Hasan Arslan, PhD

Biography

Hasan Arslan serves as Chief AI Officer of the Sawyer Business School and Assistant Chair of the Information Systems and Operations Management Department at Suffolk University. In these leadership roles, he helps guide the school’s strategy for integrating artificial intelligence into academics, research, and community engagement, while continuing to oversee the MS in Business Analytics program and support innovative curriculum development.

A passionate educator and researcher, Hasan specializes in AI-powered business solutions, prescriptive and predictive analytics, dynamic pricing and revenue management, and operations management. He is known for breaking down complex concepts into approachable lessons that emphasize fundamentals, hands-on practice, and real-world applications. In his courses, students gain extensive experience with Python, AI platforms, and business case studies to develop both technical expertise and decision-making skills.

Hasan has been a driving force behind Suffolk’s SAGE Framework, which balances AI literacy, social intelligence, cognitive elevation, and ethical leadership. His leadership in this area helped Suffolk earn the Eduventures Innovation Award and recognition in the forthcoming AACSB Insights publication. He has also spearheaded initiatives such as EduMaestro, an AI-powered learning platform; AIChemy, a student competition in AI prompt engineering; and SkillGenome, a framework for mapping industry skill gaps to academic curricula.

Through these efforts, Hasan advances Suffolk’s role in shaping the future of analytics and AI education, with a vision rooted in empowerment, innovation, and social responsibility.

Areas of Expertise

• Artificial Intelligence in Business and Education
• Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics
• Dynamic Pricing and Revenue Management
• Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Inventory and Manufacturing Systems
• AI-driven Curriculum and Learning Innovation
• Industry Skill-Gap Analysis and Workforce Development

Honors and Recognitions

• Appointment as Chief AI Officer, Sawyer Business School (2025)
• Eduventures Innovation Award for the SAGE Framework, Sawyer Business School (2025)
• Forthcoming article in AACSB Insights on Suffolk’s SAGE Framework and AI leadership (October 2025)

Professional Activities

• Chair, Faculty Learning Community, Sawyer Business School (2024– )
• Co-developer, SAGE Framework for AI-human educational synergy (2024– )
• Organizer, AIChemy Student Competition on AI Prompt Engineering (2025– )
• Founder, EduMaestro: AI-powered learning platform (2024– )
• Core Team Member, Suffolk AI Leadership Collaborative (SAIL)
• Reviewer, Management Science, Operations Research, Production and Operations Management (POM), European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR)

Recent Intellectual Contributions

Refereed Journal Articles

• Arslan, H., & Kim, S. (in press). Strategically scarce: Leveraging a dynamic newsvendor model for fast fashion. Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences.
• Arslan, H., & Kim, S. (2024). Managing perishable inventory when strategic customers form a reference on product availability. Annals of Operations Research.
• Arslan, H., & Kim, S. (2024). Inventory decisions with scarcity and spillover. Applied Mathematical Sciences, 18(2), 63–71.
• Arslan, H., Kachani, S., & Shmatov, K. (2019). Dual-product rollover management with consumer memory. Applied Mathematical Sciences, 13(4), 183–200.

Manuscripts Under Review

• Arslan, H., Römer, T., & Yassine, A. Improving production yield through learning-by-doing and knowledge sharing. [Under review]

Working Papers / In Preparation

• Arslan, H. (2025). Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Education: The PRISM Framework. [Working paper]
• Arslan, H. (2024). Optimal control of innovation and pricing for short-life-cycle products under competition. [Working paper]
• Arslan, H. (2024). Memory-dependent pricing and product introduction for multiple generations. [Working paper]

Professional Memberships

• INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences)
• Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)

Education

• PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• BS, University of Michigan