He was born on October 12, 1965 in Bologna where he is
currently residing.
Academic positions
From October 1, 2005 is confirmed as an Associate Professor of
Economic Statistics (SECS-S03), at the Faculty of Statistical
Sciences, University of Bologna at Rimini.
From October 1, 2002 Professor of Economic Statistics
(SECS-S03), at the Faculty of Statistical Sciences, University of
Bologna at Rimini.
From 16 November 1993 to September 30, 2002 is a researcher in
economic statistics at the Faculty of Statistical Sciences,
University of Bologna
From 2008 to 2010 Director of the Higher Education Course
in "Analysis and management of business travel" at the School
of Tourism Sciences and the Faculty of Statistical Sciences,
University of Bologna.
From 1996 to 2002 he was Deputy Director of the Master in
Management and Development of the Tourist Services at the Faculty
of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna.
In the academic year 2000/2001 he was Deputy Director of the
European Course "Master in Congress Management" of the Faculty of
Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna.
Further Qualifications
1994 Doctor of Philosophy in Scientific Research Methodology
Statistics for submitting the final dissertation: "The functional
dependence between levels in the artificial neural network models:
learning and specification"
General News
from 2007-2008, member of the Board and Executive Committee of
the School of Tourism Sciences, University of Bologna
(representative of the Statistician-Economy).
from 2004 to 2010 was a member of the Board of the University of
Bologna, Rimini Campus
Since 2002 collaborates regularly with some newspapers ("Il Sole 24
Ore", "La Repubblica", "Il Resto del Carlino") on issues: the
extent of the economic situation in the hotel industry, and the
extent of intermediate consumption of Italian companies for travel
expenses business.
since 2000 is Director of the business travel observatory of the
Faculty of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna
since 1999 is Director of the regional economy hotel of the Faculty
of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna.
from 1998 to 2002: elected representative of the researchers in the
Faculty Council for the academic year
from 1995to 1999: Member of the Education Committee of the
Faculty of Statistics,
from 1995 to 1999: representative of the Faculty of Statistics
at the University Commission for the EU project "Leonardo da
Vinci",
Teaching Activities
From 2010 Statistics of financial markets, at the Inter-Faculty
course "Quantitative Finance" at the University of Bologna
From 2007 Economic Statistics at the Faculty of Statistical
Sciences, University of Bologna (all degree courses).
From 2002 Business Forecast at the Faculty of Statistical
Sciences, University of Bologna.
From 2001 Technical Analysis of Financial Markets at Faculty of
Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna.
From 2006 to 2009 "Financial investments, application form" (20
hours), Master in Financial Risk Management, University "Our Lady
of Good Counsel", Tirana.
In 2007 held the course "Previsiones Empresariales" (30 hours)
in the master's degree in Mining from the University of Bologna -
Buenos Aires office.
In 2006 takes the course of "Forecasting" in the PhD in
Statistics, Université Catholique de Louvain (B), Louvain-la-Neuve,
Belgium;
In 2000 "Forecasting tourism demand" at the CHN University
Leeuwarden - Holland.
From 1997 to 2003 Economic Forecasting Faculty of Statistical
Sciences, University of Bologna
From 1996 has also lectured courses within the Master in Management
and Development of the Tourist Services, and Master in Congress
Management of the Faculty of Statistical Sciences, University of
Bologna.
