Daniele Durante

Roles and Affiliations: Associate Professor of Statistics at Bocconi University's Department of Decision Sciences. Research Affiliate at Bocconi Institute for Data Science and Analytics (BIDSA), DONDENA Centre, and Laboratory for Coronavirus Crisis Research. Former Post-Doctoral Fellow at University of Padova and Visiting Scholar at Duke University.

Education: Ph.D. (2016) and M.Sc. (2012) in Statistics from University of Padova.

Research Interests: Bayesian methodology, network science, categorical data, latent variable models, criminology, and demography. Focus on statistical models for complex data, including criminal networks and cause-of-death dependencies.

Grants and Awards: ERC Starting Grant (NEMESIS, 2024–2029), PRIN-MUR Grant (CARONTE), COPSS Emerging Leader Award, Leonardo da Vinci Medal, Mitchell Prize (twice), Laplace Prize. Editor for Biometrika, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, and Journal of Multivariate Analysis.

Teaching and Service: Courses on Machine Learning, Data Science, and Statistical Methods. Organized Stats under the Stars hackathons, Bocconi Data Science Challenge platform. Served on committees for ISBA, ASA, and others.

Labs/Teams: Leads NEMESIS and CARONTE projects. Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams in quantitative criminology and demography.