ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS V INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN ACCOUNTING, FINANCE AND TAXATION JOINTLY SPONSORED BY THE RESEARCH GROUP ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ACCOUNTING, THE UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA, SPAIN AND THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES SECTION OF THE AMERICAN ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATION NOVEMBER 2-3, 2000 UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA, SPAIN CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES Conferees will present current research finding and discuss current and emerging issues in research and applications of these technologies. One strength of this meeting is the international character of the attendees and their focus on the global implications of technology. TOPICS The organizers encourage submission of papers across the range of scholarly research activity including; discovery, integration, application and education research. We encourage a wide range of submissions, including, but not limited to; papers in the areas of theory development, the integration of existing literatures, the application of new methods and models, the organizational impacts of technology and man/machine interfaces. Application areas can include a broad range of topics related to accounting, finance and taxation. Artificial intelligence topics include, but are not limited to; Expert systems, knowledge acquisition, uncertainty representation, machine learning, case based reasoning, rule induction, neural networks, genetic algorithms, intelligent agents, natural language, cognitive psychology, intelligent databases, continuous auditing. PAPERS Papers are limited to no more than 20 pages (single spaced) including the references, tables and other exhibits. All formatted according to the editors‘ instructions (available at http://giaca.uhu.es). The first page of the manuscript should include the; title, author(s), mailing address, e-mail address, and abstract. All submissions must be in the English language. Submissions should include two hard copies of the paper and a disc version written in WORD for Windows. Papers must be received by July 4, 2000. Electronic submissions will be accepted. Contact Prof. Bonson with questions at ( [log in to unmask]) <mailto:[log in to unmask])> . We expect to notify author(s) as to acceptance by August 12, 2000. All accepted papers will be published in a proceedings edited by E.Bonson and Miklos Vasarhelyi. In addition, a limited number of papers will be invited to publish in the M.Vasarhelyi series on AI in Accounting and Auditing. BEST PAPER AWARD The Scientific Committee has agreed to award to recognize the best paper presented at the conference. A plaque or other appropriate recognition will be provided for the author. PROGRAMME CO-CHAIRS Enrique Bonson Associate Professor of Accounting Director, Research Group on Artificial Intelligence in Accounting and Management University of Huelva Alan Sangster Professor of Accounting Chairman, AI/ET section of the American Accounting Association The Open University London SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Barbro Back. Turku School of Economics and Business Administration. Finland Andrew D. Bailey Jr. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. USA Amelia Baldwin-Morgan. University of Alabama. USA Enrique Bonsón. University of Huelva. Spain Carol E. Brown. Oregon State University. USA Marilyn Greenstein. Lehigh University. Pennsylvania. USA Mary Jackson. London Business School. UK Marco de Marco. Catholic University of Milan. Italy Julio Moreno-Dávila. Enginyeria La Salle. Univ. Ramon Llull. Barcelona. Spain Sri Ramamoorty. Arthur Andersen, LLP. Chicago. Illinois. USA Alan Sangster. The Open University. London. UK Carlos Serrano. University of Zaragoza. Spain Hermann Siebdrat. University of Siegen. Germany Guillermo J. Sierra. University of Sevilla. Spain Rajendra Srivastava. University of Kansas. UK Miklos Vasarhelyi. Rutgers University. New Jersey. USA Maia Wentland. University of Lausanne. Switzerland SUBMISSIONS All paper submissions should be sent directly to Professor Enrique Bonson. Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Juridicas. Plaza de la Merced s/n. 21002 Huelva (Spain). Phone: 34 59 284625 FAX..: 34 59 285431 email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Enrique Bonsón Profesor Titular de Universidad de Economía Financiera y Contabilidad Director, Grupo de Inteligencia Artificial en Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas (GIACA) Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales. Universidad de Huelva. Plaza de la Merced, num. 2. Phone: 34-59-284625. 21002 Huelva. (Spain) e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://giaca.uhu.es