- applied sciences | Economic and Monetary Union | financial stability | business model | collaborative economy | single market | redistribution of income | population dynamics | economic analysis | tax system | terrorism | fight against crime | criminal law | security research | European security
- Wednesday 10 July 2019, 11:00 - Friday 12 July 2019, 15:00 (CEST)
Practical information
- When
- Wednesday 10 July 2019, 11:00 - Friday 12 July 2019, 15:00 (CEST)
- Languages
- English
Description
The European Commission is organising a cross-domain conference on Benford's Law foundations, methods and applications.
Objectives
The general goals of the conference are:
- to provide insight on the suitability of the Benford's Law (BL) for fraud detection,
- to discuss the state of the art in the field, and
- to reflect on new BL-based procedures
The conference has a cross-domain dimension and participants will have the opportunity to discuss the applicability of statistical tools derived from Benford's Law to major anti-fraud problems arising in other financial contexts than international trade.
Scientific Programme
Download Scientific Programme (PDF)
Book of Abstracts
Presentations
(Authorised for publication to date)
Show Presentations
M. De Andreis, Scientists and Practitioners: the JRC and Italy’s Customs on Fraud DetectionPDF
T. P. Hill, Benford's Law and Detection of Anomalies in DataPDF
D. Perrotta, Statistics and Information Technologies for Anti-Fraud, Security and TradePDF
A. Cerioli et al., Benford's Law and the Detection of Frauds in International Trade PDF
F. Torti, C. Gasparro, Detecting Manipulations in Accounting Data of EU Organizations PDF
J. R. Mason at al., Property Appraisals and Mortgage Loan PerformancePDF
S. J. Miller, Benford's Law, or, Why the IRS and Others Care about Number TheoryPDF
A. E. Kossovsky, The General Law of Relative Quantities and Digital Development ForensicsPart 1, Part 2
A. E. Kossovsky (additional material): Why BenfordPDF, Chains of DistributionsPDF, A Robust Measure for Order of Magnitude PDF
L. A. García-Escudero et al., A Robust Clustering Approach to Fraud Detection PDF
D. S. Lemons, Thermodynamics of Benford's LawPDF
S. Höppner et al., An Approach for Dealing with Imbalanced Data in Fraud DetectionPDF
F. Porro, The TC Data 360 Dataset and the Benford's LawPDF
T. Scholz, B. Golnick, Application of Benford's Law in the e-Audit Tool "SRP - Summary Risk Profiling" of the German Tax Administration - More than 11 Years of Experience in the FieldPDF
P. L. Marchini et al., Empirical Evidence of Financial Statement Manipulation in Going Concern and Bankrupted CompaniesPDF
R. Giuliano, Benford's Law Between Number Theory and ProbabilityPDF
A. Mayo-Iscar et al., Denoising and Trimming for Improved Cluster Solutions with Applications to Customs Frauds PDF
R. Stadler, A. Cerasa, Use of Benford's Law in the Case Selection of Ex-Post Clearance Customs Audits in AustriaPart 1, Part 2
List of keynote speakers
- Theodore Hill, Georgia Tech - University of new Mexico and California Polytechnic State University
- Steven Miller, Williams College, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics
- Mark Nigrini, West Virginia University, John Chambers College of Business & Economics
- Alex Kossovsky
- Marco Riani, Università di Parma
- Marco De Andreis, Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli
- Arno Berger, University of Alberta
Scientific Committee
- Domenico Perrotta, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Italy (Chair)
- Andrea Cerioli, Università di Parma, Italy
- Lucio Barabesi, Università di Siena, Italy
Partners
Venue
Stresa, Italy, IT
