# In an in-depth interview, Professor Vasant Dhar discusses how data policies will shape the future of nations

1 Faculty News July 6, 2018 ![HuffPost logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/huff%20post%20feature.jpg?itok=3JhlPPPI)>

Excerpt from [HuffPost](https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2018/07/06/why-this-data-scientist-feels-data-policies-will-shape-the-future-of-nations_a_23475859/) -- "[Vasant Dhar ](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/vasant-dhar)is a data scientist, and a professor at the Stern School of Business and the Center for Data Science at New York University, where his research focuses on artificial intelligence and machine learning. He is also the founder of a machine learning-based hedge fund."

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