The Auditors Report

Call for Papers
AI/ET Section Workshop 1998

The Seventh Annual Research Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in Accounting, Auditing and Tax

Sponsored by the Artificial Intelligence/Emerging Technologies Section of the American Accounting Association

Co-chairs: Bill McCarthy (21277wem@msu.edu) and Carol Brown (brownc@bus.orst.edu)

The Seventh Annual Research Workshop on AI/ET in Accounting, Auditing and Tax will be held Saturday, August 15, 1998, in New Orleans. The workshop is sponsored by the Artificial Intelligence/Emerging Technologies Section in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association. The AAA meeting is scheduled from August 16–19, 1998, also in New Orleans.

Topics
Papers should be related to education, application or research and both a financial topic and an artificial intelligence/emerging technology topic.

  • Financial areas: accounting, auditing, tax and other financial domains.
  • Artificial intelligence areas: expert systems, neural networks, case-based reasoning, machine learning, natural language processing, intelligent databases, intelligent agents, intelligent devices (smart phone, intelligent TV) and other artificial intelligence areas.
  • Emerging technology areas: security (system uptime, authenticity), image processing, communications technologies, internet and public on-line services, world wide web, training and technology competency, Year 2000, electronic commerce, workflow technology, private networks (local, wide, municipal, intranets), EDI, data mining, group technologies, assurance services, voice recognition, wireless connectivity, Java and other emerging technologies.
  • Research Issues: literature reviews, organizing research issues; task selection; feasibility analysis; knowledge acquisition; explanation; knowledge representation (e.g., structure of rule base, neural network, case base etc.); knowledge processing; uncertainty; integration; intelligent databases; validation and verification; changes is usage; innovative uses; impacts on organizations, management, education, practice; legal implications, deeper understanding of financial domains; cognitive modeling and other issues.

Manuscript Guidelines
Papers submitted elsewhere will be considered. Early stage papers are encouraged. There will be a special issue of the International Journal of Intelligent Systems in Accounting Finance & Management. If you want your paper considered for that special issue, please indicate that in your cover letter. Please include your email address.

Submission Deadline
Items submitted for consideration must be received (not just postmarked) by Tuesday, June 16, 1998. Emailed papers in rich text format are encouraged. Please DO NOT fax papers. We expect to inform individuals of accept/reject decisions for the workshop by July 8.

Notification will be made by email to those who have included their email address.

Send email to:brownc@bus.orst.edu

Send four copies of research paper to:

Carol E. Brown
Oregon State University
College of Business 200
Bexell Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-2603

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