Cristiano Varin

Cristiano Varin is a Full Professor in Statistics at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, affiliated with the Department of Environmental Sciences, Computer Science and Statistics (DAIS). He works at the Scientific Campus in via Torino and maintains the DAIS website for research and teaching updates.

His research focuses on:

• Composite likelihood inference - A key methodological contributor with seminal papers in Biometrika and Statistica Sinica
• Copula regression - With practical implementations in R software
• Meta-analysis - Including improved likelihood inference techniques
• Spatial statistics - With applications to environmental data
• Paired comparison modeling - Applied to sports analytics and behavioral studies

Recent publications demonstrate expertise in crossed random effects models (2025), ridge regression for paired comparisons (2024), and thermal comfort range analysis (2023).

Scientific recognition includes:

• Royal Statistical Society Read Paper (2015) on journal citation modeling
• Gumbel Lecture (2006) by German Statistical Society
• Ca' Foscari Teaching Award (2020)

He has collaborated with institutions including:

• Swiss National Science Foundation
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• Norwegian Council of Research