About me
I am an Associate Professor of Statistical Science (STAT-01/A) at the Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) of University of Milano-Bicocca. I am also a member of the BayesLab at the Bocconi Institute for Data Science and Analytics (BIDSA), and the MIDAS Complex Data Modeling Research Network.
My curriculum vitae is available here. A complete list of publications is available here.
Research interests: Bayesian nonparametrics; ecological statistics; Bayesian clustering; generalized Bayes; Bayesian computation; variational inference; network models.
E-mail: tommaso.rigon@unimib.it
News and awards
[2026] Davide Agnoletto was awarded the prize for the best PhD thesis in Statistics by the Italian Statistical Society!
[2025] Bnews Bicocca (ITA). Statistica, tripletta di premi internazionali per il ricercatore di Bicocca Tommaso Rigon
[2024] Blackwell and Rosenbluth Award 2024. The award aims to recognize outstanding junior Bayesian researchers based on their overall contribution to the field and to the community. Junior Section of International Society for Bayesian Analysis (j-ISBA). [Award] [News]
[2024] Mitchell Prize 2023 for the paper “Extended Stochastic Block Models with Application to Criminal Networks”. International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA). [Award]
[2024] Daniele Durante was awarded an ERC Starting Grant for the project NEMESIS, focusing on the sociogenesis of criminal networks. I am very happy to be involved in the research group!
