 2017 - Aug 2018

    SAP Consultant - Data Stream

    Brizo Consulting G.m.b.H, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Oct 2016 - Sep 2017

    SAP Developer - Data Management

    Albtelecom Albania, Tirana, Albania

Memberships

  • Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)
  • Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • Decision Sciences Institute (DSI)
  • Society of North American Scholars (SNAS)

Awards

  • 2025
    • Office of Institutional Effectiveness Fellowship, SUNY Plattsburgh
  • 2024
    • Student Research Assistant Award, SUNY
  • 2021-2024
    • SUNY IDAP (Individual Development Awards Program)
  • 2021-2022
    • Presidential Research Award Grant, SUNY Plattsburgh
  • 2018-2021
    • NJIT Graduate Tuition, Fee, and Stipend Awards

Selected Talks

  • Nov 2025

    Got Data? Series Talk

    SUNY Plattsburgh, NY
    • Continuous, Explainable Retention Architecture: Predicting and Preventing Student Dropouts
  • Oct 2025

    INFORMS Annual Meeting 2025

    Atlanta, GA, United States
    • Optimizing Surveillance and Management of Round Goby Invasion in Lake Champlain
  • Oct 2025

    SNAS Annual Meeting 2025

    Society of North American Scholars, Fairleigh Dickinson University
    • From Sip to Signal: Computational Analysis of FDA Beverage Adverse Event Reports to Inform Regulatory Modernization
  • Oct 2024

    SNAS Annual Meeting 2024

    Society of North American Scholars
    • An Early Warning System for Predicting College Student Dropouts Through Analytics
  • Oct 2024

    INFORMS Annual Meeting 2024 (Invited Session Chair)

    Seattle, WA, United States
    • Optimization Approaches to Enhancing Biodiversity