A conversation with Eugenio Regazzini

DOI10.1214/11-STS362zbMATH Open1331.60005arXiv1205.4807WikidataQ64225867 ScholiaQ64225867MaRDI QIDQ5963773FDOQ5963773

A. Lijoi, I. Prünster

Publication date: 23 February 2016

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Eugenio Regazzini was born on August 12, 1946 in Cremona (Italy), and took his degree in 1969 at the University "L. Bocconi" of Milano. He has held positions at the universities of Torino, Bologna and Milano, and at the University "L. Bocconi" as assistant professor and lecturer from 1974 to 1980, and then professor since 1980. He is currently professor in probability and mathematical statistics at the University of Pavia. In the periods 1989-2001 and 2006-2009 he was head of the Institute for Applications of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Italian National Research Council (C.N.R.) in Milano and head of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Pavia, respectively. For twelve years between 1989 and 2006, he served as a member of the Scientific Board of the Italian Mathematical Union (U.M.I.). In 2007, he was elected Fellow of the IMS and, in 2001, Fellow of the "Istituto Lombardo---Accademia di Scienze e Lettere." His research activity in probability and statistics has covered a wide spectrum of topics, including finitely additive probabilities, foundations of the Bayesian paradigm, exchangeability and partial exchangeability, distribution of functionals of random probability measures, stochastic integration, history of probability and statistics. Overall, he has been one of the most authoritative developers of de Finetti's legacy. In the last five years, he has extended his scientific interests to probabilistic methods in mathematical physics; in particular, he has studied the asymptotic behavior of the solutions of equations, which are of interest for the kinetic theory of gases. The present interview was taken in occasion of his 65th birthday.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.4807

zbMATH Keywords

Bayesian inferenceexchangeabilityDirichlet processsubjective probabilityde Finettifinitely additive probabilitieshistory of statistics and probability in Italy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of probability theory (60-03) History of statistics (62-03)

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