Curriculum Vitae
Barbro Back (Updated 15.8.2013)
Personalia
• Name: Barbro Christina Back
• Academic degree: ED, DrSc(Econ.)
• Date of Birth: 22.01.1949 in Vasa, Finland
• Current position: Professor in Accounting
Information Systems at Åbo Akademi University, Turku
• Children: Pia Wilhelmina b. 1977, Johan
Rasmus b. 1979, Ida Annika b. 1983.
Education
• Matriculation examination 1968, Munksnäs
Svenska Samskola, Helsinki
• DE, B.Sc(Econ) 30.11.1972, Swedish School of
Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki.
• M.Sc.(Econ) 15.10.1976, Swedish School of Economics
and Business Administration, Helsinki.
• Licentiate degree in Business Administration
25.11.1988, Åbo Akademi University, Turku.
• Ph.D. degree in Business Administration 13.9.1991,
Åbo Akademi University, Turku.
Academic Appointments (most important ones)
Faculty positions
• Swedish School of Economics and Business
Administration, Acting lecturer in Statistics, 1974 -1983.
• Åbo Akademi University, Acting lecturer in
Accounting, 01.01.1985 -07.06.1988; Assistant in Accounting, 1988 -
1992.
• Turku School of Economics and Business
Administration, Acting associate professor and professor in information
systems, 1992-1994.
• Associate Professor in Accounting,
01.01.1997-31.7.1998.
• Åbo Akademi University, Professor in
Accounting Information Systems, 01.08.1998 -
Research positions
• Academy of Finland, Research Assistant, 01.01.1991
- 31.07.1991.
• Academy of Finland, Senior Researcher, 01.08.1994 -
31.07.1997.
• Academy of Finland, Research Professor, 1.8.2004 –
31.7.2005.
Visiting Researcher abroad
• University of Southern California, School of
Accounting, Los Angeles, Visiting Scholar, 01.08.1991 - 31.07.1992.
• Linköping University of Technology, Visiting
teacher and researcher Spring 1993.
Publications
• More than 120 scientific publications
o 27 in refereed international journals
o 48 in refereed international conference proceedings
o 20 in international conference proceedings
o 6 in refereed international book chapters
o 30 technical reports
Research funding 2001-2012
• Tekes: Managing Large Text Masses (Gilta), a
consortium between Tampere University of Technology. My research
group’s share 120 000 euros,
2000-2002.
• Academy of Finland: Computational Intelligence in
Business (Countess) 2000-2002, 135 000 euros.
• Foundation for Economic Education: Tiedon louhinta
ja tiedon analysointi (Titan) 2003-2004. 30 000 euros.
• Tekes: 4 M, A Consortium between Tampere University
of Technology, University of Tampere, University of Joensuu,
Univesity of Vaasa and Åbo Akademi University and a number
of companies, 2003-2006, my research groups share 88 000 euros.
• Tekes, EAKR: Rodonea, Partner in Consortium between
Tampere University of Technology and Åbo Akademi University and a
number of companies, 2004-2005. My research group’s share 30 000 euros.
• Academy of Finland: Data Mining in Organizations
(Domino) 2004-2007, 250 000 euros,
• Tekes, Finwell, Louhi in consortium between
University of Turku and Åbo Akademi, 2005-2008, My research
group’s share 200 000 euros.
• Academy of Finland Domino-project. 250 000 euros
2004-2007.
• Tekes, Liito Titan-project 300 000 euros
2007-2011.
• Academy of Finland Kermit- project 389 000 euros,
2009-2012.
Academic supervision
Doctoral theses with degree date
1. Antonina Kloptchenko, (Information Systems), Dec.,
2003.
2. Eija Koskivaara (Information Systems), May, 2004.
3. Tomas Eklund (Information Systems), December, 2004.
4. Aapo Länsiluoto (Accounting), December, 2004.
5. Adrian Costea (Information Systems), 2005.
6. Dorina Margeschu, (Information Systems), 2008.
7. Riikka Vuokko, second supervisor (Computer
Science), 2010
8. Peter Sarlin
9. Argyris Argyrou
Licentiate theses with degree date
1. Eva Wilppu Lic (Information Systems) 1999, †
2000
2. Aapo Länsiluoto Licentiate thesis
(Accounting) May 2002.
3. Tomas Eklund Licentiate thesis (Information
Systems) December 2002.
4. Jonas Karlsson Licentiate thesis (Information
Systems) December 2002.
5. Minna Kallio Licentiate thesis (Information
Systems) 2011
Current Ph.D. students
1. Zhiyuan Yao antecipated degree date 2013
2. Henri Korvela antecipated degree date 2013
3. Hongyan Liu antecipated degree date 2013
4. Annika Holmbom antecipated degree date 2014
5. Piia Hirkman anticipated degree date 2014
6. Samuel Rönnqvist antecipated degree date 2015
Masters' theses
More than 30 Masters' theses
Duties as scientific expert
External evaluator for:
• Licentiate thesis of Anne Tiittanen “The Role of
Information Technology and IS/IT User Support Services in Modern
Auditing”, Swedish School of Economics and
Business
Administration,
Helsinki, 18.11.1998.
• Licentiate thesis of Ingmar E. Eriksson
”Informationssystemkvalitet – Fallstudier hur brister i
informationssystem påverkar bokslutsinformationen – revisorns
och
företagsledningens ansvar”, Swedish
School of Economics and
Business Administration, Helsinki, 08.02.2001.
• Licentiate thesis of Arto Keskinen,
”Konkurssinennustamistunnuslukujen
käyttökelpoisuusoikai-stussa
tilinpäätösaineistossa sekä uusi
maksuhäiriömalli”.Turku School of
Economics and Business
Administration, 2002.
• Evaluator of docentship of Jaana
Kekäläinen in Computer Science, University of Helsinki, 2004.
• Evaluator of Professorship of Thorstein
Rögnvaldsson, Högskolan i Halmstad, 2005.
• Licentiate thesis of Pirkko Jaatinen,
Konekielisistä yhteyksistä sähköiseen
taloushallintoon. Analyysi kirjanpidon teknisistä innovaatioista
ja kirjanpitäjän työn
kehityksestä 1980-luvulta
nykypäivään. University of Tampere, 2006.
• Doctoral thesis of Pirkko Jaatinen,
Sähköistyvän taloushallinnon innovaatioiden kehitys ja
niitä koskevat merkitykset ja diskurssit alan
ammattilehtikirjoittelussa (Innovation Development
in Electronic
Accounting: Attributed Meanings and Discourses in Professional
Journals). University of Tampere, 2009.
Scientific positions of trust
On the editorial Board of
• New Review of Applied Expert Systems, Editorial
Board, member 1995- 2003.
• The International Journal of Accounting, Editorial
Board, member 1999 - 2002.
• Journal of Emerging Technologies in
Accounting, 2003 -.
• Journal of Digital Accounting, 2002 –.
• Journal of Business Information Systems, 2005-.
Conference duties
• Panel organizer and chair of Panel at the
European Conference of Information Systems in Gdansk 2002.
• Local organizer and Faculty of the Doctoral
Consortium of the European Conference of Information Systems in
Turku, June, 2004.
• XBRL-seminar in Turku 2005.
• Louhi -conference in Turku 2008.
• IFIP WG 8.3 in Turku Researching for the Future
Co-chair 2011
• Panelist at London School of Economics SSIT
Research Forum 2006 and 2008.
• Session chair on a number of conferences 1995-
Referee mandates
• Journal of Management Information Systems, 1992 -.
• The New Review of Applied Expert Systems, 1994 -.
• Intelligent Systems in Accounting Finance &
Management, 1994 -.
• AI+ Society, 1998 -.
• International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 1998
-.
• The European Accounting Review 2001-.
• The International Journal of Accounting 2001- 2002.
• Several national and international conferences
within the areas of accounting and information systems.
Memberships
• Management Science in Accounting, Auditing and Tax
1992-2000.
• The Institute of Operations Research and Management
Science, INFORMS), accounting an Tax Section, Vice President 1992
-2002.
• Institute for Operations Research and the
Management Sciences, (INFORMS), member 1990 -2000.
• European Accounting Association, member 1988 –
• Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society, member
1991-
• American Accounting Association, member 1992-
• Association for Information Systems, member 1995 -
• Academy of Finland, MaDaMe research program, member
of steering group 2000-2002.
• Member of Svenska Tekniska Vetenskapsakadmien 2007-
• Member of Steering group for Turku Childhood and
Research Institute Cyri 2010-
• Member of Steering group for XBRL Finland 2012-
Administrative duties
• Swedish School of Economics and Business
Administration, Teaching and Research Council, member
01.01.1981-31.12.1983.
• Åbo Akademi University, Faculty Council
(Economics and Social Sciences), member 01.01.1986 -31.12.1991.
• Åbo Akademi University, Institute for
Advanced Systems Management Research (IAMSR), member 1991 -2005.
• Turku School of Economics and Business
Administration, Department Council (Management and Organization),
member 01.01.1993 - 31.07.1994.
• Turku Centre for Computer Science (TUCS), Graduate
School Committee, member 2000-2006 and 2011-.
• Turku Centre for Computer Science (TUCS),
Information Systems Workgroup (ISTUCS), member 1999 – 2007, Chair
2003-2005.
• Turku Centre for Computer Science (TUCS),
Laboratory for Data Mining and Knowledge Management, Leader 2001-
• Åbo Akademi University, Faculty Council
(Economics and Social Sciences), Vice Dean 01.01.2003 – 31.7.2004,
member 1.1.2003 – 31.12.2005.
• Åbo Akademi University, Faculty Council
(Technology), Vice Dean 01.01.2006 – 31.12.2008, member 1.1.2009 - .
• Åbo Akademi University, Department Chair of
Information Technologies 1.1.2006-31.12.2009 and Vice Chair of the
Department of Information Technologies 1.1.2010-.
Awards
• American Accounting Association, Artificial
Intelligence/Expert Systems Section, AI/ES Literature Award for Notable
Contribution to the Literature, 1994.
• Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences
(HICSS 26). Best Paper award in Information Systems Track in Decision
Support Systems, 1993.