Maria Caterina BRAMATI: CURRICULUM VITAE
Contacts :
Institutional: Dipartimento Metodi e Modelli
l’Economia, il Territorio e la Finanza
Sapienza, Universita` di Roma
Via del Castro Laurenziano 9
I- 00161 Rome
ITALY
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Phone number: +39 06 49766231
FAX: +39 06 4957606
e-mail: mariacaterina.bramati@uniroma1.it
Homepage: http://w3.uniroma1.it/mcbramati/homepage.html
Education :
1989–95: Highschool: Liceo Classico Sperimentale Bertrand Russel, Rome.
1995–99: Statistical Sciences at Sapienza, Universita` di Roma: Master’s degree
obtained with greatest distinction (cum laude) on July 12, 1999. Title of master’s thesis: “Seasonal adjustment methods: methodological issues and application to the Italian foreign trade time series”. Supervisor: Prof. S. Fachin.
2000–2002: Master of Sciences in Economics and Statistics at the Universit´e Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium. Master’s degree obtained from the
ULB with distinction in June 2002. Title of master’s thesis: “Robust Estimators for the Fixed Effects Panel Data Model”. Supervisor: Prof. C. Croux.
2001–2005: Doctoral studies and research at the ULB. PhD degree obtained from
the Universit´e Libre de Bruxelles on October 7, 2005. Title of thesis: “Some
robust methods in the analysis of multivariate time series”. Supervisors: Prof.
M. Hallin and Prof. D. Paindaveine.
Academic career :
2001–2006: Teacher and Research Assistant at the Department of Mathematics of
the ULB. Exercise session and practical organization (exams, student assistance, assignments) of:
• Statistics and Probabilities (2nd year undergraduate students in science);
taught in French.
• Time Series (graduate course for Master and 1st year PhD students in
Economics and Statistics); taught in English.
• General Mathematics (1st year undergraduate students in science); taught
in French.
Main fields of research: robust inference applied to panel data models, multivariate time series, parametric and nonparametric hypothesis testing, asymptotic inference.
2006–2007: Maˆıtre d’enseignement at ULB. Teaching activities and practical organization (exams, seminars, tutorials) of the Statistics and Probability II-year
course for undergraduate students in Economics. Course duration: 36 hours
per year (taught in French).
2006–2008: Part time associate professor at Universita` Europea di Roma (2-year
contract), Facolt di Economia e Gestione Aziendale. Teaching and practical
organization (exams, seminars, tutorials) of the Mathematical Analysis course
for the 1st year undergraduate students in Economics. Course duration: 39
hours per year (taught in Italian). I have also undertaken the writing out of
lecture notes for this course.
2009– : Full time Assistant Professor at Sapienza, Universita` di Roma, Faculty of
Economics. Courses: Econometrics, Advanced Statistical Methods.
2010- Lecturer: Advanced Topics in Statistics. PhD students in Economics, Finance and Economic Statistics. Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of
Rome.
2011-2012 Lecturer: Advanced Methods in Statistics. Master students in Management, Innovation and Internationalization of Enterprises. Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome.
2012-present Lecturer: Methods in Business Statistics. Master students in Management, Innovation and Internationalization of Enterprises. Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome.
Grants :
2013 Sapienza University - Research grant n. C26A13WJ8C: project Statistical
Measures of Connectivity in City Networks, 7.000 Eur.
2013 Sapienza University - Congress organization grant n. C26C13APAT : 2014
Annual Seminar -European PhD in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies
1.500 Eur for accomodation and visitors.
2013 7th Framework European Program, grant agreement n. 244251: project Towards a European Sustainable Society (TESS) 182.094 Eur.
2012 Sapienza University - Research grant n. C26A12P8S9: project on Bayesian
Networks’ structural learning by Rank-based test for conditional independence
in multivariate time series, 4.000 Eur.
2012 Faculty of Economics (Sapienza University) - Research grant n. 00041-12:
project on Culture, Justice and Growth: a quantitative analysis, 5.308 Eur.
2010 7th Framework European Program, grant agreement n. 244251: project Solutions to Environmental Contrasts in Coastal Areas (SECOA) 84.336 Eur.
2005–2007: Teaching Assistant grant, Universit´e Libre de Bruxelles, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science.
2003–2005: Teaching Assistant grant, Universit´e Libre de Bruxelles, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science.
2001–2003: Teaching Assistant grant, Universit´e Libre de Bruxelles, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science.
2000–2001: Scholarship Borsa per specializzazione post-lauream all’estero, Universita` di
Roma La Sapienza
Professional Consultancies :
2010 Energeya S.r.l., Project: Wind power forecasting models.
July 2013– January 2014. Food and Agriculture Organization (ESS Division) Project: Integrated Survey
Framework for Agriculture Surveys. - Global Strategy (FAO).
May 2014– September 2014. Food and Agriculture Organization (AGS Division) Project: Meeting Urban
Food Needs.
Languages :
Italian: mother tongue;
French: very good knowledge, spoken (understanding, speaking)
and written (reading, writing);
English: good knowledge, spoken and written. Cambridge Certificate of Advanced
English (CAE) obtained in January 2003;
Dutch: good understanding, writing at elementary level;
Spanish: at elementary level.
Computer skills :
Languages: Pascal, HTML, LATEX
Operating systems: Windows.
Econometric and Statistical packages: SAS (proficient user), Eviews, Matlab,
GiveWin, Time Series Expert (TSE), STATA, SPSS, R;
Database management : SAS, SPSS, Microsoft Access.
Non-Academic career :
10/1998-03/1999: Internship at the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (Istituto
Nazionale per il Commercio Estero), Statistical division. Rome, Italy. Topic
of studies: analysis and seasonal adjustment of italian import-export time
series.
01/2000–09/2000: Consultant at CONSIP S.p.A, (Italian Ministry for Economics),
Econometric Modelling Division. I provided research assistance and technical
support (database management) for the Italian Treasury Econometric Model
(ITEM).
02/2007- 10/2008: Civil Servant at the Belgian Statistical Office, Survey Design
Unit. Main duties: integration and coordination of business surveys, elaboration of the structure of the Belgian IBS (Integrated Business Survey),
sampling design, robust calibration for outliers and non-response, statistical
methods for reducing business response burdens using administrative data,
training statisticians to the use of SAS software (Data-Management, Reports,
Basic Statistics). Courses taught: SAS Enterprise-Guide (taught in French).
11/2008–02/2010: Head of Methodological Research Unit the Federal Public Service - Economy, Sectors, Markets and Monitoring Division. Main responsibilities: coordinator and principal investigator for the AGORA project in collaboration with KULeuven (Prof. Verboven) and HUBrussel (Prof. Eyckmans).
The aim of this project is the construction of statistical indicators and an
econometric model at the sectoral level for the Policy Evaluation and Monitoring of the Belgian economy. Main duties: Advanced Econometric and
Statistical Analysis concerning markets of goods and services, with the objective of monitoring supply and demand prices, policy evaluation on the development of competitive domestic and foreign trade markets. Besides this,
I also provide a substantial contribution and statistical support to the quarterly reports on price evolution, specific studies on sectors of economic activities (especially food and energy). I developed lecture notes that I use now for
training economists to Statistics and Econometrics to the use of SAS software
(ETS/STAT/BASE). Courses taught: SAS Data-Management and Programming (taught in French), SAS Enterprise Guide (taught in French).
(Post)graduate courses :
June 2000: Econometrics Summer School, CIDE (Consortium between Bologna, Pisa and
Florence Universities), Bertinoro (FO), Italy. Topics in PANEL DATA AND
NONPARAMETRIC ECONOMETRICS. Instructors: Prof. C. Hsiao, Prof. A.
Ullah.
September 2005: ECAS 2005 (European Courses in Advanced Statistics). La Roche en Ardenne,
Belgium. Topics in REGRESSION QUANTILES AND APPLICATIONS. Instructors: Prof. R. Koenker, Prof. I. Mizera, Prof. B.J. Werker.
August 2007: Universit´e d’Et´e en Economie 2007. Brussels, Belgium. Topics in MACROECONOMIC MODELLING AND BUSINESS CYCLE INDICATORS. Instructors: F. Bossier (Bureau F´ed´eral du Plan), I. De Greef (National Bank of Belgium), P. Bisciari (National Bank of Belgium)
2007-2008: I received specific training and courses with final certification taught by SAS
official instructors in
11-02- 2008 to 13-02-2008
05-04-2008 to 08-04-2008
09-06-2008 to 11-06-2008
08-09-2008 to 12-09-2008
30-11-2009 to 02-12-2009:
June 2010:
• SAS Enterprise Guide
• SAS Programming I
• SAS Programming II
• SAS Web Report Studio
• SAS OLAP e Office Adds-in.
Training for Statistical Trainers. Cologne, Germany (ICON Institute).
Instructors: Duncan Miles, Denis Greer (ICON Institute)
Survey Methodology and Sampling Techniques. Bruz, France (ADETEF).
Instructors: Eric Lesage (INSEE), Guillaume Chauvet (INSEE), Paul-Andr´e
Salamin (SFSO), Jean-Pierre Renfer (SFSO)
Survey Non-Response. Stockholm, Sweden (ADETEF).
Instructors: Prof. Carl-Erik Sarndal, Prof. Sixten Lundstrom (Statistics Sweden)
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Data Analysis and Data Modelling. Neuchatel,
Switzerland (EFTA, SFSO Swiss Federal Statistical Office).
Instructor: Prof. Juerg Huesler (University of Bern)
Nomenclatures, classifications and their harmonisation. Vienna, Austria (Statistics Austria).
Instructor: Prof. Norbert Rainer (Statistics Austria).
Third Spatial Econometrics Advanced Institute (SEAI 2010), Rome. Topics in
SPATIAL STATISTICS AND ECONOMETRICS.
Instructors: Prof. B. Baltagi, Prof. H. Kelejian, Prof. I. Prucha, Prof. G. Arbia,
Prof. R. Giacomini. Instructor: Dr. E. Ferrari (EC-JRC/IPTS).
Research :
My research started in robust inference in econometric models but after two years
I got the opportunity to go back to my first love: time series analysis. I worked
on asymptotic hypothesis testing in VAR models. This involved theoretical work
as well as empirical studies on macroeconomic data, such as the presence of instantaneous causality between real and monetary variables and the effect on the
temporal aggregation.
Survey sampling in general do also belong to my field of interest. I am looking to
stratification designs which are robust to the presence of outliers in both auxiliary
and survey data. I investigate also the problem of small areas robust estimation,
optimal size and strata bounds determination in the case of time-variant survey
variables.
Recently I have been involved in some research with colleagues on the application
of Bayesian Networks in Time Series framework.
I also kept my interest in some applied work to microeconomics. More precisely I
like working on firm’s behavior in the domestic and international markets, price
transmission in the food chains, entrepreneurship and group of enterprises of immigrants.
Another point of interest is applications of statistics to other applied sciences. I
am currently collaborating with engineers, physical and human geographers, environmental and development economists. Some projects I am working on: climate
change and temperature extremes in Antarctica, short-term forecast models for
wind power, networks of low-carbon community-based initiatives, humanitarian
response to climatic disasters, food demand in urban areas of developing countries.
Articles in Journals :
1. Bramati, M.C., Musella, F., Alleva, G. (2014). What drives environmental
conflicts in coastal areas? An econometric approach. Ocean & Coastal Management, In press.
2. Bramati, M.C., Tarragoni, C., Davoli, L., Raffi, R. (2014). Extreme rainfall in
coastal metropolitan areas of Central Italy: Rome and Pescara case studies.
Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria, vol.1 pp.3-13.
3. Bramati, M.C. (2013). Optimal Rank-based Tests for Block Exogeneity in Vector Autoregressions. Journal of Multivariate Analysis, vol. 116, pp. 141-162.
4. Bramati, M.C. (2013). A class of optimal tests for contemporaneous noncausality in VAR models. Journal of Time Series Analysis, vol. 34, pp. 330-344.
5. Bramati, M.C. (2012). Robust LH stratified sampling strategy.
Survey Research Methods, Vol.6, No. 3.
6. Seethepalli, K., Bramati, M.C., Veredas, D. (2008). How relevant is infrastructure to growth in East Asia? Policy Research Working Paper n.4597, World
Bank. DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-4597.
7. Bramati M.C., Croux C. (2007) Robust Estimators for the Fixed Effects Panel
Data Model. The Econometrics Journal, Vol.10, No. 3, pp. 521-540.
Chapters in books :
1. Alleva, G., Bramati, M.C., Musella, F. (2014). A general taxonomy for environmental contrasts in resource uses. In: Le categorie geografiche di Giorgio
Spinelli. Ambiente, Energia, Geopolitica, Turismo, Patron
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Editore Bologna
2014. ISBN 978-88-555-3263-1, pp. 53-77.
2. Bramati, M.C. (2013). Integrating Business Surveys: guidelines and principles based on the Belgian experience. In: Advances in Theoretical and Applied
Statistics, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013. DOI 10.1007/978-3-64235588-2-29. ch. 29, pp. 313-322.
Proceedings :
1. Vella, S., Bramati, M.C., Davoli, L., Raffi, R. (2013). Climatic trend in Central
Calabria (Italy) during the last 100 years. 8th IAG International Conference
on Geomorphology. Paris, August 27-31.
2. Bramati, M.C. (2013). A Class of optimal tests for contemporaneous noncausality in VAR models. International Conference on Robust Statistics (ICORS
2013). Saint-Petersburg (Russia), July 8-12.
3. Bramati, M.C. (2013). Stratified Sampling for time dependent survey variables. In: Proceedings of the 3rd Italian Conference on Survey Methodology.
Milan, June 26-28.
4. Smith, R.G., Bramati, M.C. (2013). Global Corporate Service Firm Urban
Networks: A SNA approach. International Workshop on ’Networks in space
and time: Models, Data collection and Applications’ (ARS 2013). Rome, June
20-22.
5. Bramati, M.C., Tarragoni, C., Davoli, L., Raffi, R., (2012). Extreme rainfall
events and flooding along the coastal area of Civitavecchia. In: Proceedings IV
International Symposium ’Monitoring of Mediterranean coastal areas’, pp.213220. CNR- Istituto di Biometeorologia, Firenze.
6. Bramati, M.C. (2012). Price transmission and market power in the food chain.
In: Proceedings of the XLVI Scientific Meeting SIS 2012. Sapienza University
of Rome, CLEUP. ISBN 978-88-6129-882-8.
7. Bramati, M.C., Tarragoni, C. (2012). Climatic patterns and extreme rainfalls on coastal areas in Central Italy. Proceedings European Geosciences
Union2012. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 14, EGU2012-6993, ISSN:
1029-7006. eISSN: 1607-7962.
8. Bramati, M.C. (2012). Imprenditori Italiani e Stranieri: la dura legge della
sopravvivenza. In: Making decisions: the role of statistics for knowledge and
governance. Proceedings SISVSP 2012, pp. 175-178.
9. Bramati, M.C. (2011). Response burden reduction through the use of administrative data and robust sampling. In: Statistics in the 150 years from Italian
Unification, Quaderni di Dipartimento, Serie Ricerche 2011, n. 10. Universita
di Bologna. ISSN 1973-9346 pp. 88-92.
10. Bramati, M.C. (2011). Robust Hidiroglou-Lavall´ee stratified design.
In: Survey Research Methods and Applications, Proceedings of the 2nd Italian Conference on Survey Methodology, Pisa. ISBN: 978-88-8492-772-9, Pisa
University Press, Pisa, pp. 173-176
11. Bramati, M.C. (2011). Temporal aggregation and spurious causation in time
series. Proceedings of 14th Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis International Conference, ETS Ed., Rome. ISBN 978-88-4673-045-9.
12. Bramati, M.C. (2010). Integrating Business Surveys: guidelines and principles based on the Belgian experience. Proceedings SIS 2010, Padova. ISBN:
978-88-6129-566-7.
Working papers
1. Bramati, M.C., Schmid, T., Tzavidis, N. (2014). Leverage points in Small Area
Estimation. Southampton University.
2. Bramati, M.C., Marsland, N. (2014). Macro-scale assessment and response to
natural disasters: An ODA approach. EADI 2014 Working Papers.
3. Bramati, M.C., Gemmiti, R. (2014). International Organizations-based city
networks: a SNA approach. Sapienza University of Rome.
4. Bramati, M.C., Smith, R.G. (2013). World City Network: A Social Network
Analysis. Swansea University.
5. Bramati, M.C., Gaggero, A., Solomon, E. (2012). International trade and domestic competition: evidence from Belgium. Submitted.
6. Acocella, N., Bramati, M.C., Di Bartolomeo, G., Musella, F. (2012). Theoretical models for conflicts in resource uses. SECOA FP7 Programme Report.
Sapienza University of Rome.
7. Pellegrini, G., Bramati, M.C., Arezzo, M.F. (2012). Wind power forecasting:
averages better than sums?. Under revision.
8. Bellotti, P., Bramati, M.C., Caputo, C., Davoli, L., Evangelista, S., Pugliese,
F., Raffi, R., Tarragoni, C. (2011). Assessment of Frequency-Magnitude of
Extreme Rainfall Events and Flooding. Case study of Rome and Pescara
Metropolitan Regions. SECOA 7th Programme Framework: Solutions for Environmental Contrasts in Coastal Areas.
9. Bramati, M.C. (2011). Durata di vita delle imprese di origine italiana e straniera
in relazione alle caratteristiche economiche e territoriali. L’analisi dei dati di
impresa per la conoscenza del sistema produttivo italiano: il ruolo della statistica ufficiale. ISTAT Rome, 21-22 November 2011.
10. Alleva, G., Bramati, M.C., Musella, F. (2011). Taxonomy of conflicts at coastal
urban areas. Sapienza University of Rome.
11. Bramati, M.C. and Gaggero, A. A. (2010). International trade and domestic
competition: evidence from Belgium. Working paper n. 74, Dipartimento di
Metodi e Modelli per l’Economia, il Territorio e la Finanza, Sapienza University of Rome. ISSN 2239-608X
Course material:
1. M.C. Bramati, Appunti di Analisi Matematica per Economisti. Course slides
2006-2008, Facolta` di Economia, Universita` Europea di Roma, 2006.
2. M.C. Bramati, Esercitazioni di Metodi Statistici Avanzati. Course slides, Fa` 2010.
colta` di Economia, Sapienza Universita,
3. M.C. Bramati, Analisi della Varianza. Dispensa, Facolta` di Economia, Sapienza
` 2010.
Universita,
4. M.C. Bramati, Introduzione all’Analisi delle Serie Storiche. Slides della parte
specialistica del corso di Metodi Statistici Avanzati, Facolta` di Economia, Sapienza
` 2010.
Universita,
Organization of scientific seminars :
2010 Co-organizer of the “statistical and econometric seminars” jointly with the
Head of the Department Metodi e Modelli per l’Economia, il Territorio e la
Finanza at Sapienza University of Rome.
2011 Executive Secretary of the Spatial Econometrics Advanced Institute (SEAI2011)
2012 Member of the Program Committee of the 46th SIS Scientific Meeting, June
20-22, 2012 Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2014 Organizer of the European PhD in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies Annual Seminar, Rome 3-5 September 2014.
Attended Conferences and Seminars :
Talks and poster presentations
10th Annual Meeting of the Belgian Statistical Society. Kerkrade (The Netherlands), October 8-9 2002.
ICORS 2003 (International Conference on Robust Statistics). Anvers (Belgium),
July 2003.
58th European Meeting of the Econometric Society (ESEM 2003). Stockholm
(Sweden), August 2003.
JAMBOREE 2004 (ENTER network). Barcelona (Spain), January 2004.
12th Annual Meeting of the Belgian Statistical Society. Vielsalm (Belgium), October 2004.
ECARES, Universit´e Libre de Bruxelles. Brussels, November 26th 2004.
JAMBOREE 2005 (ENTER network). Brussels (Belgium), January 2005.
1st Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics (ICEEE). Venice
(Italy), January 2005.
ECARES-CORE-KUL joint econometric seminar, Universit Libre de Bruxelles.
Brussels (Belgium), April 18th 2005 (poster session).
New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics (NTTS 2009). Brussels (Belgium),
February 19th 2009.
Prima Giornata della Ricerca Dip. Studi Geoeconomici, Linguistici, Statistici,
Storici per lAnalisi Regionale. Universita` di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, February 24th 2009.
Seconda Giornata della Ricerca Dip. Studi Geoeconomici, Linguistici, Statistici,
Storici per lAnalisi Regionale. Universita` di Roma La Sapienza. Rome, February 28th 2010.
45th Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society. Padoua (Italy), June
2010.
Prague Stochastic 2010. Prague (Czech Republic), 29th August 2010.
Advances in Economics and Economic Dynamics, a conference in honor of Giancarlo Gandolfo. Rome, 21st September 2010.
Recent Issues in Economic Geography, K.U.Leuven and International Network for
Economic Research (INFER). Leuven (Belgium), December 2-3 2010.
New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics (NTTS 2011). Brussels (Belgium),
February 21st 2011.
Societa` Italiana di Statistica Statistical Conference (SIS 2011). Bologna (Italy),
June 8-10 2011.
14th Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis International Conference (ASMDA 2011). Rome, June 7-10 2011.
Evolutionary Computation and Time Series (ECTS 2011). Rome (Italy), June 1314 2011.
2nd Italian Conference on Survey Methodology (ITACOSM 2011). Pisa, June 2729 2011.
Conference: L’analisi dei dati di impresa per la conoscenza del sistema produttivo italiano: il ruolo della statistica ufficiale (ISTAT). Rome, November 21-22
2011.
SECOA (Solutions for environmental contrasts in coastal areas) 4th Project Meeting and End Users Session. Jerusalem (Israel), 29th November-3rd December
2011.
Quarta Giornata della Ricerca Dip. Metodi e Modelli per l’Economia, il Territorio
e la Finanza. Sapienza Universita` di Roma. Rome, 23rd February 2012.
SISVSP 2012. Prendere decisioni: il ruolo della statistica per la conoscenza e la
governance. Rome April 19-20 2012.
European Geosciences Union Congress 2012 (EGU2012). Vienna, April 22-27
2012.
SECOA (Solutions for environmental contrasts in coastal areas) 5th Project Meeting. Gothenburg (Sweden), June 17-21 2012.
46th Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society. Rome (Italy), June 20-22
2012.
International Conference on Robust Statistics (ICORS 2012). Burlington (USA),
August 6-10 2012.
32nd International Geographical Congress (IGC 2012). Cologne (Germany), August 26-30 2012.
SECOA (Solutions for environmental contrasts in coastal areas) 6th Project Meeting. Mumbai (India), December 3-7 2012.
SECOA (Solutions for environmental contrasts in coastal areas) 7th Project Meeting. Lisbon (Portugal), June 17-21, 2013.
ARS 2013 International Workshop on ’Networks in space and time: Models, Data
collection and Applications’. Rome, June 20-22, 2013.
3rd Italian Conference on Survey Methodology (ITACOSM 2013). Milan, June
26-28 2013.
International Conference on Robust Statistics (ICORS 2013). Saint-Petersburg
(Russia), July 8-12 2013.
TESS (Towards a European Sustainable Society) Kick-off Meeting. Potsdam (Germany), December 1-4, 2013.
6th International Conference of the ERCIM WG on Computational and Methodological Statistics (ERCIM 2013). London (UK), December 14-16, 2013.
Workshop on Methods and Applications for Developing an Integrated Survey Framework (FAO Headquarters). Rome, January, 20 2014.
XXXIV Sunbelt Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA 2014), St. Petersburg (FL), USA, February
18-23.
Sesta Giornata della Ricerca Metodi e Modelli per l’Economia, il Territorio e la
Finanza. Sapienza Universita` di Roma. Rome, February 26-27 2014.
Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2014. Washington D.C.,
March 24-27, 2014.
47th Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society (SIS 2014). Cagliari
(Italy), June 11-13, 2014.
14th EADI General Conference Responsible Development in a Polycentric World:
Inequality, Citizenship and the Middle Classes. Bonn, June 24th.
Invited seminars:
A taxonomy of environmental contrasts: a network approach, EPSRC funded networks seminar series (Swansea University).l Swansea, June 5th 2013.
Robust LH stratified sampling strategy, InGRID funded Research Seminar, University of Southampton, July 15th 2014.
Foreign visits :
• In July 2014, I visited the University of Southampton to extend my knowledge
in the Small Area Estimation. I was hosted by Dr. Nikos Tzavidis and Prof.
LiChun Zhang. The visiting was granted by InGRID funds.
Visiting Professors :
1. May 24–26, 2010: Prof. D. Giannone (ULB, Belgium);
2. June 3–4, 2010: A.A. Gaggero, PhD (University of Essex).
Member of :
2010- Internal Board of the European PhD in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies (Sess.EuroPhD, http://europhd.org/)
2011- Internal Board of the PhD in Statistics and Economics at Sapienza University (http://w3.uniroma1.it/dcnaps/servizi/dottorato.htm)
Econometric Society, European Mathematical Society, Belgian Statistical Society,
Belgian Mathematical Society, Time-Series Working Group of the Italian Statistical Society (SIS).
Referee for :
Journal of Time Series Analysis, The Econometrics Journal, Journal of Official
Statistics.