My work is mainly focused on latent variables models and mixture models with applications in different fields as psychometrics, socio-economics and environmental sciences.
Specifically, my research interests are:

  • dimensionality reduction;
  • model-based clustering;
  • ultrametric models;
  • robust statistics;
  • mixed-type data;
  • model-based composite indicators.

Ongoing projects

  • Studying hierarchical latent structures in heterogeneous populations with missing information
    with Francesca Greselin
    Revision submitted

  • Uncovering data contamination: cellwise outlier detection in model-based clustering with missing data and constraints
    with Luis A. Garcìa-Escudero, Francesca Greselin and Agustín Mayo-Iscar
    Manuscript in preparation

  • Fuzzy Spectral Data Embedding
    with Cinzia Di Nuzzo
    Manuscript in preparation

  • Ultrametric Factor Analysis
    with Mariaelena Bottazzi Schenone, Carlo Cavicchia and Maurizio Vichi
    Manuscript in preparation