Title: Professor in Residence

Email: isabella at stat.cmu.edu

Webpage: http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~isabella/

Research Interests:

* Bayesian experimental design. * Monte Carlo Marcov Chains simulations. * Hypothesis testing procedures with the Bayes factor. * Nonparametric inference, both Bayesian and frequentist. * Experimetal design for medical and engineering applications. * Multiple testing theory (FDR). * Clusters and filaments identification for complex data sets from random fields. * Manifolds theory and estimation. Rate of convergence of manifold estimators. Identification of minimax rate of convergence. Some Related Publications: Genovese C. Perone-Pacifico M, Verdinelli I. Wasserman L. (2012). Manifold estimation and singular deconvolution under Hausdorff loss. Ann. Stat. C. Genovese, M. Perone-Pacifico, I. Verdinelli, L. Wasserman (2012). Minimax manifold estimation. JMLR. C. Genovese, M. Perone-Pacifico, I. Verdinelli, L. Wasserman (2012). The geometry of nonparametric filament estimation. JASA. Genovese C, Perone-Pacifico. M, I. Verdinelli, Wasserman L (2009). On the path density of a gradient field. Ann. Stat. Spezzaferri F, I. Verdinelli, Zeppieri M (2007). Bayes Factors for Goodness of Fit Testing. JSPI. Perone-Pacifico M, Genovese C, Verdinelli I, Wasserman L (2007). Scan Clustering: A False Discovery Approach. Jour. Multv. Analysis.

Bio:

Bachelor degree in Statistics (1974) at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Master of Science degree in Statistics (1976) at University College London, UK. PhD in Statistics (1996) at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Since 2000. Professor of Statistics. Sapienza University of Rome. 1986-2000. Associate Professor of Probability Theory. Sapienza University of Rome. 1992-1998. On leave at the Department of Statistics of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh USA, as: * Vising Associate Professor, Special Faculty Appointment (1992-1996). * Senior Research Scientist (1996-1998). Since 2001 has the courtesy appointment of "Professor in Residence" at the Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University. She spends here six months during each Academic Year doing collaborative research work with the Carnegie Mellon University research community. 1995-1998. Associate Editor: "The Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference". 1996-1999. Associate Editor: "The Journal of American Statistical Association". 1997-2005. In the scientific and organizing committee of the Workshop: "Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics". Since 2003. Associate Editor for "Bayesian Analysis Journal". Joint Editor of: "Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics", volumes 4, 5, and 6. Springer Verlag, New York. Member of the American Statistical Association. Member of the International Statistical Institute.