Conan C. Albrecht

Associate Professor of Information Systems
Information Systems, Department of

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Office: 780 TNRB
Phone: +1-801-805-1615
Email: conan@warp.byu.edu
Home Page: warp.byu.edu/
Expertise:
  • Information systems
Research:
  • Distributed Group Support Systems
  • Computer-Aided Fraud Detection
Education:
  • PhD, Information Systems, University of Arizona, 2000
  • BS, ACCOUNTING, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 1997
  • MAcc, Brigham Young University, 1997
Group Affiliations:
  • Information Systems - Primary
  • E-Business - Secondary
Selected Publications:
  • "Direct Assessment of IS Student Learning Using an Integrative Exercise," Journal of Information Systems Education Volume 19, Issue 2, June, 2008    
  • "International Fraud," Corporate Finance Review Volume 23, Issue 2, March, 2008    
  • "Current Trends in Fraud Examination," Information Systems Security Volume 17, Issue 1, January, 2008    
  • "Fraud: The How and Why," European Business Forum July, 2007    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • "An Ontological Approach to Evaluating Standards in eCommerce Platforms," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics--Part C Volume 37, Issue 5, Pages 846-859, September, 2007    
  • "The ethics development model applied to declining ethics in accounting," Australian Accounting Review Volume 38, Pages 30-41, March, 2006    
  • "Negotiation and power in the cybercrime framework," Proceedings of the 12th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) Acapulco, Mexico, August, 2006    
  • "A new dimension to organizational success," Proceedings of the European Academy of Management 6th Annual Conference Oslo, Norway, June, 2006    
  • "Towards a better understanding of the breakdown of organizational cultures," European Business Ethics Network Annual Conference Vienna, Austria, September, 2006    
  • "Fraud Examination," Edition 2e, Thompson, 2006    
  • "Fraud Examination," Thompson Southwestern, 2005    
  • "Motivating content contributions to online communities: Toward a more comprehensive theory," 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Volume 38, Pages 193b, January, 2005    
  • "A semantic web data," Electronic Commerce Research 2005    
  • "Market place and technology standards for b2b ecommerce: Progress, challenges, and the state of the art," Information and Management Volume 42, Issue 6, Pages 865-875, September, 2005    
  • "Guilt by Investigation and Other Pitfalls," Security Management Volume 48, Issue 11, Pages 77-86, November, 2004    
  • "Fast, Free, and Traceless Computer Forensics," The White Paper January, 2004    
  • "Market Place and Technology Standards for B2B eCommerce: Progress, Challenges, and the State of the Art," Information & Management 2004    
  • "Characteristics of Large Group Support Systems," 37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) January, 2004    
  • "How Clean is the Future of SOAP?," Communications of the ACM February, 2004    
  • "A Comparison of Distributed Groupware Implementation Environments," 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference On System Sciences (HICSS) January, 2003    
  • "Forensic Accounting: In the Reckoning," The Accounting World 2003    
  • "Evolutionary development and research on Internet-based Collaborative Writing tools and processes to enhance eWriting in an eGovernment setting," Decision Support Systems Volume 34, Issue 3, February, 2003    
  • "Audit At A Crossroads," 35th Symposium on the Interface March, 2003    
  • "Using situation calculus for e-business agents," Expert Systems with Applications May, 2003    
  • "Market Place and Technology Standards for B2B ECommerce: Progress and Challenges," MIS Quarterly Special Issue on Standard Making December, 2003    
  • "Accounting Education Reform: Is IT Necessary and, If So, What Form Should It Take?," World Congress of Accountants November, 2002    
  • "The Deductive Method of Fraud Detection," University of Kansas Audit Symposium May, 2002    
  • "Root Out Financial Deception," Journal of Accountancy Volume 193, Issue 4, April, 2002    
  • "User Experiences Using Collaboratus as a Distributed Collaborative Writing Tool," 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference On System Sciences (HICSS) January, 2002    
  • "Collaborative Architectures that Support Electronic Business," Volume The E-Business Handbook, St. Lucie Press, Paul Benjamin Lowry, J. Owen Cherrington, & Ronald R. Watson, January, 2002    
  • "Preventing and Detecting Fraud in Electronic Commerce Systems," Volume The E-Business Handbook, St. Lucie Press, Paul Benjamin Lowry, J. Owen Cherrington, & Ronald R. Watson, January, 2002    
  • "Experiences with Collaborative Applications that Support Distributed Modeling," Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences January, 2001    
  • "A Peer-to-Peer Network Protocol for Genealogical Data," Workshop on Technology for Family History and Genealogical Research March, 2001    
  • "Pro-actively Detecting Fraud," Financial Post July, 2001    
  • "Can Auditors Detect Fraud: A review of the Research Evidence," Journal of Forensic Accounting January, 2001    
  • "Conducting a Pro-Active Fraud Audit: A Case Study," Journal of Forensic Accounting July, 2001    
  • "Experiences with Collaborative Applications that Support Primary Team Processes within the Organization," Software Technology Conference April, 2000    
  • "Group-Enabled Software Inspections," Volume Software Process Improvement, Concepts and Applications, Idea Group Publishing, January, 1998    
  • "An OSA Model for the Optometry Field," The Journal of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities January, 1996    
Experience:
   Teaching
  • Instructor, Association for Certified Fraud Examiners, 2002
   Professional
  • Consultant, The World Bank, 2006
  • Fraud Investigator, Amoco Oil, 1996-2001
Awards:
  • Teaching Excellence Award , Marriott School of Management, BYU , 2006
  • Merrill J. Bateman Student Choice Teaching Award , Brigham Young University , 2006
  • Kevin and Debra Rollins Fellow , eBusiness Center , 2001
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