Call for Nominations

The 2011 Outstanding Dissertation Award
SET Section of the American Accounting Association

The SET Section of the American Accounting Association is pleased to call for nominations for the 2011 SET Outstanding Dissertation Award. The award is to recognize outstanding dissertations in the fields of strategic and/or emerging technologies.

Topics on strategic technologies include, but are not limited to, the sub-fields of knowledge-based systems, neural networks, and heuristic problem solving, expert systems, case-based reasoning, machine learning, natural language processing, intelligent databases, intelligent agents, and intelligent devices. Emerging technologies include (among others) information system security, image processing, communications technologies, wireless connectivity, the Internet, World Wide Web, electronic commerce, workflow technology, private networks (local, wide, municipal, intranets), EDI, XBRL, XML, data mining, group technologies, continuous assurance services, voice recognition, and interactive multimedia.

The winner of SET Outstanding Dissertation Award will be presented with a plaque at the SET Section Business meeting during the 2011 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. An abstract of the winning dissertation will be published in the SET Newsletter. An entry may be nominated either by the student who wrote the dissertation or by one or more members of the dissertation committee. The entry cannot be simultaneously submitted for similar awards by other Sections of the AAA.
Submission requirements:

• Dissertation topic dealing with strategic and/or emerging technologies for applications in accounting, auditing and tax
• Dissertation completed between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010
• Letter signed by the dissertation chairperson stating that the dissertation was completed and accepted by the degree granting institution during the above period
• A nominating letter stating why the dissertation deserves special recognition
• An extended abstract of the dissertation (in PDF format). The extended abstract should focus on the aim, motivation, and significance of the research; and include a summary of the methodology, statistical analysis (as appropriate), results, limitations, and future research questions.
• The dissertation (in PDF format)

Please submit (via e-mail) all materials to:

Carlin Dowling, Chair
SET Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee
University of Melbourne
E-mail: carlin@unimelb.edu.au

Submission Deadline: All entries must be received by March 31, 2011.

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