Cheickna Sylla
Professor of Management Science and Decision Science, MT School of Management
About Me
Cheickna Sylla is an Associate Professor at the School of Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from SUNY at Buffalo, New York. His teaching and research interests include decision support modeling and evaluation, statistical analyses, operations management and human factors. His publications appear in IEEE Transactions in Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, European Journal of Operations Research, Decision Sciences, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Computers in Industry, Manufacturing Review, Human Factors, Control Engineering Practice, Cost Management, International Journal of Technology Management, and International Environmental Agreement.
Education
Ph.D. ; University at Buffalo ; Industrial Engineering And Operations Research ; 1983

M.S. ; University at Buffalo ; Industrial Research And Operations Research ; 1980

B.S. ; Ecole Nationale D'lngenieurs (ENI) ; Electromechanical Engineering ; 1975

2025 Fall Courses
MGMT 630 - DEC ANAL WITH QUANT MODELING

MIS 648 - DEC SUPPORT SYS FOR MNGRS

BDS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

MIS 245 - INTRO TO MNGMNT INFO SYST

Teaching Interests
Managemant Science, Decision Support Systems, Operartions and Project Management, Data Mining and Analysis, Business Statistics, Business Research Methods
Past Courses
MGMT 316: BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS

MGMT 630: DECISION ANALYSIS

MGMT 630: DECISION ANALYSIS WITH QUANTITATIVE MODELING

MGMT 650: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

MGMT 699: ST IN MANAGEMENT

MGMT 699: ST:MAGAGEMENT CONSULTING

MIS 245: INTRO TO MNGMNT INFO SYST

MIS 245: INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

MIS 645: INFORMATION SYSTEMS PRINCIPLES

MIS 645: INFORMTN SYSTEMS PRINCIPLES

MIS 648: DEC SUPPORT SYS FOR MNGRS

MIS 648: DECISION SUPPORT SYS FOR MANAGE

MIS 648: DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR MANAGERS

MIS 680: MANAGERIAL SCIENCE

OM 375: MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Research Interests
Decision support modeling and evaluations of human machine systems, statistical analyses, operations management and human factors
Journal Article
Minxing Wang, Verma Rishabh, Jinghua Wang, Geoffrey Ngene, Cheickna Sylla. 2025. "Do Global Uncertainty Factors Matter More to Cryptocurrency? ." Journal of Risk and Financial Management [ABDC List: B] , vol. 18 , no. 11 , pp. 628.

Cheickna Sylla, Whitworth Brian. 2012. "A Social Environmental Model of Socio-Technical Performance." International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organizations .

Porchiung Ben Chou, Cheickna Sylla . 2011. "A Game-Theoretical Comparison of International Environment and Knowledge." International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organizations , vol. 8 , no. 3/4 , pp. 254-263.

Motashami Mojgan , Cheickna Sylla, Im Il , Deek P. Fadi. 2011. "A Study of Information Processing Effectiveness in Inter-organizational Collaboration for Software Development." International Journal of Information and Technology Management , vol. 10 , no. 2-4 , pp. 124 - 151.

Cheickna Sylla, Samra M Yassir, Boon-Long Nitipong. 2011. "A Framework for Developing an Ergonomis Programme to Reduce MSD in the Workplace." International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organizations , vol. 8 , no. 3-4 , pp. 241 - 253.

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Conference Proceeding
"A Fast Non-Linear Coupled Tensor Completion Algorithm for Financial Data Integration and Imputation"
4th ACM International Conference on AI in Finance: ICAIF'23, November, 2023.

"A Fast Non-Linear Coupled Tensor Completion Algorithm for Financial Data Integration and Imputation"
4th ACM International Conference on AI in Finance: ICAIF'23, November, 2023.

"A Fast Non-Linear Coupled Tensor Completion Algorithm for Financial Data Integration and Imputation"
ACM, November, 2023.

"Core Matrix Regression and Prediction with Regularization"
ACM, 2022.

"Core Matrix Regression and Prediction with Regularization"
November, 2022.

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Chapter
Cheickna Sylla, Arinze Bay. "Conducting Research in the Cloud." In Chao, Lee (University of Houston-Victoria, USA), eds., pp. 50-63. IGI Global Disseminator of Knowledge, 2012.