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

 
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