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Education

• Ph D, Management Information Systems, 2014, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• MBA, MBA, 2006, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
• BS, Computer Science, 2004, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor of Information Management & Business Analytics, Montclair State University. (January 2017 - Current).
• Assistant Professor of MIS, Northern State University. (August 2014 - December 2016).
• Instructor/ Research Assistant/ Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. (August 2009 - July 2014).
• Strategic Planning and Organization Officer, BLOM BANK. (June 2006 - July 2009).

Honors and Awards

• Best Paper Award , 2019 Information and Communication Technologies in Organizations and Society International Conference. (October 2019).
• Nora Staael Evert Research Award , Northern State University. (May 2015).
• International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) Doctoral Consortium Fellow , International Conference on Information Systems. (November 2013).
• Roger L. Fitzsimonds Doctoral Scholarship , University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. (May 2013).

Research

• A Theory-based Approach for Electricity Consumption Feedback Application Use and Electricity Conservation
• Electricity Load Forecasting Using Text Mining
• Hedonic Motivation Theory for Using Green IT: Do Generation and Culture Matter?
• Industry Model for Financial Fraud Detection Using Data Mining
• IT Alignment: Different Firm Types, Different Alignment Configurations

Refereed Published Articles

• Johnson, M., Albizri, A., Harfouche, A. (2021). Responsible Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Predicting and Preventing Insurance Claim Denials for Economic and Social Wellbeing. Information Systems Frontiers,
• Alnsour, Y., Johnson, M., Albizri, A., Harfouche, A. Predicting Patient Length of Stay Using Artificial intelligence to Assist Health Care Professionals in Resource Planning and Scheduling Decisions. Journal of Global Information Management,
• Albizri, A., Appelbaum, D. (2021). Trust but Verify: Auditing and the Oracle Paradox of Blockchain Smart Contracts. Journal of Information Systems,
• Jain, R., Johnson, M., Albizri, A., Elias, G. An Open System Architecture Framework for Interoperability (OSAFI). International Journal of Business Information Systems,
• Johnson, M., Albizri, A., Simsek, S. (2020). Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Operations to Enhance Treatment Outcomes: A Framework to Predict Lung Cancer Prognosis for Tailoring of Treatment Strategies. Annals of Operations Research,
• Johnson, M., Albizri, A., Jain, R. (2020). Exploratory Analysis to Identify Concepts, Skills, Knowledge, & Tools to Educate Business Analytics Practitioners. Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 18 (1), pp. 90-118.
• Aljabbouli, H., Albizri, A., Harfouche, A. (2020). Tree-based Algorithm for Stable and Efficient Data Clustering. Informatics, 7 (4),
• Simsek, S., Genc, O., Albizri, A., Dinc, S., Gonen, B. (2020). Artificial Neural Network incorporated Decision Support Tool for Point Velocity Prediction. Journal of Business Analytics,
• Simsek, S., Albizri, A., Johnson, M., Custis, T., Weikert, S. (2020). Predictive Data Analytics for Contract Renewals: A Decision Support Tool for Managerial Decision Making. Journal of Enterprise Information Management,
• Albizri, A. (2020). Theory-based Taxonomy of Feedback Application Design for Electricity Conservation: A User-Centric Approach. Communications of the Association for Information Systems,
• Albizri, A., Appelbaum, D., Rizzotto, N. (2019). Evaluation of Financial Statements Fraud Detection Research: A Multi-disciplinary Analysis. International Journal of Disclosure and Governance - Springer/Palgrave Macmillan,

Published Proceedings

• Albizri, A., Johnson, M., Jain, R. (2018). The Future of Business Analytics Education: Closing the Gap between Academia & Industry. : 2018 DSI Annual Meeting Proceedings. Refereed
• Albizri, A., Ramamurthy, K. (2013). IT Alignment: Different Firm Types, Different Alignment Configurations. : International Conference on Information Systems-ICIS,. Refereed
• Albizri, A., Zahedi, F. (2012). Theory-based Taxonomy of Feedback Application Design for Electricity Conservation: A User-Centric Approach. : Proceedings of the Annual Pre-ICIS HCI Workshop. Refereed
• Albizri, A., Zahedi, F. (2012). Enhancing Trust Equity by Web-Design Elements that Manifest Pro-Environment Commitments. : Proceedings of the Midwest AIS Conference. Refereed