Luca LA ROCCA

Luca LA ROCCA is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education and Humanities at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. His research focuses on Bayesian statistics, graphical models, complex systems analysis, and statistical applications in education and social sciences. He teaches courses such as Applied Mathematics and Social Statistics for engineering and pedagogy programs.

His research spans topics including Bayesian inference for directed acyclic graphs, non-local priors, and statistical methods for analyzing complex systems. Notable contributions include work on detecting pairwise interactions in biological networks and assessing skewness in financial markets. He has also developed methodologies for structural learning in heterogeneous data and seismic hazard assessment.

LA ROCCA has published extensively in top journals and conferences, with recent works emphasizing the interplay between statistical theory and real-world applications. His teaching responsibilities include courses on applied statistics, probability, and regression analysis.