# Professor Baruch Lev's blog post on how machine learning can be used to improve accounting data is featured

1 Faculty News November 2, 2018 ![Advisor Perspectives logo 192 x 144](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/advisorperspectives192x144.jpg?itok=QOKTy0Je)>

Excerpt from [Advisor Perspectives](http://www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/2018/11/02/machine-learning-to-the-rescue) -- "I am not optimistic about reversing the trend of the ever-rising estimates, but I found a way of substantially improving their accuracy and reliability, thereby enhancing the usefulness of reported earnings and asset values to investors."

[Read more](https://www.advisorperspectives.com/commentaries/2018/11/02/machine-learning-to-the-rescue)