January 22, 2015

Big Data/Data Analytics Workshop



2015 Joint Mid-Year Meeting of the  
Accounting Information System Section 
and the  Strategic and Emerging Technologies Section


Presenters: Theophanis Stratopoulos, University of Waterloo
Daniel O'Leary, University of Southern California
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2015
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Registration Fee: $50 (IS/SET members), $75 (All Others)
Field of Study: Accounting
Program Level: Basic
Method of Delivery: Group-Live
Credit Hours: 4.5


Intended Audience: Accounting faculty.

Learning Objectives: The focus of the workshop will be on business analytics and big data concepts/issues and how they relate to today's accounting teaching and research. The workshop is a combination of concepts and hands on exercises. The presenters will discuss cases and show examples of integrating accounting theory and data with business analytics and big data.

01 - Analytics and Big Data - Introduction
02 - Using accounting data to make sense of strategy