Courses and Requirements
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 | I. Pruenster, I. Tamanini |
| 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