Massimo Ventrucci

Professore associato

Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche "Paolo Fortunati"

Settore scientifico disciplinare: STAT-01/A Statistica

Temi di ricerca

Parole chiave: Bayesian Hierarchical modelling, Generalized Linear Mixed models, Bayesian Penalized Spline regression, Spatial Statistics.

Research topics:

Regression models for spatial data with focus on the problem of spatial confounding
Bayesian hierarchical modeling with focus on prior choice for scale parameters (examples of applications: flexible regression models via penalized spline regression, mixed models, varying coefficient models, spatio-temporal smoothing models).
Smoothing models for spatially and temporally structured data
Regression for compositional data
Main application fields are: biostatistics, environmental sciences, ecology, epidemiology.