Welcome to my web page!
I am an Assistant Professor (RTD-A) of Statistical Science at the Department of Economics, Social Studies, Applied Mathematics and Statistics (ESOMAS) of the University of Turin.
I am also a Carlo Alberto Affiliate and a member of “de Castro” Statistics Initiative at Collegio Carlo Alberto and a Research Affiliate at the Bayes Lab at the Bocconi Institute for Data Science and Analytics (BIDSA).
Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher in Statistics at the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, under the mentorship of Peter Müller and Abhra Sarkar. I obtained my Ph.D. in Statistics at Bocconi University, under the supervision of Antonio Lijoi and Igor Prünster.
Research interests
My research interests range from Mathematical Statistics to Probabilistic Machine Learning, with a particular focus on Bayesian modeling of complex data structures. More specifically, I have been working on:
Bayesian nonparametrics: discrete random probabilities, mixture models, random partitions, and probabilistic clustering.
Bayesian modeling for binary and categorical data: dynamic regression for binary time series, hidden Markov models, and Bayesian categorical regression.
Probabilistic dimensionality reduction: Bayesian multidimensional scaling and individual difference scaling analysis.
Computational statistics: Markov chain Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo, sequential Monte Carlo methods, variational inference, and expectation propagation.
Applications: auditory neuroscience, genomics, and proteomics.
News and upcoming events
- Statalk 2026 (Torino, 21-22 May 2026)
- 5th Italian Meeting on Probability and Mathematical Statistics (Palermo, June 8-12 2026)
- ISBA World Meeting (Nagoya, June 28-July 3 2026)
- SMPS 2026 (Lecce,15-18 September 2026)