Brock’s Goodman School of Business is like a second home for Lola\u00a0Abduvaitova’s family.<\/p>\n
The MSc student\u00a0is the latest in her line of siblings to attend the Goodman School for a graduate program.<\/p>\n
Two of her siblings, Abdu (MBA \u201909) and Mia (MBA \u201916) hold Goodman MBA degrees and work at a major Canadian bank in the area of data and analytics. A third sibling, Adkham, is currently working on his MBA degree here, as well.<\/p>\n
Lola graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) this year with an undergraduate degree in mathematics.<\/p>\n
Originally from Uzbekistan, she made her way to MIT to follow in the footsteps of her father, a mathematics professor who \u201cis a big inspiration for all of us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Her goal to become a professor was a natural choice, and research is something she has been focused on for a long time.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy passion for research began in high school. I worked on an independent math project and presented my project at a university research conference and they published my abstract in the conference journal, making me even more interested in research,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Her career goal led her to Goodman’s Master of Science in Management (MSc) program, where she is looking forward to applying her math and computer programming knowledge.<\/p>\n
\u201cI learned how heavily research focused the MSc program is. After I finish this program, it\u2019s going to give me a lot of opportunities to continue my research and teaching, and get into a PhD program to continue my pathway in this profession,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
As for which field of academia she will pursue, she sees good research opportunities in data science.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn my junior year of college, I noticed that companies are putting a lot of emphasis on data science and looking at it as a tool to solve some of the most challenging problems they are facing. This field is developing really fast and there\u2019s a lot of attraction both from academia and industry in it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Part of her decision to attend Goodman was the new Centre for Business Analytics, which started operation this month.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was very pleased to hear that it is now open and I hope I\u2019ll take advantage of it while I\u2019m here,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Although she\u2019s only been at Brock for a month and a half, she says she already feels at home and says, \u201cI love the campus and its location. It\u2019s very beautiful here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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