Courses and Requirements
Please note that the study program may be subject to minor changes.
Classes start at the beginning of September.
Attendance is mandatory. You cannot attend the program by distance learning.
The program features two tracks
— Statistics
— Computer Science
During the first year students choose one of the two tracks
First year - a.y. 2023-24 (39° cycle)
- 12 compulsory courses
- Statistics Seminars organized by the Decision Sciences Department
- Exam for each course
SEM. |
COURSE TITLE | HOURS | PROFESSOR |
1 | INTRODUCTION TO REAL ANALYSIS I | 28 |
H. Lavenant |
1 |
INTRODUCTION TO REAL ANALYSIS II |
28 |
G. Savaré |
1 | PROBABILITY THEORY I | 28 |
S. Fortini |
1 | PROBABILITY THEORY II | 24 | A. Lijoi |
1 |
COMPUTER SCIENCE I (Programming) |
30 |
C. Baldassi |
1 |
COMPUTER SCIENCE II (Algorithms) |
24 |
A. Rosen |
2 | STATISTICAL THEORY I | 30 | O.Papaspiliopoulos, B.Szabo |
2 | STATISTICAL THEORY II |
30 | B.Szabo |
2 |
STOCHASTIC PROCESSES I |
24 |
S. Fortini |
2 |
STOCHASTIC PROCESSES II | 24 |
TBD |
2 | BAYESIAN STATISTICAL THEORY I | 24 | A. Lijoi, G. Zanella |
2 | BAYESIAN STATISTICAL THEORY II | 24 | S. Petrone |
Second year — a.y. 2023-24 (38°cycle)
- Summer School in Advanced Statistics and Probability
- 4 track compulsory courses
- 5 elective courses
- Statistics Seminars organized by the Decision Sciences Department
Compulsory courses:
SEM. | COURSE TITLE | HOURS | PROFESSOR |
TRACK |
tbd |
BOCCONI SUMMER SCHOOL IN ADVANCED STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY |
30 |
BOTH |
|
1 |
BAYESIAN NON-PARAMETRICS | 30 |
I.Pruenster |
STATISTICS |
1 |
APPLIED MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS |
24 |
R.Picarreta |
STATISTICS |
1 |
BAYESIAN METHODS FOR COMPLEX DATA |
24 |
S.Petrone |
STATISTICS |
1 |
COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS |
24 |
O.Papaspiliopoulos |
STATISTICS |
1 |
OPTIMIZATION |
24 |
A.Celli |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
2 |
GRAPH THEORY |
24 | L.Trevisan |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
2 |
MODERN APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING | 30 |
C.Lucibello |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
2 |
STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND METHODS FOR COMPLEX SYSTEMS |
24 |
M.Mézard | COMPUTER SCIENCE |
2 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN STATISTICS 1 | 14 | VP S. Mendelson | BOTH |
2 |
SPECIAL TOPICS IN STATISTICS 2 | 14 |
VP J. Schmidt-Hieber | BOTH |
Electives courses to be chosen among:
— compulsory courses of the other track
— the following electives open to both tracks:
SEM. |
COURSE TITLE |
HOURS |
PROFESSOR |
TRACKS |
1 |
STATISTICAL MACHINE LEARNING |
24 |
D.Durante | BOTH |
1 |
STATISTICS FOR EXTREMES |
24 |
S.Padoan |
BOTH |
2 |
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF COMPUTER EXPERIMENTS |
24 |
E.Borgonovo |
BOTH |
2 |
ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL STATISTICS |
24 |
G.Zanella |
BOTH |
2 |
APPLIED SURVIVAL DATA ANAYSIS |
24 |
M.Bonetti |
BOTH |
Third year (37° Cycle) - Fourth year (36° cycle) — a.y. 2023-24
— Study/research period at other Universities + TA/RA activities (optional)
— Conferences (as listener and as a speaker)
— Statistics Seminars organized by the Decision Sciences Department
— Submission of mid-term doctoral thesis (at least a first research paper is expected) at the end of third year
— Thesis submission to external reviewers (at the end of fourth year)
— Thesis dissertation
Detailed Requirements