1 Positions

1.1 Present employment

March 2015 - Associate Professor of Statistics (Scientific Sector “Statistics for Experimental and Technological Research”, SECS-S/02), University of Palermo, ITALY.

1.2 Previous appointments

January 2009 - December 2011: Associate Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg (Sweden), Department of Technology Management and Economics.

November 2002 – February 2015. Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of Palermo.

2 EDUCATIONAL DEGREES

2.1 Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees

1996: University of Naples Federico II. Full marks degree in Aeronautical Engineering (5-years program).

2.2 PhD

2000: University of Naples Federico II. PhD in Total Quality Management - Industrial Statistics. Dissertation title: “Integrated Statistical-Technological approach for Robust Design”.

2.3 Associate Professor competence

2009: Swedish Docent in Industrial Statistics (academic title equivalent to the Italian title of Associate Professor according to the Italian Ministry of University and Research).

2012: Italian National Scientific Qualification for Associate Professor in the field of Statistics (competition sector 13-D1 “Statistics”, year 2012).

3 SCIENTIFIC MERITS

3.1 Research Profile

Main research interests:

- Design of experiments (theoretical and practical issues) including computer and choice experiments.

- Quality in public organizations (with focus on higher-education and healthcare)

- Risk analysis and management

- Six Sigma methodology

- Statistical design, calibration and monitoring of diagnostic systems

- Variation management and robust design

3.2 Approved Grants

3.2.1 At national level (Italy and Sweden, last ten years)

2020 Research project for PhD student scholarship, funded by INPS the Italian national social welfare institution. Project title: Sustainable management through data science and big data management.

2010-12: Research project of national interest (PRIN) funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research: “Innovation in service quality management: statistical approach and application in some fields of national interest”.

2009-11: Gothenburg Mathematical Modeling Centre. Project funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic research.

3.3 Network/Research Collaboration within and outside of the university.

3.3.1 Participation in international cooperation projects (last ten years)

2011-2012: Erasmus agreement between University of Palermo and Luleå University of Technology (coordinator).

2004-2016: Erasmus agreement between University of Palermo and Linkoping University (coordinator).

2008-to date: Erasmus agreement between University of Palermo and Chalmers University of Technology (coordinator).

3.3.2 Organization of scientific meetings (last ten years)

2016: Fourth International Conference on the Interface between Statistics and Engineering. University of Palermo, 20-22 June 2016.

2014: Third International Conference on the Interface between Statistics and Engineering. City University of Hong Kong, December 15-17, 2014.

2011: 8^th DEINDE Workshop & ENBIS Spring Conference, Turin, Italy, 16-18 March 2011.

2010 International Winter School “Quality and Risk Management in Healthcare”. Palermo, Italy, 15-19 November 2010.

3.3.3 Membership in scientific societies

Since 2010 Member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE).

2006-07: Vice-president of the European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics (ENBIS).

2005-06: Member of the ENBIS council

Since 2000: Member and Italian Representative of ENBIS.

3.4 International Research Awards and Travel Grants (last ten years)

2018 Travel Grant awarded from the Organizing Committee to attend the Stu Hunter Conference in Virginia Ranaoke.

2013 Best paper award for “Prioritisation of alternatives with analytical hierarchy process plus response latency and web surveys” presented at 16^th QMOD Conference, Portoroz, September 4-6, 2013.

2010 Travel Grant awarded from the Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) for mission to Fudan School of Management, Shanghai and Hong Kong Polytechnic University as invited speaker.

3.5 Other Scientific Merits Within and Outside the University

3.5.1 Examiner of the following PhD students/theses:

2010: Member of the examination committee of the PhD student Björn Kvarnström. Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. Thesis title: “Traceability in continuous processes with a focus on granular and mixed flows”.

2008: Examiner of the PhD student Torben Hasenkamp. Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Thesis title: “Designing for Robustness. Contributions to Facilitation of Systematic Efforts”.

2004: Peer-review of Licentiate Thesis title “Towards Improving Reliability by Managing Variation” candidate Per Johansson, Industrial PhD student at Chalmers University of Technology and Volvo Powertrain.

3.5.2 Editorial activity

Associate Editor of the journal “Risk and Decision Analysis”.

Referee for the following journals:

× Total Quality Management and Business Excellence.

× Applied Stochastic Models for Business and Industry.

× Journal of the Royal Statistics Society – Series A –Statistics in Society.

× Journal of the Royal Statistics Society – Series C – Applied Statistics.

× Quality and Reliability Engineering International.

× Quality Technology and Quantitative Management

× Reliability Engineering and System Safety.

Reviewer of book proposals for John Wiley & Sons in the field of Statistics, Reliability and Risk Analysis.

4 PEDAGOGICAL OUTLINE

4.1 Educational assignments

4.1.1 Institutional courses at the University (last ten years)

2019: “Six Sigma Design & Innovation”. 10 ECTS course. AU Summer University, Aarhus Denmark. July-August 2019.

2014-2020: “Statistics”. 9 ECTS course. University of Palermo, Bachelor program in Managerial and Information Engineering.

2016-2018: “Statistics applied to ecological systems and statistics for experimental research”. 6 ECTS course. University of Palermo, Master programs in Marine Biology and Master program in Natural Sciences.

2016-2019: “Statistics for experimental research”. 3 ECTS course. University of Palermo, Bachelor program in Nursing Science.

2009-2011: “Six Sigma Black Belt”. 15 ECTS course. Chalmers University of Technology, Master’s program in Quality and Operations Management.

2007-2013: “Statistical risk analysis”. 6 ECTS course. University of Palermo, Master’s program in Managerial Engineering.

4.1.2 Invited talks at peer-reviewed internationally conferences (last ten years)

2012 “Enhanced multinomial logit model for the analysis of choice experiments”. 2^nd International Conference on the Interface between Statistics and Engineering. Department of Statistics, National Cheng Kung University. Tainan (Taiwan) 23-25 June 2012

2012 “Computer experiments combined with physical experiments: two experiences in product development”. 2^nd International Conference on the Interface between Statistics and Engineering. Department of Statistics, National Cheng Kung University. Tainan (Taiwan) 23-25 June 2012

2010 “A new method for marketing research and product development based on choice modeling and weighted regression”. International Conference on Applied Statistics and Financial Mathematics. Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 16-18 December 2010.

2010 “Enhanced TESF methodology for course excellence”. 8^th International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS8). Ljubljana, Slovenia, 11-16 July 2010.

4.1.3 Invited seminars and short courses (last ten years)

2019 “Experimental statistics lab: experimental setup and data collection (with classroom experiments)”. Short course for PhD students of the Department agricultural, food and forest sciences, University of Palermo. June, 11^th 2019.

2018 “Statistical and Managerial Techniques for Six Sigma Methodology”, Introductory lecture at the combined courses “Quality Management” and “Six Sigma Black Belt” in second semester, Chalmers University of Technology. January 9^th, 2019.

2012 “Statistical analysis of choice experiments”. Seminar at Fudan University – School of Management, Shanghai, China, 8 May 2009. Repeated at Luleå University of Technology, 22 June 2012.

2010 “Multivariate Data Analysis”. Short course for PhD students of the Department of Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers University of Technology, September 7-8, 2010.

4.2 Supervision

Main supervisor or co-supervisor of more than fifty degree theses (including five-year degree in engineering, three-year bachelor degree, specialist/master degree).

4.2.1 Main supervisor of PhD students/theses:

2012-2015: Anna Errore, PhD in Production Engineering and Management. Thesis title: “Advanced Statistical Tools for Six Sigma and other Industrial Applications”.

2008-2010: Giovanni Lo Iacono, PhD in Production Engineering and Management. Thesis title: “New frontiers of Robust Design with applications to motorcycles”.

2007-2009: Rossella Burruano, PhD in Production Engineering and Management. Thesis title: “New models for port logistics and operational management”.

2005-2007: Valeria Fonti, PhD in Production Engineering and Management. Thesis title: “Choice of quality indicators in healthcare and their statistical monitoring for continuous improvement”.

2003-2005: Paolo D’Ambrosio, PhD in Total Quality Management. Thesis title: “Stochastic design for sustainable development: two case studies”.

4.2.2 Co-supervisor of the following PhD students/theses:

2017-2020: Albert Comelli, Thesis title: “Image processing, segmentation and machine learning models to classify and delineate tumor volumes to support medical decision”.

2006-2009: Pietro Tarantino, Thesis title: “A statistical thinking approach to Kansei engineering for product innovation”.

2003-2006: Alexander Chackunashvili, Thesis title: “Detecting, Identifying and Managing Sources of Variation in Production and Product Development”.

2003-2006: Eva Lo Franco, Thesis title: ”Corporate Social Responsibility. Statistical surveys and theoretical developments”.