Leonardo Egidi
Short bio
I am an assistant professor (rtd-b) of Statistics at the Department of Business, Economics, Mathematics and Statistics 'Bruno de Finetti' (DEAMS) of the University of Trieste.
Previously, I was a postdoctoral research fellow at DEAMS (2018-2020). I got my PhD in Statistics among the Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova in 2018. In 2016, I have been a visiting scholar among the Department of Statistical Sciences of Columbia University, New York under the supervision of Andrew Gelman.
Research
My research embraces theoretical and applied statistics, with strong emphasis in Bayesian methods, computational statistics, and applications in fields such as biostatistics, economics, genomics, and sports analytics. See more about my research interests and my full list of scientific publications.
I am the Principal Investigator (PI) of the PRIN 2022 project SMARTsports - Statistical Models and AlgoRiThms in sports. Applications in professional and amateur contexts, with able-bodied and disabled athletes funded by Ministero dell’ Università e della Ricerca (CUP: J53D23003860006) in 2023. Joint project with University of Udine and University of Brescia.
Scientific dissemination
I usually give talks, seminars, and interviews about my scientific activity and general topics statistics related to science.
Teaching, supervision, and consultancy
I belong to the teaching board of the PhD program in Applied Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (ADSAI) of the University of Trieste.
I supervise master’s and PhD students, see my full list of supervised students.
I collaborate internationally with universities like Columbia University, Athens University of Economics and Business, and the University of Zurich. I am also involved in various statistical consulting projects, particularly in the health and business sectors.
I teach courses of ‘Advanced Statistics’, ‘Statistical and Machine Learning’, and ‘Bayesian Statistics’. See more about my academic and external courses.
I am an active member of the Italian Statistical Society (SIS) and the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA). I am the deputy chair of the ISI Special Interest Group in Sports Statistics.
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