Allievo Handbook - Collegio Carlo Alberto
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Allievo Handbook - Collegio Carlo Alberto
ALLIEVIPROGRAM Printed on Ecolabel certified ecological paper Academic Year 2015-2016 PeVmedia.com o handbook the allievo handbook the allievo handbook the allievo handbook the alliev www.carloalberto.org Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy Tel +39 011 670 5000 Fax +39 011 670 5088 [email protected] 20152016 the allievo handbook CONTENTS 1. The Collegio 03 2. ALLIEVI Program 05 3.placement 11 4. Calendar 15 5. SENIOR ALLIEVI 17 6. JUNIOR ALLIEVI 63 7. Courses 95 8. Faculty 133 9. Research 185 10. events 189 11.contacts 195 2 1_The collegio Dear Allievi, it is my greatest pleasure to welcome you at Collegio Carlo Alberto. Your committment and enthusiasm will be a fundamental part of this enterprise. Here you will have the opportunity to develop your intellectual skills not only through courses, but also through frequent interactions with the researchers of the Collegio. Welcome once again, Pietro Garibaldi the collegio The Collegio Carlo Alberto was created in 2004. It is a foundation jointly established by the Compagnia di San Paolo and the University of Torino. Its mission is to foster research and teaching in economics and the social sciences, upholding the values and best practices of the international academic community. The Collegio is a dynamic research community formed by faculty of the University of Torino, full-time junior and senior faculty, hired on the international academic job market, visiting scholars. They conduct interdisciplinary research within the social sciences, with both empirical and theoretical emphasis. As far as education is concerned, the Collegio promotes and coordinates the “Allievi Program.” The Allievi are outstanding students of the University and the Politecnico of Torino who, in addition to fulfilling their university requirements, receive advanced training (courses and seminars) at the Collegio. The program’s goal is to nurture the best talents, directing them towards either the best graduate programs in economics and statistics or successful highlevel business careers. The Collegio also organizes five Master’s degree programs: a Master in Economics, a Master in Economics & Complexity, a Master in Finance, a Master in Insurance & Risk Management and a Master in Public Policy and Social Change (the latter three in collaboration with the University of Torino). Finally, two Doctoral Programs of the University of Torino are hosted at the Collegio. Every two years, the Collegio awards the Carlo Alberto Medal to an outstanding Italian economist under the age of 40. The Medal award ceremony takes place in mid-June alongside the Vilfredo Pareto Lectures, a series of lectures delivered by distinguished scholars in Economics and Social Sciences. The Collegio also organizes several outreach events addressed to the general public. The Collegio Aperto Lectures are a series of lectures on current economic, social and political events, given by leading international scholars and professionals. The annual Onorato Castellino Lecture, also featuring distinguished scholars and public intellectuals, honors the memory of the first President of the Collegio and member of the research unit CeRP, who bestowed the institution his vision, integrity, and grace. Besides the events listed above, research interaction with the international community is fostered by the seminar series and numerous conferences that the Collegio organizes during the academic year. For those who are interested in economics, finance and other social sciences the Collegio is a unique research and educational opportunity, spanning academic research and public policy. 3 4 2_allievi program The Allievi Program of the Collegio Carlo Alberto is an “honors” program that enhances the education of outstanding students from the University and the Politecnico of Torino. The objective is to help them succeed in their international academic or professional careers. The Allievi attend courses and tutorials at the Collegio that are in addition to the students’ university requirements. The Allievi Program thus complements and strengthens the preparation students get during their college years. The Allievi of the Collegio Carlo Alberto are enrolled either in a laurea triennale or in a laurea magistrale in economics and related subjects at the University or at the Politecnico of Torino. Related subjects are widely defined and include, for instance, engineering, mathematics, political sciences and statistics. These students are expected to fulfill their university requirements, as well as to participate in additional activities (classes and tutorials) at the Collegio. The admission to the Allievi Program is purely based on merit. The Collegio awards a scholarship and provides a study station to each student admitted to the program. The Allievi interact on a daily basis with faculty members, Fellows and Affiliates of the Collegio. Moreover, they have access to the Collegio’s facilities and scientific activities, such as seminars, conferences, masters and doctoral courses. The studies of each Allievo are supervised by a mentor assigned upon enrollment. The Allievi are subdivided into: • Junior Allievi: these are students enrolled in a laurea triennale program at the University or at the Politecnico of Torino. In addition to the university degree, the Junior Allievi who successfully fulfill the Collegio requirements are awarded the Allievi Diploma from the Collegio. • Senior Allievi: these are students enrolled in a laurea magistrale program at the University or at the Politecnico of Torino. In addition to the university degree, the Senior Allievi who successfully fulfill the Collegio requirements are awarded the Master in Economics from the Collegio. Alternatively, depending on the Allievi’s interests and inclinations, and in agreement with the Director of Studies, specific study programs may be designed which then lead to the award of the Master in one of the following three subjects: Economics and Complexity; Financial Economics; Statistics and Applied Mathematics. ORGANIZATION OF STUDIES All lectures held at the Collegio are delivered in English. Courses are scheduled in 12-weeks semesters. The first semester runs from the last week of September, whereas the second semester starts in mid February. The following types of courses are offered: • Standard semester courses: these courses meet twice a week and last for 30-40 hours overall. The average class size is of 15 students. 5 • Directed studies: a faculty member individually advises an Allievo on a mutually agreed topic. • Tutorials: a faculty member advises a small group of Allievi on a topic of mutual interest. • Seminar courses: the instructor selects a suitable number of seminars in the Collegio’s seminar series relevant for the Allievi’s training; the Allievi are then expected to attend these seminars, to meet the speakers, and to discuss the papers presented at the seminars with the instructor. For each course, the instructor distributes a syllabus detailing the topics to be covered, office hours and grading policy. Class attendance is compulsory. At the end of each course there is a written test, and the grade earned by the Allievo is reported in her/his academic records at the Collegio (both in thirtieth, according to the standard Italian university grading system, and in letters; see the conversion table at the end of the section with grades explanation). Subject to seating availability and class size limit, the Director of Studies can authorize students of other institutions to attend semester courses at the Collegio. The exchange students are expected to be honors students at their home institution. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS The Allievi must enroll either in a laurea triennale or in a laurea magistrale program at the University or at the Politecnico of Torino. The additional activities of Junior and Senior Allievi at the Collegio last, respectively, for three and two years. Upon enrollment, the Director of Studies nominates a mentor who supervises each Allievo’s studies at the Collegio. The mentor is a faculty member of the Collegio. At the beginning of each academic year, the Allievo prepares a study program for the given year in accordance with her/his mentor. Such a program must comply with the specific rules set below and is then submitted, for approval, to the Director of Studies. If an Allievo fails an exam at the Collegio, the Director of Studies can, at her/his discretion, ask the Allievo to either quit the program or take the exam again during the following academic year. At the end of each academic year, an Allievo is expected to complete at least 75% of her/his required university coursework (measured in credits), with an overall grade average of at least 27/30. Otherwise, the Director of Studies can, at her/his discretion, ask the Allievo to quit the program. The Allievo who successfully completes her/his course requirements both at the University and at the Collegio with an overall average grade of at least 27/30 is admitted to the final examination. Junior Allievi The program of studies of a Junior Allievo must include at least two courses per year, for an overall course load of at least 60 hours, to be chosen among the courses offered at the Collegio. For the Junior Allievi, the final examination consists of an oral discussion where the Allievo discusses an essay that she/he wrote on a subject of her/his choice. The Allievo’s essay is 6 2_ALLIEVI PROGRAM expected to demonstrate that she/he fruitfully attended the Collegio’s courses and that her/ his preparation is adequate for undertaking the Master’s degree program offered in the second level of the Allievi Program - laurea magistrale. The essay is supervised either by a faculty member or by a fellow of the Collegio. Based on the oral examination, the exam committee, composed by three faculty members, decides whether or not to award the Diploma to the Allievo (with or without distinction). The final examination cannot be taken more than once and must take place by the month of December immediately following the official end of the laurea triennale. Otherwise, the Allievo must quit the program and the Diploma cannot be awarded. The Junior Allievi who earn the degree with distinction are automatically admitted to the Master’s program as Senior Allievi. Junior Allievi who earn the degree without distinction can be admitted to the Master’s program only via the regular Senior Allievi admission procedure. Senior Allievi The program of studies of a Senior Allievo must include at least three courses per year, for an overall course load of at least 90 hours, to be chosen among the courses offered at the Collegio. For the Senior Allievi, the final examination consists of an original thesis to be written on a subject of her/his choice. Its contents are presented in a scientific seminar, called thesis defense, to an ad hoc Thesis Committee. The Allievi are expected to master the recent scientific literature on the topic and to give some original insight into the problem. The thesis work is supervised either by a faculty member or by a fellow of the Collegio. The Allievo is expected to communicate to the Director of Studies the name of her/his supervisor at the latest by the end of the third semester. Once nominated, the supervisor replaces the mentor. The Thesis Committee acts on behalf of the teaching board and consists of three members nominated by the Director of Studies among the Board’s members. Based on the quality of the written thesis and of the seminar, the Thesis Committee decides whether to recommend to the Collegio’s Director to award, with or without distinction, the Master to the Allievo (the distinction requires a unanimous vote of the Committee). The supervisor is expected to attend the final examination seminar and, before the seminar and behind closed doors, to present the Allievo and her/his achievements to the Committee. However, she/he does not participate in the deliberations of the Committee regarding her/his advisee. The thesis defense is open to public. The final examination cannot be taken more than once and must take place by the month of May immediately following the end of the laurea magistrale. Otherwise, the Allievo must quit the program. Based on the Thesis Committee’s recommendation, the Collegio’s Director decides whether the Allievo can be awarded the Master, with or without distinction. The Collegio officially awards the degrees to the Allievi in a public graduation ceremony. 7 After graduation, the Senior Allievi become Alumni of the Collegio. As such, they can join the Alumni Association, they are invited to all public ceremonies and events at the Collegio and they have access to the Collegio’s facilities and resources. FINANCIAL AID The Collegio may provide an Allievo with individual scholarships that contribute to: • fees and tuitions due to the University; • lodging (only for students non-resident in the Piedmont area); • teaching and research material (such as books and software) related to the activities performed at the Collegio. Lunch meals are provided for all students. Allievi from outside the Piedmont Region are typically offered a single room accommodation at the Collegio “R. Einaudi” (http://www.collegioeinaudi.it/), a renowned university residence, which provides highest standard student accommodation since 1935. The Director of Studies can also award funds to the Allievi to cover their participation to conferences and workshops relevant for their final dissertations. ADMISSION Any Italian or foreign student eligible to enroll or already enrolled in a laurea triennale or magistrale in economics or related subjects at the University and at the Politecnico of Torino is entitled to apply to the Allievi Program. Related subjects are widely defined and include, for instance, engineering, mathematics, political sciences and statistics. A call for candidates for a given academic year is typically available starting from February of the previous year. 8 2_ALLIEVI PROGRAM Conversion Table and Grades’ Explanation GRADES on a 30-point scale 30 cum laude 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 0-17 LETTER GRADES GPA EXPLANATION A+ A A AAB+ B B BC+ C C CD F 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.0 0.0 Oustanding Excellent Excellent Very Good Very Good Good Good Good Satisfactory Satisfactory Satisfactory Satisfactory Barely Satisfactory Low, Pass Fail 9 10 3_PLACEMENT Placement of students who completed the Allievi Program after 2009: Gloria Allione PhD student in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (USA) Cecilia Balocchi PhD student in Statistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (USA) Valentina Barbero Reale Mutua Assicurazioni, Torino Matteo Bizzarri Accenture, Milano Carlotta Bonsignori Frontier Economics, London (UK) Marta Bruschi Banca Sella, Biella Giampaolo Caramellino PhD student in Economics, London School of Economics (UK) Oriana Cesari KPMG, Torino Alberto Ciancio PhD student in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (USA) Mattia Ciollaro PhD student in Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (USA) Marco D’Aurelio BlueThink, Milano Isabella David PhD student in Economics, University College London, London (UK) Alessandro De Sanctis Financial Research Division, European Central Bank, Frankfurt (Germany) Gianluca Detommaso PhD student in Applied Mathematics, University of Bath, Bath (UK) Giulia Devecchi Reale Mutua Assicurazioni, Torino Giuseppe Di Benedetto PhD student in Statistics, Oxford-Warwick Statistics Programme (OxWaSP), Oxford and Coventry (UK) Claudio Di Loreto Fondaco SGR, Torino Simone Fabiole-Nicoletto PhD student in Economics, London School of Economics, London (UK) Marta Fana PhD student in Economics, SciencesPo Paris, France Ilaria Febbo Directorate General Statistics, European Central Bank, Frankfurt (Germany) Alberto Frascarolo Ernst & Young, Milano Gianni Ghetti PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Torino Marco Ghiani PhD student in Economics, Boston College, Boston (USA) Michela Giorcelli PhD student in Economics, Stanford University, Palo Alto (USA) Francesco Grande PhD student in Mathematics, Berlin Mathematical School, Berlin (Germany) Fabio Iannuzzelli PhD student in Economics and Finance, CEMFI, Madrid (Spain) Aleksandra Kolndrekaj PhD student in Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid (Spain) Ilaria Laganà Italian Embassy, Beirut (Lebanon) Fabrizio Lecci PhD student in Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (USA) Roberto Marfè PhD student in Finance, Swiss Finance Institute and HEC, Université de Lausanne (Switzerland) Chiara Margaria PhD student in Economics, Yale University, New Haven (USA) Giorgio Martini PhD student in Economics, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Palo Alto (USA) 11 Diego Mattone Silvia Montagna Vito Musci Consuelo Nava Federica Odifreddi Giulia Pasquale Alberto Pellicioli Marco Pelosi Valerio Perrone Ernst & Young, Milano PhD student in Statistics, Duke University, Durham (USA) MBA Fellow Collège des Ingénieurs, Paris (France) PhD student in Statistics and Applied Maths, Università di Torino, Torino Policy Adviser, HM Treasury, London (UK) ERSEL Gestione Patrimoni, Torino PhD student in Finance, London School of Economics, London (UK) PhD student in Finance, London School of Economics, London (UK) PhD student in Statistics, Oxford-Warwick Statistics Programme (OxWaSP), Oxford and Coventry (UK) Federico Petri Aviva Assicurazioni, Milano Federico Petrini Reale Mutua Assicurazioni, Torino Stefano Pietrosanti PhD student in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (USA) Deborah Pistorio PhD student in Economics, University College London, London (UK) Luciano Pomatto PhD student in Managerial Economics and Strategy, Kellog School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston (USA) Alberto Racca McKinsey & Company, Milano Giorgia Romagnoli PhD student in Economics, New York University, New York (USA) Elisa Rubbo PhD student in Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge (USA) Alexandra Scudo PhD student in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm (Sweden) Claudio Senatore Olivieri e Associati Acturial and Financial Consulting, Roma Matteo Sesia PhD student in Statistics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (USA) Katia Sette Ernst & Young, Torino Emilia Soldani PhD student in Economics, New York University, New York (USA) Federico Tadei PhD student in Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (USA) Federico Tagliati PhD student in Economics, University College London, London (UK) Stefano Tracà PhD student in Operations Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (USA) Francesco Vercelli PhD student in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (USA) Alberto Vigada Bain & Company Consulting Francesca Zanichelli Government Finance Statistics Unit, European Central Bank, Frankfurt (Germany) Updates at: www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/alumni-and-placement 12 3_placement Alumni Association The Alumni Association was launched in 2014. Its mission is to foster the academic excellence of the Collegio Carlo Alberto and of the Allievi Program at an international level by promoting the communication between its members, the Collegio and its friends. The Alumni Association aims at assisting the Allievi and the Alumni of the Collegio by providing a strong and beneficial network over which knowledge, information, academic and professional experiences can be shared with other members. The Alumni Association also contributes to a successful transition of the Allievi of the Collegio towards top level international careers and Ph.D. programs by organizing meetings and conferences. More information can be found on: www.alumni.carloalberto.org 13 14 4_calendar The Allievi’s courses are organized according to the calendar below and take place in the historical building that houses the Collegio. Until 1998, it housed a prestigious boarding school, the Real Collegio Carlo Alberto, founded by King Carlo Alberto in 1838 and run by the religious order of the Barnabites. The Allievi Program symbolically follows the long tradition of high-level education of the Real Collegio. INTRoDUCTORY COURSES (3 weeks) Classes August 26 - September 11 Exam Session September 14 - September 18 Classes Exam Session FIRST semester (9 weeks) September 21 - November 20 November 23 - December 4 second semester (11 weeks) Classes February 15 - April 29 Exam Session May 2 - May 14 Holiday, Classes Suspended March 25-29; April 25, May 1 15 16 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi Matteo Assandri Alessandro Grande (mentor: Aleksey Tetenov) (mentor: Igor Prünster) (mentor: Pierpaolo De Blasi) (mentor: Toomas Hinnosaar) (mentor: Marit Hinnosaar) (mentor: Aleksey Tetenov) (mentor: Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll) (mentor: Aleksey Tetenov) (mentor: Cristian Bartolucci) (mentor: Ignacio Monzón) (mentor: Aleksey Tetenov) (mentor: Dino Gerardi) (mentor: Dino Gerardi) (mentor: Stefano Favaro) (mentor: Ignacio Monzón) (mentor: Ignacio Monzón) (mentor: Marit Hinnosaar) (mentor: Cristian Bartolucci) (mentor: Marit Hinnosaar) (mentor: Cristian Bartolucci) (mentor: Matteo Ruggiero) (mentor: Edoardo Grillo) (mentor: Dino Gerardi) (mentor: Filippo Taddei) (mentor: Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll) (mentor: Alessandro Barattieri) (mentor: Dino Gerardi) (mentor: Ignacio Monzón) (mentor: Matteo Ruggiero) (mentor: Edoardo Grillo) (mentor: Igor Prünster) (mentor: Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll) (mentor: Edoardo Grillo) (mentor: Edoardo Grillo) (mentor: Matteo Ruggiero) (mentor: Filippo Taddei) Marco Ballesio Alice Battiston Riccardo Battiston Paolo Baudissone Jolanda Berardi Mario Cannella Gabriele Carcaiso Jacopo Cicatiello Alice Cortese Francesco Cosentino Edoardo D’Urso Federico De Andrea Lucia Donato Mattia Duma Augusto Fasano Cecilia Ferrando Federico Ferrari Francesca Ferraro Mattia Landolfi Lorenzo Masoero Marco Masoero Alessandro Milazzo Andrea Milesi Enrico Nano Giulia Oddone Francesca Panero Luca Perdoni Marco Pontin Sarah Raviola Gaia Rigodanza Lorenzo Rimella Laura Risso Maddalena Saccone Alex Antony Saja Gian Luca Salvarani Marco Schiavone (mentor: Marit Hinnosaar) (mentor: Toomas Hinnosaar) (mentor: Toomas Hinnosaar) (mentor: Alessandro Barattieri) (mentor: Toomas Hinnosaar) (mentor: Toomas Hinnosaar) (mentor: Marit Hinnosaar) (mentor: Igor Prünster) Riccardo Fogliato Danilo Forastiere Simona Giglioli Matteo Giordano Jacopo Tozzo Cristiano Ventricelli Shuyi Yang (mentor: Matteo Ruggiero) 17 matteo assandri Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/assandri Date of birth: 19/12/1991 EDUCATION • 2011-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected 2015 • 2010-2013: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Dissertation title: “Electoral budget cycle and re-election chances”, supervisor Prof. Massimilano Piacenza. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2005-2010: Liceo Scientifico “E. Majorana” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Moncalieri. Grade 100/100 cum laude AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2009: Merit award “Eccellenze della scuola piemontese” by Regione Piemonte WORK EXPERIENCE • Internship at “European School” in Moncalieri • Summer 2012: Office worker in the Università di Torino main archive • Summer 2009: Internship in local newspaper’s ‘’Torino Cronaca Qui’’ editorial staff LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English COMPUTER SKILLS • Basic knowledge of STATA • 2011 ECDL Full • Basic knowledge of the main Linux tools OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Basketball, travelling, playing chess 18 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi marco ballesio Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/ballesio Date of birth: 26/05/1991 EDUCATION • 2011-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • July 2015-current: Visiting Student in the Stochastic Numerics Research Group at KAUST, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia • 2014-2015: Erasmus Student at Aalto University, Helsinki, Department of Computer Science • 2013-current: student Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Mathematical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino • 2010-2013: Laurea Triennale (undegraduate degree) in Mathematics for Engineering, Politecnico di Torino. Grade 110/110 • 2005-2010: Liceo Scientifico Statale “Alessandro Volta”, biology project, Torino. Grade 100/100 cum laude CONFERENCES AND SUMMER SCHOOLS • June 2015 Applied Bayesian Statistics School (Modern Bayesian Methods and Computing for the Social Sciences) in Como, Italy. Organized by CNR IMATI-Milano, in collaboration with Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Università Cattolica, Milano • June 2014 Applied Bayesian Statistics School (Applied Bayesian Non-Parametrics) in Como, Italy. Organized by CNR IMATI-Milano • August 2013: Participation to Jyväskylä Summer School. University of Jyväskylä. Finland (Advanced Methods for Classification of Big High Dimensional Data) • May 2012: Participation in Progetto Diderot “Alfaclass Update” organized by CRT Foundation • September 2012: Participation in Eighth World Conference on Future of Science: Nanoscience Society organized by Umberto Veronesi Foundation • 2011: Participation in Progetto Diderot “Alfaclass Summer School” organized by CRT Foundation LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue; English: 2009 FIRST Certificate in English; Basic knowledge of French and Finnish COMPUTER SKILLS • Programming language C, MatLab, R, LaTex, Basic knowledge of Stata; 2008: ECDL Certificate OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Playing basketball: 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2011/2012 Serie C2 (Semi-Professional League) 19 alice battiston Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/battiston-a Date of birth: 10/05/1992 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2016 • 2011-2014: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università degli Studi Roma Tre. Grade 110/110 cum laude • Fall 2013: Erasmus student at Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain • 2006-2011: Liceo Scientifico “Augusto Righi” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Rome. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2013: Erasmus Scholarship at Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain • 2011: Ranked 1st at the admission tests of both Università degli Studi Roma Tre, department of Economics, and Università di Tor Vergata, department of Economics (declined) WORK EXPERIENCE • Summer 2012 Volunteer at Kadampa Buddha Center, Keighley, UK • Summer 2010 Volunteer at British Red Cross, Eastbourne, UK LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: fluent (IELTS 7.5, July 2013) • Spanish: fluent • French: good COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • Basic knowledge of R, MATLAB, LaTeX OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Volleyball, swimming, reading, travelling 20 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi riccardo battiston Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/battiston-r Date of birth: 08/12/1993 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2015-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2017 • 2012-2015: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics (“Banca Borsa e Assicurazione), Università di Torino. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2007-2012: Liceo Scientifico “Galileo Ferraris” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Torino. Grade 87/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2013: One month studying holiday in Cambridge, England • 2007-2012: participation in several editions of “Mathematics Olympiads” WORK EXPERIENCE • 2010-2014: Latin, Mathematics and Economics tutoring for students of secondary school and enrolled to the first year of university LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2013 BEC (Business English Certification, level B2), grade C COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments • 2015: ECDL certificate • Basic knowledge of EViews • Competent in LaTeX (good) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Sports: waterpolo (taking part in national competions, 2007-2011), boxing • Other interests: Cinema, Astronomy 21 paolo baudissone Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/baudissone Date of birth: 25/02/1992 EDUCATION • 2012-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Economics (“Banca, borsa e assicurazione”), Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2016 • 2011-2014: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics (“Banca, borsa e assicurazione”), Università di Torino. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2006-2011: Istituto Tecnico Commerciale “E. Tesauro” (technical institute), Fossano. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • School grant “Lascito Favole” (Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Fossano) obtained in 2009 and 2011 WORK EXPERIENCE • June 2010: internship in “Cassa di Risparmio di Fossano S.p.A”. • June 2009: internship in “Studio commercialistico Monasterolo”, Fossano (CN) LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2011 PET (Preliminary English Test, level B1) • French: 2011 DELF (Diplome d’Etudes en Langue Francaise, level B2) COMPUTER SKILLS • Good knowledge of Microsoft Office • Basic knowledge of statistical software R • Basic knowledge of econometric software EViews • Knowledge of LaTeX environment • ECDL core • ECDL Excel Advanced certificate OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Sports practiced: bowls (bronze medal U 18 national team championship in 2007), golf, ski 22 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi jolanda beraldi Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/beraldi Date of birth: 03/10/1992 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-2015: Laurea Magistrale in Quantitative Finance and Insurance, Università di Torino. Grade 110/110 cum laude and honour mention • 2010-2013: Laurea Triennale in Mathematics for Finance and Insurance, Università di Torino. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2005-2010: Liceo Scientifico Statale “Gino Segré” P.N.I. (high school with emphasis on sciences), Torino. Grade 90/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2011: Participation to the “Festa della Matematica” in a team • 2005-2010: Participation to several editions of the “Olimpiadi della Matematica” and “Olimpiadi della Fisica” WORK EXPERIENCE • 2015-current: Ernst&Young Actuarial Consultant • 2011-2012: Tutor in Geometry and in introductory courses at Università di Torino • 2010-2014: Tutor for secondary school students in Mathematics and English LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2010 CAE (level C1) • French: 2009 DELF B2 COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments • ECDL (2010) • Basic knowledge in C++, R, Python, Netlogo and SAS OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Volunteering for ASAI and for the project “Volontari per la lettura” • Travelling, cooking, playing the piano and skiing • Cinema, opera and classical music 23 mario cannella Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/cannella Date of birth: 13/02/1992 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Economics, Università di Torino • 2011-2014: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università degli Studi di Pavia. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2005-2010: Technical Economic Institute, “G. Boccardo” (high school with emphasis on accounting and law), Novi Ligure (AL). Grade 95/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2012-2013: ten months Erasmus Scholarship at the Department of Economics, University of Birmingham, UK • 2010: Participation to the regional “Olimpiadi della Matematica” WORK EXPERIENCE • 2015-current: Collaboration in research project “Behavioral Economics e Nudging”, IESCUM • 2014: Part Time at the Erasmus Office, Università degli Studi di Pavia • 2013-2014: Individual tutoring in Microeconomics, Statistics and Financial Math • 2012: Volunteering as English Teacher in a Primary School, Barranquilla, Colombia • 2011: Kitchen Hand at “Many Wine”, Sydney, Australia • 2008-2010: Summer job as a Lifeguard, Borghetto di Borbera (AL) LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: proficient • Spanish: intermediate • French: elementary COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments • Microsoft Office and Internet tools, GRETL, EViews, Python, Netlogo and LaTeX • 2009 ECDL Certificate OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Travelling, reading, fitness 24 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi gabriele carcaiso Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/carcaiso Date of birth: 14/03/1993 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2016 • 2012-2014: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics and Trades, Università di Firenze. Dissertation on International Economics entitled “Hyperinflation in Germany 1922-1923”, supervisor Professor Giulio Cifarelli. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2007-2012: Liceo Classico “Galileo” (high school with emphasis on humanities), Firenze. Grade 98/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2015: awarded best student of the School of Economics and Management of the University of Florence in the year 2014 • 2009-2012: Awards in competions in Latin (Certamina) and Ancient Greek (Agon) WORK EXPERIENCE • 2010-current: Tutor in Mathematics, Latin and Ancient Greek for high school students LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge • French: basic knowledge • German: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • Internet Tools OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Soccer (played in Tuscany Regional League), classic literature, history 25 JACOPO CICATIELLO Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/cicatiello Date of birth: 24/04/1992 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student) Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014- current: Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in “Quantitative Finance and Insurance”, School of Management and Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected 2016 • 2011-2014: Laurea Triennale in “Banca, Borsa e Assicurazione”, School of Management and Economics, Università di Torino. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2006-2011: Liceo Scientifico “G.P. Ballatore” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Mazara del Vallo (TP). Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2009-2011: Award for participation in “Giochi della chimica, fase regionale”, Palermo • 2006-2011: Award for participation in “Olimpiadi della matematica, fase provinciale”, Trapani • 2008: Award for participation in “Giochi della biologia, fase regionale”, Palermo WORK EXPERIENCE • May-July 2014: Tutor LIASES, Scuola di Management ed Economia, Torino • May-July 2013: 150 hours stage,Bartolini & Mauri assicuratori, Torino • June-August 2012: Bricklayer / stonemason, Edil Sicula, Mazara del Vallo • 2006-2008: Member of “consulta comunale giovanile”, Comune di Mazara del Vallo (TP) LANGUAGES • Italian: Mother tongue; English: B2 level; French: Basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • ECDL • Competent in Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux/Unix environments • Good knowledge of Ubuntu and derivatives • Member of the Ubuntu Italian forum staff • Basic knowledge of python, R, gretl, Eview OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Sports practiced: basketball, sky, volleyball; AVIS blood donor • 2003-2010: Diploma di compimento inferiore di pianoforte, Conservatorio “Antonio Scontrino”, Trapani • 2003-2006: Diploma di teoria e solfeggio, Conservatorio “Antonio Scontrino”, Trapani. Grade 7/106.5/10 26 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi ALICE CORTESE Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/cortese Date of birth: 16/01/1993 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2012-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economia e Commercio, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in October 2015 • 2007-2012: Liceo Scientifico“Leonardo Cocito” (high school with emphasis on sciences) Alba (CN). Grade 94/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2011: 3 weeks Students Exchange in Medford, Oregon • 2011: Participation in “Mathematics Olympics” WORK EXPERIENCE • 2013: hostess for “Well Com” (Public relation, events organization, communication company) LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2011 PET (Preliminary English test, level B1), with Merit COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Course of BLS (Basic Life Support) • Volleyball player and coach with “diploma” from CSI (Centro Sportivo Italiano), Alba 27 francesco cosentino Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/cosentino Date of birth: 02/11/1992 EDUCATION • 2011-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Mathematics, Probabilistic Modeling, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2016 • 2011-2014: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics for Finance and Insurance, Università di Torino. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2006-2011: Liceo Scientifico “Niccolò Copernico” P.N.I. (high school with emphasis on sciences), Torino. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2012: “Alpha-class”, Progetto Diderot, Fondazione CRT, 1 ranked • 2010-2011: “Matematica all’n-sima potenza”, Progetto Diderot, Fondazione CRT • 2006-2011: Participation in several editions of “Olimpiadi della Matematica” and “Festa della Matematica” as a member of the high school team • 2011: Participation in “Fisica in gioco” in Torgnon (AO) • 2009 and 2010: award for Participation in “Mathematics days” in Bardonecchia (TO) • 2007 and 2008: award for Participation in “Mathematics days” in Pracatinat (TO) WORK EXPERIENCE • 2012-2014: Tutor (winner of a competition for a part-time collaboration, art. 13, organized by Università di Torino, Interfacoltà di Matematica per la finanza e l’assicurazione), for the following courses: Analisi I, Precorso, Informatica • 2011-2014: Tutor for “Mathesis”, Università di Torino, Matematica; teacher in a training course for the “Olimpiadi di Matematica” competition at Torino high schools • 2012-2014: Evaluation and correction of the “Olimpiadi della Matematica” competition • 2012: Selected as a Tutor and to represent the University of Torino for an internship in Bardonecchia “Mathematics days” LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue; English: good knowledge, 2010 P.E.T. (Preliminary English Test, level B1); French: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux/Unix environments • Proficient in Microsoft Office suite: Word, Excel, Powerpoint • 2009 European Computer Driving License ECDL-Core Full • Good knowledge of math software: Matlab, Maple, Sas, Cabri 3D • Programming, scripting and markup languages: HTML, Python, Pascal, Latex • Excellent knowledge of C++; Good knowledge of Network and Internet. OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • 2000-current: Football; 2004-2005: Football, winner of “Super Oscar” with CBS Milan Calcio; Hobbies: football, athletics, swimming 28 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi edoardo d’urso Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/durso Date of birth: 10/10/1991 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Mathematics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2015 • 2010-2013: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics, Università di Torino. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2006-2010: Liceo Scientifico “Carlo Cattaneo” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Torino. Grade 100/100 cum laude AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2010-2013: Scholarship INdAM (Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica “Francesco Severi”) • 2012: Participation in a summer school for INDAM scholarship holders • 2012: Participation in Progetto Diderot, Alfaclass Update • 2011: Participation in Progetto Diderot, Alfaclass: 1st prize for teams, 4th prize for individuals • 2006-2010: Several participations in Olimpiadi Nazionali della Matematica: 1st prize for teams in 2010, two silver coins for individuals in 2009 and 2010 • 2010: Participation in Progetto Diderot, Matematica all’n-esima potenza- Senior: 2nd individual prize • 2009: Participation in Progetto Diderot, Matematica all’n-esima potenza- Junior: 1st individual prize WORK EXPERIENCE • 2010-2011: Math tutor at two local high schools: prepared honors students for Olimpiadi della Matematica LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good. 2009 FCE (First Certificate in English, level B2), grade A • Spanish: elementary knowledge • French: elementary knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows environment • Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • Programming, scripting and markup languages: C++, LaTeX (good) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Swimming, reading, travelling 29 federico de andrea Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/deandrea Date of birth: 05/03/1992 EDUCATION • 2011-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Economics, Università di Torino • 2015: Exchange program with Erasmus scholarship, Freiburg, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Germany • 2011-2014: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economia e Commercio, Università di Torino. Grade: 110/100 cum laude • 2006-2011: Liceo Classico “C. Cavour” (high school with emphasis on humanities), Torino. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • August 2015: participation to Solvay Summer School, Brussels, Belgium • March 2014: delegate at RomeMUN - Model UN Conference in Rome • 2011: winner of “Progetto Diderot - Diritto ed Economia” (CRT) • 2006-2010: participation to several editions of the “Mathematics Olympics” and “Mathematics days” WORK EXPERIENCE • 2012-2013: External Relations Responsible, AIESEC Torino • 2012 (Summer): internship in marketing, AIESEC University of Aegean, Greece LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge - 2011 FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2) • French and German: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • ECDL full (2011) • Basic knowledge of STATA, TSP, Python OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Reading, travelling, swimming, cinema 30 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi LUCIA DONATO Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/donato Date of birth: 22/11/1993 EDUCATION • 2012-current: Allievo (Honors Student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2012-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2015. • 2007-2012: Liceo Classico Statale “Edmondo De Amicis” - PNI project (high school with emphasis on Mathematics), Imperia. Grade: 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2010: School experience at “Glenfield College”, Aukland, New Zealand (3 months) WORK EXPERIENCE • 2012: High School students Tutor on math • 2008-2014: Babysitting LANGUAGES • ltalian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge • French: basic knowlwdge COMPUTER SKILLS • Good knowledge of Windows, Internet tools and Microsoft Office OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • 2013-2014: Rappresentante del Consiglio di Corso di studi “Economia e Commercio”, Università di Torino • 2004-2013: Drama school “Lo Spazio Vuoto” (Imperia) • 2009-2014: Staff member Agesci Imperia 1 • 2012-2013: Voluntary member of “Libera, associazioni nomi e numeri contro le mafie” 31 mattia duma Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/duma Date of birth: 15/01/1992 EDUCATION • 2011-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Quantitative Finance and Insurance, Università di Torino • 2011-2014 Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics for Finance and Insurance, Università di Torino. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2006-2011: Liceo Scientifico Statale “Galileo Ferraris” (high school with emphasis on Sciences and P.N.I.), Torino. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • Partecipation to Alfaclass summer school 2012, Diderot project, Fondazione CRT • Scholarship “Alla scoperta del diritto e dell’ economia”, Diderot project, Fondazione CRT • Participation in several editions of “Olimpiadi della matematica”, “Olimpiadi della fisica”, “Olimpiadi della filosofia” • Participation in “certamen di storia e letteratura risorgimentale” WORK EXPERIENCES • December 2014-May 2015: Divulgatore Matematico in competition “Matetraining 2015”, Taxi 1729 s.n.c.-“Progetto Diderot”- Fondazione CRT • June-July 2014: Studio Garbolino Milanese Ranalli, stager in Financial Consulting Area • December 2013-May 2014: Mathematic tutor in IIS “Primo Levi” - “Scuola dei Compiti Matematica Sperimentale area” Project • September 2013-January 2014: Tutor for Unito. Interfacoltà di Matematica per la Finanza e l’Assicurazione, Precorsi, Analisi 1, Analisi 2 • 2009-2012: mathematics and English tutoring for high-school students (8-10 hours a week) • 2009: staff member in a children’ s camp (6-10 years old) LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue; English: good knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Programming scripting and markup languages: C++, Latex, Maple, MatLab, Python, R, SAS OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Cycling and Running, Math Games 32 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi augusto fasano Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/fasano Date of birth: 15/08/1991 EDUCATION • 2011-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Mathematical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino • 2010-2013: Laurea Triennale (undegraduate degree) in Mathematics for Engineering, Politecnico di Torino. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2005-2010: Liceo Classico “V. Alfieri” (high school with emphasis on humanities), Torino. Grade 100/100 cum laude AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2011: Participation to Progetto Diderot: Alfaclass Summer School 2011 • 2006-2010: Participation in several competitions in Latin (Certamina) and Greek (Agon) language translation • 2006-2010: Participation to several editions of “Olimpiadi della Matematica” and “Festa della Matematica” WORK EXPERIENCE • March 2015-current: Statistics Traineeship Programme, Monetary and Financial Statistics Division, European Central Bank, Frankfurt (Germany) LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge (First Certificate in English 2011) • French: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Programming, scripting and markup languages: C, Matlab, LaTeX (good knowledge), php, sql, R (intermediate), C++, html (basic knowledge) • Microsoft Office, Internet Tools OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Sports: soccer (winner of “Campionato Allievi regionale” in 2007/2008), rowing (national final 2009), skiing, snowboarding, running, trekking 33 cecilia ferrando Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/ferrando Date of birth: 21/02/1990 EDUCATION • 2009-current: Allieva (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: Alta Scuola Politecnica (honors student), Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino • 2013-2015: Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Architecture Construction City, Politecnico di Torino, 110/110 summa cum laude • 2010-2013: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Architecture, Politecnico di Torino. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2004-2009: Liceo Classico “V. Gioberti” (high school with emphasis on humanities), Torino. Grade 100/100 cum laude AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2014: Erasmus+ scholarship winner for 2014/2015 exchange program to Paris (École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville) • 2009: Merit award “Eccellenze della scuola piemontese”, Regione Piemonte • 2009: Talent Scout Program (after nationwide selection), Università Bocconi • 2008-2009: Matematica all’n-esima Potenza, Progetto Diderot, Fondazione CRT • 2008: Participation to the Scuola Normale Superiore Summer school • Participation to several editions of the “Mathematics Olympics” • Participation to 4 stages “Mathematics days” in Pracatinat • Participation to several editions of the “Festa della Matematica” WORK EXPERIENCE • 2010-2012: Hostess at Conservatorio Statale di Musica “G. Verdi”, Torino • 2011: Participation to Compagnia di San Paolo Torino2020 project (after selection) LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: IELTS band 8, very good user (level C1), TOEFL 116/120 • French: advanced knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Microsoft Office • Stata (basic knowledge) • AutoCAD (2D and 3D modelling), Revit Architecture (basic knowledge); 3DStudioMax (3D modelling and rendering); Sketch up and Vray (3D rendering); DiaLux (professional lighting design); Sketchbook Designer (basic knowledge); Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Rhino and Grasshopper (parametric design) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Fashion, visual arts, history of art, cultural heritage and restoration, literature, music, classical ballet • 2008: Classical ballet advanced course exam (IV corso inferiore), Arké Danza, Libera Università di Danza e Teatro (grade 48/60) 34 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi federico ferrari Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/ferrari Date of birth: 06/12/1993 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2015-current: Student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Stochastics and Data Science, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2017 • 2013-2015: Laurea Triennale in Economics and Finance, Università degli studi di Bologna. Grade: 110/110 cum laude • Fall 2014: Erasmus student at Lund University, Lund, Sweden • 2007-2012: Liceo Scientifico PNI “Giacomo Ulivi” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Parma. Grade: 94/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • Attendance during High School at several editions of “National Mathematical Olympiad Team Challenge”, with the best placement of 10th in the year 2011 in the national team competition • Student elected representative in the provincial student organization WORK EXPERIENCE • 2011-current: bookshop “Sessanta BPM” for the months of August and December every year LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: fluent (IELTS Grade 7, July 2013) COMPUTER SKILLS • Good knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • Basic knowledge of R, Gretl and SPSS • Programming, scripting and markup languages: LaTeX (good) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Movies, TV series, Reading • Travelling • Rugby 35 francesca ferraro Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/ferraro Date of birth: 26/10/1991 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Quantitative Finance and Insurance, Università di Torino • 2010-2013: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economia and Management, LUISS “Guido Carli”, Roma. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2009-2010: Liceo Scientifico “Fratelli Vianeo” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Tropea, Vibo Valentia. Grade 100/100 cum laude AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2010: Participation in Summer school Frances King London • 2005: Award writing contest “Calabria per sempre” organized by foundation “Nicola Liotti” • Participation in several editions of the “Mathematics Olympics” WORK EXPERIENCE • 2012: Internship in an accounting office • 2010: Assistance in a travel agency LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge (Certificates: PET, FCE, C1, IELTS with grade 6) • French: basic knowledge • Chinese: A1 Elementary COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OSX environments • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint • Basic knowledge of STATA OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Travelling, voluntary with Rotaract, extreme sports, horse-riding, reading, playing the piano 36 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi riccardo fogliato Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/fogliato Date of birth: 18/02/1993 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2015-student: Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2017 • 2014-January 2015: Master Economie Théorique et Empirique at Paris School of Economics. Exchange semester at École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, Paris • 2012-2015: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics and Management, Università degli Studi di Padova. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2007-2012: Liceo Scientifico “Primo Levi”, Montebelluna (TV) WORK EXPERIENCE • January 2015: 2-month “Stage de recherche” at CEPREMAP. Cleaning and managing a database, development of the model and econometric analysis. My research will be used for the paper “Innovations and Imitations in the music industry: empirical example from Jamaica” • July 2012: sales clerk at Billabong Int. ltd Group shop. Barcelona, Spain. • July 2011: summer internship at Two Seasons, Billabong International ltd Group. Human resources department • July 2010: summer internship at Billabong International ltd Group, public listed company at AFX. Customer sevice, italian division, Hossegor, France LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2015 TOEFL IBT: 98/120 (C1) • French: fluent COMPUTER SKILLS • Intermediate knowledge: Excel, Stata • Basic knowledge: SAS, R • Programming languages: Python, Javascript (basic), Latex OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Long distance runner • Classical guitarist (diploma di teoria e solfeggio at Conservatorio di Musica di Trento, 2011) 37 danilo forastiere Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/forastiere Date of birth: 22/04/1993 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-2015: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Physics, Università degli Studi di Torino • 2012-2013: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Physical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino • 2007-2012: Liceo Scientifico PNI “G. De Lorenzo” (high school with emphasis on sciences) Lagonegro (PZ). Grade 100/100 cum laude AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2011, 2012: Participation in “Physics Olympics” • 2011: Participation in summer school of Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (after a nationwide selection) • 2011: Participation in “Natural Sciences Olympics” LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge (2013 FCE, First Certificate of English, level B2) • French: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • General knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems • Programming, scripting and markup languages: C, C++, Python, Wolfram Mathematica, Matlab, Java, Latex 38 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi SIMONA GIGLIOLI Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/giglioli Date of birth: 30/06/1993 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economia e Commercio, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in October 2015 • 2007-2012: Liceo Classico “Vincenzo Gioberti” (high school with emphasis on humaties), Torino. Grade 90/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2009: Participation to the stage “Mathematics days” in Bardonecchia • 2008, 2009: Intensive English course in Canterbury for one month in summer WORK EXPERIENCE • 2013: Usher at Auditorium Rai in Torino • 2012: Volunteer in a project to help children to do their homework LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2012 Certificate in Advanced English, CAE grade C • French: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • Good knowledge of Internet tools OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • 2013: member of the “Consiglio di Dipartimento”, Department of Economics and Statistics, Università di Torino • 2013: building superintendent • Dance, theatre, playing guitar 39 matteo giordano Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/giordano Date of birth: 15/06/1993 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2015-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Mathematics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2017 • 2012-2015: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics for Finance and Insurance, Università di Torino. Grade: 110/110 cum laude • 2007-2012: Liceo Scientifico “Amedeo Avogadro” (high school with emphasis on sciences and mathematics), Biella. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2013: Partecipation in Progetto Diderot “Alfaclass summero school”, Fondazione CRT • 2013: winner of “Posto di studio gratuito”, Collegio Einaudi WORK EXPERIENCE • 2013: Partial-time collaboration at Università di Torino. Teaching Assistant for Informatics, first-year course of bachelor’s degree in Mathematics for Finance and Insurance LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2011, FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2), grade A • English: 2009, PET (Preliminary English Test), passed with merit COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows environments • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • Good knowledge of MATLAB, SAS and R • Programming, scripting and markup languages: C++, LaTeX OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Sports: Volleyball (2011, third place in FIPAV Piemonte regional Under 18 championship), skiing, swimming and cycling • Alpinism, hiking and trekking • Reading, cinema and theatre 40 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi alessandro grande Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/grande Date of birth: 14/12/1991 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Mathematical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino. Graduation expected in 2015 • May 2012: Graduate Management Test (GMAT). Grade 750/800 (98th perc.) • 2010-2013: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Statistica, Economia, Finanza e Assicurazioni, Università di Roma Sapienza. Grade 110 cum laude • 2005-2010: Liceo Scientifico “Augusto Righi” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Rome, Italy. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2012-2013: 6-months Erasmus Scholarship at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain • 2005-2010: participation in several editions of “Olimpiadi della Matematica” and “Olimpiadi Italiane di Informatica” LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue. • English: fluent (level C2), 2012 CAE (Certificate in Advanced English) grade A • Spanish: intermediate (level B1) COMPUTER SKILLS • R, SAS (basic), STATA • LaTeX (good) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Piano, basketball, sailing • 2004-2012: Piano student at Scuola di Musica Sylvestro Ganassi • 2010: “Diploma di Teoria e Solfeggio” at Conservatorio “Santa Cecilia” 41 mattia landolfi Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/landolfi Date of birth: 28/02/1992 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: Alta Scuola Politecnica (honors student), Politecnico di Milano & Politecnico di Torino • 2014-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Mechatronic Engineering, Politecnico di Torino. Graduation expected in 2016 • 2011-2014: Istituto di Studi Superiori dell’Università di Genova, ICT section (honors student), Università di Genova • 2011-2014: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Biomedical Engineering, Università di Genova. Grade: 110/110 cum laude • 2006-2011: Istituto Tecnico Industriale “Gastaldi-Abba” (high school with emphasis on industrial chemical engineering), Genova. Grade: 95/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2014: Participation in the Silicon Valley Study Tour program (after nationwide selection) • 2012-2014: ISSUGE-ISICT Scholarship (awarded to the four best students of Istituto di Studi Superiori dell’Università di Genova, ICT section) • 2013: ASING award (award won for having been one of the ten best engineering students of the first year at the Università di Genova in a.y. 2011-2012) • 2012: Pretto-Cassanello Scholarship (awarded to the six best engineering students in Genova in a.y. 2011-2012) • 2010: Pretto-Cassanello Scholarship (awarded to the best students of all Technical Institutes in Genova in a.y. 2009-2010.) • 2010: Second Classified in the Regional “Olimpiadi della Chimica” • 2007-2011: Participation in the Regional “Olimpiadi della Matematica” WORK EXPERIENCE • 2014: Intern at MACLAB laboratory, Università di Genova (Bachelor’s thesis work) • 2010: Stager at ARPAL (Agenzia Regionale Protezione Ambiente Ligure), Genova • 2008-2013: Private Tutor, for High School students, in scientific subjects LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue; English: intermediate, B2 level; French: elementary COMPUTER SKILLS • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint (ECDL certificated) • Good knowledge of MATLAB, Netlogo, PSoC Creator, LTSpice, FlexSim • Programming, scripting and markup languages: C, C#, C++, Python, LaTeX, aspx (basic), sql (basic), assembly (basic) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Good adaptability and good logical and problem solving skills • Fitness, climbing, diving (PADI open water diver) • Travelling, meet new people, know new cultures and different ways of thinking 42 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi lorenzo MASOERO Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/masoero-l Date of birth: 20/07/1992 EDUCATION • 2012-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Quantitative Finance and Insurance, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2015 • 2012-2014: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2007-2011: Liceo Classico “Vittorio Alfieri” (high school with emphasis on humanities), Torino. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2007-2011: Participation in several editions of “Olimpiadi della Matematica” • 2007-2011: Participation in several competitions of Latin (Certamina) and Greek (Agon) language translation • 2011: Participation in Progetto Diderot: “Alla scoperta del diritto e dell’economia” WORK EXPERIENCE • 2010-2012: Mathematics, Italian, Greek, Latin tutoring for secondary school students • 2011-current: sailing instructor LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: fluent • German: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Python, R, LaTeX OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Alpine Skiing (instructor, since 2012), sailing (instructor, since 2014), Music 43 marco masoero Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/masoero-m Date of birth: 10/09/1992 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: Student, Laurea Magistrale (Master’s degree) in Mathematics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2016 • 2013-2014: Erasmus student at Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, France • 2011-2014: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics, Università di Torino/ Politecnico di Torino. Grade: 110/110 cum laude • 2006-2011: Liceo Scientifico “G. Ancina” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Fossano. Grade 92/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2015: Scholarships for excellence project: “Riemann International School of Mathematics: Nonlinear Phenomena in Mathematics and Economics”, Varese • 2013-2014: 9 months Erasmus scholarship at Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, France • 2011: INdAM Award (Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica “Francesco Severi”) • Participation in several editions of Mathematics Olympics WORK EXPERIENCE • 2011-current: Private tutor in mathematics and physics for high school student LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue; English: fluent; French: good COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X environments and Linux distributions. • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint. • Basic knowledge of MATLAB, SPSS, R • Programming, scripting and markup languages: C++, LaTeX (good) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Member of a basketball team for 6 years, member of a baseball team for 4 years, volleyball, swimming, running, skiing • Voluntary Activities: Math teacher for foreign children, voluntary work in a rehabilitation community in Tuscany (Italy), voluntary work in reformatory in Naples, Italy • Member of a scout group (from 8 to 20 years old) • Piano classes for 6 years 44 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi alessandro milazzo Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/milazzo Date of birth: 22/03/1991 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Mathematics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2015 • 2010-2013: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics, Università di Parma, with a dissertation about mathematical modelling of risk measures in a financial market. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2005-2010: Liceo Scientifico “Guglielmo Marconi” PNI (high school with emphasis on sciences), Parma. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2005-2010: Participation in several editions of Mathematics Olympics and “Campionati Internazionali di Giochi Matematici” organized by Università Bocconi • 2006: Participation in the XVIII Certamen “Latinus Ludus” • 2005: Winner of the XIII RMT “Rally Matematico Transalpino” WORK EXPERIENCE • 2012-2013: Organizing committee member for RMT (Rally Matematico Transalpino) in Parma • 2010-2013: Maths tutor for High School and University students LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Office, Matlab, C++, LaTeX • Basic knowledge of Prolog OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Sports, travelling, music 45 andrea milesi Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/milesi Date of birth: 31/12/1992 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Management Engineering, Politecnico di Torino. Graduation expected in 2016 • 2011-2015: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Management Engineering, Politecnico di Torino. Grade 107/110 • 2006-2011: Liceo Scientifico “Benedetto Cairoli” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Vigevano (PV). Grade 100/100 cum laude AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2006-2011: Participation in several editions of “Olimpiadi della Matematica” • 2010: Participation in “Scopri il tuo talento”, Università Bocconi • 2010-2011: Participation in “Concorso Internazionale CICERO” (translation from Latin into Italian), third place in 2011 edition. WORK EXPERIENCE • Tutor for High School students, Vigevano LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2012 CAE (Certificate in Advanced English, level C1), grade C COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows environment • Good knowledge of Microsoft suite: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access • Basic knowledge of MATLAB • Good knowledge of MiniTab (statistics software) • Good knowledge of C language • Good knowledge of Network and Internet OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Hobbies: cycling, reading 46 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi enrico nano Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/nano Date of birth: 11/10/1991 EDUCATION • 2010-current: Allievo (Honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2016 • 2010-2013: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2013 (January-June): Exchange program with Erasmus scholarship, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, GPA: 11/12 • 2005-2010: Liceo Classico “V. Alfieri”, focused in Humanities, Torino. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2014: ‘Erasmus Student Placement’ scholarship • 2012: Summer Program, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea • 2011: Summer Program, Higher School of Economics, Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia • 2011: ‘Marco Polo’ award for University first year results, FinPiemonte SpA • 2007: 3 weeks English language full immersion course, Kent School of English, UK WORK EXPERIENCE • 2015: Blue Book Trainee, European Commission, DG CONNECT, Unit ‘Software & Services, Cloud Computing’, Brussels, Belgium • 2014: Summer Business Analyst, UniCredit Bank, rotational programme in 3 departments, Moscow head office, Russia • 2014: Bain & Company Business Course, Milano • 2013-2014: Research assistant for Prof. Elsa Fornero, CERP, Moncalieri • 2011-2014: Editor and founding member, ‘Observatory of Eastern Asia’, www. osservatorioasiaorientale.org, Torino • 2010-2014: Private instructor for high school students in Ancient Greek, Latin, Physics and Mathematics • 2010-2014: Volunteer, ‘Biennale Democrazia’ and ‘Salone del Libro’, Torino • 2011-2013: Treasurer and founding member, ‘CoPe ONLUS’ youth Non-Profit Organization for social work, Torino • 2003-2004: First place winner, National classical guitar competitions ‘Musica d’insieme’ (98/100) and ‘Michele Todini’ (100/100), Italy LANGUAGES • Italian: native; English: excellent; French: good; Russian: basic; Spanish: basic OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Good knowledge of STATA, MATA, EViews, Python and NetLogo • Proficient in MS Office Suite, Internet tools, MS Windows and MAC OS X • 2009 ECDL (European Computer Driving License) full version, GPA: 96/100 • Basketball (9 years at a competitive level), triathlon, skiing, hiking, sailing • Travelling, playing classical guitar, geopolitics, creative writing, philosophy 47 GIULIA ODDONE Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/oddone Date of birth: 22/12/1993 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2012-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in October 2015 • 2007-2012: Liceo Scientifico S.G.Calasanzio (high school with emphasis on sciences), Carcare (SV). Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2010: Participation to summer schools in Boston (3 weeks) • 2009-2010: 4 weeks in Grenoble (France), Exchange Program WORK EXPERIENCE • 2011-2013: work placement in 2 Tourist Office • 2010-2011: 6 week of work in accountancy office (Comune di Calizzano) • 2010: secondary school students’ tutoring in French and Mathematics LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2012 FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2), grade C • French: 2012 Diplôme du Baccalauréat Général en série SCIENTIFIQUE avec la mention Tres Bien COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments • ECDL certificate OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Knowledge of music • Singing (competitions and concerts) • Tennis (racing at a competitive level) • Cinema 48 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi francesca panero Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/panero Date of birth: 12/04/1993 EDUCATION • 2012-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2012-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2015 • 2007-2012: Liceo Classico “V. Alfieri” (high school with emphasis on humanities and sciences), Torino. Grade 98/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • September 2013: participation in Progetto Diderot “Alfaclass” • 2011-2012: participation in Progetto Diderot: “Matematica all’n-esima Potenza!” (ranked 2nd in team competition) • 2007-2012: participation in several editions of “Mathematics Olympiads” WORK EXPERIENCE • 2013-current: Mathematics tutor in Liceo “V. Alfieri” • 2012-current: Mathematics and Physics tutor for secondary school students • 2008-2013: Children’s entertainer in oratory LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: very good knowledge, 2010 FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2), grade A • French: good knowledge, 2012 DELF (Diplôme d’études en Langue Française, level B1), grade 92/100 COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows environment • 2011 ECDL Full (European Computer Driving Licence) • Programming, scripting and markup language in C++ OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • International volunteering: Gabon (August 2011), Dem. Rep. of Congo (August 2013) • Music: Pianoforte (2002-current), organ (2012-2013). Active part in several choirs (2003-current) • Sport: Synchronized swimming (2005-2011 regional competitions), tennis 49 luca perdoni Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/perdoni Date of birth: 29/06/1992 EDUCATION • 2011-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Economics, Università di Torino • 2011-2014: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Grade110/110 cum laude • 2006-2011: Liceo Scientifico P.N.I. “A. Issel” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Finale Ligure (SV). Grade: 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2011: Participant at Bocconi Talent Scout Program (after nationwide selection process) • 2010: Scuola Normale Summer School (for nationwide selected student) • Participation to several editions of the “Campionati Italiani Giochi Matematici” organized by Università “L. Bocconi” WORK EXPERIENCE • 2013: English Lab. Tutor at Turin School of Management and Economics LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: fluent • French: good knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft, Windows and Mac environment • Good knowledge of Python • Good knowledge of STATA OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Vice-President of HAPAX, cultural association focused on drama and music 50 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi marco pontin Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/pontin Date of birth: 14/02/1993 EDUCATION • 2012-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2012-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino. Graduation expected in October 2015. • 2007-2012: Liceo Classico (high school with emphasis on humanities) “C. Cavour”, Torino. Grade: 100/100 CONFERENCES AND SUMMER SCHOOLS • 2011: Two week studying holiday in Beckenham, England • 2010: Two week studying holiday in Bournemouth, England LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2010- PET Certificate, Grade: Passed with merit. 2011- FCE (First Certificate in English, level B2), Grade: A COMPUTER SKILLS • 2011: ECDL OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Astronomy, Physics, Mathematics, guitar, basketball, designing and building things, I have practiced judo for eleven years, chess, skateboard 51 sarah raviola Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/raviola Date of birth: 19/05/1993 EDUCATION • 2012-current: Allievo (Honors Student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • February-August 2015: Erasmus exchange program, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany • 2012-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2015 • 2010-2012: Liceo Classico Statale “Vincenzo Gioberti” - Brocca language project (high school with emphasis on foreign languages), Torino. Grade: 100/100 • 2007-2009: I.T.C. “Blaise Pascal” - Brocca language project (high school with emphasis on foreign languages), Giaveno (TO) AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2011: 4 weeks English course in Dublin: full immersion course • 2010-2011: 6 months in Liège, (Belgium), WEP Exchange Program • 2009: 2 weeks English course at the University of Kent, Canterbury WORK EXPERIENCE • July 2013: one month working in Germany for an organic farm • 2011: internship at “Accademia Albertina” as librarian LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: very good knowledge (Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English - level C1 2012; Cambridge Preliminary English Test - level B1 2010; Trinity College London, Level 7 2009) • French: very good knowledge (Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française (DALF)- level C1 2011; DELF - level A2 2007) • German: fluent, level B2 (2015); Goethe-Zertifikat: Zertifikat Deutsch für Jugendliche 2012-level B1 COMPUTER SKILLS • 2014: European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) • Good knowledge of Internet tools, Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • 2011: “Brevetto di Salvamento”, FIN. (Pool lifeguard skills award) • 2009: participation in the “Treno della Memoria” organized by the association “Terra del Fuoco” • Travelling, swimming, music (playing accordion, singing), reading, theatre 52 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi gaia rigodanza Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/rigodanza Date of birth: 05/07/1993 EDUCATION • 2015-current Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2015-Student, Laurea Magistrale (advanced undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2017 • 2012-2015: Student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economia, Università di Bergamo. Grade: 110/110 cum laude • 2007-2012 Liceo Scientifico “Filippo Lussana” PNI (high school with emphasis on sciences), Bergamo AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2015: Top Ten Student Program (tuition fee exemption for deserving students) • 2015: INPS scholarship with reference to a.y. 2012-2013 WORK EXPERIENCE • 2014-2015: occasional assignment of collaboration in the area of Undergraduate degree in Economics Master (as tutor for freshmen) • 2014-2015:150 hours student collaboration at Bergamo University office LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows environment • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint • Good knowledge of STATA OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Traveling, reading, cinema and yoga 53 lorenzo rimella Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/rimella Date of birth: 23/03/1993 EDUCATION • 2015-Current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2015-Current: Laurea Magistrale (advanced undergraduate degree) in Stochastics and Data science, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2017 • 2012-2015: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics for Finance and Insurance, Università di Torino. Grade: 110/110 cum laude • 2007-2012: Liceo Scientifico “Amedeo Avogadro” (high school with emphasis on Informatics and Statistics), Vercelli. Grade: 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2013: Selected for partecipation in “Alpha class”, Progetto Diderot, CRT Foundation WORK EXPERIENCE • 2014: Helping activities for CCL, UNITO (winner of a competition for a part-time collaboration, organized by Università degli studi di Torino) LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge (level B1) COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows environments • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • Good knowledge of Maple, MATLAB • Programming, scripting and markup languages: C++, R, SAS, LaTeX OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Trekking, gym, swimming, videogames 54 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi laura risso Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/risso Date of birth: 21/05/1993 EDUCATION • 2012-current: Allievo (Honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2012-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2015 • 2007-2012: Liceo Scientifico “G. Arimondi” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Savigliano (CN). Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2013: participation in “Alpha-class”, Progetto diderot, Fondazione CRT • 2012: participation in the lecture “Formazione giovani, Diffusione conoscenza e Sviluppo capitale intellettuale” organized by Gruppo Piemontese Cavalieri del Lavoro, Torino • 2009-2011: participation in 3 stages “Mathematics Days” in Bardonecchia • 2011: participation in “Scientific Summer Academy”, organized by Fondazione Agnelli and Centro Universitario Agorà Scienza, Torino • 2010: participation in the workshop “Festa della Matematica”, organized by A.S. Mathesis, Torino WORK EXPERIENCE • 2009-2011: peer supporter in Latin, English and Mathematics for young students • 2009-2010: internship at the Municipal Historical Archive and Civic Library, Savigliano LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge, 2010 FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2), grade A • French: basic knowledge, DELF (Diplôme d’études en Langue Française, level A2) COMPUTER SKILLS • 2010: ECDL Certificate (European Computer Driving Licence) • Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and Internet tools • Programming, scripting and markup language in C++ OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Tennis, swimming, hiking • Chess, reading, music and cinema • Travelling and meeting different cultures • Active member and secretary of Leo Club Saluzzo - Savigliano 55 maddalena saccone Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/saccone Date of birth: 12/11/1991 EDUCATION • 2012-current: Allieva (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Economics, Università di Torino • 2010-2013: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2005-2010: Liceo Scientifico-Indirizzo Linguistico-Progetto Brocca “Norberto Bobbio” (high school with emphasis on sciences and languages), Carignano (To). Grade 100/100 cum laude AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2009: Merit Award “Eccellenze della scuola piemontese” by Regione Piemonte • 2007-2008: participation in several editions of “Olimpiadi della Matematica” WORK EXPERIENCE • 2010-2013: Secondary school students’ tutoring in Spanish, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2008 PET passed with merit • French: 2007 DELF A2, grade 96/100; 2008 DELF B1, grade 95/100 • Spanish: 2009 DELE B2, grade 95/100 COMPUTER SKILLS • 2009: ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) full • Programming, scripting and markup languages: basic knowledge of Netlogo, Python • Basic knowledge of Stata, Eviews • Basic knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Drawing portraits, painting, travelling, practicing sports • Art, theatre, cinema, legal and social issues 56 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi Alex Antony Saja Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/saja Date of birth: 26/11/1993 EDUCATION • 2012-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2015-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in “Mathematical engineering”, Politecnico di Torino • 2012-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in “Mathematics forengineering”, Politecnico di Torino. Graduation expected in October 2015 • 2007-2012: Liceo Scientifico “L. da Vinci”, Gallarate (VA) (high school with emphasis on sciences). Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • September 2013: Alpha Class - Progetto Diderot, a summer school in mathematics for excellence students from Turin Universities • September 2010: a scholarship for two weeks in Philadelphia (USA) sponsored by the citycouncil of Gallarate • May 2011: participation in the national final of the Maths Olympics in Cesenatico • July 2011: scholarship of a month stay in Texas (USA), sponsored by the Lions Club of Gallarate • 2011-2012: member of the twice winning school team of the “Premio Filippini” (acompetition of Physics organized in the province of Varese, held in Pavia) • September 2011: a weekend training course at the “Accademia Navale” in Livorno WORK EXPERIENCE • 2014: part-time substitute receptionist at Collegio R. Einaudi, Torino • 2012: voluntary help in a group for disabled people twice a month • 2012: math tutoring twice a week • 2011: weekly homework repetition for disadvantaged students LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue; English: advanced knowledge (IELTS Certificate Band 8); French: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • Competent in the following programming languages: C, SQL, Matlab, R OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Football, tennis, bike-riding and chess 57 gian luca salvarani Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/salvarani Date of birth: 19/03/1993 EDUCATION • 2012-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2012-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino - Graduation expected 2015 • 2007-2012: Liceo Scientifico “Giacomo Ulivi” (high school with emphasis on sciences) Parma. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2011: Participated (after a nationwide selection) in the Bocconi “Scopri il tuo Talento” • 2011: Preparation course to juridical and economics studies “Other people’s money” Economia e Legalità • 2007-2012: Participation in several editions of the “Mathematics Olympics” • 2011: Partecipation in “Giochi matematici della Bocconi” CONFERENCES AND SUMMER SCHOOLS • 2010-2011: 3 weeks summer schools at Rider University, United States • 2011-2012: 3 weeks summer schools at Wagner College, United States, NY, English language full immersion course WORK EXPERIENCE • 2010-2012: secondary school students’ tutoring in Latin and Mathematics LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge (level B2) COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows, Windows Xp, Vista, 7, Microsoft Office, Browser Internet and Mac OS X environments OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Soccer (8 years) winner of “Campionato Regionale Sperimentale Allievi” • Sailing (3 Level of FIV) • Philosophy • Cinema and theatre 58 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi marco schiavone Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/schiavone Date of birth: 20/06/1993 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2015-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2017 • 2012-2015: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economia e Commercio, Università di Torino. Grade: 110/110 cum laude • 2007-2011: Liceo Scientifico “G. Battaglini” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Taranto. Grade 95/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • Participation in 2 weeks course of English Fluency Development at Dublin City University Language Services (DCULS), accredited by the Advisory Council for English Language Schools Ltd (August 2010) • Participation in 2 weeks course of English Studies Course at Anglia Ruskin University of Cambridge (ACCENT), accredited by the British Council (July-August 2011) WORK EXPERIENCE • 2012-2013: Mathematics and Economics tutoring for students of secondary school and enrolled in the first year of university, during the summer period • 2011-2012: swimming instructor, during the summer period LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge (level B) COMPUTER SKILLS • Basic knowledge of STATA software • Competent in both Microsoft Windows environment • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • ECDL FULL course at Economics faculty, Università di Torino (May-June 2013) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Running, swimming and basket 59 jacopo tozzo Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/tozzo Date of birth: 15/10/1993 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2015-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (advanced undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2017 • 2013-2014: Erasmus student, Business School, Napier University, Edinburgh (UK) • 2012-2015: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economia e Finanza, Università degli Studi di Bologna • 2007-2012: Liceo Scientifico ”Leonardo da Vinci” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Jesi (AN) AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2013-2014: Erasmus Scholarship, ten months, Napier University Business School, Edinburgh LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2015 IELTS (level C1) • Spanish: 2014 Unibo certificate (level B2) COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • Competent in GRETL, SPSS 20 OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • 2011-2015: Voluntary work experience, AGESCI • 2009-2011: student representative, Liceo Scientifico “Leonardo da Vinci” Jesi • Politics 60 5_SENIOR ALLIEVi Cristiano ventricelli Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/ventricelli Date of birth: 20/06/1991 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: Master Degree in Quantitative Finance and Insurance, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2015 • July-August 2013: London School of Economics and Political Sciences, Summer School 2013: Analysis and Management of Financial Risk • 2010-2013: Bachelor Degree in Banca Borsa e Assicurazione, School of Management and Economics, Università di Torino. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2005-2010: Liceo Scientifico Statale Galileo Ferraris (high school with emphasis on sciences), Torino CONFERENCES AND SUMMER SCHOOLS • Bloomberg, MSCI BarraOne, Fincad, VBA, SQL • 2011-2012: “Tesoro parliamone, siamo in crisi” • 2012: Scuola di Liberalismo and Museo del Risparmio WORK EXPERIENCES • 2015-current: Financial Risk Consultant at KPMG Advisory (Milan) • February-August 2015: Junior Financial Risk Manager at Banca Esperia (Milan) • 2012: Internship as a research assistant at the Department of Business and Management, Università di Torino • 2011-2013: Tutor in the teaching area of the School of Management and Economics, Università di Torino • 2010-2012: Math tutor for local high school students LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: proficient user • Spanish: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments • ECDL Full: proficient in the Microsoft Office package • Good knowledge of STATA, Eviews, Matlab, R, Python and Latex OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • 1999-2012: Basketball at competitive level • Playing the piano, digitally-based music production, reading, travelling 61 SHUYI YANG Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/senior/yang Date of birth: 02/11/1991 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Magistrale (master’s degree) in Mathematics, Università di Torino • 2011-2014: Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics, Università di Torino. Grade 110/110 cum laude • 2006-2011: Liceo Scientifico “Giordano Bruno” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Torino. Grade 100/100 cum laude AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2011-2014: “Borsa di studio INdAM” (Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica), scholarship for undergraduate mathematics degree, after a nationwide contest • 2012-2013: “Scuola Estiva Perugia 2012 - INdAM”, “Scuola Estiva Perugia 2013 - INdAM” • 2011-2012: “Matematica all’n-esima potenza Senior Progetto Diderot” (Second prize in the Team Competition), “AlphaClass Progetto Diderot” (Third prize in the Team Competition), Fondazione CRT • 2010: “Scientific Summer Academy”, Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli (ESOF 2010) and “Premio Piemonte Eccellenza” • 2008: “Premio per lo studio della matematica e dell’informatica nelle scuole superiori”, Banca d’Italia • 2008-2010: “Incontro con la Matematica - Senior” (a full immersion stage organized by Unione Matematica Italiana, after a nationwide selection process) • 2006-2011: “Olimpiadi della Matematica” and “Festa della Matematica” (4 medals in the National Individual Competition, 21th in the National Teams Competition) WORK EXPERIENCE • 2014: Tutor of “Giornate Matematiche MATH 2014” • 2012-2013: Course tutor of “Matematica e Fisica” (for Biology students), Università di Torino • 2012-2013: “Centro di Calcolo” and “Segreteria Didattica”, Palazzo Campana • 2011-current: Teacher of training courses for “Olimpiadi della Matematica” (Associazione Subalpina Mathesis) LANGUAGES • Standard Chinese: mother tongue; Italian; English: FCE (First Certificate in English, level B2, June 2010) COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Linux distributions and Microsoft Windows • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint • Good knowledge of Maple, R, POV-Ray, MATLAB • Programming, scripting and markup languages: Python, C++, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, LaTeX OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Math Competitions: co-founder and webmaster of www.olimato.org, problems proposer for the Italian Mathematical Olympiad and member of the staff of the national individual competition (2015) 62 6_junior ALLIEVI Ayoub Amil (mentor: Cristian Bartolucci) Filippo Ascolani (mentor: Ignacio Monzón) Martino Banchio (mentor: Ignacio Monzón) Enrico Maria Belliardo (mentor: Dino Gerardi) Francesco Beraldi (mentor: Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll) Mariachiara Bo (mentor: Edoardo Grillo) Fabio Buccoliero (mentor: Ignacio Monzón) Pietro Buri (mentor: Stefano Favaro) Alberto Cappello (mentor: Dino Gerardi) Paolo Colusso (mentor: Ignacio Monzón) Jonas Piero Dalmazzo (mentor: Marit Hinnosaar) Ornella Darova (mentor: Pierpaolo De Blasi) Giovanni Ferraris (mentor: Stefano Favaro) Sara Forno (mentor: Cristian Bartolucci) Gemma Gasseau (mentor: Edoardo Grillo) Gabriele Gatani (mentor: Ignacio Monzón) Ivan Lagrosa (mentor: Aleksey Tetenov) Marcello Lanciani (mentor: Igor Prünster) Federica Leombruni (mentor: Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll) Gabriele Lubatti (mentor: Ignacio Monzón) Cedomir Malgieri (mentor: Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll) Davide Manfredo (mentor: Pierpaolo De Blasi) Filippo Munari (mentor: Edoardo Grillo) Cecilia Obertino (mentor: Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll) Tommaso Portaluri (mentor: Cristian Bartolucci) Pietro Ramella (mentor: Dino Gerardi) Adele Ravagnani (mentor: Stefano Favaro) Debora Sesia (mentor: Filippo Taddei) Gianmarco Trapasso (mentor: Edoardo Grillo) Marco Wang (mentor: Edoardo Grillo) Giacomo Zoppi (mentor: Igor Prünster) 63 AYOUB AMIL Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/amil Date of birth: 12/01/1994 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics (“Banca, borsa e assicurazione”) Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2016 • 2008-2013: Istituto Tecnico Commerciale “Erasmo da Rotterdam” (technical institute), Nichelino. Grade 98/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • School grant “Erasmo da Rotterdam” obtained in 2009 and 2010 • 2013: Participation in “Imprese in Rete per competere” at “Banca Popolare di Novara”, Torino • 2008-2013: Participation in several editions of “Olimpiadi della Matematica” WORK EXPERIENCE • Tutor for High School students in Nichelino (Torino) • 2009-2012: private tutorship for IIS “Erasmo da Rotterdam” students during school year • 2009: staff member in a children’s camp (5-11 years old) LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge • French: good knowledge • Arabic: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • European Computer Driving License, ECDL (2013) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Sports practiced: football; boxing • Other interests: politics; travelling 64 6_junior ALLIEVI filippo ascolani Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/ascolani Date of birth: 17/06/1995 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics for Finance and Insurance, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2017 • 2009-2014: Liceo Classico “Vincenzo Gioberti” (high school with emphasis on humanities), Torino. Grade 100/100 cum laude AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2014: 2nd place at “Certamen Augusteum Taurinense”, a Latin translation contest • 2013-2014: Participation to a political philosophy seminar at “Centro Einaudi” • 2013: Participation to “Hermes”, a Latin and Ancient Greek translation contest • 2012: Participation to “Sandy Spring Friend College” summer program in Washington • 2010: Participation to “18° Convegno Inter-regionale della Stampa Studentesca” WORK EXPERIENCE • 2013-2014: Latin and Ancient Greek tutoring for High School students • 2013: internship at “Building S.p.A.” LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2013 FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2), grade B COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows. • 2014 ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) full OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Political philosophy, reading, playing soccer, rowing 65 martino banchio Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/banchio Date of birth: 23/10/1994 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2016 • 2008-2013: Liceo Classico “Silvio Pellico” (high school with emphasis on humanities), Cuneo. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2014: Participation to summer school Alfaclass of Progetto Diderot, Torino • 2006-2014: Participation to Math games of Università Commerciale Bocconi, Milano • 2013: Scholarship Istituto Musicale “A. Vivaldi”, Busca • 2012: Participation to summer school “Scientific Summer Academy” of Agorà Scienza, Torino • 2011: Participation to a three months exchange program of Intercultura in Surgut, Russia WORK EXPERIENCE • 2013: Participation to a three month work experience in Cork, Ireland, organised by CRT LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge • Russian: good speaking skills • French: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Photoshop and InDesign • Basic knowledge of Maple • Programming, scripting and markup languages: C, C++, some Assembly OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Playing the piano, reading, cinema, juggling, cycling, boardgames 66 6_junior ALLIEVI ENRICO MARIA BELLIARDO Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/belliardo Date of birth: 28/05/1994 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2016 • 2008-2013 Liceo Scientifico “Giuseppe Peano” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Cuneo. Grade 100/100 cum laude AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2010-2013: Participation in several editions of “Math Olympics” • 2010-2012: Participation in several editions of “Physics Olympics” • 2010-2011: Participation in two editions of “Montefiore Conca Piano Masterclass” (Rimini) • 2007-2011: Participation in several Piano competitions in Piedmont and Liguria (always winning the 1st or 2nd prize) WORK EXPERIENCE • 2014: Piano and Music teaching to young students • 2012-2013: Math and Physics tutoring for High School students • 2010-2012: Children’s entertainer in parish summer camps LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • 2013: ECDL Full OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • 2003-current: Music (2013: entrance examination for Corso Accademico di I Livelloundergraduate degree- in Pianoforte, Conservatorio “G. Verdi”, Torino. Grade 99/100) • 2011: Compimento Inferiore in Pianoforte, grade 10/10 • 2008-current: Member of several choirs • Hobbies: Skiing, swimming, reading 67 francesco beraldi Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/beraldif Date of birth: 12/10/1995 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2017 • 2009-2014: Liceo Scientifico Statale “Gobetti-Segrè” PNI (high school with emphasis on sciences and mathematics), Torino. Grade: 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2009-2013: Participation in five editions of the “Olimpiadi della Matematica” and classification to the provincial competition • 2011-2012: Participation in two editions of the Latin translation competition “Certamen” • 2012-2013: Participation in the European Union sponsored contest “E-gomotion” LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge, 2013 FCE (First Certificate in English, level B2) • French: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows • 2014 European Computer Driving License ECDL-Core Full OTHER SKILLS • Sailing at competitive level, participating to the national championships from 2009 to 2014 and winning the Liguria regional championship in 2012 68 6_junior ALLIEVI mariachiara bo Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/bo Date of birth: 14/12/1996 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2015-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics for Finance and Insurance, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2018 • 2010-2015: Liceo Classico “Vincenzo Gioberti” (high school with emphasis on humanities), Torino. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2015: Partecipation in mathematics stages organized by Università di Torino • 2014: Member of European Student Parliament • 2014: Partecipation in “Scientific Summer Academy” organized by Fondazione Agnelli and Centro Universitario Agorà Scienza, Torino • 2014: Experimental research activities at NICO, (Neuroscience Institute Cavaliere Ottolenghi, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Torino) • 2013-2014: Partecipation in the 1st and 2nd edition of “Scuola di Fisica” organized by Università di Torino • Partecipation in several editions of “Giochi d’Autunno”, mathematics (centro PristemUniversità Bocconi) WORK EXPERIENCE • 2014-current: Private tutorship for high school and secondary school students; Babysitting • 2014: Summer Internship in a law firm LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue; English: 2014 CAE (Certificate in Advanced English, level C1); French: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • Good knowledge of Web Browser and Internet tools • 2014: NEW ECDL Full Standard and Using Databases Module • 2014: ECDL Full OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • 2015: Certificate in first-aid, Croce Rossa Italiana • Physics (in particular quantum mechanics), philosophy, journalism, reading, impressionist and abstract art, theatre, travelling and cooking 69 fabio buccoliero Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/buccoliero Date of birth: 08/10/1996 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2015-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in October 2018 • 2010-2015: Liceo Classico Europeo “Umberto I” (high school with emphasis on humanities and languages), Torino. Grade 100/100 cum laude AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2011-2015: Participation in five editions of the “Olimpiadi della Matematica” and classification to the national competition • 2013-2015: Participation in the project “Matematica all’ennesima potenza” for Progetto Diderot, Fondazione CRT (after a region-wide selection) • 2014: Participation in mathematics stage “MATH 2014” in Bardonecchia (Associazione Subalpina Mathesis) • 2015: Participation in mathematics stages “Campus invernale di matematica” in Bardonecchia and “Matematica al Forte” in Bard (Scuola di Formazione Scientifica “Luigi Lagrange”) LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2014 FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2), grade B • French: 2014 DELF B2 (level B2); 2015 EsaBac (grade 15/15) COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows environment • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • Basic knowledge of programming languages: Python, HTML and Ruby OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • 2010-2015: Drama association “Compañeros” • Reading, playing board-games, cinema 70 6_junior ALLIEVI pietro buri Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/buri Date of birth: 02/10/1996 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2015-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics, Università degli Studi di Torino. Graduation expected in October 2018 • 2010-2015: Liceo Classico “Vincenzo Gioberti” (high school with emphasis on humanities), Torino. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2011: Intensive English course in New York in “Berlitz School” (2 weeks) • 2012: Intensive German course in Berlin in “Goethe-Institut“ (3 weeks) • 2013: Intensive German course in Heidelberg in “F+U Schule” (3 weeks) • 2013-2014: Participation in the 1st and 2nd edition of “Scuola di Fisica”, organized by Università di Torino • 2014: Partecipation to “Campus Invernale di Matematica Fisica Astrofisica e Nuove Tecnologie” • 2014: Participation to summer school of Scuola Nazionale Superiore di Pisa (after a nationwide selection) • 2015: Participation to “Campus Invernale di Matematica Fisica Astrofisica e Nuove Tecnologie” WORK EXPERIENCE • 2014-2015: Member of “Consulta provinciale degli studenti” • 2012-2015: Participation to peer tutoring project of Liceo V. Gioberti • 2012: Member of the “Council of Liceo V. Gioberti” as a student’s representative LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2014 CAE (Certificate in Advanced English level C1), grade C • German: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows environment • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Prezi OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Free climbing, travelling, reading, watching movies 71 ALBERTO CAPPELLO Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/cappello Date of birth: 25/01/1994 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2016 • 2008-2013: Liceo Scientifico P.N.I. “Giolitti-Gandino”, (high school with emphasis on sciences), Bra (CN). Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2015: summer school in Maastricht. Course: “Economics of European Integration”. Grade A • 2013: Winner of “Diventiamo Cittadini Europei” competition, organized by Piedmont Regional Council, with a school trip to Brussels • 2012: Finalist of Generation Euro student’s Award competition, organized by ECB • 2012: Participation in a formation process entitled “In viaggio per la legalità” WORK EXPERIENCE • Poll clerk at 2013 Italian national elections in Sommariva Bosco LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2012 FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2), grade C COMPUTER SKILLS • Basic Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Sports: tennis, football, jogging • Hobbies: reading books, essays and newspapers • Interests: current events, politics and economy 72 6_junior ALLIEVI paolo colusso Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/colusso Date of birth: 10/10/1995 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Matematica per l’ingegneria, Politecnico di Torino. Graduation expected in 2017 • 2009-2014: Liceo Classico PNI “Vincenzo Gioberti” (high school with emphasis on humanities), Torino. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2014-current: “Giovani Talenti”, Fondazione CRT-project at Politecnico di Torino • 2014: “Master dei talenti”, Fondazione CRT • 2014: Participation in the “Masterclass” in particle physics, organized by Università di Torino • 2013-2014: Participation in the 1st and 2nd edition of “Scuola di Fisica”, organized by Università di Torino • 2011-2013: Participation in the EEE project, Extreme Energy Events, at Liceo Classico “Vincenzo Gioberti” • 2011-2013: Participation in mathematics stages “MATH 2011”, “MATH 2012” and “MATH 2013” in Bardonecchia (Associazione Subalpina Mathesis) • Participation in several editions of “Giochi d’Autunno”, mathematics (Centro PristemUniversità Bocconi) • 2011-2014: Participation in several editions of “Agon” and “Certamen Augusteum Taurinense”, Greek language translation contests • 2013: Participation in summer school of Scuola Nazionale Superiore di Pisa (after a nationwide selection) WORK EXPERIENCE • 2015: Volunteer in the Yap-Worldwide Friends work camp “Health and environment” in Hveragerdi, Iceland • 2014-2015: Tutor at Liceo Classico V. Gioberti as part of the project “Dopooscuola”, helping students facing difficulties with curricular subjects. • 2014: Internship at English Language Academy, Edinburgh • 2014: Stage in Edinburgh (project “Master of talents”) lasting 10 weeks • 2013-2014: Peer tutoring for students of the secondary school • 2013: Stage at international bookshop “Luxemburg” in Torino LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue; English: 2013 CAE (Certificate in Advanced English), grade A: level C2; French: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Matlab, Python, C; Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments; Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint; ECDL OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Swimming, reading, listening to music 73 JONAS PIERO DALMAZZO Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/dalmazzo Date of birth: 26/09/1994 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics (“Economia e Commercio”), Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2016 • 2008-2013 Liceo Scientifico Tecnologico “Tito Sarrocchi” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Siena. Grade 100/100 LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2012 FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2), grade B COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Linux environments • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • Basic knowledge of programming languages: HTML, CSS, C++ OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Reading, photography, travelling, practicing sports, cinema 74 6_junior ALLIEVI ORNELLA DAROVA Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/darova Date of birth: 30/12/1994 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics and Statistics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in October 2016 • 2008-2013: Liceo Classico “Vittorio Alfieri” (high school with emphasis on humanities), Asti. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2013: Scholarship “Borsa di studio 100/100”, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Asti • 2008-2013: Participation in several editions of Mathematical Olympics • 2012: Participation, after nationwide selection, in the summer school “Scopri il tuo talento” at Università Commerciale “Luigi Bocconi”, Milano • 2012: Awarded at philosophy contest “Premio Ezio Garuzzo”, Alessandria WORK EXPERIENCE • 2012-current: Editor for Dentro La Notizia (Asti) and Albania News • 2011, 2012: Press office personnel for Teatro Alfieri (Asti); Art&Wine (Asti) and Biblioteca Astense (Asti) • 2011-2012: Editor and speaker for Primaradio, Asti • 2009-2013: Freelance journalist (La Stampa, Gazzetta d’Asti, Corriere dell’Astigiano, La Nuova Provincia) LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • Albanian: mother tongue • English: 2013 First Certificate of English, performance at grade A (Level C1) • French: very good knowledge • Spanish: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • ECDL Core (Full) • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access • Basic knowledge of R OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Philosophy, maths, business and financial journalism 75 GIOVANNI FERRARIS Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/ferraris Date of birth: 27/02/1995 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in October 2016 • 2008-2013: Liceo Scientifico P.N.I. “Charles Darwin” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Rivoli. Grade 90/100 • 2012-2013: Diploma in the United States, Pope John XXIII High School, Everett (Boston), Massachusetts. GPA: 3.56/4.0 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • Participation in three editions of the “Mathematics Olympics” • Participation in two editions of the “Chemistry Olympics” • 2011: Participation in one stage “Mathematics Days” in Bardonecchia • 2012: Participation in the workshop “Mathematics’ Festival”, organized by A.S. Mathesis, Torino WORK EXPERIENCE • 2010-2013: Steward at conferences and official events • 2009-2012: Tutoring in mathematics to younger high school students LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: TOEFL 2013 (Test of English as a Foreign Language) grade 94/120 COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint • Programming languages: Python OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • 2012-2013: Played basketball for Pope John XXIII High School Varsity Team, reached the Massachusetts Finals and selected by an AAU Team • 2010-2012: Drama Association • 2010: Drafted among the 12 best Piedmont players to take part at the “Regions Tournament” • 2010: Included into the 32 best-Italian-players FIBA list for the European Cup Under16 • 2006-2010: Drafted multiple times by the Italian National Teams (PQN, CQN) • 2005-2013: Played basketball at the national highest level “Eccellenza” for PMS Basketball • 2005: Scuba Diving License (PADI) Open Water Diver 76 6_junior ALLIEVI SARA FORNO Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/forno Date of birth: 12/09/1992 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2012-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Banca Borsa e Assicurazione, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in October 2015 • 2006-2011: Liceo Scientifico della Comunicazione “Istituto Santa Caterina” (high school with emphasis on sciences, sociology and psychology), Biella. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2014: Best university student of Comune di Candelo, Biella • 2009, 2010: I participated to FAI’s projects, which gave the possibility to high school students to become tourists guides for a day WORK EXPERIENCE • 2013: Waitress • 2012-current: Baby sitter • 2010-2011: Trainee as teacher for “Scuola dell’infanzia-Istituto Santa Caterina” • 2009: Organizational staff for the event “Gran Fondo 2009- Sordevolo” LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • Basic knowledge of AutoCad OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Playing the piano, running and swimming, contemporary art, travelling 77 gemma gasseau Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/gasseau Date of birth: 25/06/1994 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2016 • 2008-2013: Liceo Classico “Massimo D’Azeglio” (high school with emphasis on humanities), Torino. Grade 100/100 EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES • 2012: Voluntary agricultural camp with “Libera” • 2011: Participation in a international exchange on historical themes WORK EXPERIENCE • 2012: Internship at the study center “Gobetti”, Torino • 2012: Entertainer in a summer camp for children with the association “ASAI” LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2012 FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2), grade B COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows • Proficient in Microsoft Word and Powerpoint OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Snowboarding, diving, trekking, swimming • Reading, travelling 78 6_junior ALLIEVI gabriele gatani Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/gatani Date of birth: 17/06/1996 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievi (honors student) of the Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2015-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics for Engineering, Politecnico of Torino. Graduation expected in 2018 • 2010-2015: Liceo Scientifico “Ascanio Landi” (high school with emphasis on sciences, mathematics and physics), Velletri (Roma). Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2015: Participation in the national final competition of the “Olimpiadi della Matematica” in Cesenatico for best school groups of Italy • 2015: Chosen by the High School to participate in the 11th “International Masterclass” 2015 organized by the INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) and IPPOG (International Particle Physics Outreach Group) in the national laboratory of Frascati • 2015: Participation in the regional final individual competition of the “Olimpiadi della matematica” • 2014: Selected amongst all students in Italy by “Scuola Normale Superiore” of Pisa for a summer week course, Roma, “Accademia dei Lincei” • 2014: Participation in the national final competition of “Campionati Internazionali di Giochi Matematici”, Milan and in the national final competition of the “Olimpiadi della Matematica” in Cesenatico for best school groups of Italy • 2010: Winner of second prize with an essay in the regional competition “Costruire Insieme la Legalità” at House of Representatives WORK EXPERIENCE • 2014: Participation in the project Caritas Velletri-Segni “Giovani e Volontariato: quando l’impegno si fa solidarietà” serving food to people in need LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2014 Cambridge English Level 1 Certificate in ESOL International (First). First Certificate in English (FCE)-Grade C Council of Europe level B2; 2013 Trinity College London Grade 8 with merit-Graded Examination in Spoken. English Level 1 Certificate in ESOL International B2.2 of the CEFR COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • April 2010: European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL Certificate) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • 2009: Certificate of advanced level in swimming by FIN (Federazione Italiana Nuoto) • 2007: Certificate of second level in sailing by FIV (Federazione Italiana Vela) • Interested in soccer, basket and tennis • snowboarding and playing soccer • watching films and scientific documentaries 79 ivan lagrosa Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/lagrosa Date of birth: 25/01/1994 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics and Business, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2016. • 2008-2013: Liceo Scientifico “Galilei Ferraris” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Torino. Grade 98/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2015: Summer School in “Economics of European Integration- Challenges, policies & practices in the European business environment”, Maastricht University, Netherlands • 2015: Advanced School in “Anthropology of Freedom” (with scholarship), Dogliani (CN), lectures by prof Viktor Vanberg • 2014: Winner of the European Student Contest “Europe and Youth 2014”, organized by the Regional Institute for European Studies of Friuli Venezia Giulia (IRSE) WORK EXPERIENCE • 2015-current: member of the Board of the Department of Social-Economic, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Torino VOLUNTEERING • 2014-current: Volunteer, “Mensa della San Vincenzo”, Torino LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: B2 COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint (ECDL in 2013) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Journalism, Politics, Swimming 80 6_junior ALLIEVI marcello lanciani Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/lanciani Date of birth: 19/06/1995 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: Student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino. Graduation expected in 2017 • 2014-current: Student, Percorso Giovani Talenti, Politecnico di Torino • 2009-2014: Liceo Scientifico “Marco Vitruvio Pollione” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Avezzano (AQ). Grade 100/100 cum laude AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2014: Winner of the contest “EconoMia 2014” and participation in the National Festival of Economics of Trento • 2010-2014: Participation in several editions of Mathematics Olympics passing at national level • 2010-2014: Participation in several editions of Physics Olympics passing at regional level • 2013: Participation, after a nationwide selection, in summer school of Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa • 2013: Participation, after a nationwide selection, in summer school of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2014 FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2) COMPUTER SKILLS • Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • Basic knowledge of MATLAB • Programming languages: C OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Member of Mensa International • Member of AVIS • Skiing, chess 81 federica leombruni Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/leombruni Date of birth: 23/08/1995 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2017 • 2009-2014: Liceo Classico “Vincenzo Gioberti” (high school with emphasis on humanities), Torino. Grade 100/100 cum laude WORK EXPERIENCE • Giving private piano lessons • Giving private lessons to High School students • Babysitting LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge (First Certificate of English, level B2, 2013) • French: intermediate COMPUTER SKILLS • ECDL (modules Computer Essentials, Online Essentials, Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation) • Sibelius (music composition and notation software) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Piano (Conservatorio Statale “G.Verdi”, Torino) from 2006 to 2013, with certifications (Compimento Inferiore, Solfeggio, Storia della musica) • Music composition (current student at Conservatorio Statale “G.Verdi”, Torino (exams: composizione livello A e B, lettura della partitura livello A,B e C) • Singing in choirs: Piccoli Cantori di Torino (with international projects), Coro da Camera del Conservatorio, Coro da camera di Torino • Many sports practiced at an amateur level • Rugby from 2010 to 2014, the last two years playing in “Coppa Italia” and “Campionato Italiano di Serie A” for the Cus Torino Rugby • Boy scouts from 2003, with national camps • Reading, cooking 82 6_junior ALLIEVI gabriele lubatti Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/lubatti Date of birth: 17/05/1995 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014- current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Physics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in October 2017 • 2009-2014: Liceo Scientifico “Vasco” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Mondovì (Cuneo). Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2014: Winner of the third prize in the literary contest “La Scienza narrata”, Merck Serono Foundation, Rome • 2014: Participation in “Progetto Diderot: matematica all’ennesima Potenza”, Accademia delle Scienze, Turin • 2013: Participation in “Campus of game theory, astrophysics, theory of relativity”, Bard (AO) • 2012: Participation in summer school “Scientific Summer Academy” of Agorà Scienza, Turin WORK EXPERIENCE • 2014: Blogger of the “La Scienza narrate” website • 2014: Participation in the project “Master dei talenti neo-diplomati- Fondazione CRT”, with a three month work experience in the astronomical observatory “Blackrock Castle Observatory”, Cork, Ireland LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2013 Certificate Effective Frequency (CEF), level C1(60 hours), Moyle Park College, Dublin, Ireland; 2012 Certificate Effective Frequency (CEF), level B2(60 hours), Moyle Park College, Dublin, Ireland; 2012 PET (Preliminary English Test, level B1) • French: 2009 Diplome d’étude en langue française (DELF), Ministère de l’Education nationale française, level A2 COMPUTER SKILLS • Good knowledge of Mathematica • Competent in Microsoft Windows environments • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • 2012: European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • History and philosophy of science, scientific dissemination, reading Sherlock Holmes novels 83 CEDOMIR MALGIERI Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/malgieri Date of birth: 10/01/1996 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honours student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino • 2009-2014: Liceo Scientifico “Galileo Galilei” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Bitonto (BA). Grade 100/100 cum laude AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2011-2014: Participation in several editions of Physics Olympics passing at provincial level • 2010-2014: Participation in several editions of Mathematics Olympics passing at national level • 2013: Participation, after a nationwide selection, in summer school of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Volterra) WORK EXPERIENCE • 2013-2014: Volunteer working for “Banco Alimentare Foundation” LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: good knowledge; 2014 FCE passed with grade B; 2012 PET passed with grade B • French: basic knowledge; 2009 DELF A1, score 90/100 COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Linux environments • Good user of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint • Basic knowledge of C++ programming language • Good knowledge of Network and Internet OTHER ACTIVITIES • 2013: Attended “Principles of Macroeconomics” by Coursera, University of Melbourne (passed with distinction) • 2013: English courses for 1 month at Royal Spa English, Tunbridge Wells (UK) • 2013: Laboratories on institutional information and communication “Lettera 22” • 2012: English courses for 1 month at Twin Group, London (UK) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Basketball, slam-dunk, trekking, reading, astronomy • Philosophy, maths, literature 84 6_junior ALLIEVI davide manfredo Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/manfredo Date of birth: 24/06/1994 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics, Univeristà di Torino. Graduation expected in 2017 • 2009-2014: Liceo Scientifico “I. I. S. 8 Marzo” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Settimo Torinese (TO). Final grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCOLARSHIPS • 2008-2013: Participation in several editions of “Olimpiadi della Matematica” • 2009-2013: Participation in four editions of “Mathematics days” in Bardonecchia (TO) • 2009-2013: Participation in several edition of “Festa della Matematica” • 2013: Participation in “International Masterclasses Hands on Particle Physics”, University of Torino • 2013-2014: Participation in several editions of “Giochi della Chimica” • 2013: Participation in “Olimpiadi dell’Italiano” and “Olimpiadi della Fisica” • 2013: Participation in “Festival della Scienza e dell’Innovazione”, Settimo Torinese (TO) • 2013: Participation in Progetto Diderot “Matematica all’n-sima potenza”, Fondazione CRT • 2014: Participation in “Tre mattine all’Università - Matematica”, University of Torino • 2014: Participation in “Treno della Memoria”, organized by the association “Terra del Fuoco” • 2014: Participation in “Fisica in gioco”, Torgnon (AO) LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: very good knowledge, Level B2 (March 2014: FCE- Level B2, Grade B; May 2010: PET with Merit - Level B1; 2007 - 2008 Trinity Exams) • French: very good knowledge, Level C1 (July 2013: DALF Level C1; 2009 - 2013 DELF A2, B1, B2) • German: Basic knowledge WORK EXPERIENCES • 2010-current: volunteering at “Canile il Cascinotto”, Collegno (TO). • 2011-current: secondary school students’ tutoring in Mathematics, English and French • 2014: Participation in “Ottobre scienza” as staff member, Settimo Torinese (TO) COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows environment; Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint; Competent in C++ Programming Language OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Sports (swimming, running); Music (playing piano); Reading; Travelling 85 filippo munari Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/munari Date of birth: 25/03/1996 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2015-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in October 2018 • 2010-current: Liceo Classico “Massimo D’Azeglio” (high school with emphasis on Humanities), Torino. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • February 2015: second place at the “Certamen Augusteum Taurinense” in Latin • April 2015: third place at the “Olimpiadi della Cultura e del Talento, premio Oriana Pagliarini”, Tolfa (Roma) WORK EXPERIENCE • July 2014: Counselor at US Golf Camps, “Kiski School”, Saltsburg, Pennsylvania LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2014 FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2), grade B • French: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • I am currently taking the ECDL exams OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Volleyball (competitive level), skiing (first place at the Italian Championship in 2007) • Golf (four times at the Italian team Championship, twice at the Italian individual Championship) • Chess (three times at the Italian Championship, first place at the Torino Championship in 2005) • Writing 86 6_junior ALLIEVI cecilia obertino Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/obertino Date of birth: 26/11/1994 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in “Banca Borsa Assicurazione”, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in October 2016 • 2008-2013: Liceo Classico “Silvio Pellico” (high school with emphasis on humaties), Cuneo. Grade 100/100 cum laude WORK EXPERIENCE • Entertainer in a summer camp for children • Private lessons in Mathematics and Latin LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2012 FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2), grade C • French: 2011 DELF (Diplome d’ Etudes en langue francais, level B1); 2012 DELF (Diplôme d’Etudes en langue francais, level B2) COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows • Proficient in Microsoft Word and Powerpoint OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Playing volleyball, trekking, skiing • Travelling, reading 87 tommaso portaluri Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/portaluri Date of birth: 01/08/1993 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics and Statistics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in October 2016 • 2006-2011: Liceo Scientifico P.N.I. “Teodoro Monticelli” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Brindisi. Grade 100/100 cum laude AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2011: Awarded, for excellence in high school studies, “Alfiere della Repubblica” by the President of the Italian Republic • 2011: Included in “Albo Nazionale delle Eccellenze”, Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (National Register per Excellence, Italian Ministery for Education, University and Research) • 2010: Participation, after a nationwide selection, in summer schools of: Scuola Normale Superiore (San Miniato); Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Volterra); Università Commerciale “Luigi Bocconi” (Milano) • 2003-2011: Participation and award in several editions of the following Maths competitions: Olimpiadi della Matematica; Campionati Internazionali di Giochi Matematici (11th place nationally); Concorso Meravigliosa Mente Matematica Michele Menditto (10th place nationally) LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2012 CAE (Certificate of Advanced English), level C1 (2009 First Certificate of English, 2008 Preliminary English Test, 2006 Trinity Grade 3) COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • ECDL Core (Full) • ECDL Advanced (AM3 and AM4 modules) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Philosophy, maths, table tennis, publishing 88 6_junior ALLIEVI pietro ramella Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/ramella Date of birth: 28/07/1995 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics for Finance and Insurance, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2017 • 2009-2014: Liceo Scientifico “Charles Darwin” (high school with emphasis on languages), Rivoli (TO). Grade 83/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2010-2014: Partecipation to “Math2010”, “Math2011”, “Math2012”, “Math2013” and “Math2014” in Bardonecchia. • 2012: internship at Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington D.C. WORK EXPERIENCE • 2013: intership in Jacobacci & Parteners S.P.A. LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2013 FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2), grade B • French: 2010 DELPH, grade B1 COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X environments • Competent user of C++ • Basic knowledge of programming language Java • Basic knowledge of Arduino’s hardware and environment OTHER SKILLS AND INTEREST • European economic policy, travel and sports 89 adele ravagnani Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/ravagnani Date of birth: 25/05/1996 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2015- current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Physics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in October 2018 • 2010-2015: Liceo Scientifico “Marie Curie” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Collegno (TO). Grade 100/100 cum laude AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2015: Awarded ‘Allievo dell’anno 2015’ (school contest promoted by Associazione ex allievi Liceo Marie Curie) • 2015: Participation in the Physics stage ‘La fisica in gioco’ in Torgnon (AO) • 2014-2015: Participation in the Physics project ‘Tre mattine all’Università-Fisica’, University of Torino • 2014-2015: Participation in two editions of the Physics competition ‘Olimpiadi della fisica’ • 2013-2014: Participation in the Mathematics stage ‘MATH 2013’ and ‘MATH 2014’ in Bardonecchia (TO) • 2010-2014: Participation in five editions of ‘Olimpiadi della matematica’ • 2013: Participation in the Physics stage ‘Sperimentiamo’ in Angrogna (TO) • 2013: Cultural exchange in Israel • 2012: Cultural exchange in The Netherlands WORK EXPERIENCE • 2013-current: Assistant judo coach for A.S.D. Don Bosco Rivoli (TO) • 2015: Photography assistant for Hoot Media Photography (Richmond, USA) • 2013-2015: Volunteer in the town of Collegno (helping young students to choose their high school and helping elderly people in different types of activities) • 2014: Customer services assistant for Moto Hospitality-Burger King (Exeter, UK) LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue; English: 2014 FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2), grade B; French: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows environment • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Power Point, Paint, Movie Maker and Internet Explorer SPORT • 2011-2013: Member of the Italian National team Under 17 of Judo • 2012: Third place at European Championships Under 17 of Judo (Bar, Montenegro); Italian Champion Under 17 of Judo (Roma) • 2011: Fifth place at World Championship Under 17 of Judo (Kiev, Ukraine) • 2011: Fifth place at European Championships Under 17 of Judo (Cottonera, Malta) • 2011: Second place at Italian Championships Under 17 of Judo (Roma) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Reading classics and newspapers; Listening to rock, indie and classical music; Theatre; Travelling; Art and photography 90 6_junior ALLIEVI debora sesia Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/sesiad Date of birth: 17/10/1994 EDUCATION • 2014-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2013-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics for Finance and Insurance, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2016 • 2008-2013: Liceo Scientifico “Giuseppe Peano” P.N.I. (high school with emphasis on sciences), Cuneo. Grade 94/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2014: Summer School in English for Academic Purposes, Utrecht University, The Netherlands • 2014: Alfaclass Summer School in Mathematics, Fondazione CRT WORK EXPERIENCE • 2011-2012: Kids summer day camp entertainer, Country Club Cuneo • 2011: International sports event receptionist, Country Club Cuneo LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2012 FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2), grade B • French: 2009 DELF (Diplome d’Études en Langue Française, level B1) COMPUTER SKILLS • C++ programming • General knowledge of office software and internet tools OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • High jump (national champion 2009, 2013; competed in European Athletics Junior Championships, 2013) • Tennis, skiing, ice skating 91 gianmarco trapasso Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/trapasso Date of birth: 05/01/1994 EDUCATION • 2013-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2012-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics for Engineering, Politecnico di Torino. Graduation expected in 2015 • 2007-2012: Liceo Classico ”Pitagora”, Crotone. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • Partecipation in “Olimpiadi regionali delle scienze naturali” • Partecipation in “Olimpiadi di matematica” WORK EXPERIENCE • 2010-2011: Assistant Inctructor of sailing at “Lega Navale Italiana di Crotone” LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2012 IELTS, grade 6.0 COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows environment • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint • Programming languages: C OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Sailing (2003-2010 competitive) • Handball • Fishing 92 6_junior ALLIEVI marco wang Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/wang Date of birth: 13/04/1996 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2015-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Economics, Università di Torino. Graduation expected in 2018 • 2010-2015: Istituto tecnico statale settore economico “C. Levi - V. e L. Arduino” (technical institute), Torino. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2014: 1 week French intensive course in Vichy • 2010: Scholarship “Borsa di studio “Educatorio Duchessa Isabella”, Fondazione per la Scuola Compagnia di San Paolo WORK EXPERIENCE • Summer 2013-2014: Internship in Jacobacci & Partners S.p.A.’s accounting department LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2013 PET (Preliminary English Test, level B1) • French: 2014 DELF ((Diplôme d’études en langue française, level B2) • Chinese: basic knowledge COMPUTER SKILLS • 2014: ECDL Certificate • Competent in Microsoft Windows environment • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Basketball, reading, watching American and British TV series 93 giacomo zoppi Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio, 30-10024 Moncalieri (Torino), Italy [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/education/allievi/students/junior/zoppi Date of birth: 06/11/1995 EDUCATION • 2015-current: Allievo (honors student), Collegio Carlo Alberto • 2014-current: student, Laurea Triennale (undergraduate degree) in Mathematics for Finance and Insurance, Università di Torino. graduation expected in 2017 • 2009-2014: Liceo Scientifico “Galileo Ferraris” (high school with emphasis on sciences), Sperimentazione Matematica P.N.I e Scienze, Torino. Grade 100/100 AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • 2012: Second place in team competition “Matematica all’N-esima potenza- Promesse” organized by CRT Foundation • 2011: Participation in “Olimpiadi della Matematica” (national level) • Participation in several editions of “Olimpiadi dell’Informatica” and “Olimpiadi della Chimica” (regional level) WORK EXPERIENCE • 2013: Internship at “Consorzio Riva Sinistra Stura”, Ciriè (TO) LANGUAGES • Italian: mother tongue • English: 2014 FCE (First Certificate of English, level B2), grade B COMPUTER SKILLS • Competent in Microsoft Windows • 2012: ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) full • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite. • Programming, Scripting and Markup languages: C++, Pascal and Latex (basic knowledge) OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS • Sport: Football, Hiking • Hobbies: Cinema, Reading 94 7_courses Junior Allievi (1st and 2nd years) Junior Allievi have to take at least two courses per year. Discrete Mathematics - Tutorial (Fall) Stefano Favaro Economic Principles (Spring) Dino Gerardi Economics of Financial Markets (Spring) Edoardo Grillo Economics - Tutorial (Fall) Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll, Ignacio Monzón Intermediate Mathematics (Fall) Elena Vigna Introduction to Algorithms (Spring) Alfredo Braunstein, Luca Dall’Asta Optimization for Economics (Fall) Bertrand Lods Junior Allievi (3rd year) and Senior Allievi 3rd year Junior Allievi and Senior Allievi have to take at least three courses per year. Applied Economics (Spring) Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll Bayesian Statistics (Spring) Julyan Arbel Dynamic Macroeconomics (January-February) Fabio Cesare Bagliano Econometric Theory I (Fall) Aleksey Tetenov Econometric Theory II (Spring) Cristian Bartolucci Empirical Industrial Organization (Fall) Marit Hinnosaar Game Theory (Spring) Dino Gerardi General Equilibrium Theory (January-February) Andrea Gallice International Economics (Spring) Alessandro Barattieri Macroeconomics (Spring)Filippo Taddei Mathematics for Economics(Introductory course) Pierpaolo De Blasi Measure Theory (Fall) Bernardo Nipoti Microeconomics (Fall)Ignacio Monzón Models and Algorithms (Fall) Alfredo Braunstein, Luca Dall’Asta Political Economics (Spring) Edoardo Grillo Probability (Spring)Antonio Lijoi Quantititative and Numerical Economics (Fall) Pietro Garibaldi Theory of the Firm(Fall) Toomas Hinnosaar 95 APPLIED ECONOMICS Spring 2016 Instructor: Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5017 Office 15, Camerata I [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment www.carloalberto.org/people/aparicio/ Course Description This course intends to provide students with basic microeconometric tools to address empirical questions, with special emphasis on their application to Labor Economics, Public Economics and Development Economics. I describe the econometric theory behind the different techniques, comment on empirical research papers applying these techniques and lead students through the implementation of the econometric methods using actual data sets. Requirements At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to discuss the suitability of the specifications used in applied economics research, comment on the validity of instrumental variable strategies, design difference-in-differences estimations, understand the context in which regression discontinuity design is applied and be able to obtain correctly estimated standard errors. Evaluation Students will be evaluated on the basis of a final project executed in groups of 4 students maximum, periodic assignments and an exam. Required text J. Angrist and J.-S. Pischke, “Mostly Harmless Econometrics”, Princeton University Press, 2009 J. Stock and M. Watson, “Introduction to Econometrics”, Addison-Wesley, 2007 (2nd Edition) Supplementary readings • J. Wooldridge, “Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach”, South-Western (any edition) • G. Borjas, “Labor Economics”, McGraw-Hill, 2009 (5th Edition) • P. Cahuc and A. Zylberberg, “Labor Economics”, MIT Press TOPICS 1. THE EQUIVALENT IDEALIZED EXPERIMENT MHE, Chapters 1-2 • E. Reuben, P. Sapienza and L. Zingales, “The Glass Ceiling in Experimental Markets”, Working Paper 2010 • D. Card, “The impact of the Mariel boatlift on the Miami labor market,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 43(2), pages 245-257, January 1990 96 7_courses 2. REGRESSION MHE, Chapter 3 • D. A. Black, J. A. Smith, M. C. Berger and B. J. Noel, “Is the Threat of Reemployment Services More Effective Than the Services Themselves? Evidence from Random Assignment in the UI System,” American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 93(4), pages 1313-1327, September 2003 3. INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES MHE, Chapter 4 • J. Angrist, “Lifetime Earnings and the Vietnam Era Draft Lottery: Evidence from Social Security Administrative Records,” American Economic Review, June 1990 • J. Angrist and A. Krueger, “The Effect of Age at School Entry on Educational Attainment: An Application of Instrumental Variables with Moments from Two Samples,” JASA 87 (June 1992) 4. FIXED-EFFECTS, DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES AND PANEL DATA MHE, Chapter 5 • D. Card and A. B. Krueger, “Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the FastFood Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania,” American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 84(4), pages 772-93, September 1994 5. REGRESSION-DISCONTINUITY DESIGNS MHE, Chapter 6 • G. W. Imbens and T. Lemieux, “Regression discontinuity designs: A guide to practice,” Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 142(2), pages 615-635, February 2008 • J. Angrist and V. Lavy, “Using Maimonides Rule to Estimate the Effect of Class Size on Scholastic Achievement,” QJE, May 1999 6. STANDARD ERROR ISSUES MHE, Section 3.1.3 and Chapter 8 • M. Bertrand, E. Duflo, and S. Mullainathan, “How Much Should We Trust Differences-inDifferences Estimates?,” QJE 119 (February 2004), 249-275 97 Bayesian Statistics Spring 2016 Instructor: Julyan Arbel Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5270 Office 9, Camerata III [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment www.julyanarbel.com/ Objective of the course By the end of the course, the students should have the ability to understand and implement the basic tools of Bayesian statistical methods for their own data analysis purposes. Prerequisites The minimal prerequisites for this course are a mastering of basic Probability theory for discrete and continuous variables and of basic Statistics (maximum likelihood estimation). Contents 1. Inference for binomial, Poisson and normal distributions 2. Hierarchical models 3. Multivariate normal distribution 4. Linear regression models 5. Generalized linear models 6. Bayesian nonparametrics Additionally, we will cover the basics of Monte-Carlo integration and Markov chain Monte Carlo (Gibbs sampling and the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm). This material will be covered concurrently with the material listed above. Grading There will be an in-class presentation of a paper, chosen from a list, and a final exam consisting of a written test in which students will be asked to provide solutions to a set of exercises. Textbooks The main text for the course is: • Hoff P., “A First Course in Bayesian Statistical Methods”, Springer Texts in Statistics, 2009 (www.stat.washington.edu/~hoff/book.php) Alternative textbooks that students might also find useful are: • Berger J.O., “Statistical Decision Theory and Bayesian Analysis”, Springer Verlag, New York, 1985 • Bernardo J.M. and Smith A.F.M., “Bayesian Theory”, Wiley, New York, 1994 • Hjort N. L., Holmes C., Müller P. and Walker S. G., “Bayesian nonparametrics”, volume 28, Cambridge University Press, 2010 • Marin J.-M. and Robert C., “Bayesian Core, A Practical Approach to Computational Bayesian Statistics”, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2007 • Robert C., “The Bayesian Choice”, Springer Verlag, New York, 1994 98 7_courses DISCRETE MATHEMATICS (TUTORIAL) Fall 2015 Instructor: Stefano Favaro Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5280 Office 7, Camerata III [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment web.econ.unito.it/favaro/ Course description The course introduces some basic counting principles after a brief presentation of the necessary elements of set theory. The notion of recurrence relation and its connection with a finite difference equation is briefly presented. The probability and the conditional probability on discrete sample spaces are introduced. The inclusion and exclusion principle, which is a basic tool both in combinatorics and discrete probability theory, is extensively treated. Textbooks There is no required textbook for the course. TOPICS 1. Basic counting principle 2. Recurrence relations 3. Finite differences 4. Discrete probability 5. Inclusion and exclusion principle 6. Generating functions 99 dynamic MACROECONOMICS January-February 2016 Instructor: Fabio Cesare Bagliano Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 6084 Office 1-6, Floor 1 [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment web.econ.unito.it/bagliano Course Description The course presents basic dynamic macroeconomic models in several specific fields of macroeconomics: consumption and investment theory, growth theory and labour economics. The aim is to provide key methodological tools for the dynamic analysis of a broad range of macroeconomic issues, mainly based on dynamic optimization techniques. Lecture note handouts and problem sets will be provided throughout the course. All necessary material will be made available on the web page of the course. Exam There will be a two-hour, closed-book, written exam at the end of the course. Course outline and material The course will cover the following topics: 1. Dynamic consumption theory • Permanent income theory with rational expectations • Empirical issues and puzzles • The role of uncertainty: precautionary savings • Intertemporal consumption and portfolio allocation General references • Romer, “Advanced Macroeconomics”, fourth edition, 2012, ch. 8 • Bagliano F.C., Bertola G., “Models for dynamic macroeconomics”, 2007, ch. 1 Specific references • Deaton A., “Understanding consumption”,1992, especially ch. 3, 4 • Attanasio O., “Consumption demand”, in Handbook of Macroeconomics, 1999, vol. 1B, ch. 11 • Campbell J., “Asset prices, consumption, and the business cycle”, in Handbook of Macroeconomics, 1999, vol. 1C, ch. 19 • Carroll C., “A theory of the consumption function, with and without liquidity constraints”, Journal of Economic Perspectives (“graduate students version” NBER wp 8387), 2001 • Angeletos et al., “The hyperbolic consumption model: calibration, simulation and empirical evaluation”, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2001 • Meghir C., “A retrospective on Friedman’s theory of permanent income”, Economic Journal, 2004 • Attanasio O. and G. Weber, “Consumption and saving: models of intertemporal allocation and their implications for public policy”, Journal of Economic Literature, 2010 • Jappelli T. and L. Pistaferri, “The consumption response to income changes”, Annual Reviews in Economics, 2010 100 7_courses 2. Dynamic investment models • Dynamic optimization in continuous time • Adjustment costs and Tobin’s forward-looking “q” • Investment dynamics, interest rates, productivity and wages in partial equilibrium General references • Romer, “Advanced Macroeconomics”, 2012, fourth edition, ch. 9 • Bagliano-Bertola, “Models for dynamic macroeconomics”, 2007, ch. 2 • On mathematical methods: Barro-Sala-i-Martin, “Economic Growth”, Mathematical Appendix, 1995 Specific references • Yoshikawa H., “On the ‘q’ theory of investment”, American Economic Review, 1980, 70, 4, 739-743 • Hayashi F., “Tobin’s marginal q and average q: a neoclassical interpretation”, Econometrica, 1982, 50, 1, 213-224 • Abel A.-Blanchard O.J., “An intertemporal model of saving and investment”, Econometrica, 1983, 51, 3, 675-692 • Caballero R., “Aggregate Investment”, Handbook of Macroeconomics, 1999, vol. 1B, ch 12 3. Economic growth in dynamic general equilibrium • Balanced growth, steady state and optimal convergence • Decentralization of production and investment decisions • Endogenous growth and market imperfections General references • Romer, “Advanced Macroeconomics”, fourth edition, 2012, ch. 1, 2 (Part A), 3 • Bagliano-Bertola, “Models for dynamic macroeconomics”, 2007, ch. 4 Specific references • Mankiw N.G., Romer D., Weil D., “A contribution to the empirics of economic growth”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 1992 • Romer P., “The origins of endogenous growth”, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994, 8, Winter • Barro-Sala-i-Martin, “Economic Growth”, 1995, ch. 1, 2, 4 • Aghion-Howitt, “Endogenous Growth Theory”, 1998, ch. 1 4. Flow dynamics in the labour market • Participation externalities in the labour market • Features of search models of the labour market • Job matching and unemployment dynamics General references • Romer, “Advanced Macroeconomics”, fourth edition, 2012, ch. 10 • Bagliano-Bertola, “Models for dynamic macroeconomics”, 2007, ch. 5, sections 5.2-5.4 Specific references • Pissarides, “Equilibrium Unemployment Theory”, 2nd ed., 2000, ch. 1-3 • Petrongolo-Pissarides, “Looking into the black box: a survey of the matching function”, Journal of Economic Literature, 2001 • Nickell S., Nunziata L., Ochel W., Quintini G., “The Beveridge curve, unemployment and wages in the OECD from the 1960s to the 1990s”, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE, 2002 • Hornstein A., Krusell P., Violante G.L., “Unemployment and Vacancy fluctuations in the matching model: inspecting the mechanism”, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Economic Quarterly, 2005 101 • Shimer R., “The cyclical behavior of equilibrium unemployment and vacancies”, American Economic Review, March 2005 • Hall R., “Employment fluctuations with equilibrium wage stickiness”, American Economic Review, March 2005 • Pissarides C., “Equilibrium in the labor market with search frictions”, American Economic Review, 2011 • Diamond P., “Unemployment, vacancies, wages”, American Economic Review, 2011 102 7_courses Econometric Theory I Fall 2015 Instructor: Aleksey Tetenov Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Office 5, Camerata I Office Hours: by appointment +39 011 670 5094 [email protected] www.tetenov.com Course description This course provides an introduction to essential microeconometric tools, combining theory, simulation and empirical examples. Prerequisites Good knowledge of Real Analysis is necessary before taking this course. Some knowledge of Linear Algebra is useful. Grades Final course grade will be based on problem sets, a midterm exam and a final exam. You should work in groups of two or three on the problem sets. Required software MATLAB, including Statistics and Optimization packages. Course topics: • Introduction to MATLAB programming • Asymptotic theory for microeconometrics • Properties of Ordinary Least Squares • Generalized Method of Moments • Bootstrap • Nonparametric estimation 103 ECONOMETRIC THEORY II Spring 2016 Instructor: Cristian Bartolucci Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5271 Office 1, Camerata II [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment sites.google.com/site/cristianbartolucci/ Syllabus: 1) Linear Regression Model: • Review of least Squares Estimation Specification, Matrix Notation, Endogenous Regressors. Short Introduction to MATA • Instrumental Variables • Hypothesis tests and Specification Test: Introduction, Wald test. Likelihood based tests, Bootstrap and Monte Carlo Specific readings: • Wooldridge, J. M. (2010) “Econometric analysis of cross section and panel data”, MIT press, Chapters 2-5 • Angrist J. and A. Krueger (1999), “Empirical Strategies in Labor Economics”, Chapter 23 in O. Ashenfelter and D. Card, eds., The Handbook of Labor Economics, Volume III, North Holland 2) Generalized Method of Moments: • Generalized Method of Moments: General Formulation, Consistency and Asymptotic normality, 2SLS Equivalence • Tests of Overidentifying Restrictions • Optimal Instruments in Conditional Models Specific Readings: • Arellano, M. (2003) “Panel Data Econometrics”, Advanced Texts in Econometrics, Oxford University Press, Appendices A and B • Wooldridge, J. M. (2010). “Econometric analysis of cross section and panel data”, MIT press, Chapter 14 3) Panel data Models: • Static Models: - Unobserved Heterogeneity: Within-Group Estimation - Error Components - Specification Tests 104 7_courses • Dynamic Models: - Autoregressive Models with Individual Effects - Models with lagged dependent variables and fixed effects, Models with predetermined variables and fixed effects Specific Readings • Arellano, M. (2003) “Panel Data Econometrics”, Advanced Texts in Econometrics, Oxford University Press, Chapters 2-4 (static models) and 5-8 (dynamic models) • Wooldridge, J. M. (2010). “Econometric analysis of cross section and panel data”, MIT press, Chapter 9-11 4) Maximum Likelihood: • General formulation intuitions and examples - Censored variables - Duration models - Discrete choice - Heckman selection model Specific Readings: • Wooldridge, J. M. (2010) “Econometric analysis of cross section and panel data”, MIT press, Chapters 13 and 15 • Cameron, A. C., and Trivedi, P. K. (2005) “Microeconometrics: methods and applications”, Cambridge University Press, Chapters 14 to 17 105 Economic Principles Spring 2016 Instructor: Dino Gerardi Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5008 Office 19, Camerata I [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment sites.carloalberto.org/gerardi/ Outline The course will provide a rigorous survey of microeconomic theory. In the first half of the course we will examine the economic behavior of consumers and firms. The second half will be devoted to the study of selected topics: game theory, market failures, information economics and public choice theory. I. Introduction II. Choice Under Certainty (5 lectures) Preferences and Utility (JR 1.2); The Consumer’s Problem (JR 1.3); Indirect Utility and Expenditure Functions (JR 1.4); Properties of Consumer Demand (JR 1.5); Revealed Preference (JR 2.3). III. Choice Under Uncertainty (3 lectures) Objective Probability and Expected Utility (JR 2.4); Subjective Probability (JR 2.4); Risk Aversion (JR 2.4). IV. Theory of the Firm (2 lectures) Production Functions (JR 3.2); Cost Functions (JR 3.3); Profit Maximization (JR 3.5). V. Partial Equilibrium (1 lecture) Perfect Competition (JR 4.1); Equilibrium and Welfare (JR 4.3). VI. General Equilibrium (5 lectures) The Edgeworth Box Exchange Economy (JR 5.1); Exchange Economies (JR 5.2); The Efficiency of Competitive Equilibria (JR 5.2.2); General Equilibrium with Production (JR 5.3); The Core (JR 5.4). VII. Asymmetric Information and Market Failures (2 lectures) Information Economics (JR 8); Externalities; Public Goods. VIII. Game Theory and Imperfect Competition (2 lectures) Monopoly; Game Theory: Static Games (JR 7.2); Game Theory: Dynamic Games (JR 7.3); Oligopoly (JR 4.2); Auctions (JR 9). Textbooks • Geoffrey Jehle and Philip Reny [JR], “Advanced Microeconomic Theory”, 2nd edition, Addison Wesley Pub Co, 2001 • Nicholson W. and Snyder C., “Microeconomic Theory (Basic Principles and Extensions)”, 10th edition, South Western Educational Publishing 106 7_courses economics of financial markets Spring 2016 Instructor: Edoardo Grillo Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Office 4, Camerata I Office Hours: by appointment +39 011 670 5275 [email protected] sites.google.com/site/edoardogrillo/ Description of the Course In this tutorial we will overview some fundamental topics in financial economics. We will start from questions such as: • What is a speculative bubble? What do tulips in the 17th century, radio in 20th century and internet between the 20th and 21st century have in common? • Is it possible to statistically predict the price of a stock and make money? • Why do speculators attack a country/currency? Do they coordinate? Are they always right? • What is the role of collateral in the financial system? What is its role in the propagation of economic shocks? • What are derivatives? Are they useful or harmful for the economy? • How did the mortgage crisis lead to the collapse of Lehman Brothers? In particular, we will address these questions by introducing economic models and by providing a conceptual framework that can also be applied to analyze other relevant issues. Structure of the Class Classes are intended to be interactive. We will read some material in advance and we will start from it in our discussion. Material There is no single textbook for this course and specific references for each topic will be provided before each class. Some interesting (but non-mandatory) books are: “A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing” (Tenth Edition), W. W. Norton & Company, 2012 “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine”, Thorndike Press, 2010 “Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System-and Themselves”, Penguin Books, 2010 107 Economics (Tutorial) Fall 2015 Instructors: Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll and Ignacio Monzón Contact Information for Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5017 Office 15, Camerata I [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment www.carloalberto.org/people/aparicio/ Contact Information for Ignacio Monzón Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5233 Office 13, Camerata I [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment www.carloalberto.org/people/monzon/ Objective of the course In this course, we present an introduction to economic problems and, more importantly, economic reasoning. Our first objective is to illustrate the questions economists aim to answer. We show how economics deals with issues of diverse nature, like: • What explains the reduction in criminality occurred in the last two decades? • Which is the influence of parents on children outcomes? • How is the production of a society distributed? Why do some get more than others? • Why do some people succeed far more than others? • Why are most hockey players born in January? • Why does unemployment occur? Is it avoidable? Our second objective is to describe the methods economists use to answer these widely diverse questions. We will test economic theories both by using real data and designing our own experiments. Structure of the class Students and instructors meet weekly to discuss the contents of the class. Before each meeting, students should read the assigned material, in order to organize the discussion around it. Materials This course will focus on the following books: • Robert L. Heilbroner, “The Worldly Philosophers”, Simon & Schuster, 1999 • Malcolm Gladwell, “Outliers”, Little, Brown and Company, 2008 • Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, “Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything”, William Morrow, 2006 108 7_courses Empirical Industrial Organization Fall 2015 Instructor: Marit Hinnosaar Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5000 Office 3, Camerata I [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment marit.hinnosaar.net Description of the course The course covers selected topics of recent interest in empirical industrial organization, concentrating on demand analysis, entry models, and behavioral industrial organization. The first part of the course discusses static and dynamic demand models, their use in welfare analysis in case of mergers and introduction of new products, and applications of demand models. The second part of the course discusses topics in behavioral industrial organization, namely, time inconsistency and projection bias in consumer behavior. The third part of the course will be devoted to entry models. The final part of the course concentrates on advertising. Requirements Requirements include two components. (1) Problem sets that include programming and estimation exercises. (2) An empirical research project that includes a proposal, in class presentation, and the final project. Evaluation will be based on the problem sets and the research project. Textbooks There is no required textbook for the course. The required reading list consists of articles and will be announced before each class. Tentative list of topics 1. Static demand for differentiated goods (3 lectures) 2. Measuring welfare through demand: new products and mergers (1 lecture) 3. Dynamic demand models: demand for storable goods (2 lectures) 4. Demand for food products (1 lecture) 5. Taste, brand preferences, habit formation (2 lectures) 6. Time inconsistency and consumption (2 lectures) 7. Projection bias (1 lecture) 8. Entry models (2 lectures) 9. Advertising (2 lectures) 109 game theory Spring 2016 Instructor: Dino Gerardi Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5008 Office 19, Camerata I [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment sites.carloalberto.org/gerardi/ Outline The course will provide a mathematical treatment of choice under uncertainty and game theory. We will develop and solve formal models of strategic interactions among economic agents. We will consider several economic applications, such as imperfect competition, auctions, public goods and bargaining. I. Introduction II. Decision Theory Dominance, beliefs and “Never Weak Best Response” strategies. III. Strategic Form Games Dominance, Nash equilibrium, mixed strategies. IV. Extensive Form Games Corresponding strategic forms, behavioral strategies, backwards induction, subgame perfect equilibrium. V. Games of Incomplete Information Normal-form representation of static games of incomplete information, Bayesian Nash equilibrium, perfect Bayesian equilibrium. VI. Repeated Games Folk theorems. VII. Mechanism Design Design of the optimal auction, the revenue equivalence theorem. Textbooks • Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein, “A Course in Game Theory”, The MIT Press • Martin J. Osborne, “An Introduction to Game Theory”, Oxford University Press • Roger B. Myerson, “Game Theory”, Harvard University Press • Macho Stadler and Perez Castillo, “An Introduction to the Economics of Information”, Oxford University Press, 2001, 2nd edition • Mas-Collel, Whinston and Green, “Microeconomic Theory”, Oxford University Press 110 7_courses General Equilibrium Theory January-February 2016 Instructor: Andrea Gallice Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5287 Office 1, Camerata I [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment www.andreagallice.eu Objective of the course The course introduces and explores general equilibrium theory and the welfare properties of competitive equilibria. Contents 1. Introduction: some history of GET, partial vs. general equilibrium, revision of basic microeconomic concepts (preferences, utility maximization, production, profit maximization) 2. A first example of GE: a pure exchange economy 3. A second example of GE: a one-consumer, one-producer economy 4. Competitive equilibria and the first and second fundamental theorem of welfare 5. Existence, uniqueness and stability of the equilibrium 6. The core 7. GE under uncertainty: the Arrow-Debreu equilibrium Exam There will be no final exam. A number of problem sets will be distributed during the course. The final mark will be a convex combination of the marks the student obtains in the problem sets and of the student’s participation in class. Textbook Mas-Colell, A., Whinston, M.D. and Green, J. R., “Microeconomic Theory”, OUP, 1995 111 Intermediate Mathematics Fall 2015 Instructor: Elena Vigna Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5014 Office 10, Camerata III [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment web.econ.unito.it/gma/elena.htm Course description This is an introductory course on ordinary differential equations with some applications. Fundamental prerequisites are elementary calculus and linear algebra. The main objective of the course is to become familiar with a wide range of ordinary differential equations, which typically arise in economic and financial modelling, and to be able to approach them and solve the easiest ones. Although elementary integration should be part of basic calculus, I will nevertheless give an adequate introduction to Riemann integrals, before starting with the core topics of the course. Complex numbers will also be introduced as preliminary material for the course. Thus, the course will consist of two main parts: preliminaries (integrals and complex numbers) and ordinary differential equations. Problem Sets A number of problem sets will be assigned after the completion of each main part. The problem sets are intended to help students to familiarize with the introduced techniques, in preparation for the final exam: assignments will not be collected and marked. Exam There will be a final exam at the end of the course (in the first or second week of December). Course outline 1. Preliminaries (a) Riemann integrals 1. Introduction: the integral as an area 2. Analytic definition of the integral 3. Characterization of integrable functions 4. Class of integrable functions and properties of integrals 5. The mean value theorem for integrals 6. The fundamental theorem of calculus 7. Elementary integrals 8. Integration techniques: integration by substitution and by parts, integration of rational functions 9. Some results on elementary functions that can be integrated explicitly 10. Integrals dependent on one parameter: continuity and differentiability 112 7_courses (b) Complex numbers 1. Algebraic form and polar form of complex numbers 2. De Moivre’s formula and the roots of a complex number 3. Exponential form of complex numbers and Euler formulae 4. The fundamental theorem of algebra 2. Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) (a) Preliminary examples: population models (b) Definitions and terminology: n-th order differential equations and systems of ODEs (c) The initial-value problem (IVP) or Cauchy problem (d) The existence and uniqueness theorem for the IVP (e) Solution of some common first-order ODEs: linear, exact differential, separable, homogeneous equations, Bernoulli, Riccati (f) Linear differential equations: general solution of homogeneous and complete linear ODE (g) Solution of some common higher order ODEs: linear differential equations with constant coefficients, Euler equations Textbooks For the preliminaries: • Courant R., Fritz, J. “Introduction to Calculus and Analysis” vol. I, reprint of the 1989 ed., Springer, Berlin, 1999 • Rudin W., “Principles of Mathematical Analysis”, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1976 For ordinary differential equations: • Boyce W.E., Di Prima R.C., “Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems”, Wiley, New York, 1977 • Braun M., “Differential Equations and Their Applications”, Springer Verlag, New York, 1978 • Coddington E.A., “An Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations”, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1981 • Rainville E.D., Bedient P.E., “Elementary Differential Equations”, Mac Millan, New York, 1974 • Reiss E.L., Callegari A.J., Ahluwalia D.S., “Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications”, Holt Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1976 • Ross S.L., “Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations”, Wiley, New York, 1989 113 International economics Spring 2016 Instructors: Alessandro Barattieri Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Office 8, Camerata I Office Hours: by appointment +39 011 670 5072 [email protected] sites.google.com/site/barattierialessandro/ Course Description This is an 11 weeks, 22 hours course in international economics. We will start with an introduction to some key international trade models, and then move on to international macro models. We will also explore some topics related to the rising field of international trade and macroeconomics, as well as to the macroeconomics of Europe. Evaluation There will be 2 problem sets, both worth 25% of the final grade, and a final exam, worth 50% of the final grade. Material These three books will prove to be useful. We will also use some articles. • Ostfeld, Maurice and Kenneth Rogoff. Foundation of International Macroeconomics. MIT press, 1996. (OR) • Krugman, Paul R., Maurice Obstfeld, and Marc Melitz. International Economics: Theory and Policy, 10th edition, Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2014. (KOM) • Feenstra, Robert E., Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence, Princeton University Press, 2004. (FE) Course outline FIRST PART: INTERNATIONAL TRADE 1) Introduction + Ricardian Models of Trade • KOM Ch. 3 • FE pp 2-4 • Dornbusch, R., S. Fisher and P.A. Samuelson (1977) Comparative advantage, trade, and payments in a Ricardian model with a continuum of goods, AER 67, 823-839 2) Hescker-Ohlin Models of Trade • KOM Ch. 5 • FE pp 4-26, 31-61 3) Krugman and the New Trade Theory • KOM Ch. 8.1-8.2 • FE 137-144, 163-167 • Krugman, P.R. (1979) “Increasing returns, monopolistic competition, and international trade”, JIE, 9, 469-479 114 7_courses 4) Firms Heterogeneity: the New-New Trade Theory (2 weeks) • Melitz, M.J. (2003) “The impact of trade on intra-industry reallocations and aggregate industry productivity”, ECMA 71, 1695-1725 • Bernard, A.B., S. Redding and P. Schott, (2007) “Comparative Advantage and Heterogeneous Firms,” RES 74: 31-66 • Helpman, E., M. Melitz and Y. Rubinstein, (2008) “Trading Partners and Trading Volumes,” QJE 123: 441-487 • Helpman, E., M.J. Melitz and S.R. Yeaple (2004), “Export versus FDI with Heterogeneous Firms,” AER, 300-316 • Melitz, M.J. et G.I.P. Ottaviano (2008) “Market size, trade, and productivity”, RES 75, 295-316 SECOND PART: INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS 5) Current Account Dynamics • Obstfeld, M., and K. Rogoff, 1996, Ch. 1 • Barattieri, A. (2014): “Comparative Advantage, Service Trade, and Global Imbalances”, JIE, Vol. 92, 2014, pages 1-13 6) International Real Business Cycle • Backus, D. K., P. J. Kehoe, and F. E. Kydland (1992): “International Real Business Cycles,” JPE 100: 745-775 • Backus, D. K., P. J. Kehoe, and F. E. Kydland (1994): “Dynamics of the Trade Balance and the Terms of Trade: The J Curve?”AER 84: 84-103 7) Exchange Rate Dynamics • KOM Ch 14, 15, 16 • Engel, C. M., and West, K. (2005): “Exchange Rates and Fundamentals”, JPE,113(3): 485:517 8) Macroeconomic Interdependence Under Sticky Prices • KOM, Ch. 17 • OR Ch. 10 9) International Trade and Macroeconomics • Ghironi, F., and M. J. Melitz (2005): “International Trade and Macroeconomic Dynamics with Heterogeneous Firms,” QJE 120: 865-915 10) Interactions between Fiscal and Monetary Policy • KOM, Ch. 21 • Farhi, E., G. Gopinath and O. Itskhoki (2014): “Fiscal Devaluations,” RES, 81(2): 725-760 Journals Legend AER: American Economic Review QJE: Quarterly Journal of Economics JPE: Journal of Political Economy ECMA: Econometrica RES: Review of Economic Studies JIE: Journal of International Economics 115 Introduction to Algorithms Spring 2016 Instructors: Alfredo Braunstein and Luca Dall’Asta Contact Information for Alfredo Braunstein Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5203 Office 1, Camerata III [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment areeweb.polito.it/ricerca/cmp/people/ab Contact Information for Luca Dall’Asta Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5023 Office 4, Camerata III [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment areeweb.polito.it/ricerca/cmp/people/da Course Description This course provides a hands-on introduction to some key mathematical problems that can be solved thanks to a computer, and to the techniques that allow to do it. The course will start with an introduction to graph theory and optimization problems defined on a graph, and classical and/or general approaches to deal with them. A significant part of the time will be spent writing programs to solve practical examples of the above problems. This will give us the opportunity to discuss some “ancillary” topics, covering the basics of effective programming (illustrated with python) and some general concepts and techniques. Course outline MAIN TOPICS: • Dynamic Programming and examples • Graphs: Definitions • Computing connected components • Bipartite graphs • Shortest paths • Spanning trees • Sorting ANCILLARY TOPICS: • Introduction to python and programming • Control structures • Functions • Data structures 116 7_courses Macroeconomics Spring 2016 Instructor: Filippo Taddei Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Office 8, Camerata I Office Hours: by appointment +39 011 6705072 [email protected] sites.google.com/site/filippotaddei/ Course Description This is an advanced macroeconomics course, comparable to 1st year PhD level. The objective is to familiarize students with a number of tools relevant to the understanding of the relationship between macroeconomics and the credit markets. We then apply these concepts to topics relevant to macroeconomics and international finance. Remain up to date: check your email regularly. Problem Sets There will be 4 problem sets assigned throughout the course. Problem sets must be submitted and there are no late submissions: no submission implies a 5% penalty on the total final score. Grading There will be a single midterm and final exam in May. The grade will be determined by: • midterm (30%) • final exam (60%) • bad day insurance (10%) to be added to max (final exam, midterm) Failure to complete the final exam will result in a failing grade. Failure to complete the midterm will lead to zero being assigned for that evaluation. There are no make-up exams or alternative dates. Attending Class You are strongly encouraged to attend all classes. TOPICS 1. GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM - AN OVERVIEW • Mas-Colell, A., and Whinston, M. and Green, J., “Microeconomic Theory”, Oxford University Press, 1995 • Bewley, T., “General equilibrium, overlapping generations models, and optimal growth theory”, Harvard University Press, 2007 2. OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS MODEL AND GROWTH • Acemoglu, D., “Introduction to Modern Economic Growth”, Princeton University Press, 2009, Chapter 9 • Barro, R., “Are government bonds net wealth?,” Journal of Political Economy, 1095-1117, 1984 • Bewley, T., “General equilibrium, overlapping generations models, and optimal growth theory”, Harvard University Press, 2007, Chapters 9-10 117 • Blanchard, O., and Fischer, S., Lectures on macroeconomics, MIT Press, 1989, Chapter 3 • Diamond, P., “National debt in a neoclassical growth model”, American Economic Review, 11261150, 1965 • Samuelson, P. “An exact consumption-loan model of interest with or without the social contrivance of money”, Journal of Political Economy, 467-482, 1958 • Tirole, J., “Asset Bubbles and Overlapping Generations,”1985, Econometrica, 53, pp. 1499-1528 3. CREDIT MARKETS IMPERFECTIONS AND ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION • Azariadis, C., and Smith, B., “Adverse selection in the overlapping generations model: the case of pure exchange,” Journal of Economic Theory, 60, 277-305, 1993 • Azariadis, C., and Smith, B., “Financial intermediation and regime switching in business cycles”, American Economic Review, 88, 516-536, 1998 • Bencivenga, V. and Smith, B. “Some consequences of credit rationing in an endogenous growth model,” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 17, 97-122, 1993 • Bernanke, B., and Gertler, M., “Agency Costs, Net Worth and Business Fluctuations,” American Economic Review, 79, 14-31, 1989 • De Meza, D. and Webb, D., “Too much Investment: a problem Of Asymmetric Information”, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 102, 281-292, 1987 • Holmström, B., and Tirole, J., “Private and public supply of liquidity,” Journal of Political Economy, 106, 1-40, 1998 • Kiyotaki, N., and Moore, J., “Credit Cycles”, Journal of Political Economy, 105, 211-248, 1997 • Reichlin, P., “Credit markets and the Macroeconomy,” in Bhattacharya, S., Boot, A. and Thakor, A. (eds.), Credit, Intermediation and the Macroeconomy-Readings and Perspectives in Modern Financial Theory, Oxford University Press (2004) • Stiglitz, J., and Weiss, A., “Credit rationing in markets with imperfect information,” American Economic Review, 71, 393-410, 1981 4. FINANCIAL FRICTIONS, GLOBALIZATION AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS • Caballero, R., and Krishnamurthy, A., “International and domestic collateral constraints in a model of emerging market crises,” Journal of Monetary Economics, 48, 513-48, 2001 • Caballero, R. and Krishnamurthy, A., “Global Imbalances and Financial Fragility”, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 99, 584-588, 2009 • Caballero, R. and Krishnamurthy, A., “Bubbles and Capital Flow Volatility: Causes and Risk Management”, January 2006, Journal Monetary of Economics, 53, 35-53, 2006 • Caballero, R., “The “Other Imbalance and the Financial Crises”, 2010, NBER Working Paper No. 15636 • Martin, A. and Taddei, F. (2013), “International Capital Flows and Credit Market Imperfections: a Tale of Two Frictions”, Journal of International Economics • Martin, A. and Ventura, J. (2012), “Economic Growth with Bubbles”, American Economic Review • Matsuyama, K., “Financial Market Globalization, Symmetry-Breaking and Endogenous Inequality of Nations”, 2004, Econometrica, 72(3), pp. 853-884 118 7_courses 5. ADDRESSING GLOBAL IMBALANCES: THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL REFORM • Caballero, R., E. Farhi, and Gourinchas, P., (2008), “An equilibrium model of ‘global imbalances’ and low interest rates,” American Economic Review 98, 358-93 • Gourinchas, P., and Jeanne, O., “Capital flows to developing countries: the allocation puzzle,” mimeo, Berkeley, 2009 • Hsieh, C. and Klenow, P., “Misallocation and manufacturing TFP in China and India,” Quarterly Journal of Economics 124, 1403-1448, 2009 • Martin, A. and Ventura, J., “Financial reform and capital flows: insights from general equilibrium,” mimeo, CREI, 2012 • Song, Z., K. Storesletten and Zilibotti, F., “Growing like China,” American Economic Review 101, 196-233, 2011 • Prasad, E., R. Rajan, and Subramanian, A., “Foreign capital and economic growth,” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 153-209, 2007 119 Mathematics for Economics (INTRODUCTORY COURSE) Introductory course Instructor: Pierpaolo De Blasi Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 6705282 Office 8, Camerata III [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment sites.google.com/a/carloalberto.org/pdeblasi/teaching Course Description The purpose of this course is to provide basic mathematical tools used in macro and microeconomics. Knowledge of elementary calculus is assumed. The main topics are linear algebra and multivariate calculus. Problem sets will be assigned throughout the course; some of them will be solved in the afternoon problem sessions. I will not collect these assignments, however, I recommend trying to solve them prior to the problem sessions. Attendance to all classes is mandatory. Schedule The course will take place during the last week of August and the first two weeks of September, for a total of 30 hours. Exam There will be a final examination during the third week of September, consisting of a series of problems to be solved in 3 hours time. No lecture material will be allowed (closed-book exam). Course Outline I. Linear algebra • Elements of vector and matrix algebra L ch I.1-I.4, II.1-II.2, II.5 SB ch 10.1-10.4, 8.1-8.4 • Systems of linear equations L ch II.3-II.6 SB ch 7.1-7.3 • Vector spaces, linear independence and basis L ch III.1-III.5 SB ch 11.1-11.3, 27.1-27.2, 27.6 • Rank, linear mappings and kernel L ch III.6, IV.1-IV.5 SB ch 7.4, 13.3, 27.3-27.5 • Determinant L ch VII.1-VII.5 SB ch 9.1-9.2, 26.1-26.3 • Eigenvectors, eigenvalues and symmetric matrices L ch VIII.1, VIII.2 SB ch 23.1-23.3, 23.7, 23.8 120 7_courses II. Calculus of several variables • Limits and open sets in Rm • Functions of several variables • Continuous functions, derivatives and differentials • Implicit Function Theorem • Mean Value Theorem and higher-order derivatives SB ch 12.2-12.5 SB ch 13.1-13.3, 13.5, 16.1-16.2 SB ch 13.4, 14.1-14.6 SB ch 15.1, 15.2 SB ch 14.8, 30.1-30.3, 21.1-21.2 Textbooks • Lecture Notes at https://sites.google.com/a/carloalberto.org/pdeblasi/teaching • Lang, S., “Introduction to Linear Algebra” (2 edn), Springer, 1986 • Simon, C. P. and Blume L., “Mathematics for Economists”, W. W. Norton & Company, 1994 121 Measure Theory Fall 2015 Instructor: Bernardo Nipoti Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5023 Office 4, Camerata III [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment sites.google.com/a/carloalberto.org/nipoti/ Course Description The course introduces the theory of Lebesgue integration. After defining appropriate structures of sets such as algebras, semi-algebras and sigma-algebras, we provide the notion of Lebesgue-Stieltjes measures, and their construction from semi-algebras to sigma-algebras. We then constructively define integrals with respect to a Lebesgue-Stieltjes measure and state their most relevant properties. The relationship with classical Riemann integration and the connection with probability theory are also examined. Exam Written exam at the end of the course. Course Outline • classes of subsets: algebras, semi-algebras, sigma-algebras, monotone classes • measures: definition and properties; finite-additivity and sigma-additivity; construction of measures on sigma-algebras; completions of measures; Lebesgue-Stieltjes measures • measurable functions • Lebesgue-Stieltjes integrals: construction and properties • convergence theorems • null-measure sets and properties holding almost everywhere • comparison with Riemann integration • Radon-Nikodym’s theorem Textbooks Detailed lecture notes will be provided. Some reference books are: • Folland, G.B., “Real analysis”, Wiley, 1999 • Royden, H.L., “Real analysis”, Prentice Hall, 1988 122 7_courses Microeconomics Fall 2015 Instructor: Ignacio Monzón Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5233 Office 13, Camerata I [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment sites.google.com/site/imonzon Introduction This class presents a formal analysis of microeconomic theory focused on decision theory, consumption, production, aggregation, and choice under uncertainty. The objective pursued is to introduce, carefully and in depth, the analytical tools used in microeconomic theory. The introduction of these topics in a meticulous way serves the following purposes. First, mastering the theory of consumption and production is fundamental to understand (and work on) applied and theoretical labor economics, public economics or industrial organization. Consequently, students interested in these topics should invest in learning microeconomic theory. Second, the theory of choice under uncertainty permeates all economic research. In particular, uncertainty plays a key part in game theory, which is introduced in its own course in the fall semester. Third, the microeconomic theory of consumption and production is used in international economics and macroeconomics. Specifically, this class tackles the issue of aggregation: it analyses under which conditions we can focus on aggregate entities and disregard the individual problem. Last but not least, microeconomic theory is fascinating by itself: it deals on how to build simple models that capture our intuition to study complex phenomena. Prerequisites This class builds on prior exposure to economic concepts and to mathematical reasoning. Regarding mathematics, as a guide, traditional mathematics sequences in multivariable calculus and some real analysis should suffice. There are concepts used in this class, however, that are not covered in such sequences. These concepts are introduced as needed. It is, therefore, necessary for students to have enough mathematical ability to acquire the necessary knowledge “on the fly”. Required prior exposure to economics is at a similar level. An intermediate course on microeconomics would be a good background. Yet, students whose economics is limited to one introductory and one intermediate microeconomics courses may find both the material and the pace of this course rather daunting. Requirements and Grading Formal requirements for the course include regular attendance and participation in lectures, weekly problem sets, a midterm exam and a final exam. Problem sets are demanding, mandatory and an essential part of the course. Problem sets’ solutions provide students with a guide on how well they are grasping the material on a “real time” basis. Students are 123 encouraged to work in groups on the problem sets. However, students should understand the material on their own, and hand in their own problem sets. The course grade is determined by the midterm, the final and the problem sets. No late submissions of problem sets are accepted. There are no make-up exams or alternative dates. To account for possible unexpected problems, the lowest grade in a problem set will be dropped. There are three possible grades in each problem set, (+), which corresponds to 10/10, (√), which corresponds to 7/10 and (-), which corresponds to 4/10. If the problem set is not handed in the corresponding grade is 0/10. The final grade will be a combination of the problem sets grades (15%), the midterm exam grade (40%) and the final exam grade (45%). Textbooks The main text for the course is: • Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston and Jerry R. Green, “Microeconomic Theory”, Oxford University Press, 1995 (MWG) Alternative textbooks that students might also find useful are: • Hal R. Varian, “Microeconomic Analysis”, W.W. Norton & Co., 1992 • Geoffrey Jehle and Philip Reny, “Advanced Microeconomic Theory”, Addison Wesley, 2000 • Rubinstein, Ariel, Lecture Notes in Microeconomic Theory, 2007 (available online at: http:// arielrubinstein.tau.ac.il/Rubinstein2007.pdf) Material: We will cover chapters 1 through 6 of MWG. Remain up to date: check my webpage regularly. 124 7_courses Models and Algorithms Fall 2015 Instructors: Alfredo Braunstein and Luca Dall’Asta Contact Information for Alfredo Braunstein Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5203 Office 1, Camerata III [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment areeweb.polito.it/ricerca/cmp/people/ab Contact Information for Luca Dall’Asta Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5023 Office 4, Camerata III [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment areeweb.polito.it/ricerca/cmp/people/da Course Description This course concerns “complicated” probability distributions, involving many variables with non-trivial correlations. The problems of generating samples from such a distribution and computing the average of some functions over it will be discussed, as well as their solution thanks to the Monte Carlo technique and the connection with optimization. We will also investigate some properties of random graphs. A significant part of the time will be spent writing programs to solve practical examples of the above problems. This will give us the opportunity to discuss some “ancillary” topics, covering the basics of effective programming (illustrated with Matlab) and some general concepts and techniques. Course outline MAIN TOPICS: • Random graphs and their properties: percolation, k-cores, loops, etc. • Simulated annealing • Branch-and-bound • Markov Chains • Detailed balance, Metropolis algorithm • Ergodicity • Sampling and average computations • Accelerated algorithms, importance sampling, rejectionless Monte Carlo • Examples and applications ANCILLARY TOPICS: • Pseudo-random numbers • Numerical precision 125 Optimization for Economics Fall 2015 Instructor: Bertrand Lods Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto Office 6, Camerata III Office Hours: by appointment +39 011 670 5238 [email protected] sites.google.com/site/bertrandlods/ Description The goal of this course is to provide students with mathematical tools that are necessary for understanding modern economics, doing research or practical work. The object of study in this course - the problem of finding an optimal course of actions subject to feasibility constraints - appears in almost every subfield of economics, the theory of firm, consumption choice problem, macroeconomics, industrial organization, labor economics, just to name a few. The art of solving such problems, however, is usually “too applied” to find space in a purely mathematical curriculum. In this course, the emphasis will be put on the theory of constrained optimization but we aim to provide an integrated treatment that relates the mathematical theory to economics. During the lectures, the theory and mathematical background will be presented and typical problems will be solved. Prerequisites The course syllabus assumes a good command of single variable calculus and linear algebra. Requirements Formal course requirements include attendance of the lectures, a midterm and a final exam. Outline 1. Unconstrained optimization: necessary conditions and sufficient conditions for optima 2. Constrained optimization: lagrangean function and multiplier 3. Comparative statics: maximum theorem, implicit function and its derivative, envelope theorem Textbook C. Simon and L. Blume, “Mathematics for economists”, W.W. Norton & Co. 1994 126 7_courses political economics Spring 2016 Instructor: Edoardo Grillo Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Office 4, Camerata I Office Hours: by appointment +39 011 670 5275 [email protected] sites.google.com/site/edoardogrillo/ Description of the Course Political economics is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on the interactions between political institutions, economic agents and legal systems. The primary goal of this course is to provide a formal and rigorous analysis of key topics in political economics and to provide answers to policy-relevant questions, such as: • Under which conditions does a society that decides through majoritarian voting make coherent decisions? • How does electoral competition affect taxation, public-good provision and other redistributive policies? • How does bargaining power affect the allocation of a fixed surplus between two parties? • How does the outcome of legislative bargaining change as we modify the bargaining protocol (closed vs. open amendment rule)? • To what extent can lobbies affect politicians’ decisions in their own favor? A secondary goal is to provide students with a tool-kit they can use to further advance their understanding of this field. Course Outline 1.Introduction (½ class) 2.Social Choice Theory (2 and ½ classes) 2.1. Arrow’s impossibility theorem 2.2. Majoritarian voting: single-peakedness and single-crossing 3.Electoral Competition and Voting (3 classes) 3.1. Downsian electoral model 3.2. Probabilistic voting model 3.3. Partisan politicians and citizen-candidate models 4.Redistribution and Electoral Competition (3 classes) 4.1. Income-based redistribution: distortionary taxation and electoral incentives 4.2. Age-based redistribution: pension systems in a model with overlapping generations 4.3. Labor-based redistribution: unemployment benefits and labor market regulations 5.Bargaining (2 classes) 5.1. Bargaining between two agents: Rubinstein’s model 5.2. Legislative bargaining: Baron and Farejohn’s model 6.Lobbying (2 classes) 7.Additional Topics (if time remains, we will cover some of these topics. Students are encouraged to suggest different topics) 7.1. Political Transitions: Acemoglu and Robinson’s model 7.2. The Effect of the Electoral Rule on the Size of Government 7.3. The paradox of abstention: Palfrey and Rosenthal’s model 127 References and Course Material The essential references for each topic are listed below (additional, non-mandatory references may be suggested during the course). 1. Social Choice Theory • Mas-Colell, A., Whinston, D. W., and Green, J.R., 1995, “Microeconomic Theory”, New York, Oxford University Press, Chapter 21 • Gans, J. S., and Smart, M., 1996, “Majority Voting with Single-Crossing Preferences”, Journal of Public Economics, 59(2), pp. 219-237 2. Electoral Competition • Persson, T., and Tabellini, G., 2002, “Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy”, Cambridge, The MIT Press, Chapter 3 • Downs, A., 1957, “An Economic Theory of Democracy”, New York, Harper and Row • Lindbeck, A., and Weibull, J., 1987, “Balanced-budget redistribution as the outcome of political economy”, Public Choice, 52, pp. 273-297 • Osborne, M.J., and Slivinsky, A., 1996, “A model of political competition with citizencandidates”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 111, pp 65-96 • Besley, T., and Coate, S., 1997, “An economic model of representative democracy”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 112, pp. 98-114 3. Redistribution • Persson, T., and Tabellini, G., 2002, “Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy”, Cambridge, The MIT Press, Chapter 6 • Meltzer, A. H., and Richard, S. F., “A Rational Theory of the Size of Government”, 89(51), 914-927, 1981 • Saint-Paul, G., 1993, “On the Political Economy of Labor Market Flexibility”, NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1193, 8, pp. 151-196 • Saint-Paul, G., Bean, R. C. and Bertola, G., 1996, “Exploring the Political Economy of Labor Market Institutions”, Economic Policy, 11(23), pp. 263-315 4. Bargaining • Rubinstein, A., 1982, “Perfect Equilibrium in a Bargaining Model”, Econometrica, 50(1), pp. 97-110 • Baron, D. P., and Farejohn, J. A., 1989, “Bargaining in Legislatures”, American Political Science Review, 83(4), pp. 1181-1206 5. Lobbying • Persson, T., and Tabellini, G., 2002, “Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy”, Cambridge, The MIT Press, Chapter 7 • Grossman, G., and Helpman, E., 1996 “Protection for Sale”, American Economic Review, 84, pp. 833-850 • Grossman, G., and Helpman, E., 1996 “Electoral Competition and special interest politics”, Review of Economics Studies, 63, pp. 265-286 6. Additional Topics • Acemoglu, D., and Robinson, J. A., 2001, “A Theory of Political Transitions”, American Economic Review, 91(4), pp. 938-963 • Persson, T., and Tabellini, G., 1999, “The Size and Scope of Government: Comparative Politics with Rational Politicians”, European Economic Review, 43(4-6), pp. 699-735 • Palfrey, T. R., and Rosenthal, H., 1983, “A Strategic Calculus of Voting”, Public Choice, 41, pp. 7-53 • Palfrey, T. R., and Rosenthal, H., 1985, “Voter Participation and Strategic Uncertainty”, American Political Science Review, 79(1), pp. 62-78 Grading and Course Requirements Your final grade will be a weighted average of problem sets (30%) and a final exam (70%). 128 7_courses Probability Spring 2016 Instructor: Antonio Lijoi Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 0382 986220 Office [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment economia.unipv.it/alijoi Course description The course offers a broad overview of some standard topics in theoretical probability. Students will be introduced to probabilistic tools and models that are routinely used in a wide variety of research areas ranging from Statistics to Econometrics, Mathematical Finance to Economics. After dealing with some basic elements on random variables and random sequences, lectures will focus on their main core, namely conditional expectation and martingales. As a prerequisite, students are assumed to know the contents of an introductory course in measure theory. Topics • Events and classes of events. Probability spaces • Limits of sequences of events and the first Borel-Cantelli lemma • Random variables. Distributions functions and existence of random variables with a given distribution functions. Random vectors. Generated sigma-algebras. Sequences of random variables. Examples • Independence. The second Borel-Cantelli lemma. Tail sigma-algebra and the Kolmogorov 0-1 law • Expectation. Inequalities: Markov, Jensen, Schwarz and Hölder. L^2 spaces. Uniform integrability • Conditional expectation. Definition and properties. Conditional expectation as leastsquares best predictor. Regular conditional probabilites. Examples • Martingales. Stopping times. Stopped submartingales and supermartingales. Doob’s optional stopping theorem • Doob’s upcrossing lemma and convergence theorem Grading There will be a single final exam consisting of a written test in which students will be asked to provide solutions to a set of exercises. Textbooks • Williams, D., “Probability with martingales”, Cambridge University Press, 1991 • Resnick, S., “A probability path”, Birkhäuser, Boston, 1998 129 QUANTITATIVE AND NUMERICAL ECONOMICS Fall 2015 Instructor: Pietro Garibaldi Contact Information Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 670 5204 Office 1-5, Floor 1 [email protected] Office Hours: by appointment sites.carloalberto.org/garibaldi Description The course is an introduction to NUMERICAL methods in economics. The course will introduce students to the key NUMERICAL techniques used in contemporary quantitative economics: Stochastic difference equations, non linear models, Dynamic programming, Markov chains and other tools used for solving Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium models. The main example will be from macroeconomics but the same tools can be used in the field of economics. The spirit of the course is to acquaint students with the fact that contemporary economics relies heavily on computer power. The main language used in the application is Python, a popular Open source computer language that is now increasingly applied in economics. Knowledge of the programming language is not essential but some background in basic programming will be an advantage. DSGE models will also be solved with the help of Dynare, an open source application for Matlab and Octave. Main References Sargent and Stachursky, “Quantitative Economics” freely available at www.quant-econ.net Miaja, “Economics Dynamics in Discrete Time”, Mit Press, 2014 130 7_courses theory of the firm Fall 2015 Instructor: Toomas Hinnosaar Contact information Collegio Carlo Alberto Office 7, Camerata I Office Hours: by appointment +39 011 670 5091 [email protected] toomas.hinnosaar.net Description of the Course Industrial organization extends the theory of the firm by analyzing market frictions, imperfect competition, limited information, and regulations. In the first part of the course we will study behavior of monopolies: how they set prices in static and dynamic settings, what are the optimal ways to sell products, how they choose product quality, and how monopolies can affect social welfare. In the second part we extend the analysis to multiple firms and study the behavior of oligopolies. The major interest is in different forms of competition and collusion. In the third part, we extend the analysis to the situations where the buyers are boundedly rational: for example, how to treat buyers who are unable to make very complex comparisons. The final part of the course takes a more general view and uses mechanism design to discuss which allocations are generally implementable and what kind of institutions deliver the optimum. Topics 1. Monopoly: pricing, durable goods, product selection, quality, advertising, product differentiation, price discrimination 2. Oligopoly: static models of competition, dynamic models of competition, competition with differentiated products, vertical differentiation, monopolistic competition, entry, search, sales 4. Bounded rationality: rational buyer model, quacks, obfuscation 5. Mechanism design: institution-free approach Requirements Requirements include weekly problem sets, a midterm (40%), and a final exam (60%). Textbooks Main text: 1. Jean Tirole. The Theory of Industrial Organization. The MIT Press, January 1988 For some of the topics we will use chapters from: 2. Xavier Vives, “Oligopoly Pricing: Old Ideas and New Tools”, The MIT Press, March 2000 3. Rakesh Vohra and Lakshman Krishnamurthi, “Principles of Pricing: An Analytical Approach”, Cambridge University Press, 1 edition, March 2012 4. Ran Spiegler, “Bounded Rationality and Industrial Organization”, Oxford University Press, USA, 1 edition, February 2011 131 132 8_faculty Director Pietro Garibaldi Program Coordinators Igor Prünster, Filippo Taddei Faculty Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll Julyan Arbel Alessandro Barattieri Cristian Bartolucci Dino Gerardi Edoardo Grillo Marit Hinnosaar Toomas Hinnosaar Ignacio Monzón Aleksey Tetenov Adjunct Faculty Fabio Bagliano Alfredo Braunstein Luca Dall’Asta Pierpaolo De Blasi Stefano Favaro Andrea Gallice Pietro Garibaldi Antonio Lijoi Bertrand Lods Bernardo Nipoti Igor Prünster Filippo Taddei Elena Vigna Administrative Coordinator Federica Gai Development and Placement Officer Cristiana Moretti 133 Curriculum Vitae Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll August 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 6705017 Via Real Collegio, 30 [email protected] 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy www.carloalberto.org/people/aparicio/ Academic Position and Professional Affiliation 2010-current Assistant Professor, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2013-current Research Fellow, IZA 2010-current Research Fellow, CHILD 2010-2012 Research Affiliate, IZA Education 2007-10 Ph.D. in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Thesis Supervisor: Libertad González Luna Dissertation Title: “The Spanish Labor Market: Temporary Employment, Immigration and the Construction Boom” 2009 Visiting Ph.D. Student, Columbia University (April 2009) 2008-09 Visiting Ph.D. Student, Toulouse School of Economics (Sept. 2008-Jan. 2009) 2004-05 First and Second year Ph.D. courses in Economics, Universidad Carlos III 1999-04 Undergraduate degree in Economics, Universidad de Murcia, Average grade: A Research Interests Labor, Education, Migration and Family Economics, Applied Econometrics Fellowships, Grants and Honors 2007-10 Spanish Ministry of Education Fellowship for Graduate Studies 2007 Advanced Studies Diploma, Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2007 Catalan Government Fellowship for Graduate Studies 2006-07 Fellowship for Graduate Studies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2005-06 Ramón Areces Foundation Fellowship for Graduate Studies 2004-05 Fellowship for Graduate Studies, Universidad Carlos III 2004 Undergraduate Studies Extraordinary Award, Universidad de Murcia 2003-04 Research Assistantship, Department of Applied Economics, Universidad de Murcia Publications • “The Effect of Product Market Competition on Job Security,” Labour Economics, Volume 35, August 2015, Pages 145-159 • “Fostering Household Formation: Evidence from a Spanish Rental Subsidy” (with Veruska Oppedisano), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions, 2015, vol. 15, issue 1 • “Working Women and Fertility: The Role of Grandmothers Labor Force Participation” (with Marian Vidal-Fernandez), CESifo Economic Studies (2015) 61 (1): 123-147 • “Does Foreign Language Prociency Foster Migration of Young Individuals within the European Union?” (with Zoe Kuehn), The Economics of Language Policy, edited by BengtArne Wickstroemand Michele Gazzola, MIT Press, forthcoming 134 8_faculty Teaching 2010-15 Collegio Carlo Alberto Instructor: Tutorial in Economics, Applied Economics 2006-09 Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Department of Economics and Business. Instructor: Computer tools, STATA (Master). Teaching Assistant: Labor Economics, Human Resources, Wage Setting Systems, Public Finance, Introduction to Economics (undergraduate) 2005-06 Universidad de Murcia, Department of Applied Economics. Instructor: Labor Economics (undergraduate) 2004-06 Universidad Carlos III, Department of Economics. Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Macroeconomics, Introduction to Microeconomics, Spanish Economy (undergraduate) Conference Presentations 2014-15 XXVII Symposium of Economic Analysis, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; COMPIE Workshop, Rome, Italy; Vilfredo Pareto Conference, Torino; ICEEE-6th conference, Salerno, Italy; 4th Joint SOLE/EALE meeting, Montreal; 14th IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists, Buch an Ammersee, Germany; Workshop on Health and the Labour Market, Molskroen, Denmark 2013-14 Children’s Health, Well-Being, and Human Capital Formation Workshop, Barcelona GSE Summer Forum; ESPE Conference, Braga 2012-13 XXVII Symposium of Economic Analysis, Santander, Spain; MILLS Workshop, Milan, Italy; NORFACE Conference, London, UK; RES Meeting, London, UK; 6th ICEEE Conference, Genova, Italy; North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, San Diego, US 2011-12 XXVII Symposium of Economic Analysis, Vigo, Spain; Vilfredo Pareto Conference, Torino, Italy; Parental and Public Investments and Child Outcomes, Child Workshop, Torino, Italy (Discussant); Theory and Practice of Program Evaluation, CEPS/INSTEAD Workshop, Luxembourg 2010-11 XXVI Symposium of Economic Analysis, Malaga, Spain; XXVI AIEL Conference of Labour Economics; 5th ICEEE Conference, Pisa, Italy;13TH IZA/CEPR European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics, Buch am Ammerse; Netspar International Pension Workshop, Torino, Italy (Discussant); CESifo Economic Studies Conference on Housing Taxation and Regulation, Munich Seminar Presentations 2014-15 Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Freiburg Universitat 2013-14 University of Turin, Universitat de Girona 2009-10 Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Universitat de Barcelona, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Banca d’Italia, University of the Basque Country, IZA, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, University of Groningen, Universitat Rovira, i Virgili, Universidad de Valencia, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2008-09 Toulouse School of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2006-08 Universitat Pompeu Fabra Referee Activities Labour, Review of Economics of the Household, International Journal of Manpower, Economics of Education Review, CESifo Economic Studies, Population Research and Policy Review, IZA European Studies, The Manchester School, SAGE Open, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Revista de Economia Aplicada, Economica, Journal of Family and Economic Issues 135 Curriculum Vitae Julyan ARBEL August 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 6705270 Via Real Collegio, 30 [email protected] 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy http://www.julyanarbel.com/ Education 2013 2003-2008 Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics, Université Paris-Dauphine (France) Graduate degree in Statistics and Economics at Ecole polytechnique and Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique (ENSAE), Paris, France Research interests Asymptotic aspects in Bayesian nonparametric statistics, Dependent random probability measures, Applications of the above in ecological science Professional Activities 2013-current Postdoctoral Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2013-current Research Affiliate, “de Castro” Statistics Initiative, Collegio Carlo Alberto. 2011-2013 Researcher on populations and migrations, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE), Paris, France 2011 (April-May) Visiting Fellow, Bocconi University, Milan 2009-current Affiliated to Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique (CREST), Paris, France 2008-2011 Teaching assistant in Statistics at Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique (ENSAE), Paris, France Publications • “Discussion of “Statistical modelling of citation exchange between statistics journals” by Varin, Cattelan and Firth, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, 2015, with Robert, C. P. • “Discussion of “Sequential quasi-Monte Carlo sampling” by M. Gerber and N. Chopin”. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B. 77 (3), 2015, with Prünster, I. • “Application of a Bayesian nonparametric model to derive toxicity estimates based on the response of Antarctic microbial communities to fuel contaminated soil,” Ecology and Evolution, 2015, with Mengersen, K., Raymond, B., Winsley, T. and King, C. • “Full Bayesian inference with hazard mixture models,” Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 2015, with Lijoi, A., and Nipoti, B. • “Bayesian Survival Model based on moment characterization,” Proceedings of BAYSM 2014, 2015, with Lijoi, A., and Nipoti, B. • “Contributions to Bayesian nonparametric statistics”, Ph.D. thesis, 2013 136 8_faculty • “Discussion on Müller and Mitra’s Bayesian Nonparametric Inference - Why and How”, Bayesian Analysis, 2013, 8 (02), 323-356, with Nipoti, B. • “Bayesian optimal adaptive estimation using a sieve prior”, Scandinavian Journal of Statistics. 40, 3, 549-570, 2013, with Gayraud, G., Rousseau, J. • “Discussion on Polson and Scott’s Sparse Bayesian regularization and prediction”, Bayesian Statistics, 9, 2010, with Robert, C.P. Talks at Conferences ISBA Wolrd Meeting, Sardinia (2016), MCMSki V, Lenzerheide (2016), 10th Conference on Bayesian Nonparametrics, Raleigh, USA (2015), Spatial statistics, Avignon, France (2015), Seminar at the University of Texas at Austin (2015); 7th ERCIM International Conference on Computational & Methodological Statistics, Pisa, Italy (2014); Second Bayesian Young Statisticians Meeting, Vienna, Austria (2014); 17th International Biometric Conference, Florence, Italy (2014); Italian Statistical Society Meeting, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (2014); Bayesian Nonparametric Workshop, Orléans, France (2014); Bayes in Paris, France (2014); Onzième Colloque Jeunes Probabilistes et Statisticiens, Forges-les-Eaux, France (2014); Journées statistiques de Rochebrune, Megève, France (2014); 5th ERCIM International Conference on Computing and Statistics, Oviedo, Spain (December 2012); Bayesian nonparametric Conference, Telecom ParisTech, Paris (September 2012); ISBA 2012 World meeting, Kyoto, Japan (June 2012) [discussant]; Journées statistiques de Rochebrune, Megève, France (April 2012); YES IV conference, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands (November 2011); Rochebrune conference, Megève, France (April 2010) Participation to Other Conferences MCMSki IV, Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France (January 2014); 8th Workshop on Bayesian Nonparametrics, Veracruz, Mexico (2011); Greek Stochastics Gamma, Rethymnon, Greece (2011); Bayesian nonparametric conference, Santa Cruz, California, USA (2010); Valencia 9/ ISBA meeting, Valencia, Spain (2010); 7th Workshop on Bayesian nonparametrics, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri, Italy (2009); Objective Bayes 09, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (2009) Editorial Activities Reviewer for: Bayesian Analysis, Behavior Research Methods, Bernoulli, Journal of Statistical software, ESAIM Probability and Statistics, Statistics and Computing, Test, The Annals of Statistics. Grants Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris (FSMP) for a scholar visit at University Bocconi, Milan (April - May 2011) Scientific Societies Membership Royal Statistical Society; American Statistical Association; Société Française de Statistique (SFdS); International society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) 137 Curriculum Vitae fabio bagliano August 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio 30 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy Education 1995 1987 1985 +39 011 6706084 [email protected] web.econ.unito.it/bagliano Ph. D. in Economics, London School of Economics Master of Science in Economics, London School of Economics (distinction) Laurea in Economics-Università di Torino (honors and distinction) Professional Activities and Affiliations 2012-current Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (Italy) 2001-current Professor of Economics, Dep. of Economics and Statistics, University of Torino 1999-2001 Associate Professor of Monetary Economics, Department of Economics and Public Finance, University of Torino 1998-1999 Associate Professor of Monetary Economics, Department of Economics, University of Teramo 1991-1998 Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Public Finance, University of Torino 1999-current Research Fellow CeRP, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (Italy) 2009-2012 Deputy Director, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Torino 2005-2009 Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (Italy) Publications • “Optimal life-cycle portfolios for heterogeneous workers”, Review of Finance, 2014, 18(6), 2286-2323 (with C. Fugazza and G. Nicodano) • “Determinants of US financial fragility conditions”, Research in International Business and Finance, 2014, 30(1), 377-392 (with C. Morana) • “The Great Recession: US dynamics and spillovers to the world economy”, Journal of Banking and Finance, 2012, 36(1), 1-13 (with C. Morana) • “Macro-finance interactions in the US: a global perspective”, in Balling M. and Llewellyn D.T. (eds.), New Paradigms in Monetary Theory and Policy?, SUERF Studies 2012/1, Larcier, Vienna, 2012, chapter 9, 141-162 (with C. Morana) • “The effects of US economic and financial crises on Euro area convergence”, in W. Meeusen (editor), The Economic Crisis and Euro Area Integration, Edward Elgar, UK, 2011, chapter 7, 99-122 (with C. Morana) • “Pension funds, life-cycle asset allocation, and performance evaluation” in R. Hinz, H. Rudolph, P. Antolin and J. Yermo (eds.) Evaluating the Financial Performance of Pension Funds, OECD-World Bank, 2010, 159-201 (with C. Fugazza and G. Nicodano) • “Permanent and transitory dynamics in house prices and consumption:some implications for the real effects of the financial crisis”, Applied Financial Economics, 20(1), 2010, 151-170 (with C. Morana) • “Business Cycle Comovement in the G-7: Common Shocks or Common Transmission Mechanisms?”, Applied Economics, 2009, 42(8), 2327-2345 (with C. Morana) • “International macroeconomic dynamics: a factor vector autoregressive approach”, Economic Modelling, 2009, 26(2), 432-444 (with C. Morana) 138 8_faculty • “Factor Vector Autoregressive Estimation: A New Approach”, Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 2008, 1, 15-23 (with C. Morana) • “Inflation and monetary dynamics in the US: a quantity-theory approach”, Applied Economics, 2007, 39(2), 229-244 (with C. Morana) • “Inflation modelling in the Euro Area”, in R. Beetsma, C.A. Favero, A. Missale, V.A. Muscatelli, P. Natale and P. Tirelli (editors), Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policies and Labour Markets. Macroeconomic Policy Making in the EMU, Cambridge University Press, 2004, (with R. Golinelli and C. Morana) • “The cyclical behavior of inventories: European cross-country evidence from the early 1990s recession”, Applied Economics, 2004, 36(18), 2031-2044 (with A. Sembenelli) • “Measuring US core inflation: a common trends approach”, Journal of Macroeconomics, 2003, 25(2), 197-212 (with C. Morana) • “A common trends model of UK core inflation”, Empirical Economics, 2003, 28(1), 157-172 (with C. Morana) • “Core inflation in the Euro area”, Applied Economics Letters, 2002, 9(6), 353-357 (with R. Golinelli and C. Morana) • “Bank competition and ECB’s monetary policy”, Journal of Banking and Finance, 2000, 24(6), 967-983 (with A. Dalmazzo and G. Marini) • “Liquidity, trading size and the coexistence of dealership and auction markets”, Economic Notes, 2000, 29(2), 179-199 (with A. Brandolini and A. Dalmazzo) • “Information from financial markets and VAR measures of monetary policy”, European Economic Review, 1999, 43(5), 825-837 (with C. A. Favero) • “Measuring core inflation in Italy”, Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 1999, 58(3-4), 301-328 (with C. Morana) • “Liquidation risks in the Rotemberg-Saloner implicit collusion model”, Economics Letters, 1999, 62, 69-74 (with A. Dalmazzo) • “Measuring monetary policy in VAR models: an evaluation’’, European Economic Review, 1998, 42(6), 1069-1112 (with C.A. Favero) • “Stock returns, the interest rate and inflation in Italy: a long-run perspective’’, Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 1997, 56(3-4), 139-167 (with A. Beltratti) • “Money demand in a multivariate framework: a system analysis of Italian money demand in the `80s and early `90s’’, Economic Notes, 1996, 25(3), 425-464 • “Heterogeneous behavior in exchange rate crises’’, in Jeffrey Frenkel, Giampaolo Galli and Alberto Giovannini (a cura di), The Microstructure of Foreign Exchange Markets, National Bureau of Economic Research, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1996, 229-253 (with A. Beltratti and G. Bertola) • “Do anticipated tax cuts matter? Further evidence from the United Kingdom’”, Research in Economics, 1994, 48(2), 87-108 • “Money demand instability, expectations and policy regimes. A note on the case of Italy 1964- 1986’’, Journal of Banking and Finance, 1992, 16(2), 331-349 (with C. A. Favero) • “Cointegration and simultaneous models. An application to the Italian money demand”, in M. Bertocchi and L. Stefanini (editors), Large-scale economic and financial applications: new tools and methodologies, Franco Angeli, Milano, 1991, 219-235 (with C.A. Favero and V.A. Muscatelli) • “On the role of monetary factors in business cycle models”, Recherches Economiques de Louvain/Louvain Economic Review, 1991, 57(1), 3-19 (with G. Marini) Books • “Economia Monetaria”, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2010 (with G. Marotta) • “Models for Dynamic Macroeconomics”, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007 (with G. Bertola) • “Metodi dinamici e fenomeni macroeconomici”, Bologna: Il Mulino, 1999 (with G. Bertola) 139 Curriculum Vitae alessandro barattieri September 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 6706084 Via Real Collegio 30 [email protected] 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy www.carloalberto.org/people/barattieri Employment September 2015-current June 2015-current June 2011-June 2015 Collegio Carlo Alberto, assistant professor ESG UQAM, professeur agrégé (on leave) ESG UQAM, professeur adjoint Research Interests International Economics (Trade and Macro), Macroeconomics, Macro-Finance Education Aug 2011 May 2008 Apr 2007 Jul 2005 Apr 2003 PhD in Economics, Boston College (Boston, USA) MA in Economics, Boston College (Boston, USA) PhD in International Economic Law, Bocconi University (Milan, Italy) MSc in Economics, London School of Economics (London, UK) B.A. in Economics Bocconi University (Milan, Italy) Publications • “Average Cost Pricing: Some Evidence and Implications, European Economic Review, forthcoming, 2015, with Altomonte, C, S. Basu • “Comparative Advantage, Service Trade, and Global Imbalances,” Journal of International Economics, Vol. 92: 1-13, 2014 • “Some Evidence on the Importance of Sticky Wages,” American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Vol. 6: 70-101, 2014, with Basu, S. and P. Gottchalk • “Endogenous Markups, International Trade, and the Product Mix,” Journal of Industry, Competition, and Trade, published online on July 1 2014, with Altomonte, C. • “Import Penetration, Internediate Inputs and Productivity: Evidence from Italian Firms,” Journal of the Italian Economic Association, vol (1/2014): 45-65, 2014, with Altomonte, C., A. Rungi • “The Determinants of International Business: An Empirical Investigation,” The Journal of International Business, vol.1(2), 2009, 39-57, with A. Brugnoli • “Economic integration and productivity: theory and empirical evidence” in A. Brugnoli (ed) Italy and the challenge of productivity, 2009, Egea, Milano (In Italian, title translated), with A. Brugnoli Working Papers • “Asymmetric Trade Liberalizations and Current Account Dynamics”, January 2015 • “Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions in Services: The Role of Policy and Industrial Structure” (with I. Borchert and A. Mattoo), June 2015, under review • “Financial Sector Interconnectedness and Monetary Policy Transmission” (with M. Eden and D. Stevanovic), August 2015, under review Work In Progress • “Risk Sharing, Efficiency of Capital Accumulation, and the Connection between Banks and the Real Economy” (with M. Eden and D. Stevanovic) • “Banks interconnectivity and Leverage” (with L. Moretti and V. Quadrini) 140 8_faculty Research Experience May 2010-Aug 2010 Jun 2009-Sept 2009 Jun 2008- Sept 2008 Jun 2007- Sept 2007 Sept 2003-Aug 2006 Jun 2003-Sept 2003 Teaching Experience Fall 2014 Spring 2013, Fall 2013 Spring 2012, 2013, 2015 Fall 2012-2014 and Spring Summer Dissertation Intern, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Graduate Visiting Fellow, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston RA for Prof. Susanto Basu (Boston College) RA for Prof. Fabio Ghironi (Boston College) RA for Prof. Alberto Brugnoli (ISLA Bocconi and IReR) Summer School, ECLAC, Santiago (Chile) Instructor - International Finance (Masters), ESG UQAM Instructor - International Trade (Masters), ESG UQAM Instructor - Topics in International Macroeconomics (PhD), ESG UQAM 2012-2015 Instructor - Currencies and International Financial Markets (B.A.), ESG UQAM Presentations at Seminars and Conferences (Last Five Years) • Collegio Carlo Alberto, Central Bank of Ireland, SCSE 2015, CEA 2015, Peking University HSBC Business School, World Congress of the Econometric Society (Montreal), EEA, ETSG (scheduled), CEPR/BIS/Review of Finance conference on Global Financial Interconnectedness (scheduled) (2015) • The World Bank, Collegio Carlo Alberto, UQAM (Finance), INFER Annual Meeting, ESEM, MidWest Macro Meetings, BLS, D.C. Area Trade Workshop (2014) • HEC, ITFA Annual Conference, 1st HEC International Business Conference, HES Annual Meeting, CEA Annual Conference, Mainz Workshop in Trade and Macroeconomics, CIRPEE Annual Meerings, Research in Economic Development (RECODE 2013), NEUDC 2013 (2013) • CEPR Conference on the Macroeconomics of Global Interdependence (Paris), CEA annual meeting Calgary, ETSG (Leuven), Mid-West Macro (Boulder) (2012) • Bank of England, McMaster, UQAM, Bank of Italy, World Bank, Santa Clara, ESADE, University of Barcelona, 3rd CEPR-Gist Conference, Tsighua-Columbia Workshop in International Economics, NBER Summer Institute, Bank of Canada, U. Laval, U de Montreal (2011) • NBER Fall ME meeting, Green Line Macro Workshop (Boston), MIT International Breakfast, Mid-West International Economics Group Fall Meeting (Madison), Federal Reserve Board, Econometric Society World Congress (Shanghai), EEA (Glasgow) (2010) Referee Activities American Economic Journal: Macro, Journal of International Economics (x2), Journal of Monetary Economics, The Review of Economics and Statistics, European Economic Review, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Journal of International Money and Finance, Canadian Journal of Economics, LABOUR (x2), International Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of the European Economic Association Research Grants, Awards and Fellowhips 2014-2017 FRQSC Young Researcher Grant (28,458 CAD) 2011-2013 UQAM PAFARC (8,500 CAD) Summer 2014 Visiting Fellowship, Collegio Carlo Alberto Spring 2011 Dissertation Fellowship, BC Graduate School of Art and Science Spring 2010 Dissertation Fellowship, BC Economics Department 2009-2010 Englehard-Pingree Fellowship for Excellence in Research Fall 2006 Boston College Graduate Fellowship August 2008 Mars Fellowship, Third Meeting with Nobel Laureates in Economic Sciences, Lindau, Germany 141 Curriculum Vitae CRISTIAN BARTOLUCCI August 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 6705271 Via Real Collegio 30 [email protected] 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy sites.google.com/site/cristianbartolucci Professional Activities 2009-current Assistant Professor, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2009-current Research Fellow and Member of Executive Committee, CHILD (Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics) Education 2006-2009 Ph.D. In Economics, CEMFI, Madrid. Thesis Supervisor: Manuel Arellano 2004-2006 M.Phil. in Economics, CEMFI, Madrid. Awarded with a mark of distinction 1998-2003 B.A. (licenciado) in Economics, UNT (Universidad Nacional de Tucumán), Argentina Research Interests Microeconometrics, Labor Economics, Development Economics Published Papers • “Understanding the Native-Immigrant Wage Gap using Matched Employer-Employee data: Evidence from Germany,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 67(4), October 2014 • “Gender Wage Gaps Reconsidered: A Structural Approach Using Matched EmployerEmployee Data,” Journal of Human Resources, 48(4), December 2013 • “Credible Threats in a Wage Bargaining Model with on-the-job Search,” Economic Letters 117(3), December 2012 • “Income and Democracy: Revisiting the Evidence,” with Enrique Moral-Benito, Economic • Letters 117(3), December 2012 • “Business Cycles and Wage renegotiation,” Labour Economics 19(4), August 2012 Working Papers • “Identifying Sorting in Practice” with Francesco Devicienti and Ignacio Monzón • “Frictions Lead to Sorting: a Partnership Model with on-the-Match Search” with Ignacio Monzón • “Who Migrates and Why? Evidence from Italian Administrative Data” with Claudia Villosio and Mathis Wagner. Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Labor Economics Work in Progress • “Employment Protection, Hold-up and Poverty Traps” with Esteban Jaimovich and Ignacio Monzón • “A Unified Model of Labor Market Dynamics” with Chris Flinn 142 8_faculty Invited Seminars LISER (Luxembourg, scheduled), Bocconi (Milan, 2014), University of Toronto (Toronto, 2014), NYU (New York, 2014), Federal Reserve Bank (Philadelphia, 2014), Bank of Italy (Rome, 2014), University of Queensland (Brisbane, 2014), UNSW (Sydney, 2014), University of Melbourne (Melbourne, 2014), University of Turin (Turin, 2013), UAB (Barcelona, 2013), EIEF (Rome, 2012), CEMFI (Madrid, 2011), Tinbergen Institute (Amsterdam, 2011), Bank of Spain (Madrid, 2011), University of Milan-Bicocca (Milan, 2011), UCL (London, 2010), University of Milan (Milan, 2010), Bank of Canada (Ottawa, 2009), Uppsala University (Uppsala, 2009), Collegio Carlo Alberto (Turin, 2009), IZA (Bonn, 2009), Bank of Italy (Rome, 2009), Paris School of Economics (Paris, 2009), Bank of France (Paris, 2009), UQAM (Montreal, 2009), UCL (London, 2008), UNT (Tucumán, 2008) Referee Activities European Economic Review, Industrial Relations, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, International Economic Review, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Urban Economics, Labour Economics, Labour Languages Spanish, English, French, Italian 143 Curriculum Vitae ALFREDO BRAUNSTEIN September 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio 30 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy +39 011 0116705203 [email protected] staff.polito.it/alfredo.braunstein Education 2004 Ph.D. at Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Functional Analysis and Applied Mathematics department. Thesis title: “Survey Propagation” 2000-2001 Diploma Course “Modeling and Simulation of Complex Realities” at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy 1999 Laurea Mathematics degree at Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) Work Experience, Teaching, Fellowships 2015 Politecnico di Torino. Associate Professor (Professore Associato), DISAT 2011-2015 Politecnico di Torino. Assistant Professor (ricercatore), DISAT 2010-2011 Human Genetics Foundation. Senior Researcher in the Statistical Inference and computational biology group 2010-2011 Collegio Carlo Alberto. Teaching in the Allievi Course Introduction to Algorithms 2009 Politecnico di Torino. Teaching on graph theory and algorithms in the course Foundamentals of discrete Mathematics 2008-2010 Post-doctoral research fellowship (assegno di ricerca) at CMP Group, Physics department, Politecnico di Torino 2006-2007Post-doctoral research fellowship (EVERGROW network) at ISI Foundation, Torino 2005 Post-doctoral research fellowship (EVERGROW network) in the Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics section at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste 2002-2003International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. Teaching assistant in the course Combinatorial optimization and algorithms in the Master’s degree programme Modeling and simulation of complex realities 2001-2004 SISSA Ph. D. scholarship Selected Publications • “A Max-Sum algorithm for training discrete neural networks“, JSTAT 2015, no. 8, P08008. With Baldassi, C • “The patient-zero problem with noisy observations”, JSTAT 2014, With Altarelli, F:, Dall’Asta, L., Ingrosso, A. and Zecchina R • “Bayesian Inference of Epidemics on Networks via Belief Propagation”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112(11) 118701, 2014, With Altarelli, F, Dall’Asta, L, Lage-Castellanos, A, and Zecchina, R • “Containing Epidemic Outbreaks by Message-Passing Techniques”, Phys. Rev. X 4(2) 021024, 2014, With Altarelli, F, Dall’Asta, L, Wakeling, J R, and Zecchina, R • “Optimizing spread dynamics on graphs by message passing”, J. Stat. Mech. 2013(09) P09011, 2013, With Altarelli, F, Dall’Asta, L, and Zecchina, R 144 8_faculty • “Performance of a cavity-method-based algorithm for the prize-collecting Steiner tree problem on graphs”, Phys. Rev. E. 2012; 86: 026706. With Biazzo I, Zecchina R • “Large deviations of cascade processes on graphs”, Phys. Rev. E. 2013; 87: 062115. With Altarelli F, Dall’Asta L, Zecchina R • “Efficient data compression from statistical physics of codes over finite fields.” Phys. Rev. E, 84:051111, Nov 2011. http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.84.051111. With F. Kayhan and R. Zecchina • “Stochastic optimization by message passing.” Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 2011, P11009. With A. Ramezanpour, F. Altarelli and R. Zecchina • “Stochastic Matching Problem”. PRL 2011;106:190601, with F. Altarelli, A. Ramezanpour, R. Zecchina • “Inference and learning in sparse systems with multiple states”. Phys. Rev. E 2011;83:056114. With A. Ramezanpour, R. Zecchina, P. Zhang • “Finding undetected protein associations in cell signaling by belief propagation”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010. With M. Bailly-Bechet, C. Borgs, J. Chayes, A. Dagkessamanskaia, J.M. François and R. Zecchina • “Inference of sparse combinatorial-control networks from gene-expression data: a message passing approach”. BMC Bioinformatics, 11(1):355, 2010. http://www.biomedcentral. com/1471-2105/11/355. With Marc Bailly-Bechet, Andrea Pagnani, Martin Weigt and Riccardo Zecchina • “Aligning graphs and finding substructures by a cavity approach”. EPL (Europhysics Letters), 89(3): 37009, 2010. With S. Bradde, H. Mahmoudi, F. Tria, M. Weigt and R. Zecchina • “Clustering with shallow trees”. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, page 17pp, 2009. With M. Bailly-Bechet, S. Bradde, A. Flaxman, L. Foini and R. Zecchina • “Statistical mechanics of budget-constrained auctions”. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 2009(07):P07002 (27pp), 2009. With F. Altarelli, J. Realpe-Gomez and R. Zecchina • “Estimating the size of the solution space of metabolic networks”. BMC Bioinformatics, 9(1):240, 2008. With R. Mulet and A. Pagnani • “Inference algorithms for gene networks: a statistical mechanics analysis”. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 2008(12):P12001, 2008. With A. Pagnani, M. Weigt and R. Zecchina • “A rigorous analysis of the cavity equations for the minimum spanning tree”. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 49(12):125206, 2008. With M. Bayati and R. Zecchina • “Statistical mechanics of steiner trees”. Physical Review Letters, 101(3):37208, 2008. With M. Bayati, C. Borgs, J. Chayes, A. Ramezanpour and R. Zecchina • “Efficient supervised learning in networks with binary synapses”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(26):11079-11084, 2007. With C. Baldassi, N. Brunel and R. Zecchina • “Learning by message-passing in networks of discrete synapses”. PRL 96:030201, 2006. With R. Zecchina • “Survey propagation: an algorithm for satisfiability” Random Structures and Algorithms, 27:201-226, 2005. With M. Mézard and R. Zecchina • “Survey propagation as local equilibrium equations”. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 6:P06007, 2004. With R. Zecchina • “Polynomial iterative algorithms for coloring and analyzing random graphs”. Phys. Rev. E, 68:036702, 2003. With R. Mulet, A. Pagnani, M. Weigt and R. Zecchina. 145 Curriculum Vitae luca dall’asta September 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 0116705023 Via Real Collegio 30 [email protected] 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy areeweb.polito.it/ricerca/cmp/people/da Education 2006 Ph.D. in Physics at Université Paris XI, Orsay (France). Thesis title: “Dynamical Processes on Complex Networks” 2003 Laurea Physics Degree at Università di Parma, Italy Former Work Experience, Teaching, Fellowships 2012-2015 Principal Investigator of the FIRB project “Statistical Physics Methods for Strategic Optimization in Socio-Economic Networks” from 2012 Politecnico di Torino. Assistant Professor (ricercatore a tempo determinato), DISAT. 2013-2014 Politecnico di Torino. Teaching Assistant in the course “Physics I” 2011-2012 Post-doctoral fellowship (assegno di ricerca) at CMP group. Physics Department, Politecnico di Torino 2009-2010 Long Term Visiting Scientist at the Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics Group at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (Italy) 2007-2010 ICTP, Trieste (Italy). Teaching the course on “Numerical Methods” of the Diploma Programs in Condensed Matter Physics and Earth Science Physics 2008-2009 SISSA, Trieste (Italy). Teaching “Phase Ordering and Coarsening Kinetics” in the PhD Program in Statistical Physics 2006-2009 Post-doctoral fellowship at the Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics Group at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (Italy) 2003-2006 Ph.D. scholarship at Université Paris XI, Orsay (France) Refereed Publications on Journals and Books • “Statics and dynamics of selfish interactions in distributed service systems.” PLoS ONE 10, e0119286 (2015). With F. Altarelli, and A. Braunstein • “Nonmonotonic effects of migration in subdivided populations,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 112 (14), 148101 (2014). With P. Lombardo, A. Gambassi • “Bayesian Inference of Epidemics on Networks via Belief Propagation,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 112 (11), 118701 (2014). With F. Altarelli, A. Braunstein, A. Lage-Castellanos, and R. Zecchina • “Containing Epidemic Outbreaks by Message-Passing Techniques,” Phys. Rev. X 4, 021024 (2014). With F. Altarelli, A. Braunstein, J.R. Wakeling, and R. Zecchina • “Large deviations of cascade processes on graphs,” Phys. Rev. E 87 (6) 062115 (2013). With F. Altarelli, A. Braunstein, and R. Zecchina • “Optimizing spread dynamics on graphs by message-passing,” J. Stat. Mech.: Theor. Exp. P09011 (2013). With F. Altarelli, A. Braunstein, and R. Zecchina • “Fixation-coexistence transition in spatial populations,” Europhysics Letters 101, 18003 (2013). With F. Caccioli, and D. Beghè • “Collaboration in social networks”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 109 (12) 4395 (2012). With M. Marsili, and P. Pin. • “Fixation and escape times in stochastic game learning,” J. Stat. Mech: Theor. Exp. P10022 (2012).With J. Realpe-Gomez, B. Szczesny, and T. Galla • “Topology-induced inverse phase transitions”, Europhys. Lett. 98, 40004 (2012). With D. De Martino, S. Bradde, and M. Marsili 146 8_faculty • “Optimal Equilibria of the Best Shot Game”, J. Pub. Econ. Th. 13, 885, (2011). With P. Pin, and A. Ramezanpour • “Critical fluctuations in Spatial Complex Networks”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 218701 (2010). With: S. Bradde, F. Caccioli, and G. Bianconi • “Statistical mechanics of maximal independent sets”, Phys. Rev. E 80, 061136 (2009). With: P. Pin, and A. Ramezanpour • “Non-equilibrium mean-field theories on scale-free networks”, J. Stat. Mech. P10004 (2009). With F. Caccioli. • “A minimal model for congestion phenomena on complex networks”, J. Stat. Mech P08023 (2009). With: D. De Martino, G. Bianconi, and M. Marsili • “Congestion phenomena on complex networks”, Phys. Rev. E 79, 015101(R) (2009). With: D. De Martino, G. Bianconi and M. Marsili • “Algebraic coarsening in voter models with intermediate states”, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41, 435003 (2008). With T. Galla • “Entropy landscape and non-Gibbs solutions in constraint satisfaction problems”, Phys. Rev. E, 77 031118 (2008). With A. Ramezanpour and R. Zecchina • “Optimization in task-completion networks”, J. Stat. Mech. P02003 (2008). With M. Marsili and P. Pin • “Statistical physics of the Schelling model of segregation”, J. Stat. Mech., L07002 (2008). With C. Castellano and M. Marsili • “On a class of rational matrices related to the discrete Laplace operator”, Note di Matematica, 28(2) (2008). With P. Vivo, M. Casartelli, and A. Vezzani • “K-core decomposition of Internet graphs: hierarchies, self-similarity and measurement biases”, Networks and Heterogeneous Media, 3 371 (2008). With I. Alvarez-Hamelin, A. Barrat, and A. Vespignani • “Dynamic Exploration of Networks: from general principles to the traceroute process”, Eur. Phys. J. B 60, 123 (2007) • “Non-equilibrium phase transition in negotiation dynamics”, Phys. Rev. E 76 (1), 051102 (2007). With A. Baronchelli, A. Barrat and V. Loreto • “Effective surface-tension in the noise-reduced voter model”, Europhysics Letters, 77, 60005 (2007). With C. Castellano • “What is the real size of a sampled networks? The case of the Internet”, Phys. Rev. E 75, 056111 (2007). With F. Viger, A. Barrat, C.-H. Zhang, E. Kolaczyk • “Microscopic activity patterns in the Naming Game”, J. Phys. A, 39, 14851-14867 (2006). With A. Baronchelli • “Non-equilibrium dynamics of language games on complex networks”, Phys. Rev. E 74 036105 (2006). With A. Baronchelli, A. Barrat, and V. Loreto • “Vulnerability of weighted networks”, J. Stat. Mech. P04006 (2006). With A. Barrat, M. Barthelemy, and A. Vespignani • “Dynamical Invariants in the Deterministic Fixed-Energy Sandpile”, Eur. Phys. J. B, 52, 91105 (2006). With M. Casartelli, A. Vezzani, and P. Vivo • “Exact Solution of the one-dimensional deterministic Fixed-Energy Sandpile”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 058003 (2006) • “Agreement dynamics on small-world networks”, Europhys. Lett., 73, 969 (2006). With A. Baronchelli, A. Barrat, V. Loreto • “Topology Induced Coarsening in Language Games”, Phys. Rev. E 73 015102(R) (2006). With A. Baronchelli, A. Barrat, and V. Loreto • “Inhomogeneous percolation models for spreading phenomena in random graphs”, J. Stat. Mech. P08011 (2005) • “Statistical theory of Internet exploration”, Phys. Rev. E 71 (2005) 036135. With I. AlvarezHamelin, A. Barrat, A. Vazquez, and A. Vespignani • “Studying the emerging Global Brain: analyzing and visualizing the impact of co-authorship teams”, Complexity 10(4), 57-67 (2005). With K. Borner, W. Ke, and A. Vespignani 147 Curriculum Vitae PIERPAOLO DE BLASI August 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 6705282 Via Real Collegio 30 [email protected] 10024 Moncalieri (To) sites.google.com/a/carloalberto.org/pdeblasi Education 2006 2002 Ph.D. in Statistics, Bocconi University, Milan Laurea in Economics, Bocconi University, Milan Professional Activities 2015-current Associate Professor of Statistics, University of Torino 2010-current Carlo Alberto Affiliate, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2010-current Research Affiliate, “de Castro” Statistics Initiative 2007-current Mathematics & Statistics Instructor, Allievi Honors Program, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2010-2015 Assistant Professor of Statistics, University of Torino 2006-2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Torino 2005-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oslo Awards 2012 2011 2009 2007 2006 2006 2002 Joint recipient of a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. Research team: P. De Blasi, S. Favaro, A. Lijoi, I. Prünster (PI), M. Ruggiero Visiting Fellow of the Research Programme week on Bayesian Nonparametrics, Veracruz, Mexico, July 2011 Visiting Fellow of the Carlo Alberto Research Programme in Bayesian Nonparametrics, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri, June-July 2009 Visiting Fellow of the Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK, July-August 2007 Honourable Mention, Leonard J. Savage Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Laha Award 2007, Institute of Mathematical Statistics Prize for Best Graduates, Bocconi University Papers in statistical journals • “Posterior asymptotics of nonparametric location scale mixtures for multivariate density estimation,” Bernoulli, to appear, 2015, with Canale, A. • “Are Gibbs-type priors the most natural generalization of the Dirichlet Process?” IEEE Transaction on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 37, 212-229, 2015, with Favaro, S., Lijoi, A., Mena, R., Prünster, I., Ruggiero, M. • “Bayesian estimation of the discrepancy with misspecified parametric models”. Bayesian Analysis 8, 781-800, 2013, with Walker, S.G. • “An asymptotic analysis of a class of discrete nonparametric priors”, Satistica Sinica 23, 1299-1322, 2013, with Lijoi, A., Prünster, I. • “Bayesian asymptotics with misspecified models”, Satistica Sinica 23, 169-187, 2013, with Walker, S.G. (2013) • “Bayesian nonparametric estimation and consistency of Mixed Multinomial Logit choice models”, Bernoulli, 16, 679-704, 2010, with James, L.F. and Lau, J.W. • “A class of neutral to the right priors induced by superposition of beta processes”, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 140, 1563-1575, 2010, with Favaro, S. and Muliere, P. • “Asymptotics for posterior hazards”. The Annals of Statistics 37, 1906-1945, 2009, with Peccati, G. and Prünster, I. 148 8_faculty • “The Bernstein-von Mises theorem in semiparametric competing risks models”. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 139, 2316-2328, 2009, with Hjort, N.L. • “Bayesian survival analysis in proportional hazard models with logistic relative risk”. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics 34, 229-257, 2007, with Hjort, N.L. Papers in medical journals • “Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation transiently reverses punding in Parkinson’s desease: a preliminary study”. Journal of Neural Transmission 121, 267-274, 2013, with Nardone, R., Holler, Y., Christova, M., Tezzon, F., Golaszewski, S., Trinka, E., Brigo F. • “Transient beneficial effects of theta burst stimulation in a patient with phonological agraphia after left supramarginal gyrus infarction”. Brain and Language 120, 422-426, 2012, with Nardone, R., Zuccoli, G., Tezzon, F., Golaszewski, S., Trinka, E. • “Cognitive function and cholinergic transmission in patients with subcortical vascular dementia and microbleeds: a TMS study”. Journal of Neural Transmission 118(9), 1349-1358, 2011, with Nardone, R., Seidl, M., Caleri, F., Lochner, P., Tezzon, F., Ladurner, G., Golaszewski, S., Trinka, E. • “Theta burst stimulation of dorsolateral prefontal cortex modulates pathological language switching: A case report”. Neuroscience Letters 487, 378-382, 2011, with Nardone, R., Bergmann, J., Caleri, F., Tezzon, F., Ladurner, G., Golaszewski, S., Trinka, E. • “Cholinergic dysfunction and amnesia in patients with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome: a TMS study”. Journal of Neural Transmission 117, 385-391, 2010, Nardone, R., Bergmann, J., Kronbichler, M., Lochner, P., Caleri, F., Tezzon, F., Ladurner, G., Golaszewski, S. • “Functional involvement of the cerebral cortex following paramedian bithalamic infarction”. Neurocase, 16, 286-292, 2010, with Nardone, R., Bergmann, J., Kronbichler, M., Caleri, F., Tezzon, F., Ladurner, G., Golaszewski, S. Invited Talks at Conferences 7th ERCIM, Pisa, Italy (Dec 2014); Advances in Bayesian nonparametric statistics: A gathering with Stephen Walker, Mexico City, Mexico (Nov 2014); 47th SIS Scientific Meeting, Cagliari (Jun 2014); 6th ERCIM, University of London (Dec 2013); ISBA Regional Meeting 2012, Varanasi, India (Jan 2013); Workshop on Bayesian Nonparametrics, ICERM, Brown University, USA (Sep 2012); ISBA 2012 World Meeting, Kyoto, Japan (Jun 2012); 1st Conference of the International Society for Nonparametric Statistics, Chalkidiki, Grecia (Jun 2012); 58th ISI World Statistics Congress, Dublin, Ireland (Aug 2011); 3rd ERCIM, University of London (2010); 2010 Joint Statistical Meeting, Vancouver (2010); S.Co. 2009, Politecnico di Milano (2009); 7th Workshop on Bayesian Nonparametrics, Collegio Carlo Alberto (Jun 2009); Workshop on Random Measures an Bayesian Nonparametrics, University of Paris Ouest (2008); 12th Young Statisticians Meeting, Piran, Slovenia (2007); Workshop on Construction and Properties of Bayesian Nonparametric Regression Models, Cambrdige, UK (2007); Joint Statistical Meetings 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah US (2007); 5th BISP Workshop, Valencia, Spain (2007); IX Symposium on Probability and Stochastic Processes, Guanajato, Mexico (2006); 13th EYSM, Debrecen, Hungary (2005) Seminars MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA (2013); University of Texas at Austin, USA (2013); LUISS Guido Carli, Roma (2008) ; Università dell’Insubria, Varese, (2008); Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK (2007); Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK (2007), Bocconi University, Milano (2007); UNAM, México City, Mexico (2006) ; MRC Biostatistic Unit, Cambridge, UK (2006) ; Politecnico di Torino (2006) ; Duke University, North Carolina, US (2005); University of Oslo, Norway (2004). Editorial Activities Associate Editor: Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference (2014-) Scientific Societies Membership Società Italiana di Statistica (SIS), Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) 149 Curriculum Vitae STEFANO FAVARO August 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio 30 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy Education 2009 2003 +39 011 6705724 [email protected] sites.carloalberto.org/favaro Ph.D. in Statistics, Bocconi University, Milano, Italy Laurea in Statistics, University “Ca’ Foscari”, Venezia, Italy Professional Activities 2014-current Associate Professor of Statistics, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Torino 2010-current Carlo Alberto Affiliate, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2008-2014 Assistant Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics and Applied Mathematics, University of Torino Awards 2012 Joint recipient of a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. Research team: Pierpaolo De Blasi, Stefano Favaro, Antonio Lijoi, Igor Prünster (PI) and Matteo Ruggiero Research Interests Bayesian nonparametrics, combinatorial stochastic processes, large deviations, MCMC methods, population genetics Selected Publications in Refereed Journals • “Rediscovery of Good-Turing estimators via Bayesian nonparametrics,” with B. Nipoti and Y.W. Teh. Biometrics, to appear • “Large deviation principles for the Ewens-Pitman sampling model,” with S. Feng. Electronic Journal of Probability, 2015, vol. 20, pp. 1-27 • “Bayesian nonparametric analysis of reversible Markov chains,” with S. Bacallado and L. Trippa. Annals of Statistics, 2013, vol. 41, pp. 870-896 • “MCMC for normalized random measure mixture models,” with Y.W. Teh. Statistical Science, 2013, vol. 28, pp. 335-359 • “Conditional formulae for Gibbs-type exchangeable random partitions,“ with A. Lijoi and I. Pruenster. Annals of Applied Probability, 2013, vol. 23, pp. 1721-1754 • “A new estimator of the discovery probability,” with A. Lijoi and I. Pruenster. Biometrics, 2012, vol. 68. pp. 1188-1196 • “A class of normalized random measure with an exact predictive sampling scheme,” with L. Trippa. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 2012, vol. 39, pp. 444-460 • “On the stick-breaking representation of normalized inverse Gaussian priors,” with A. Lijoi and I. Pruenster. Biometrika, 2012, vol. 99, pp. 663-674 • “Slice sampling sigma-stable Poisson-Kingman mixture models,” with S.G. Walker. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 2013, vol. 22, pp. 830-847 • “A class of measure-valued Markov chains and Bayesian nonparametrics,” with A. Guglielmi and S.G. Walker. Bernoulli, 2012, vol. 18, pp. 1002-1030 • “Bayesian nonparametric inference for species variety with a two parameter Poisson-Dirichlet process prior,” with A. Lijoi, R.H. Mena and I. Prünster. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society B, 2009. Vol. 171, pp. 993-1008 150 8_faculty • “A Gibbs-sampler based random process in Bayesian nonparametrics,” with M. Ruggiero and S.G. Walker. Electronic Journal of Statistics, 2009. Vol. 3, pp. 1557-1567 Conference Proceedings and Other Publications • “Bayesian inference on population structure: from parametric to nonparametric modeling,” with M. De Iorio and Y.W. Teh. Nonparametric Bayesian inference in biostatistics, 2015, Springer • “On a class of sigma-stable Poisson-Kingman models and an effective marginalized sampler,” with M. Lomeli and Y.W. Teh. Statistics and Computing - special issue MCMSki IV, 2015, vol. 25, pp. 67-78 • “On a class of smoothed Good-Turing estimators,” with B. Nipoti and Y.W. Teh. Statistics and Demography: the legacy of Corrado Gini, 2015 • “Are Gibbs-type priors the most natural generalization of the Dirichlet process?,” with P. De Blasi, A. Lijoi, R.H. Mena, I. Pruenster and M. Ruggiero. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence - special issue on Bayesian nonparametrics, 2015, vol. 37, pp. 212-229 • “Discussion of “On simulation and properties of stable law” by L. Devroye and L.F. James, with B. Nipoti. Statistical Methods and Applications, 2014, vol. 23, pp. 365-369 • “Stick-breaking representations of 1/2-stable Poisson-Kingman models,” with M. Lomeli, B. Nipoti and Y.W. Teh. 8th Conference on Statistical Computing and Complex Systems, 2013 • “Two tales about Bayesian nonparametric modeling,” with P. De Blasi, A. Lijoi, R.H. Mena and I. Pruenster. Joint Statistical Meeting, section on Bayesian statistical science, 2012 • “On some issues related to species sampling problems,” with A. Lijoi, R.H. Mena and I. Pruenster. 7th Conference on Statistical Computing and Complex Systems, 2011 Conference presentations and seminars MCMSki IV (invited speaker) Chamonix Mont-Blanc, 2014; 6th international Conference on Computing and statistics (invited speaker), London, United Kingdom, 2013; 29th European Meeting of Statisticians (invited talk), Budapest, Hungary, 2013; Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 2013; 1st Bayesian Nonparameric Workshop at the ICERM (invited talk), Providence, USA, 2012; 1st Conference on “The Impact of Statistical Thinking in Economics and Life Science” (invited talk), Università Commerciale “L. Bocconi”, Milano, Italy, 2012; International Society of Bayesian Analysis World meeting (invited speaker), Kyoto, Japan, 2012; 1st Conference of the International Society for Nonparametric statistics (invited speaker), Chalkidiki, Greece, 2012; Department of Decision Sciences, Università Commerciale “L. Bocconi”, Milano, Italy, 2012; 9th International Conference on Computational Management Science (invited speaker), London, United Kingdom, 2012; 4th international Conference on Computing and Statistics (invited speaker), London, United Kingdom, 2011; 7th Conference on Statistical Computation and Complex Systems (invited speaker), Padova, Italy, 2011; XIX Conference of Unione Matematica Italiana (contributed talk), Bologna, Italy, 2011; 8th Workshop on Bayesian Nonparametrics (invited speaker), Veracruz, Mexico, 2011; Department of Mathematics, University of Pavia (invited seminar), Italy, 2010; 3rd International Conference on Computing and Statistics (invited speaker), London, United Kingdom, 2010; Department of Statistics, University Ca’ Foscari (invited speaker), Venezia, Italy, 2010; 27th European Meeting of Statisticians (contributed talk), Toulose, France, 2009; 6th Workshop on Bayesian Inference in Stochastic Processes (invited speaker), Bressanone, Italy, 2009; Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge (invited seminar), United Kingdom, 2008; Department of Mathematics, Imperial College (invited seminar), United Kingdom, 2008 Editorial Activities Reviewer for: Annals of Applied Probability, Bayesian Analysis, Bernoulli, Biometrika, Electronic Journal of statistics, Journal of nonparametric statistics, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society series B, Journal of Machine Learning Research, Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, Statistics and Computing, Statistical Science Scientific Societies Membership Società Italiana di Statistica (SIS), Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) 151 Curriculum Vitae FEDERICA GAI September 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio 30 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy Phone Email Website +39 011 6705200 [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/people/staff/educational-programs/gai Education 1997 Professional Institute “Valentino Bosso”, Torino High School Diploma specialization “Tourism” Work Experience 2015-current 2009-2015 1998-2009 152 Collegio Carlo Alberto Responsible for Educational Programs Organizational secretariat for Masters and Allievi program Placement Officer and support for Career Day (Master in Finance and Master in Insurance) Support and organization Scientific Commitee (Master in Finance, Master in Insurance, MAPS) Teaching organization, support material, equipment for courses and VISA support Collaboration with competent offices at the University of Torino and INPS Interpersonal relationships with University professors and students Collegio Carlo Alberto Assistant Responsible for Educational Programs Organizational secretariat for Master and Allievi program Teaching organization, support material and equipment for courses Collaboration with competent offices at the University of Torino Interpersonal relationships with University professors and students CORIPE Piedmont Assistant Responsible for Educational Programs Organizational secretariat for Master program Teaching organization, support material and equipment for courses Collaboration with competent offices at the University of Torino Interpersonal relationships with University professors and students 8_faculty Languages • English: good both written and spoken Courses attended: 2000-2001, 2000-2002 (Shenker Institute) • Italian: Mother tongue IT Skills • Operating Systems: Windows, Linux • Software packages: Windows Office • Databases: File Maker Pro 153 Curriculum Vitae andrea gallice August 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio 30 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy Education 2007 2002 2001 +39 011 6705287 [email protected] www.andreagallice.eu PhD in Economics, European University Institute MSc in Economics, University College of London Laurea in Economics, University of Torino Professional Activities 2010-current Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Torino 2010-current Carlo Alberto Affiliate, Collegio Carlo Alberto Research Fields Industrial Organization, Auction Theory, Game Theory Publications in Refereed Journals • “Optimal Stealing Time”, Theory and Decision, forthcoming • “Equilibrium Selection through pu-Dominance”, Economic Theory Bulletin, 3 (1), 53-64, 2015 • “The Neglected Effects of Demand Characteristics on the Sustainability of Collusion”, Research in Economics, Vol. 64 (4), pp. 240-246, 2010 • “Education, Dynamic Signalling and Social Distance”, Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 61 (2), pp. 304-326, 2009 • “Best Responding to What? A Behavioural Approach to One Shot Play in 2x2 Games”, in A. Innocenti and P. Sbriglia (eds.), Games, Rationality and Behaviour. Essays on Behavioural Game Theory and Experiments, Palgrave McMillan, NY, pp. 184-203, 2008 • “Some Equivalence Results between Mixed Strategy Nash Equilibria and Minimax Regret in 2x2 Games”, Economics Bulletin, Vol. 3 (29), pp. 1-8, 2007 • “Un Bilancio dell’Esperienza UMTS in Europa: fu Collusione?”, Mercato Concorrenza Regole, Vol. 2, pp. 309-327, 2002 Working Papers • “A Model of Educational Investment and Social Status”, with Edoardo Grillo, Carlo Alberto Notebooks, n. 405, 2015 154 8_faculty • “Rent-seeking Contests with Private Values and Common Knowledge about the Mean”, working paper n. 23, Dept. of Economics and Statistics, University of Torino, 2013 • “Equilibrium selection through pu-dominance”, Carlo Alberto Notebooks, n. 327, 2013 • “Strategic announcements of reference points in disputes and litigations”, working paper n. 3, Dept. of Economics and Statistics, University of Torino, 2012 • “Self-Serving Biased Reference Points”, Carlo Alberto Notebooks, n. 223, 2012 • “Price Reveal Auctions”, working paper n. 15, Dept. of Economics and Statistics, University of Torino, 2012 • “Lowest Unique Bid Auctions with Signals”, Carlo Alberto Notebooks, n. 112 • “Some Social Welfare Implications of Behavioral Preferences”, CEPR Discussion Papers, n. 6572 Referee Activities Games and Economic Behavior; Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization; Management Science; Theory and Decision; The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics; International Review of Law and Economics; Labour Economics; International Journal of Economic Theory; Research in Economics; European Journal of Operational Research; Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade; Electronic Commerce Research and Applications; Journal of Theoretical Biology; SIR grants Teaching Experience 2012-2015 General Equilibrium Theory (Allievi, Master & Ph.D.), Collegio Carlo Alberto and University of Torino 2011-2015 Microeconomics (Undergraduate), University of Torino 2010-2011 Microeconomics (Ph.D.), University of Torino 155 Curriculum Vitae PIETRO GARIBALDI June 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio 30 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy Education 1996 1993 1992 +39 011 6705204 [email protected] sites.carloalberto.org/garibaldi Ph.D. in Economics, London School of Economics Master of Science in Economics, London School of Economics Laurea in Economics, Univ. of Torino (110/110 cum laude, honors and Distinction) Present Position 2006-current Director, Allievi Program, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (Italy) 2005-current Professor of Economics, University of Torino Other Affiliations 2006-current Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (Italy) 2002-current Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) 2002-current Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) 2000-current Head of Labor Studies, Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti, Milano 2000-current Research Fellow, Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research, Milano Previous Academic Activities 2015 Visiting Professor, LIEPP, Science-po, Paris 2006-2014 Director, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (Italy) 2004 Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Economics and Politics, Cambridge University 2003-2004 Visiting Professor, Ecares, Universitè Libre de Bruxelles 2000-2004 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Università Bocconi, Milano 1999-2000 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Università Bocconi, Milano Expert/Policy Positions 2007-current Supervisory Board and Audit Committee member, IntesaSanPaolo 2013-current President and Chairman of the Board, Ruspa Officine SPA 2012-2013 Vice-President, Supervisory Board, IntesaSanPaolo 2004-2005 Economic Counselor to the Italian Minister of Finance 2002-2004 Consultant on Labor and Macro Issues, Italian Treasury 2000-2006 Visiting Scholar, Research Department, International Monetary Fund (3 visits) 2000 Consultant for the World Bank on “Labor Markets in Bulgaria” 1998-1999 Economist in the Research Department, International Monetary Fund 1996-1998 Economist Program, International Monetary Fund Published Articles • “Financial Shocks and Labor”, (2013) IMF Economic Review, with Tito Boeri and Espen Moen, Vol. 61, Issue 4, pp. 631-663 • “Workers and Firms Sorting into Temporary Jobs”, (2012) Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 122(562), pages F125-F154, 08, with Fabio Berton • “Behind the Lighthouse Effect”, (2011) Review of Income and Wealth, with Tito Boeri, Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 57, pp. S54-S78, 2011 • “College Cost and Time to Complete a Degree: Evidence from Tuition Discontinuities” (2011) Review of Economics and Statistics, with Andrea Ichino, Francesco Giavazzi and Enrico Rettore, posted on line April 2011 • “Job to Job Movements in a Simple Search Model.” American Economic Review, 100(2): 343-47 (May 2010), with Espen R. Moen 156 8_faculty • “Beyond Eurosclerosis”. Economic Policy Vol. 25 Issue 52 (2009), 409-461, with Tito Boeri. • “Do Larger Severance Payments Increase Individual Job Duration?” 2008, Labour Economics, 15, No. 2 (2008): 215-245 with Lia Pacelli • “Two Tier Reforms of Employment Protection Legislation. A Honeymoon Effect?” Economic Journal (June 2007): F357-F385, with Tito Boeri • “Are Labor Markets in New Member States Sufficiently Flexible for EMU? Journal of Banking and Finance 30 (2006): 1393-1407, with Tito Boeri • “Shadow Sorting.” In NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics Series, edited by J. Frenkel and C. Pissarides. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press (2005), with Tito Boeri • “The Employment Effects of Severance Payments with Wage Rigidities.” Economic Journal 115 (2005): 799-832, with Gianluca Violante • “Gross Credit Flows.” Review of Economic Studies 72, No. 3 (2005): 665-685, with Giovanni Dell’Ariccia • “Equilibrium Search Unemployment, Endogenous Participation and Labor Market Flows.” Journal of the European Economic Association 3, No. 4 (2005): 851-882, with Etienne Wasmer • “Raising Female Employment: Reflections and Policy Tools.” Journal of the European Economic Association 2, No. 2 (2004): 320-330, with Etienne Wasmer • “Search Unemployment with Advance Notice.” Macroeconomic Dynamics 8, No. 1 (2004): 51-75 • “Employment Protection Legislation and the Size of Firms.” Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia (2004), with Lia Pacelli and Andrea Borgarello • “Anatomy of Employment Growth.” Economic Policy 34 (2002), with Paolo Mauro • “What Moves Capital to Transition Economy?” IMF Staff Papers (2002), Vol. 48, pp. 109145, with Nada Mora, Ratna Sahay, and Jeromin Zettlemeyer • “Wages and the Size of Firms in Dynamic Matching Models.” Review of Economic Dynamics 4 (2001): 335-368, with Giuseppe Bertola • “Job Flows and Cross-Sectional Firm Dynamics: Traditional Measures and Alternative Econometric Techniques.” Labour Economics (2000) • “Job Flow Dynamics and Firing Restrictions.” European Economic Review 42, No. 2 (1998): 245-75. • “Labor Market Institutions and Unemployment Dynamics in Transition Economies.” IMF Staff Papers (1998), Vol. 45, pp. 269-308, with Zuzana Brixiova • “The Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy on Job Creation and Destruction.” IMF Staff Papers (1997), Vol. 44, pp. 557-87 Books • “Riforme a Costo Zero”, Chiarelettere, with Tito Boeri, 2011 • “Health Ageing and Productivity” (Pietro Garibaldi, Olivier Joaquim Oliveira and Jan Van Ours, eds) forthcoming, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010 • “Un Nuovo Contratto per Tutti”, Chiarelettere with Tito Boeri, 2008 • “Education and Training in Europe” (Giorgio Brunello, Pietro Garibaldi, and Etienne Wasmer, eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007 • “Personnel Economics in Imperfect Labor Markets”. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. • “Economia delle risorse umane”. Bologna: Il Mulino, 2005 • “The Information Economy: Productivity Gains and the Digital Divide”, edited by Daniel Cohen, Pietro Garibaldi, and Stefano Scarpetta. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004 Referee Activities • Referee for: American Economic Review, Economic Journal, Econometrica, European Economic Review, IMF Staff Papers, Journal of Economic Dynamic and Control, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Law and Ecomics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Labour, Oxford Bulletin for Economic and Statistics, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Dynamic, Review of Economic Studies Columnist/Editorials • 2002-current Editor (and founder) of www.lavoce.info • 2007-2010 Columnist for La Stampa 157 Curriculum Vitae DINO GERARDI August 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio 30 10024 Moncalieri (Torino) Education 2001 1995 1994 +39 011 6705008 [email protected] sites.carloalberto.org/gerardi Northwestern University, Ph.D. (Economics) Dissertation Title: “Strategic Decision-Making and Information Transmission” Dissertation Committee: Asher Wolinsky (Chair), David Austen-Smith, Timothy Feddersen and Roger Myerson Università Luigi Bocconi, M.A., Summa cum Laude (Economics) Università Luigi Bocconi, B.A., Summa cum Laude (Economics) Employment and Affiliations 2010-current Carlo Alberto Chair in Economic Organization and Scientific Innovation, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2006-2010 Associate Professor of Economics, Yale University 2001-2006 Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale University 2001-2010 Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics Professional Service • 2013-current Associate Editor, Economics Letters • 2012-current Associate Editor, Review of Economic Design • 2012-current Associate Editor, Decisions in Economics and Finance Awards and Fellowships • 2014-2017 ERC Consolidator Grant. • 2006-2008 N.S.F. Grant “Social Memory: A Game Theoretic Approach” • 2003 Yale University Junior Faculty Fellowship Review of Economic Studies European Tour • 2001 Research Papers A. Published Articles • “A Principal-Agent Model of Sequential Testing,” (with Lucas Maestri), Theoretical Economics, 2012, 7, 425-463 • “Communication and Learning,” (with Luca Anderlini and Roger Lagunoff), Review of Economic Studies, 2012, 79, 419-450 • “Social Memory, Evidence, and Conflict” (with Luca Anderlini and Roger Lagunoff), Review of Economic Dynamics, 2010, 13, 559-574 • “Aggregation of Expert Opinions,” (with Richard McLean and Andrew Postlewaite), Games and Economic Behavior, 2009, 65, 339-371 158 8_faculty • “Costly Expertise,” (with Leeat Yariv), American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2008, 98(2), 187-193 • “A ‘Super’ Folk Theorem for Dynastic Repeated Games,” (with Luca Anderlini and Roger Lagunoff), Economic Theory, 2008, 37, 357-394 • “Information Acquisition in Committees,” (with Leeat Yariv), Games and Economic Behavior, 2008, 62, 436-459 • “Deliberative Voting,” (with Leeat Yariv), Journal of Economic Theory, 2007, 134, 317-338 • “Sequential Equilibria in Games with Communication,” (with Roger Myerson), Games and Economic Behavior, 2007, 60, 104-134 • “Unmediated Communication in Games with Complete and Incomplete Information,” Journal of Economic Theory, 2004, 114, 104-131 • “Communication and Voting with Double-Sided Information,” (with Ulrich Doraszelski and Francesco Squintani), Contributions to Theoretical Economics, 2003, 3 • “Jury Verdicts and Preference Diversity,” American Political Science Review, 2000, 94, 395-406 B. Working Papers • “A Theory of Slow Trading in Bargaining,” (with Lucas Maestri) • “Do Actions Speak Louder than Words? Auditing, Disclosure, and Verification in Organizations” (with Luca Anderlini and Roger Lagunoff) • “The Role of Commitment in Bilateral Trade,” (with Johannes Hörner and Lucas Maestri) Referee Activities American Economic Review, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, B.E. Journals in Theoretical Economics, Economic Journal, Economic Theory, Econometrica, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, International Journal of Game Theory, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, National Science Foundation, Rand Journal of Economics, Social Choice, Review of Economic Studies, Theoretical Economics 159 Curriculum Vitae edoardo grillo August 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 6705275 Via Real Collegio 30 [email protected] 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy sites.google.com/site/edoardogrillo Education 2012 2009 2006 2004 Ph.D. in Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA M.A. in Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA M.Sc. in Economics and Social Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy B.A. in Economics and Social Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy Academic Position 2012-current: Foscolo Europe Fellow, Unicredit & Universities Foundation at Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri, Italy Areas of Interest Game Theory, Political Economy, Behavioral Economics, Mechanism Design, Financial Economics Published Papers • “Interactive Epistemology and Solution Concepts for Games with Asymmetric Information,” The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, Berkeley Electronic Press, 11(1) Advances, page 6, joint with P. Battigalli, A. Di Tillio and A. Penta Working Papers • “Reference Dependence, Risky Projects and Credible Information Transmission”, 2011 • “Electoral Speeches and Reference Dependence: Can Politicians’ Announcements be Credible?”, 2011 • “Irrationality and War” joint with A. Acharya, 2011 Invited Seminars 2012 Collegio Carlo Alberto, Exeter Business School, McGill University, Paris HEC, Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2011 Princeton University Fellowships and Awards 2012-current Foscolo Europe Fellowship, Unicredit & Universities Foundation 2007-2012 Princeton University Graduate School Fellowship 2004-2006 Bocconi University Graduate Merit Award Referee Activities Econometrica, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Economic Theory 160 8_faculty Teaching Experience Graduate 2010-2012 PhD Microeconomics, Teaching Assistant, Princeton University, USA 2007 MSc Game Theory, Teaching Assistant, Bocconi University, Italy Undergraduate 2009-2012 Junior Thesis, Assistant Advisor, Princeton University, USA 2007 Microeconomics, Teaching Assistant, Bocconi University, Italy Non-Academic Professional Experience 2005 Intern, European Investment Bank, Directorate of Financial Engineering and Advisory Services, Luxembourg, Summer 2005 Languages Italian: Mother Tongue English: Fluent German: Beginner 161 Curriculum Vitae marit Hinnosaar June 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio 30 [email protected] 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy www.marit.hinnosaar.net Research Fields Behavioral Economics, Industrial Organization Academic Appointment 2013-current Collegio Carlo Alberto, Assistant Professor Education 2013 2009 2002 2001 PhD Economics, Northwestern University, 2013 Committee: Aviv Nevo (chair), Matthias Doepke, Rob Porter, Shane Greenstein MA Economics, Northwestern University, 2009 MA Economics, University of Tartu, 2002, cum laude BA Economics, University of Tartu, 2001 Working Papers “Time Inconsistency and Alcohol Sales Restrictions” “Authority bias”, with Toomas Hinnosaar Honors and Awards 2013 Best paper in Regulatory Economics, 11th annual International Industrial Organization Conference 2013 EARIE, Young Economists’ Essay Award (YEEA) Grants 2014-2015 ZEW SEEK Grant, with Toomas Hinnosaar, Michael Kummer, Olga Slivko, Michael Zhang Seminars and Conference Presentations 2014 Pricing Workshop (Turin) 2013 University of Copenhagen, CERGE-EI, New Economic School, Collegio Carlo Alberto, EIEF, University of Queensland, University of Oslo, IIOC (Boston), Barcelona GSE Summer Forum, EEA (Gothenburg), EARIE (Evora), Wikipedia Workshop (Mannheim), Bank of Estonia, Aalto University 2012 ESEM (Malaga), EARIE (Rome), Internet, Politics, and Policy (Oxford), MOOD (Rome), Northwestern University 162 8_faculty Teaching Experience Empirical Industrial Organization, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Fall 2013, Fall 2014 (scheduled) Referee Activities Economic Journal, International Journal of Industrial Organization Other Employment 2002-2004 Bank of Estonia, Research Department, Economist 163 Curriculum Vitae Toomas Hinnosaar June 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 6705091 Via Real Collegio 30 [email protected] 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy www.toomas.hinnosaar.net Academic Positions 2012-current Assistant Professor, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy Education 2012 2009 2002 2001 Ph.D., Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL M.A.: Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL M.A.: Economics, University of Tartu, Estonia B.A.: Economics, University of Tartu, Estonia Working Papers • “On the impossibility of protecting risk-takers”. • “Calendar Mechanisms”. • “Overbooking”, with Jerey Ely and Daniel Garrett. • “Penny Auctions”, R&R at International Journal of Industrial Organization. Awards and Grants 2014-15 ZEW SEEK Grant, with Peter Gloor, Marit Hinnosaar, Michael Kummer, Olga Slivko, Michael, Zhang 2013 UniCredit & Universities Best PhD Thesis Award 2009-2010 Robert Eisner Memorial Fellowship (joint with Daniel Garrett) 2003 Award by Bank of Estonia in memoriam of Urmas Sepp (for M.A. thesis) Seminars and Conferences 2015 Humboldt University of Berlin, Spring Midwest Economic Theory Meeting (Columbus), ZEW conference on the economics of ICT (Mannheim), Conference on Economic Design (Istanbul) (scheduled), University of Naples (scheduled), Pennsylvania State University (scheduled) 2014 University of Bristol, University of Mannheim 2013 University of Queensland, University of Oslo, Bank of Estonia, \Private Information, Interdependent Preferences and Robustness: Theory and Applications” (Bonn), Annual International Industrial Organization Conference (Boston), European Economic Association meeting (Gothenburg) 2012 Aalto University, Bocconi University, Collegio Carlo Alberto, University of Bonn, University of Exeter, McGill University, University College London, Vanderbilt University, European Meeting of the Econometric Society (Malaga), Fall Midwest Economics Theory Meeting (St Louis) 2011 Northwestern University 164 8_faculty Teaching Experience 2013-2015 Instructor, Collegio Carlo Alberto Theory of the Firm 2007-2010 Teaching Assistant, Northwestern University Microeconomics, Introduction to Macroeconomics (undergraduate), Mathematical Methods (graduate) 2001-2005 Teaching Assistant, University of Tartu International Finance, Introduction to Economics, Public Finance, Principles of Mathematical Economics, System Analysis and Design 2002-2006 Lecturer, University of Tartu Advanced Macroeconomics, Advanced Microeconomics, Mathematical Methods in Economics, Specialized course in Economic Theory, Economics of Information Goods Referee Activities Review of Economic Studies (4), Theoretical Economics, Games and Economic Behavior (3), American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, RAND Journal of Economics Journal of the European Economic Association, Management Science (3), Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (2), Quantitative Economics, Review of Industrial Organization (2) Other Academic Activities June 2015 Co-organizer of “SEEK Digital Economy Workshop”, Collegio Carlo Alberto May 2014 Co-organizer of “Pricing Workshop”, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2012-current Co-organizer of Economics Seminars, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2012-current Junior recruiting committee, Collegio Carlo Alberto 165 Curriculum Vitae ANTONIO LIJOI August 2015 Address University of Pavia Via San Felice, 5 27100 Pavia, Italy Education 1999 1994 +39 0382 986220 [email protected] economia.unipv.it/alijoi Ph.D. in Statistics at the University of Trento (Italy) Laurea in Economics, University “L. Bocconi”, Milano Professional Activities 2012-current Professor of Probability and Mathematical Statistics, University of Pavia, Department of Economics and Management 2010-current Research Affiliate, “de Castro” Statistics Initiative, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2005-2012 Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Mathematics and Information Technology, National Research Council (IMATI-CNR) 2006-2011 Associate Professor, University of Pavia, Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods 1999-2006 Assistant Professor, University of Pavia, Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods Honors and Awards 2009 Visiting Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2007 Visiting Fellow, Isaac Newton Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, U.K. Editorial Activity 2015-2016 Chair, section of Bayesian Nonparametrics, International Society for Bayesian Analysis 2014-2017 Member of the Board of Directors, International Society for Bayesian Analysis 2010-2013 Associate Editor of Statistical Methods and Applications Selected Publications in Refereed Journals • “Full Bayesian inference with hazard mixture models”. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, to appear, with Arbel, J. and Nipoti, B. (2015) • “On the stick-breaking representation for homogeneous NRMIs”. Bayesian Analysis, to appear, with Favaro, S., Nava, C., Nipoti, B., Prünster, I. and Teh, Y.W. (2015) • “A class of hazard rate mixtures for combining survivaldata from different experiments”. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 109, 802-814, with Nipoti, B. (2014) • “Are Gibbs-type priors the most natural generalization of the Dirichlet process?“ IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 37, 212-229, with De Blasi, P., Favaro, S. Mena, R.H, Prünster, I. and Ruggiero, M. (2015) • “Dependent mixture models: clustering and borrowing information”. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 71, 417-433, with Nipoti, B. and Pruenster, I. (2013) • “Bayesian inference with dependent normalized completely random measures”. Bernoulli, 20, 1260-1291, with Nipoti, B. and Prünster, I. (2014) • “Modeling with normalized random measure mixture models”. Statistical Science, 28, 313334, with Barrios, E.J., Nieto-Barajas, L.E. and Pruenster, I. (2013) • “An asymptotic analysis of a class of discrete nonparametric priors”. Statistica Sinica, 23, 1299-1322, with De Blasi, P. and Pruenster, I. (2013) 166 8_faculty • “A vector of Dirichlet processes”. Electronic Journal of Statistics, 7, 62-90, with Leisen, F., and Spanò, D. (2013) • “A new estimator of the discovery probability”. Biometrics, 68, 1188-1196, with Favaro, S. and Prünster, I. (2012) • “On the stick-breaking representation of normalized inverse Gaussian priors”. Biometrika, 99, 663-674, with Favaro, S., and Prünster, I. (2012) • “Conditional formulae for Gibbs-type exchangeable random partitions”. The Annals of Applied Probability, 23, 1721-1754, with Favaro, S. and Prünster, I. (2013) • “Asymptotics for a Bayesian nonparametric estimator of species richness”. Bernoulli, 18, 1267-1283, with Favaro, S. and Prünster, I. (2012) • “Vectors of two-parameter Poisson-Dirichlet processes”. Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 102, 482-496, with Leisen, F. (2011) • “Nonparametric priors for vectors of survival functions”. Statistica Sinica, 20, 1455-1484, with Epifani, I. (2010) • “On the distribution of means of nonparametric prior processes”. Bernoulli, 16, 155-180, with James, L.F. and Prünster, I. (2010) • “Distributional properties of means of random probability measures”. Statistics Surveys, 3, 47-95, with Prünster, I. (2009) • “On Bayesian nonparametric inference in species sampling models”. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 71, 993-1008, with Favaro, S., Mena, R., and Prünster, I. (2009) • “Posterior analysis for normalized random measures with independent increments”. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 36, 76-97, with James, L.F. and Prünster, I. (2009) • “Distributions of linear functionals of two parameter Poisson-Dirichlet random measures”. The Annals of Applied Probability, 18, 521-551, with James, L.F. and Prünster, I. (2008) • “Bayesian nonparametric estimators derived from conditional Gibbs structures”. The Annals of Applied Probability, 18, 1519-1547, with Prünster, I. and Walker, S.G. (2008) • “Investigating nonparametric priors with Gibbs structure”. Statistica Sinica, 18, 1653-1668, with Prünster, I. and Walker, S.G. (2008) • “Controlling the reinforcement in Bayesian nonparametric mixture models”. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 69, 715-740, with Mena, H. and Prünster, I. (2007) • “Bayesian nonparametric estimation of the probability of discovering a new species”. Biometrika, 94, 769-786, with Mena, H. and Prünster, I. (2007) • “On rates of convergence for posterior distributions in infinite-dimensional models”. The Annals of Statistics, 35, 738-746, with Walker, S.G. and Prünster, I. (2007) • “Bayesian consistency for stationary models”. Econometric Theory, 23, 749-759, with Prünster, I. and Walker, S.G. (2007) • “Conjugacy as a distinctive feature of the Diriclet process”. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 33, 105-120, with James, L.F. and Prünster, I. (2006) • “Hierarchical mixture modelling with normalized inverse Gaussian priors”. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 100, 1278-1291, with Mena, R. and Prünster, I. (2005) • “On consistency of nonparametric normal mixtures for Bayesian density estimation”. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 100, 1292-1296, with Prünster, I. and Walker, S.G. (2005) • “Data tracking and the understanding of Bayesian consistency”. Biometrika, 92, 765-778, with Walker, S.G. and Prünster, I. (2005) • “Means of a Dirichlet process and multiple hypergeometric functions”. The Annals of Probability, 32, 1469-1495, with Regazzini, E. (2004) • “Means of normalized random measures with independent increments”. The Annals of Statistics, 31, 560-585, with Regazzini, E. and Prünster, I. (2003) • “Exponential functionals and means of neutral-to-the-right priors”. Biometrika, 90, 791-808, with Epifani, I. and Prünster, I. (2003) 167 Curriculum Vitae bertrand lods September 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio 30 Moncalieri (To), Italy +39 011 6705238 [email protected] sites.google.com/site/bertrandlods/ Professional Activities 2015-current Associate professor in Mathematical Analysis, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Torino, Italy 2010-2015 Assistant professor in Mathematical Analysis, Department of Statistics and Applied Mathematics, University of Torino, Italy 2006-2010 Assistant Professor in Applied Mathematics, Laboratoire de Mathématiques UMR 6620, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont Ferrand II, France Education 2002 Ph.D. in Mathematics and Applications, Université de Franche-Comté, France Research Interests Mathematical analysis of kinetic equations: Boltzmann equation for granular gases, Equations of coagulation and fragmentation. Evolution equations: semigroup theory, spectral theory Publications in Refereed Journals • “Entropy dissipation estimate for the linear Boltzmann operator”, with M. Bisi, J. A. Canizo, Journal of Functional Analysis, Vol. 269, 1028-1069, 2015 • “Information Geomtry formalism for the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation”, with G. Pistone, Entropy, Vol. 17, 4223-4263, 2015 • “Boltzmann model for viscoelastic particles: asymptotic behavior, pointwise lower bounds and regularity”, with R. J. Alonso, Communications in Mathematical Physics, Vol. 331, 541-591, 2014 • “Non-autonomous Honesty theory in abstract state spaces with applications to linear kinetic equations”, with L. Arlotti and M. Mokhtar-Kharroubi, Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis, Vol. 13, 729-771, 2014 • “Exponential convergence to equilibrium for the Becker-Döring equations”, with J. A. Canizo, Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 255, p. 905-950, 2013 • “Uniqueness and regularity of steady states of the Boltzmann equation for viscoelastic hard-spheres driven by a thermal bath”, with R. J. Alonso, Communications in Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 11, p. 807-862, 2013 • “Existence of self-similar profile for a kinetic annihilation model”, with V. Bagland, Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 254, p. 3023-3080, 2013 • “Two proofs of Haff’s law for dissipative gases: the use of entropy and the weakly inelastic regime”, with R. J. Alonso, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Vol. 397, p. 260-275, 2013 • “Uniqueness in the weakly inelastic regime of the equilibrium state to the Boltzmann equation driven by a particle bath”, with M. Bisi and J. A. Canizo, SIAM Journal of Mathematical Analysis, Vol. 43, 2640-2674, 2011 • “On perturbed substochastic semigroups in abstract state spaces”, with L. Arlotti and M. Mokhtar-Kharroubi, Zeitschrift für Analysis und ihre Anwendungen, Vol. 30, 457-495, 2011 • “On general transport equations with abstract boundary conditions. The case of divergence free force field”, with L. Arlotti and J. Banasiak, Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 8, 1-35, 2011 • “Free cooling and high-energy tails of granular gases with variable restitution coefficient”, with R. J. Alonso, SIAM Journal of Mathematical Analysis, Vol. 42, p. 2499-2538, 2010 168 8_faculty • “Variational characterizations of the effective multiplication factor of a nuclear reactor core”, Kinetic and Related Models, Vol. 2, p. 307-331, 2009 • “A new approach to transport equations associated to a regular field: trace results and wellposedness”, with L. Arlotti and J. Banasiak, Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 6, p. 367-402, 2009 • “Spectral properties of general advection operators and weighted translation semigroups”, with M. Mokhtar-Kharroubi and M. Sbihi, Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis, Vol. 8, p. 1469-1492, 2009 • “Spectral analysis of transport equations with bounce-back boundary conditions”, with K. Latrach, Mathematical Methods in Applied Sciences, Vol. 32, p. 1325-1344, 2009 • “Equilibrium solution to the inelastic Boltzmann equation driven by a particle bath”, with M. Bisi and J. A. Carrillo, Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol. 133, p. 841-870, 2008 • “Relaxation rate, diffusion approximation and Fick’s law for inelastic scattering Boltzmann models”, with C. Mouhot and G. Toscani, Kinetic and Related Models, Vol. 1, p. 223-248, 2008 • “Weak spectral mapping theorems for C_0-groups associated to transport equations in slab geometry”, with K. Latrach and M. Mokhtar-Kharroubi, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Vol. 342, p. 1038-1051, 2008 • “On the kinetic theory for active particles: A model for tumor--immune system competition”, with E. De Angelis, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol. 47, p. 196-209, 2008 • “On the spectrum of mono-energetic absorption operator with Maxwell boundary conditions. A unified treatment”, Transport Theory and Statistical Physics, Vol. 37, p. 1-37, 2008 • “Integral representation of the linear Boltzmann operator for granular gas dynamics with applications”, with L. Arlotti, Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol. 129, p. 517-536, 2007 • “On transport equations driven by a non divergence-free force field”, with L. Arlotti and J. Banasiak, Mathematical Methods in Applied Sciences, Vol. 30, p. 2155-2177, 2007 • “Stability of the essential spectrum for 2D-transport models with Maxwell boundary conditions”, with. M. Sbihi, Mathematical Methods in Applied Sciences, Vol. 29, p. 499-523, 2006 • “On a mathematical model of immune competition”, with C. Cattani and A. Ciancio, Applied Mathematics Letter, Vol. 19, p. 678-683, 2006 • “Substochastic semigroups for transport equations with conservative boundary conditions”, with L. Arlotti, Journal of Evolution Equations, Vol.5, p. 485-508, 2005 • “Semigroup generation properties of streaming operators with non-contractive boundary conditions”, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol. 42, p. 1141-1162, 2005 • “Long time behavior of non-autonomous Fokker-Planck equations and the cooling of granular gases”, with G. Toscani, Ukrainian Mathematical Journal, Vol. 57, p. 778-789, 2005 • “The linear dissipative Boltzmann equation for hard spheres”, with G. Toscani, Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol. 117, p. 635-664, 2004 • “On linear kinetic equations involving unbounded cross-sections”, Mathematical Methods in Applied Sciences, Vol. 27, p. 1049-1075, 2004 • “On the theory of a growing cell population with zero minimum cycle length”, with M. MokhtarKharroubi, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Vol. 266, p. 70-99, 2002 • “A generation theorem for kinetic equations with non-contractive boundary operators”, Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris, Vol. 335, p. 655-660, 2002 • “Regularity and time asymptotic behaviour of solutions to transport equations”, with K. Latrach, Transport Theory and Statistical Physics, Vol. 30, p. 617-639, 2001 Grants 2004-2006 Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship, Politecnico di Torino (Italy), Dipartimento di Matematica 2003-2004 HYKE Post-doctoral Fellowship, Università degli Studi di Pavia (Italy), Dipartimento di Matematica 169 Curriculum Vitae IGNACIO MONZóN August 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 6705233 Via Real Collegio 30 [email protected] 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy sites.google.com/site/imonzon Academic Position 2010-current Assistant Professor, Collegio Carlo Alberto Education 2010 2007 2002 2001 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison Committee: Bill Sandholm (Primary Advisor), Dan Quint, Marzena Rostek, Ricardo Serrano-Padial and James Montgomery M.S. in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison M.S. in Economics, Universidad de San Andrés B.S. in Economics, Universidad de Buenos Aires Research Fields Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Evolutionary Games Publications “Observational Learning with Position Uncertainty” (with Michael Rapp), Journal of Economic Theory, (2014) pp. 375-402 Working Papers • “Aggregate Uncertainty Can Lead to Herds,” revision requested, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics • “Frictions Lead to Sorting: a Partnership Model with On-the-Match Search,” with Cristian Bartolucci • “Identifying Sorting in Practice,” with Cristian Bartolucci and with Francesco Devicienti Work In Progress • “Social Learning in Games”, with Michael Rapp • “Employment Protection, Hold-up and Poverty Traps,” with Cristian Bartolucci and Esteban Jaimovich Invited Seminars 2014-2015 University of Turin, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona 2013-2014 University of Essex 2012-2013 University of Western Ontario, University College London, University of Surrey 2011-2012 Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance 2010-2011 Universidad de San Andrés (scheduled) 2009-2010 Collegio Carlo Alberto, LUISS Guido Carli, Northern Illinois University, Ryerson University, Universidad de Alicante 170 8_faculty Conference Presentations 2014-2015 European Meeting of the Econometric Society (Toulouse), Search and Matching Workshop (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona), ASSET 2014 (Aix-Marseille School of Economics), XXXIX Simposio de la Asociaci´on Espa˜ nola de Econom´ıa (Universitat de les Illes Balears) 2013-2014 Midwest Economic Meetings, Economic Theory (Indiana University Purdue University), Workshop on ”Unemployment, wage inequality and labor market policy” (University of Konstanz, Germany) 2012-2013 FourthWorld Congress of the Game Theory Society (Istanbul, Turkey) 2011-2012 Universidad de San Andrés, Alumni Conference 2010-2011 ASSET 2010 (Universidad de Alicante), Midwest Economic Meetings, Economic Theory, Notre Dame 2009-2010 XXXIV Simposio de la Asociacion Espanola de Economıa (Universitat de Valencia), Midwest Economic Meetings, Economic Theory (Penn State), Theory Workshop (UW Madison) 2008-2009 Third World Congress of the Game Theory Society, Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University 2007-2008 Fourth Meeting on “Mathematical Models of Economic Behavior”, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina Awards and Distinctions 2008 NSF grant to attend the 3rd Meeting of Nobel Laureates at Lindau 2007-2008 Richard E. Stockwell Graduate Student Fellowship in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2004-2005 Economics Merit Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2002 Graduate Fellowship, Universidad de San Andrés 2000 Undergraduate Research Fellowship (Beca UBACyT), Universidad de Buenos Aires Teaching Experience • Graduate Instructor: Microeconomic Theory (Collegio Carlo Alberto) • Graduate TA: Microeconomic Theory Sequence (UW-Madison, UBA & UdeSA) • Undergraduate Instructor: General Equilibrium Seminar (UdeSA) and Microeconomics (UBA) • Undergraduate TA: Econometrics, Industrial Organization, International Economics, Microeconomics, Probability and Statistics Referee Activities Journal of Economic Theory, Decisions in Economics and Finance, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, The Review of Economic Studies, Games and Economic Behavior University Service May 2014 Organizer of the Turin Leg of the Restud Tour 2010-2014 Junior Faculty Recruitment Committee 2010-2014 Seminar Series in Economics Co-organizer Languages English (fluent), Spanish (native), French (advanced) and Italian (advanced) 171 Curriculum Vitae cristiana moretti September 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio 30 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy Phone Email Website Education 1997-1998 1992-1997 1994-1995 Work Experience Apr 2014-current +39 011 6705095 [email protected] www.carloalberto.org/people/staff/educational-programs/moretti/ Multimedia technician and designer Training course in multimedia communication Bachelor Degree In Sciences of Communication, University of Turin. Grade 110/110 Institutional and Corporate Communication; Cultural Economics, Cultural Foundations International Marketing Faculty of Business Administration at the University of Cologne, Germany (Erasmus student) Program Manager Compagnia di San Paolo, Torino Economic and Juridical Research Area Evaluation and management of request of contributions with a focus on Universities Jan 2014-current Development and Placement Officer, Allievi Honors Program Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri, Torino Promotion of the Program and contacts with the Alumni of the Program Sep 2010-Dec 2013 Communication and Grant Office Human Genetics Foundation, Torino Organisation of events and workshops, contacts with journalists, website management, communication strategy and plan; grant opportunities monitoring, grant requests and grant administration 172 8_faculty Jan 2009-Aug 2010 Team Coordinator and Science to Business Programme Associazione Torino per ESOF2010, Torino Coordination of the Project Team, institutional and international relations; project management of the call, selection of proposals and organisation of the Science to Business Programme within the ESOF2010 international science conference Jul 1998-Dec 2008 Program Manager and Studies and Documentation Compagnia di San Paolo, Torino Evaluation and management of request of contributions concerning scientific research with a focus on scientific dissemination; reporting, newsletter, website management, translations Other experience Sep 2014-current 2009-2013 Member of the Board of Directors Collegio Universitario Renato Einaudi - Torino Member of the Advisory Board MITOR Project MIT-Italy Program Languages • Italian: Mother tongue • English: Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English, June 1994 • German: Prüfung zum kleinen Sprachdiplom des Goethe-Instituts, May 1996 • French: Diplôme d’Ètudes en Langue Française (DELF 4), June 2004 • Spanish: Basic Knowledge Computer skills • Operating systems: Microsoft Windows e Mac • Software: Office, Adobe Photoshop, Acrobat Writer • Use of HTML and Content Managements Systems Recent Courses 2015 December 2014 July 2014 2011-2014 Public Speaking Quantitative methods for assessing public policies’ effects, ASVAPP Torino Basic Life Support, Italian Resuscitation Council several Team building and Program management courses 173 Curriculum Vitae Bernardo nipoti August 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio 30 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy Education 2011 2007 2004 +39 011 6705023 [email protected] sites.google.com/a/carloalberto.org/nipoti/ Ph.D. in mathematics and statistics, University of Pavia, Italy Master degree in mathematics, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy Professional Activities Sep 2012-current Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Torino, Italy Sep 2012-current Research affiliate, “de Castro” Statistics Initiative Jan 2012-Jul 2012 Visiting postdoctoral fellow at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA Jul 2010-Aug 2012 Research assistant at Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (TO), Italy Publications in refereed Journals • “On the stick-breaking representation for homogeneous NRMIs,” Bayesian Analysis, to appear, with Favaro, S., Lijoi, A., Nava, C., Pruenster, I. & Teh, Y.W. (2015) • “Rediscovery of Good-Turing estimators via Bayesian nonparametrics,” Biometrics, to appear, with Favaro, S. & Teh, Y.W. (2015) • “Random variate generation for Laguerre-type exponentially tilted alfa-stable distributions,” Electronic Journal of Statistics, 9, 1230-1242, with Favaro, S. & Teh, Y.W. (2015) • “Full Bayesian inference with hazard mixture models,” Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, to appear, with Arbel, J., Lijoi, A. (2015) • “On the stick-breaking representation of alfa-stable Poisson-Kingman models,” Electronic Journal of Statistics, 8, 1063-1085, with Favaro, S., Lomeli, M. & Teh, Y.W. (2014) • “Discussion of “On simulation and properties by L. Devroy and L. James,”” Statistical Methods & Applications, 23(3), 365-369, with Favaro, S. & Nipoti, B. (2014) • “Posterior analysis of rare variants in Gibbs-type species sampling models,” Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 231, 79-98, with Cesari, O., Favaro, S. (2014) • “A class of hazard rate mixtures for combining survival data from different experiments,” Journal of the American Statistical Association, 109, 802-814, with Lijoi, A. (2014) • “Bayesian inference with dependent normalized completely random measures” Bernoulli, 20(3), 1260-1291, with Lijoi, A., & Pruenster, I. (2014) • “Dependent mixture models: clustering and borrowing information”, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 71, 417-433, with Lijoi, A. & Pruenster, I. (2014) • “Discussion on Mueller and Mitra’s “Bayesian Nonparametric Inference - Why and How”, Bayesian Analysis, 8, 326-328, with Arbel, J. (2013) • “Gauss’ linking number revisited”, Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications, 20, 13251343, with Ricca, R.L. (2011) 174 8_faculty Books’ chapters • “Derivation and Interpretation of the Gauss Linking Number”, in Introductory Lectures on Knot Theory (Kauffman L.H., Lambropoulou S., Jablan S., Przytycki J.H., eds), 428-501. Series on Knots and Everything, World Scientific Press, with Ricca, R.L. (2011) Conference Proceedings and working Papers • “Bayesian Survival Model based on moment characterization,” In Proceedings of Baysm 2014, Springer proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 126, 3-14, with Arbel, J., Lijoi, A. (2015). • “Uncertainty quantification for Bayesian nonparametric estimators of rare species”, Proceedings of the 47th Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society, with Favaro, S. (2014) • “A Bayesian nonparametric model for combining data from different experiments”, Proceedings of the 47th Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society, with Lijoi, A. & Pruenster, I. (2014) • “Stick-breaking representations of 1/2-stable Poisson-Kingman models”, Proceedings S.Co, 2013, with Favaro, S., Lomeli, M. & Teh, Y.W. (2013) • “Dependent Completely Random Measures and Statistical Applications”, Best Ph.D. thesis in statistics and applications, CLEUP (2012) • “Transformations of dependent completely random measures”, Scientifica Acta, University of Pavia (2010) Awards • Honorable Mention, Savage Awards 2012 for outstanding doctoral dissertations in Bayesian econometrics and statistics (Theory and Methods Section) sponsored by the American Statistical Association, International Society of Bayesian Analysis and NBER-NSF (Seminar in Bayesian Inference in Econometrics and Statistics) • Award for best Ph.D. thesis in Statistics, Italian Statistical Society (2011) Teaching 2012-2015 Introductory Statistics, Master in Economics and Master in Economics and Complexity. Collegio Carlo Alberto 2014-2015 Measure Theory, Phd Program in Theoretical Economics, Finance and Statistics, University of Torino, and Allievi Program, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2013-2014 Teaching assistant for Quantitative Methods for Econimics, University of Torino 2011 Teaching assistant for Fondamenti di Statistica e Segnali Biomedici. Politecnico of Milan, Italy 2009-2010 Teaching assistant for Matematica e Statistica applicate alle Scienze Naturali. University of Pavia, Italy 175 Curriculum Vitae IGOR PRÜNSTER September 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio 30 Moncalieri (To), Italy Education 2003 1998 +39 011 6705281 [email protected] sites.carloalberto.org/pruenster Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics, University of Pavia, Pavia (Italy) Laurea in Economics, Bocconi University, Milan (Italy) Professional Activities 2011-current Professor of Statistics, University of Torino 2010-current Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2007-current Coordinator, Allievi Program (Honors Program), Collegio Carlo Alberto 2007-2011 Associate Professor, University of Torino 2001-2007 Assistant Professor, University of Pavia (2001-05) & University of Torino (2005-07) Honors and Awards 2015 Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) 2013 ISBA Certificate of Appreciation 2012 Awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant 2004 Prize for the best Ph.D. thesis in Statistics awarded by the Italian Statistical Society 2004 Finalist of the “L.J. Savage Award” for the best Ph.D. thesis in Bayesian Statistics 2004 Laha Award assigned by Institute of Mathematical Statistics Editorial Activity • Co-Editor: Bayesian Analysis • Associate Editor: Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Sankhya, Statistical Methods & Applications Selected Publications in Refereed Journals • “Are Gibbs-type priors the most natural generalization of the Dirichlet process?” IEEE TPAMI, 37, 212-229, with De Blasi, P., Favaro, S., Lijoi, A., Mena, R.H. and Ruggiero, M. (2015) • “Bayesian inference with dependent normalized completely random measures”. Bernoulli, 20, 1260-1291, with Lijoi, A., Nipoti, B. (2014) • “Dependent mixture models: clustering and borrowing information”. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 71, 417-433, with Lijoi, A., Nipoti, B. (2014) • “An asymptotic analysis of a class of discrete nonparametric priors”. Statistica Sinica, 23, 12991322, with De Blasi, S., Lijoi, A. (2013) • “A Bayesian nonparametric approach to modelling market share dynamics”. Bernoulli, 19, 6492, with Ruggiero, M. (2013) • “A new estimator of the discovery probability”. Biometrics, 68, 1188-1196, with Favaro, S., Lijoi, A. (2012) • “Asymptotics for a Bayesian nonparametric estimator of species variety”. Bernoulli, 18, 12671283, with Favaro, S., Lijoi, A. (2012) • “On the stick--breaking representation of normalized inverse Gaussian priors”. Biometrika, 99, 663-674, with Favaro, S., Lijoi A. (2012) • “On a class of distributions on the simplex”. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 141, 2987-3004, with Favaro, S., Hadjicharalambous, G. (2011) • “On a class of random probability measures with general predictive structure”. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 38, 359-376, with Favaro, S. and Walker, S.G. (2011) 176 8_faculty • “On the posterior distribution of classes of random means”. Bernoulli, 16, 155-180, with James, L.F., Lijoi, A. (2010) • “Bayesian nonparametric inference for species variety with a two parameter Poisson-Dirichlet process prior”. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society-Series B, 71, 993-1008, with Favaro, S., Lijoi A., Mena, R.H. (2009) • “Distributional properties of means of random probability measures”. Statistics Surveys, 3, 4795, with Lijoi A. (2009) • “Asymptotics for posterior hazards”. The Annals of Statistics, 37, 1906-1945, with De Blasi, P., Peccati, G. (2009) • “Posterior analysis for normalized random measures with independent increments”. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 36, 76-97, with James, L.F., Lijoi, A. (2009) • “A sensitivity analysis for Bayesian nonparametric density estimators”. Statistica Sinica, 19, 685705, with Nieto-Barajas, L.E. (2009) • “A Bayesian Nonparametric approach for comparing clustering structures in EST libraries”. Journal of Computational Biology, 15, 1315-1327, with Lijoi A., Mena, R.H. (2008) • “Linear and quadratic functionals of random hazard rates: an asymptotic analysis”. The Annals of Applied Probability, 18, 1910-1943, with Peccati, G. (2008) • “Bayesian nonparametric estimators derived from conditional Gibbs structures”. The Annals of Applied Probability, 18, 1519-1547, with Lijoi, A., Walker, S.G. (2008) • “Investigating nonparametric priors with Gibbs structure”. Statistica Sinica, 18, 1653-1668, with Lijoi, A., Walker, S.G. (2008) • “Distributions of Functionals of the Two Parameter Poisson-Dirichlet Process”. The Annals of Applied Probability, 18, 521-551, with James, L.F., Lijoi, A. (2008) • “A Bayesian nonparametric method for prediction in EST analysis”. BMC Bioinformatics, 8: 339, with Lijoi A., Mena, R.H. (2007) • “Bayesian nonparametric estimation of the probability of discovering a new species”. Biometrika, 94, 769-786, with Lijoi, A., Mena, R.H. (2007) • “Controlling the reinforcement in Bayesian nonparametric mixture models”. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society-Series B, 69, 715-740, with Lijoi A., Mena, R.H. (2007) • “On rates of convergence for posterior distributions in infinite-dimensional models”. The Annals of Statistics, 35, 738-746, with Walker S.G., Lijoi, A. (2007) • “Bayesian consistency for stationary models”. Econometric Theory 23, 749-759, with Lijoi, A., Walker, S.G. (2007) • “Conjugacy as a distinctive feature of the Dirichlet process”. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 33, 105-120, with James, L.F., Lijoi, A. (2006) • “Data tracking and the understanding of Bayesian consistency”. Biometrika, 92, 765-778, with Walker, S.G., Lijoi, A. (2005) • “On consistency of nonparametric normal mixtures for Bayesian density estimation”. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 100, 1292-1296, with Lijoi, A., Walker, S.G. (2005) • “Bayesian nonparametric analysis for a generalized Dirichlet process prior”. Statistical Inference for Stochastic Processes, 8, 283-309, with Lijoi, A., Mena, R.H. (2005) • “Hierarchical mixture modelling with normalized inverse Gaussian priors”. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 100, 1278-1291, with Lijoi, A., Mena, R.H. (2005) • “Normalized Random Measures driven by Increasing Additive Processes”. The Annals of Statistics, 32, 2343-2360, with Nieto-Barajas, L.E., Walker, S.G. (2004) • “A note on the problem of heaps”. Sankhya-The Indian Journal of Statistics, 66, 234-242, with Lijoi, A. (2004) • “Extending Doob’s consistency theorem to nonparametric densities”. Bernoulli, 10, 651-663, with Lijoi, A., Walker, S.G. (2004) • “Exponential functionals and means of neutral-to-the-right priors”. Biometrika, 90, 791-808, with Epifani, I., Lijoi (2003) • “Distributional Results for Means of Normalized Random Measures with Independent Increments”. The Annals of Statistics, 31, 560-585, with Regazzini, E., Lijoi, A. (2003) 177 Curriculum Vitae FILIPPO TADDEI July 2015 Address The Johns Hopkins University Via Belmeloro, 11 40135 Bologna +39 011 6705072 [email protected] sites.google.com/site/filippotaddei Academic Positions 2012-current Assistant Professor, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University 2012-current Research Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2007-2012 Assistant Professor, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2008-2012 Vice Director Allievi Program, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2005-2007 Lecturer, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University Professional Positions 2011-current Member, Board of Directors, Istituto Cattaneo 2013 Consultant, “The Italian Labor Market in Perspective”, International Labor Organization 2012 Consultant, “Duality in the European Labor Market”, European Commission 2010-2013 Member, Scientific Committee, Nomisma S.p.A. 2009-2013 Consultant, Right Management - Manpower 2008 Consultant, FIAT Group S.p.A. 2007 Consultant, Regional Study “Country Insurance”, World Bank 2003 Researcher, Staff of the President: Prof. Stanley Fischer, Citigroup Inc, USA 2001 Visiting Researcher, Prometeia - Econometric Studies and Forecasts, Italy Education 2005 2003 2002 2000 Ph.D. in Economics (with Distinction), Columbia University M.Phil. in Economics, Columbia University M.A. in Economics, Columbia University Laurea in Economics (cum Laude), University of Bologna, Italy Research Interests Macroeconomics, Financial Economics, International Finance Fellowships, Grants And Honors (since 2008) 2015-2018 Co-Investigator, Alberto Martin (CREI) ERC Grant “Financial Frictions in Macroeconomics” 2013 Consultant on “The Italian Labor Market”, International Labour Organization (ILO) 2012-2013 Lamfalussy Fellowship, European Central Bank 2012 Advisor, “Youth Unemployment in Europe”, European Commission 2011-2012 Principal Investigator, Grant “Adverse Selection and International Flows”, Collegio Carlo Alberto (CCA) 2010-2012 Co-Investigator, Grant “Stochastic Modeling in Economics via Bayesian Nonparametrics”, CCA 2010-2011 Co-Investigator, Grant “Pension Systems and Labor Markets”, NETSPAR 2009-2011 Co-Investigator, Grant for “Aging”, Regione Piemonte, Italy 2008 Honorary Mention, 12th Conference on Macroeconomics and International Finance Articles in Refereed Journals and Papers Submitted to Journals • “The Political Transition in Italy: from European Demand to Italian Ownership”, Contemporary Italian Politics (Forthcoming) • “Real Estate Prices: the Role of Bequest Taxation” (with Giorgio Bellettini and Giulio Zanella), B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, (Contributions), Volume 13, Issue 1, October 2013 • “International Capital Flows and Credit Market Imperfections: A Tale of Two Frictions” (with Alberto 178 8_faculty Martin), Journal of International Economics, Volume 89, Issue 2, March 2013, Pages 441-452 • “Intergenerational altruism and house prices: evidence from bequest tax reforms in Italy” (with Giorgio Bellettini and Giulio Zanella), in submission to EER • “Indexed Sovereign Debt” (with Guido Sandleris and Horacio Sapriza), R&R • “Innovation, Growth and Aggregate Volatility from a Bayesian Non Parametric Perspective” (with Antonio Lijoi, Pietro Muliere and Igor Pruenster), R&R JMathEcon Working Papers and Work-In-Progress • “Financial Frictions, International Capital Flows and Welfare”, 2014 • “Seniority Premium and Retirement” (with Giovanni Mastrobuoni), 2013 • “Age Before Beauty? Productivity and Work Vs Seniority and Early Retirement (with Giovanni Mastrobuoni), 2011 • “Liquidity and Economic Fluctuations”, 2011 • “Collateral, Financial Arrangements and Pareto Optimality”, 2011 • “Inefficient Credit Cycles” (with Matteo Ruggiero e Igor Pruenster), 2011 • “What if Ageing was the Only Investment? The Role of Credit Markets Imperfections and the Age Profile of Earnings”, 2009 • “Liquidity and the Allocation of Credit: Business Cycle, Government Debt and Financial Arrangements”, 2004 • “Equity Premium: Belief Heterogeneity and Distribution of Wealth”, 2003 Teaching 2011-15 Macroeconomics, International Monetary Theory, SAIS - The Johns Hopkins University 2008-13 Macroeconomics, Allievi Program and Master in Economics, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2010-12 Macroeconomics, PhD program, University of Torino; Monetary Economics, Laurea, University of Torino 2005-07 Economics and Policy Analysis, Master of Public Affairs, SIPA, Columbia University 2006 International Finance and Monetary Theory, Master of International Affairs, SIPA, CU 2005-06 Macroeconomics, Program in Economic and Policy Management, SIPA, CU Conference Presentations (since 2010) 2015 EuroMoney Conference, Milan; Australian Investment Conference, Australian Government, Milan; Greece: Seeking a Way Forward, London Business School, London; 3rd CEPR Conference on Growth in Mature Economies, University of Modena and RE, Modena; Italian Investment Conference, Unicredit Group, Milan; Internet, Jobs and Skills: opportunities for Growth, Rome; Growth and Debt after QE, Luiss University, Rome 2014 Macroeconomics of the Crisis, IMF Conference, Luiss University 2013 Society for Economic Dynamics (SED) Annual Meeting, Seoul; 12th SAET Conference, Paris 2012 Workshop on Institutions and Economic Outcomes, University of Sassari and Cagliari; Advances in Macroeconomics, University of Mannheim, Germany; 19th Mitsui Finance Symposium, University of Michigan 2011 Workshop on Institutions and Economic Outcomes, University of Sassari and Cagliari; Workshop “Macro Dynamics: Theory and Applications”, Bologna; XX International Tor Vergata Conference on “Money, Banking and Finance”, Roma; CEPR Institutions and International Capital Flows Workshop, Barcelona; NBER International Finance and Macroeconomics Summer Institute, Boston; 11th SAET Conference, Ancao (Faro); 2011 NETSPAR Pension Workshop, Torino; 9th INFINITI Conference 2011, Dublin; CEPR “European Symposium in International Macroeconomics”, Bank of Switzerland; XII Workshop in International Economics and Finance, Lima 2010 Moncasca Workshop, Bocconi University, Milano; MNB-CEPR Workshop on Financial Frictions, Central Bank of Hungary, Budapest; ECB Workshop “What Future for Financial Globalisation?”, Frankfurt; Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, Friburg Referee Activities Decisions in Economics & Finance, Economic Theory, Economic Inquiry, Labor Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Review of Economic Studies 179 Curriculum Vitae ALEKSEY TETENOV August 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto +39 011 6705094 Via Real Collegio 30 [email protected] 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy www.tetenov.com Professional Activities 2008-current Assistant Professor, Collegio Carlo Alberto Education 2008 2004 2002 Ph.D. in Economics, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) Dissertation: Essays in Statistical Decision Theory of Treatment Choice Committee Chair: Prof. Charles F. Manski M.A. In Economics, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) B.A. In Economics, Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL) Publications in Refereed Journals • “Price as a Signal of Product Quality: Some Experimental Evidence,” with Giovanni Mastrobuoni and Franco Peracchi), Journal of Wine Economics 9 (2014), 115-134. • “Statistical Treatment Choice Based on Asymmetric Minimax Regret Criteria,” Journal of Econometrics 166 (2012), 157-165. • “Admissible Treatment Rules for a Risk-Averse Planner with Experimental Data on an Innovation,” with C.F. Manski, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 137 (2007), 1998-2010 Working Papers • “Clinical Trial Design Enabling e-Optimal Treatment Rules” (with Charles F. Manski) • “Equality-Minded Treatment Choice” (with Toru Kitagawa) • “An Economic Theory of Statistical Testing” • “Empirical Welfare Maximization Methods for Treatment Choice” (with Toru Kitagawa) • “Measuring Precision of Statistical Inference on Partially Identified Parameters” • “Identification of Positive Treatment Effects in Randomized Experiments with Non-Compliance” • “The Demand for Adoption” (with Mario Pagliero) Invited Seminars 2014-2015 Univ. of Virginia, Univ. of Western Ontario 2013-2014 Northwestern, Pittsburgh, Univ. of Michigan 2012-2013 UCL, Oxford, Leicester Business School, Reading, Exeter 2011-2012 Univ. of Namur 2009-2010 NYU, Univ. of Arizona, Univ. of Virginia 2008-2009 Cambridge, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Toulouse School of Economics, UCL 2007-2008 Caltech, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Cornell, Georgetown, Northwestern, Univ. of Arizona 180 8_faculty Conference Presentations 2014-2015 European Economic Association Meeting, Mannheim; Econometric Society World Congress, Montreal; Econometric Study Group Conference, Bristol; The 2015 Southampton Conference on the Credibility of Research; International Association for Applied Econometrics Conference, Thessaloniki; 6th Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics, Salerno; Spanish Economic Association, Mallorca 2013-2014 North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, Philadelphia 7th Intl Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics, London Econometric Study Group Conference, Bristol ASSET 2013, Bilbao 2012-2013 Econometric Society European Meeting, Gothenburg Econometric Study Group Conference, Bristol North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, USC, Los Angeles Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society, Royal Holloway, London PEPA workshop on Programme Evaluation: Theory and Practice, CeMMAP, London 5th Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics, Pisa 2011-2012 Parental and Public Investments and Child Outcomes, Collegio Carlo Alberto Partial Identification and Statistical Decisions, Cornell Univ. 2010-2011 4th Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics, Pisa (EC)2 Identification in Econometrics, Theory and Applications, Toulouse 2009-2010 European Meeting of Statisticians, Piraeus Econometric Society European Meeting, Barcelona 2008-2009 Conference on Identification and Decisions, Northwestern 3rd Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics, Ancona Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society, Rio de Janeiro Referee Activities Econometric Reviews, European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, National Science Foundation, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Public Opinion Quarterly, Quantitative Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Economic Studies. Courses and Tutorials at Collegio Carlo Alberto 2013-2014 Econometric Theory II (for Allievi, Master in Economics, and PhD students) 2008-2013 Econometric Theory I (for Allievi, Master in Economics, and PhD students) 2010 Tutorial in Economics (for 1st year Junior Allievi students) 2009, 2010 Tutorial in Real Analysis (for Senior Allievi students) Institutional Service 2009-current Co-organizer of seminars in economics, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2008-2010 Junior recruiting committee, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2008-current Website committee, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2008-2011 Working paper series coordinator, Collegio Carlo Alberto 2007-2008 Research and administrative computing committee, Northwestern 181 Curriculum Vitae ELENA VIGNA August 2015 Address Collegio Carlo Alberto Via Real Collegio 30 10024 Moncalieri (To), Italy +39 011 6705014 [email protected] web.econ.unito.it/gma/elena.htm Current Position 2000-current: Assistant Professor in “Mathematical Methods for Economics and Actuarial and Financial Sciences”, University of Torino. Education 2000 1999 1996 Ph.D. in “Matematica per le Decisioni Economiche”, University of Trieste (Italy) Postgraduate Certificate in Actuarial Management, City University, London (UK) Laurea in Matematica, University of Torino (Italy) Affiliations 2010-current Carlo Alberto Affiliate 2009-current Research Fellow at CeRP 2003-current Tutor or Member of the PhD Programme Board in “Decisions in Insurance and Finance” of the Università di Torino 2002-current Honorary Visiting Fellow of the Faculty of Actuarial Science, Cass Business School, London Awards 2002 “Edward A. Lew Award” by American Society of Actuaries for the research project “Management of De-Accumulation Risks in a Defined Contribution Environment modeling project” Organizational Activities 2012 Organizer and chairman of the Session “Pension funds” in the Stream of Actuarial Science and Stochastic Methods at 25th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO XXIV), Vilnius 2010 Organizer and chairman of the Session “Pension funds” in the Stream of Actuarial Science and Stochastic Methods at 24th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO XXIV), Lisbon 2009-current Organizer of the series of Workshops in Capital Markets, CeRP and Collegio Carlo Alberto Editorial Activity Referee for: Annals of Operations Research, Applied Mathematics and Optimization, ASTIN Bulletin, Decisions in Economics and Finance, European Actuarial Journal, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, International Journal of Managerial Finance, International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, Journal of Economics Dynamics and Control, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Journal of Risk and Insurance, North American Actuarial Journal, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Mathematical Finance, Quantitative Finance, SIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics, The European Journal of Finance Visiting Positions June 2005 Department of Mathematical Sciences, Aalborg University, Denmark Invited Talks and Seminars 2015 Institute of Insurance Science, University of Ulm, Germany 182 8_faculty 2014 2012 2011 2011 2011 2010 2009 2009 2008 2008 2005 2005 2003 Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università di Pisa, Italy 25th European Conference on Operational Research, Vilnius, Stream of Actuarial Science and Stochastic Methods, Lithuania Short course on Stochastic Mortality, Institut des Sciences Actuarielles, UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy Institut für Finanzmarktökonomie und Statistik, University of Bonn, Germany 24th European Conference on Operational Research, Lisbon, Stream of Optimization and Control, Portugal Workshop on “Gli schemi pensionistici a contribuzioni definite per la previdenza obbligatoria e complementare: problemi e prospettive”, Università di Cassino, Italy Dipartimento di Matematica per le Decisioni Economiche, Finanziarie e Assicurative, Università La Sapienza di Roma, Italy Workshop on “Prospective Mortality Tables, Longevity and Mortality Linked Securities”, org. by CREST-AXA, Paris, France Faculty of Actuarial Sciences, Cass Business School, City University, London, UK Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Aalborg, Denmark Conference PARC (conference on Actuarial Topics), Institut de Sciences Actuarielles, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Faculty of Economics, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy Publications in Refereed Journals • “Single and cross-generation natural hedging of longevity and financial risk”, with E. Luciano and L. Regis, to appear on Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2015 • “Income drawdown option with minimum guarantee”, with M. Di Giacinto, S. Federico and F. Gozzi, European Journal of Operational Research, 234, 610-624, 2014 • “On efficiency of mean-variance based portfolio selection in DC pension schemes”, Quantitative Finance 14, 237-258, 2014 • “Mortality surface by means of continuous time cohort models”, with E. Luciano and P. Jevtic, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics 53, 122-133, 2013 • “Choosing the optimal annuitization time post retirement” with R. Gerrard and B. Højgaard, Quantitative Finance 12, 1143-1159, 2012 • “On the sub-optimality cost of immediate annuitization in DC pension funds” with M. Di Giacinto, Central European Journal of Operations Research, 20, 497-527, 2012 • “Delta and Gamma hedging of mortality and interest rate risk”, with E. Luciano and L. Regis, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 50, 402-412, 2012 • “Modelling stochastic mortality for dependent lives”, with E. Luciano and J. Spreeuw, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics 43, 234-244, 2008 • “Mortality risk via affine stochastic intensities: calibration and empirical relevance”, with E. Luciano, Belgian Actuarial Bulletin 8, 5-16, 2008 • “The Management of De-cumulation Risks in a Defined Contribution Pension Scheme”, with R. Gerrard and S. Haberman, North American Actuarial Journal 10 (1), 84-110, 2006 • “Optimal investment choices post retirement in a defined contribution pension scheme”, with R. Gerrard and S. Haberman, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics 35, 321-342, 2004 • “Optimal Investment Strategies and Risk Measures in Defined Contribution Pension Schemes” with S. Haberman, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics 31, 35-69, 2002 • “Optimal Investment Strategy for Defined Contribution Pension Schemes” with S.Haberman, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics 28, 233-262, 2001 Working Papers • Evolution of coupled lives’ dependency across generations and pricing impact, with E. Luciano and J. Spreeuw. Carlo Alberto Notebook 258, 2012. Submitted • Mean-variance target-based optimization in DC plan with stochastic interest rate, with F. Menoncin. Carlo Alberto Notebook 337, 2014. Submitted 183 184 9_research people The Collegio is, first and foremost, a research institution. Research activity is carried out by the community of scholars gathered around the Collegio. CHAIRS Dino Gerardi Margarita Estévez-Abe FELLOWS Cristiano Antonelli Fabio Bagliano Daniela Del Boca RESIDENT FACULTY Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll Alessandro Barattieri Cristian Bartolucci Edoardo Grillo Marit Hinnosaar Toomas Hinnosaar Roberto Marfè Ignacio Mónzon Aleksey Tetenov Pietro Garibaldi Post Doctoral Fellows Julyan Arbel Giulia Dotti Sani Angela Garcia Calvo Francesca Luppi Sarah Grace See Aldo Geuna Paolo Ghirardato Elisa Luciano Letizia Mencarini Manuela Naldini Giovanna Nicodano Igor Prünster Alessandro Sembenelli Riccardo Zecchina RESEARCH FELLOWS Stefaan De Rynck (Senior) Christopher Flinn (Senior) Filippo Taddei SENIOR HONORARY FELLOWS Bruno Contini Elsa Fornero Luigi Montrucchio Chiara Saraceno AFFILIATES Filippo Barbera Davide Barrera Tiziana Caponio Pierpaolo De Blasi Francesco Devicienti Maria Laura Di Tommaso Stefano Favaro Andrea Gallice Tiziana Nazio Mario Pagliero Chiara Daniela Pronzato Matteo Richiardi Mariacristina Rossi Matteo Ruggiero Stefano Sacchi Davide Vannoni Elena Vigna HONORARY FELLOWS Oriana Bandiera Marco Battaglini Veronica Guerrieri Fabio Maccheroni Guido Menzio Enrico Moretti Nicola Persico 185 VISITING FELLOWS (Fall 2015) Mascia Bedendo Teresa Martin Garcia Sander Heinsalu Morris Kleiner Karen Shire Arthur Van Soest September 7 - October 9 September 15 - December 14 September 1 - September 30 October 1 - October 31 October 1 - November 30 September 7 - September 25 RECENT CARLO ALBERTO NOTEBOOKs MARIT HINNOSAAR Gender Inequality in New Media: Evidence from Wikipedia No. 411, May 2015 MICHAEL HASLER AND ROBERTO MARFÈ Disaster Recovery and the Term Structure of Dividend Strips No. 410, May 2015 ROBERTO MARFÈ Corporate Fraction and the Equilibrium Term-Structure of Equity Risk No. 409, May 2015 ROBERTO MARFÈ Survey Expectations and the Equilibrium Risk-Return Trade Off No. 408, May 2015 ROBERTO MARFÈ Income Insurance and the Equilibrium Term-Structure of Equity No. 407, May 2015 STEFANO FENOALTEA Of Economics and Statistics: the “Gerschenkron Effect” No. 406, Apr 2015 ANDREA GALLICE AND EDOARDO GRILLO A Model of Educational Investment and Social Status No. 405, Apr 2015 TOOMAS HINNOSAAR On the impossibility of protecting risk-takers No. 404, Apr 2015 CLEMENTE DE ROSA, ELISA LUCIANO AND LUCA REGIS Static versus dynamic longevity-risk hedging No. 403, Mar 2015 186 9_research TORU KITAGAWA AND ALEKSEY TETENOV Who should be Treated? Empirical Welfare Maximization Methods for Treatment Choice No. 402, Mar 2015 DINO GERARDI AND LUCAS MAESTRI Dynamic Contracting with Limited Commitment and the Ratchet Effect No. 401, Feb 2015 STEFANO FENOALTEA The measurement of production movements: lessons from the general engineering industry in Italy, 1861-1913 No. 400, Feb 2015 DANIELA DEL BOCA, CHIARA PRONZATO AND GIUSEPPE SORRENTI When rationing plays a role: selection criteria in the Italian early child care system No. 399, Feb 2015 ELISA LUCIANO AND MARIACRISTINA ROSSI Life Insurance Demand and Financial Inclusion; Evidence from Italian households No. 398, Dec 2014 ANGELA GARCIA CALVO The Role of State-Firm Relationships in Fostering Competitiveness: Telefonica’s Upgrading No. 397, Dec 2014 FABRIZIO ALTARELLI, ALFREDO BRAUNSTEIN, LUCA DALL’ASTA, ALESSANDRO INGROSSO AND RICCARDO ZECCHINA The zero-patient problem with noisy observations No. 396, Dec 2014 FABRIZIO ALTARELLI, ALFREDO BRAUNSTEIN, CARLA FABIANA CHIASSERINI, LUCA DALL’ASTA, PAOLO GIACCONE, EMILIO LEONARDI AND RICCARDO ZECCHINA Stochastic Optimization of Service Provision with Selfish Users No. 395, Dec 2014 FABRIZIO ALTARELLI, ALFREDO BRAUNSTEIN, LUCA DALL’ASTA, JOSEPH RUSHTON WAKELING AND RICCARDO ZECCHINA Containing epidemic outbreaks by message-passing techniques No. 394, Dec 2014 CARLO BALDASSI, ALFREDO BRAUNSTEIN AND RICCARDO ZECCHINA Theory and learning protocols for the material tempotron model No. 393, Dec 2014 FABRIZIO ALTARELLI, ALFREDO BRAUNSTEIN, LUCA DALL’ASTA, ALEJANDRO LAGE-CASTELLANOS AND RICCARDO ZECCHINA Bayesian inference of epidemics on networks via Belief Propagation No. 392, Dec 2014 187 FABRIZIO ALTARELLI, ALFREDO BRAUNSTEIN, LUCA DALL’ASTA AND RICCARDO ZECCHINA Large deviations of cascade processes on graphs No. 391, Dec 2014 ANDREA GALLICE Rent-seeking contests with private valuations No. 390, Dec 2014 FRANCESCA LUPPI Adjustment to parenthood and partners’ satisfaction with their relationship after the first child in Australia No. 389, Dec 2014 STEFANO FAVARO AND SHUI FENG Large deviation principles for the Ewens-Pitman sampling model No. 388, Dec 2014 SERGIO BACALLADO, STEFANO FAVARO AND LORENZO TRIPPA Looking-backward probabilities for Gibbs-type exchangeable random partitions No. 387, Dec 2014 STEFANO FAVARO AND SHUI FENG Asymptotics for the conditional number of blocks in the Ewens-Pitman sampling model No. 386, Dec 2014 CRISTIAN BARTOLUCCI AND IGNACIO MONZON Frictions Lead to Sorting: a Partnership Model with On-the-Match Search No. 385, Dec 2014 MARYAM SAMI AND SANDRO BRUSCO Reputational Concerns and Price Comovements No. 384, Dec 2014 MARZIA BISI, JOSÉ A. CANIZO AND BERTRAND LODS Entropy Dissipation Estimates for the Linear Boltzmann Operator No. 383, Dec 2014 PAOLO GHIRARDATO AND MARCIANO SINISCALCHI Risk-Sharing in the Small and in the Large No. 382, Dec 2014 (Revised, February 2015) JULYAN ARBEL, ANTONIO LIJOI AND BERNARDO NIPOTI Full Bayesian inference with hazard mixture models No. 381, Dec 2014 GRAZIANO ABRATE, FABRIZIO ERBETTA, GIOVANNI FRAQUELLI AND DAVIDE VANNONI Cost function estimation of multi-service firms. Evidence from the passenger transport industry No. 380, Dec 2014 188 10_events Collegio Carlo Alberto is an active part of the international scientific community. Every year many scholars from international research institutions visit the Collegio to give seminars, lectures and interact with the Collegio scholars and students. The Collegio organizes: • Junior Job Market Seminars • Seminars in Economics • Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge • Seminars in Politics and Society • Seminars in Statistics • Collegio aperto and Onorato Castellino Lectures • Vilfredo Pareto Lectures in Economics and Social Sciences • Carlo Alberto Lectures & Carlo Alberto Medal All these events are open to the public. 189 Junior Job Market Seminars 2016 Available at www.carloalberto.org/events/seminars/job-market/ Coordinator: Mario Pagliero seminars in Economics, fall 2015 Available at www.carloalberto.org/events/seminars/economics/ Coordinator: Paolo Ghirardato 6 October 7 October 14 October 27 October 28 October 3 November 4 November 11 November 17 November 18 November 24 November 25 November 2 December 3 December 16 December Francesco Squintani (University of Warwick) Jordi Gali (CREI and UPF) Christian Julliard (LSE) Andrea Weber (University of Mannheim) David McAdams (Duke University) Rachel Griffith (IFS) Jeff Ely (Nothwestern University) Manuel Mueller-Frank (IESE Business School) Navin Kartik (Columbia University) Muhamet Yildiz (MIT) Stepan Jurajda (CERGE-EI) Matthew Harding (Duke University) Barbara Petrongolo (Queen Mary University) Claudia Olivetti (Boston University) Mark Armstrong (Oxford University) Seminars in Economics of Innovation and Knowledge, fall 2015 Available at www.carloalberto.org/events/seminars/economics-of-innovation-and-knowledge/ Coordinator: Francesco Quatraro 30 September 14 October 28 October 11 November 24 November 9 December 15 December 13 January 20 January 190 Rosina Moreno Serrano (Universitat de Barcelona) Gabriele Pellegrino (World Intellectual Property Organization) Gaetan de Rassenfosse (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lousanne) Giorgio Sirilli (CNR) Kostas Koneutas (University of Patras) Michele Pezzoni (Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis) Riccardo Fini (University of Bologna) Francesco Rullani (LUISS University) Jonatan Pinkse (Manchester Business School) 10_events seminars in politics and society, fall 2015 Available at www.carloalberto.org/events/seminars/politics-and-society/ Coordinator: Tiziana Caponio 8 October 15 October 5 November 12 November 19 November 26 November Karen A. Shire (University Duisburg-Essen) Monica Ferrin (Collegio Carlo Alberto and University of Zurich) Francesco Ramella (University of Torino) Klaus Armigeon (Univ. of Bern), Stefano Sacchi (Univ. of Milano) Carlo Ruzza (University of Trento) Teresa Jurado Guerrero (UNED, Madrid) seminars in statistics, fall 2015 Available at www.carloalberto.org/events/seminars/statistics/ Coordinator: Matteo Ruggiero 9 September 2 October 16 October 20 November 16 December Mingyuan Zhou (University of Texas at Austin) Frédéric Lavancier (Université de Nantes) David Rossell (University of Warwick) Paul Jenkins (University of Warwick) Harry Crane (Rutgers University), Juhee Lee (University of California at Santa Cruz), Linxi Liu (Stanford University) All the seminar schedules will be posted at www.carloalberto.org/events/seminars/ COLLEGIO APERTO AND onorato castellino lectures Collegio aperto is a lecture series open to the public on current economic, social and political topics. Guest speakers are leading international scholars and professionals. 2015 Workshop: “Reforming the Labor Market: Recent Developments in Italy and Spain” Fabrizio Barca Columbia University 2014 Pierre-André Chiappori Columbia University Paul A. David Professor of Economics (Emeritus), Stanford University James Robinson David Florence Professor of Government at Harvard University 2013 Roberto Marchionatti Collegio Carlo Alberto and University of Torino Salvatore Rossi Bank of Italy 2012 Elsa Fornero Minister of Labour, Social Policies and Equal Opportunities 191 2011 Ruth Ben Ghiat Michael S. Lewis-Beck Alejandro Portes 2010 Guido Barilla John Geanakoplos Annamaria Lusardi Romano Prodi Walter Russell Mead 2009 Alberto Alesina Mario Draghi Diego Gambetta Sir David King Glenn Loury 2008 Lorenzo Bini Smaghi Mario Monti Wolfgang Munchau Raghuram Rajan Michael Walzer 2007 Niall Ferguson NYU University of Iowa Princeton University Barilla Holding S.p.A. Yale University Joel Z. and Susan Hyatt Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College UN-AU Panel for Peacekeeping in Africa Bard College Harvard University Governor, Bank of Italy University of Oxford University of Oxford Brown University Executive Committee, European Central Bank Bocconi University Associate Editor, Financial Times University of Chicago GSB Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Harvard University Vilfredo Pareto Lectures in Economics and Social Sciences The Vilfredo Pareto Lectures in Economics and Social Sciences are delivered in June by two distinguished scholars to honour Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923), an alumnus of the University and of the Politecnico of Torino and a towering figure in the social sciences. 2015 Jean Charles Rochet University of Zurich 2014 Antonio MerloUniversity of Pennsylvania 2013 Eric HanushekStanford University 2012 Marianne BertrandUniversity of Chicago 2011 Ricardo CaballeroMassachusetts Institute of Technology 192 10_events 2010 Angus DeatonPrinceton University Charles PlottCalifornia Institute of Technology 2009 James J. HeckmanUniversity of Chicago Eric S. MaskinIAS, Princeton 2008 Michael KremerHarvard University Thomas J. SargentNew York University 2007 Daron AcemogluMIT Jean TiroleIDEI, Toulouse Carlo Alberto LectureS The Carlo Alberto Lecture is delivered every other year in June by the recipient of the Carlo Alberto Medal, awarded to a young Italian economist under the age of 40 for her/his outstanding research contributions to the field of economics. CARLO ALBERTO MEDAL The Collegio has instituted the Carlo Alberto Medal to be awarded to a young Italian economist (resident in Italy or abroad) under the age of 40 for her/his outstanding research contributions to the field of economics (broadly defined). After the first five editions, in which the prize has been awarded annually, it has now become biennial. The recipient delivers the Carlo Alberto Lecture and is nominated Honorary Fellow of the Collegio. Objective The prize represents the public recognition given to a young scholar for the scientific results attained. For young scholars at Italian universities, it provides a further incentive to pursue their research activity with renewed commitment. For Italian scholars who work at universities and research institutions abroad, the prize is a public recognition on the part of the country of origin. Selection Committee For the 2015 edition, the members of the selection committee are: • Maristella Botticini (Bocconi University) • Penny Goldberg (Yale University) • Luigi Guiso (EIEF) 193 • • • • Alessandro Lizzeri Thomas J. Sargent Jean Tirole Fabrizio Zilibotti (New York University) (New York University) (Toulouse School of Economics) (University of Zurich) Paolo Ghirardato, Deputy Director for Research, coordinates the nomination process and the selection procedure. Award Procedure The prize is awarded to one person only. The award procedure consists of two phases: Nomination Economists of all nationalities are invited to submit their nominations through the Collegio’s website. Selection The Selection Committee chooses the recipient of the prize among the nominated candidates. 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