The College of Business at Zayed University had the privilege of inviting the KPMG Distinguished Professor of Accounting Dr. Miklos Vasarhelyi for a two-day visit on 19th – 20th November 2017.  Professor Vasarhelyi is a Professor of Accounting Information Systems and Director of Rutgers Accounting Research Center and Continuous Auditing & Reporting Lab (CAR Lab). He is credited with developing the original Continuous Auditing and is the leading researcher in this field. At Rutgers Business School, Professor Vasarhelyi heads the Continuous Auditing and Reporting Laboratory, which works on projects for such leading companies as Siemens, KPMG, Procter & Gamble, AICPA, CA Technologies and Brazil’s Itau-Unibanco.

Also, he leads the RADAR (Rutgers AICPA Data Analytics Research Initiative) project supported by the 8 leading CPA firms, AICPA, and CPA Canada. Professor Vasarhelyi conducted several seminars for faculty, practitioners, regulators, and students in Dubai and Abu Dhabi campuses. He presented his latest research on “Big Data and Audit Analytics: The Future of Audit” which included the current work of the CAR Lab, and the evolvement of the Big Data and analytic techniques.

He discussed also the utilisation of Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Computing, and Blockchain in the auditing field. Professor Vasarhelyi shared his experience with faculty members about publishing in top-tier journals such as communication with editors, response to reviewers, and blind reviewing process. Professor Vasarhelyi had presented an inspiring case-study with ZU students about Bell laboratories and continuous auditing where he highlighted the new trend in auditing and ended with a fruitful discussion with students. The College of Business is looking forward for more collaborations with Professor Vasarhelyi.