# Professors Michael Pinedo and Bernard Donefer are quoted in an article about Acin's shared data platform

1 Faculty News October 4, 2019 ![GARP logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/garp.jpg?itok=nE1A7WFN)>

Excerpt from [GARP.org](https://www.garp.org/#!/risk-intelligence/technology/data/a1Z1W000003mRiNUAU) -- "[Michael Pinedo](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/michael-pinedo), Julius Schlesinger Professor of Operations Management at New York University's Stern School of Business, says the aggregation and standardization of banks' data 'is a valid approach,' but any such effort needs to be assessed regarding the technical details and the degree of statistical expertise employed."

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