Seminar

“D2 Seminar Series” is a series of seminars organized by the Florence Center for Data Science that invites members and fellows of the Center (and not only) to present their current researches or academic work. It takes place twice a month, Fridays from 2-3.30 pm. People are invited to attend and the registration (free of charge) is available one week before the event on the website (under the Events page).

3rd Edition D2 Seminar Series

Seminar Alberto Cassese & Chiara Bocci

17th OF March 2023, FROM 2.30-4 PM:

Alberto Cassese from the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” of the University of Florence presented a seminar on

“Bayesian negative binomial mixture regression models for the analysis of sequence count and methylation data”

Chiara Bocci from the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” of the University of Florence presented a seminar on 

“Sampling design for large-scale geospatial phenomena using remote sensing data”

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Seminar Augusto Cerqua & Marco Letta

3rd OF March 2023, FROM 2.30-4 PM:

Augusto Cerqua and Marco Letta from the Department of Statistical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome presented a seminar on

“”Losing control (group)? The Machine Learning Control Method for counterfactual forecasting”.”

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Seminar Elena Stanghellini & Gianluca Iannucci

17th OF February 2023, FROM 2.30-4 PM:

Elena Stanghellini from Department of Economics, University of Perugia presented a seminar on

“Causal effects for binary variables: parametric formulation and sensitivity”

Gianluca Iannucci from the Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence presented a seminar on

“The interaction between emission tax and insurance in an evolutionary oligopoly”

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Seminar Nicola Del Sarto & Andrea Mercatanti

3rd OF February 2023, FROM 2.30-4 PM:

Nicola Del Sarto from the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Florence presented a seminar on

“One size does not fit all. Business models heterogeneity among Internet of Things architecture layers”

Andrea Mercatanti from the Department of Statistical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome presented a seminar on

“A Regression Discontinuity Design for ordinal running variables: evaluating Central Bank purchases of corporate bonds.” (Joint work with F. Li, T. Makinen, A. Silvestrini)

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Seminar Giacomo Toscano & Gabriele Fiorentini

20TH OF January 2023, FROM 2.30-4 PM:

Giacomo Toscano from the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Florence presented a seminar on

“Central limit theorems for the Fourier-transform estimator of the volatility of volatility”

Gabriele Fiorentini from the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” of the University of Florence presented a seminar on

“Specification tests for non-Gaussian structural vector autoregressions“

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Seminar Monica Bianchini & Giulio Bottazzi

25TH OF NOVEMBER 2022, FROM 2.30-4 PM:

Monica Bianchini from the Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics of the University of Siena presented a seminar on

“A gentle introduction to Graph Neural Networks”

Giulio Bottazzi from the Institute of Economics of the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa presented a seminar on

“Persistence in firm growth: inference from conditional quantile transition matrices“

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Seminar Gianmarco Bet & Agnese Panzera

11TH OF November 2022, FROM 2.30-4 PM:

Gianmarco Bet from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science “Ulisse Dini” of the University of Florence presented a seminar on

“Detecting anomalies in geometric networks”

Agnese Panzera from the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” of the University of Florence presented a seminar on

“Density estimation for circular data observed with errors“

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Seminar Alessio Brini & Matteo Pedone

28TH OF OCTOBER 2022, FROM 2.30-4 PM:

Alessio Brini from Duke University Pratt School of Engineering presented a seminar on

“Reinforcement Learning Policy Recommendation for Interbank Network Stability
(joint work with Gabriele Tedeschi and Daniele Tantari)”

Matteo Pedone from the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” of the University of Florence presented a seminar on

“A Bayesian nonparametric approach to personalized treatment selection“

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Seminar Claudio Durastanti & Cecilia Viscardi

14th OF October 2022, FROM 2-3.30 PM:

Claudio Durastanti from the Department of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering (SBAI) of Sapienza University presented a seminar on

“Spherical Poisson Waves”

Cecilia Viscardi from the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” of the University of Florence presented a seminar on

“Likelihood-free Transport Monte Carlo“

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Seminar Fabio Schoen & Alessandro Panunzi & Lorenzo Gregori

8TH OF April 2022, FROM 3-4.30 PM:

Fabio Schoen from the Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence presented a seminar on

“Clustering for Optimization, Optimization for Clustering”

Alessandro Panunzi & Lorenzo Gregori from the Department of Humanities, University of Florence presented a seminar on

“Towards action concepts identification through unsupervised and semi-supervised clustering on a multimodal cross-linguistic ontology“

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Seminar Brunero Liseo & Ernesto De Vito

25TH OF March 2022, FROM 2.30-4 PM:

Brunero Liseo from the Department of Methods and Models for Economics, Territory, and Finance of Sapienza University presented a seminar on

“ABCC: Approximate Bayesian Conditional Copulae (with Clara Grazian and Luciana Dalla Valle)”

Ernesto De Vito from the Department of Mathematics of the University of Genova presented a seminar on

“Understanding Neural Networks with Reproducing Kernel Banach Spaces“

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Seminar Daniela Bubboloni

11TH OF FEBRUARY 2022, FROM 2.00-3.00 PM:

Daniela Bubboloni from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science “Ulisse Dini” presented a seminar on

“Paths and flows for centrality measures in networks“

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Seminar Marco Pangallo & Fiammetta Menchetti

25th OF February 2022, FROM 2.30-4 PM:

Marco Pangallo from the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies presented a seminar on

“Making a housing market agent-based model learnable“

Fiammetta Menchetti from the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” presented a seminar on

“Combining counterfactual outcomes and ARIMA models for policy evaluation“

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Seminar Fabio Corradi & Michela Baccini

11th OF February 2022, FROM 2.30-4 PM:

Fabio Corradi from the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” of the University of Florence presented a seminar on

“Learning the two parameters of the Poisson-Dirichlet distribution with a forensic application“

Michela Baccini from the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” presented a seminar on

“Combining and comparing regional epidemic dynamics in Italy: Bayesian meta-analysis of compartmental models and model assessment via Global Sensitivity Analysis“

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Seminar Lorenzo Seidenari & Francesco Calabrò 

28th of January 2022, from 2.30-4 pm:

Lorenzo Seidenari from the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Florence presented a seminar on

“Predicting Multiple Future Trajectories for Safe Self-Driving Cars“

Francesco Calabrò from the Department of Mathematics and Applications “Renato Caccioppoli” of the University of Naples “Federico II” presented a seminar on

“The use of neural networks for the resolution of Partial Differential Equations“

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Seminar Andrea Marino & Raffaele Guetto

10th of December 2021, from 2-3.30 pm:

Andrea Marino from the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” presented a seminar on

“Italy’s lowest-low fertility in times of uncertainty“

Raffaele Guetto from the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” presented a seminar on

“Approximating the Neighborhood Function of (Temporal) Graphs“

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Seminar Giorgio Ricchiuti & Marco Bertini

26th of November 2021, from 2-3.30 pm:

Giorgio Ricchiuti from the Department of Economics and Management presented a seminar on

“State Space Model to Detect Cycles in Heterogeneous Agents Models“

Marco Bertini from the Department of Information Engineering presented a seminar on

“High quality video experience using deep neural networks”

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Seminar Luigi Brugnano & Veronica Ballerini

12th of November 2021, from 2-3.30 pm:

Luigi Brugnano from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science “Ulisse Dini” presented a seminar on

“Recent advances in bibliometric indexes and their implementation“

Veronica Ballerini from the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” presented a seminar on

“Fisher’s Noncentral Hypergeometric Distribution for the Size Estimation of Unemployed Graduates in Italy“

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Seminar Giulia Iorio & Massimo Fornasier

29th of October 2021, from 2-3.30 pm:

Giulia Iorio from the Department of Economics, School of Social Science of the City University of London presented a seminar on

“Performance-based research funding: Evidence from the largest natural experiment worldwide“

Massimo Fornasier from the Department of Mathematics of the Technical University of Munich presented a seminar on

“Consensus-based optimization“

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Seminar Leonardo Bargigli & Chiara Marzi

15th of October 2021, from 2-3.30 pm:

Leonardo Bargigli from the Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence presented a seminar on

“Endogenous and Exogenous Volatility in the Foreign Exchange Market (with G. Cifarelli)”

Chiara Marzi from the Institute of Applied Physics ‘Nello Carrara’ (IFAC) – National Research Council (CNR) presented a seminar on

“Artificial Intelligence in Neuroimaging”

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1st Edition D2 Seminar Series

Seminar Anna Gottard & Costanza Conti

2nd of July – FROM 2-3.30 PM

Anna Gottard from the Department of  Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” presented  a seminar on

“Circular data, conditional independence & graphical models”

Costanza Conti from the Department of Industrial Engineering presented a seminar on

“Penalized hyperbolic-polynomial splines” (Joint work with: Rosanna Campagna, Universit`a degli Studi della Campania “L. Vanvitelli”)

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Seminar Enrico Ravera & Gherardo Chirici

18th of June 2021, from 2-3.30 pm

Enrico Ravera from the Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) and Department of Chemistry presented a seminar on

“From algebra to biology: what does the math of ensemble averaging methods can tell us”

Gherardo Chirici from the research unit COPERNICUS Earth Observation and Spatial Analysis and the Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment, and Forestry presented a seminar on

“Big data from space. Recent Advances in Remote Sensing Technologies” 

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Seminar Cesare Bracco & Leonardo Boncinelli

4th of June 2021, from 2-3.30 pm

Cesare Bracco from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science “Ulisse Dini”, University of Florence presented a seminar on

“Scattered data: surface reconstruction and fault detection” (joint work with O. Davydov, C. Giannelli, D. Großmann, S. Imperatore, D. Mokriš, A. Sestini)

Leonardo Boncinelli from the Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence presented a seminar on

“Game-based education promotes sustainable water use”

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Seminar Fabrizia Mealli & Andrew Bagdanov

21st of May 2021, from 2-3.30 pm:

Fabrizia Mealli from the Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications “G. Parenti” presented a seminar on

“Assessing causality under interference”

Andrew Bagdanov from the Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence presented a seminar on

“Lifelong Learning at the end of the (new) Early Years”

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