SUNY Oswego's Erika Wilson named Student Fellow for big-data project

2013 Dec 4

SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher has named SUNY Oswego junior Erika Wilson of Ontario, N.Y., an applied mathematics major and applied statistics minor, a Student Fellow -- one of only eight designated to help shape the 64-campus university system's use of big data.

"The ability to manage and accurately analyze data is a skill that is increasingly important in today's marketplace," said Zimpher. "Learning from experts from across the globe at (an October) conference, the SUNY student fellows will play a critical role in helping SUNY to educate and prepare future generations of students for this challenge.

"Selected by their campus provosts for this designation, our student fellows have each shown an interest in and capacity for using big data to enhance their academic and professional pursuits, and we are proud to partner with them as we determine the best uses for big data in the future of higher education."

Wilson hopes to attend Columbia University to obtain her master's degree in statistics following graduation from SUNY Oswego. She has participated in several undergraduate research projects at the college, including image restoration and cupola model fitting. She won the spring 2013 Emmet C. Stopher Calculus Award.

Named a Student Fellow with Wilson was SUNY Oswego senior Eyub Yegen of Schwaebisch, Germany, majoring in both finance and applied mathematical economics, and peers from University at Buffalo, Buffalo State, Cayuga Community College, Cornell University and Old Westbury.

Admission to SUNY Oswego is competitive. U.S. News Media Group counts SUNY Oswego among the top public regional universities in the North for 2014, and the Princeton Review includes Oswego in its 2014 college guidebook "The Best Northeastern Colleges," as well as its 2013 list of "best value" colleges and universities nationally.

A 152-year-old comprehensive college in the State University of New York system, Oswego enrolls about 8,000 students in its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; School of Business; School of Communication, Media and the Arts; and School of Education.