# Professor Vasant Dhar discusses the use of sentiment analysis technology to study unstructured data as a risk management tool

1 Faculty News December 1, 2015 ![Risk Management Magazine logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/riskmanagement192x144.jpg?itok=7RhfwyzU)>

Excerpt from [Risk Management Magazine](http://www.rmmagazine.com/2015/12/01/sentiment-analysis-are-you-feeling-risky/) -- "'Sentiment analysis has become a form of risk management and is emerging as a useful risk control tool for a variety of businesses,' said [Vasant Dhar](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/vasant-dhar)..."

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