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Curriculum Vitae of Laura Azzimonti
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Laura Azzimonti
Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano
+390223994564
[email protected]
Italian
1 December 1985
Current position
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Position
Research project
January 2013 – today
Department of Mathematics - Politecnico di Milano,
Post-doctoral fellowship resercher
“Advanced statistical and numerical models and methods for the analysis of functional and spatial
data, with applications in life sciences and engineering”
Education
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Laura Azzimonti
January 2010 – December 2012
Politecnico di Milano
PhD program in Mathematical Models and Methods in Engineering – XXV cycle, final discussion will be in May 2013
“Blood flow velocity field estimation via spatial regression with PDE penalization”
September 2007 – December 2009
Politecnico di Milano
Master’s Degree in Mathematical Engineering, Specialization Scientific Computing and
Statistics.
110/110 cum laude.
“Modelli a effetti misti: teoria e applicazioni a dati longitudinali in ambito biologico” (“ Mixed effects
models: theory and applications to longitudinal biological data")
Thesis developed at the Laboratory of Modeling and Scientific Computing (MOX) of the Department of Mathematics - Politecnico di Milano in collaboration with San Raffaele Hospital in Milano
September 2004 – September 2007
Politecnico di Milano
Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematical Engineering, Specialization Scientific Computing.
110/110 cum laude.
“Sistemi di urne interagenti e teoria dei valori estremi applicati alla modellizzazione della crescita
tumorale: teoria e simulazioni” (“Interacting urn systems and extreme value theory for modeling
tumor growth: theory and simulations")
Dates
Name and type of organization
Title of qualification awarded
Grade
1999–2004
Liceo Scientifico Arturo Tosi, linguistic specialization, Busto Arsizio
Maturità Scientifica.
100/100 cum laude
Synthesis of research activities
Main topics
- multi-dimensional smoothing with penalization of differential operators;
- PDE optimal control theory and data assimilation for haemodynamics problems;
- shape analysis for the description and the registration of blood vessel geometry;
- non linear parametric and non parametric mixed-effects models;
- parallel computing for clustering methods.
Visiting
April-July 2012
Department of Mathematics, EPFL, Lausanne (visiting PhD scholarship funded by EPFL).
Publications
2013
- L. Azzimonti, F. Ieva, A.M. Paganoni: “A new unsupervised classification technique through
nonlinear non parametric mixed effects models” in “Complex Models and Computational Methods
in Statistics”, 2013, Springer, eds: Grigoletto, Lisi, Petrone, DOI 10.1007/978-88-470-2871-5_1
www.springer.com/statistics/statistical+theory+and+methods/book/978-88-470-2870-8
2012
- L. Azzimonti, F. Ieva, A.M. Paganoni: “Nonlinear nonparametric mixed-effects models for unsupervised classification”, Computational Statistics, DOI 10.1007/s00180-012-0366-5
http://www.springerlink.com/content/5243v4w550168827/
2011
- C. de Lalla, A. Rinaldi, D. Montagna, L. Azzimonti, M.E. Bernardo, L.M. Sangalli, A.M.
Paganoni, R. Maccario, A. Di Cesare-Merlone, M. Zecca, F. Locatelli, P. Dellabona, G. Casorati: “Invariant Natural Killer T-cell reconstitution in pediatric leukemia patients given HLAhaploidentical stem cell transplantation defines distinct CD4+ and CD4- subset dynamics and
associates with the remission state”, The Journal of Immunology, 2011, vol. 186, no. 7, 44904499
http://www.jimmunol.org/content/186/7/4490
Refereed conference proceedings and other publications
2013
- L. Azzimonti, F. Nobile, L.M. Sangalli, P. Secchi: “Mixed finite elements for spatial regression
with PDE penalization”, Technical Report 20/2013, MOX - Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, 2013.
http://mox.polimi.it/it/progetti/pubblicazioni/quaderni/20-2013.pdf
- L. Azzimonti, L.M. Sangalli, P. Secchi, M. Domanin, F. Nobile: “Blood flow velocity field estimation via spatial regression with PDE penalization”, Technical Report 19/2013, MOX - Dipartimento
di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, 2013.
http://mox.polimi.it/it/progetti/pubblicazioni/quaderni/19-2013.pdf
2012
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- L. Azzimonti, L.M. Sangalli, P. Secchi, M. Domanin: “PDE penalization for spatial fields smoothing”, Proceedings of the 46th Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society 2012, Rome,
June 20-22, 2012.
http://meetings.sis-statistica.org/index.php/sm/sm2012/paper/view/1962
2011
- L. Azzimonti, F. Ieva, A.M. Paganoni: “A new unsupervised classification algorithm for nonlinear non parametric mixed effects models”, Proceedings of the 7th conference on statistical
computation and complex systems, Padova, September 19-21, 2011.
http://homes.stat.unipd.it/mgri/SCo2011/Papers/CS/CS-8/azzimonti_ieva_paganoni.pdf
- L. Azzimonti, M. Domanin, L.M. Sangalli, P. Secchi: “Surface estimation via spatial spline
models with PDE penalization”, Proceedings of the 7th conference on statistical computation
and complex systems, Padova, September 19-21, 2011.
http://homes.stat.unipd.it/mgri/SCo2011/Papers/CS/CS-3/azzimonti_domanin_sangalli_secchi.pdf
2010
- L. Azzimonti, C. de Lalla, D. Montagna, A.M. Paganoni, L.M. Sangalli: “Mixed-effects models
for growth curves: an application to the study of reconstitution kinetics of lymphocyte subpopulations”, Proceedings of the 45th Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society 2010, Padova,
June 16-18, 2010.
http://homes.stat.unipd.it/mgri/SIS2010/Program/contributedpaper/647-1344-1-DR.pdf
Speeches and presentations at conferences and workshops
2013
“Statistical analysis of medical images in the study of atherosclerotic plaque pathogenesis”, Spatial health econometrics and statistics seminar series (invited seminar), ALTEMS, Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, February 8, 2013
2012
“PDE regularized blood velocity estimation”, High dimensional and dependent functional data
conference, Bristol, United Kingdom, September 9-12, 2012
“PDE regularized spatial smoothing with application to the analysis of eco-doppler data”,
SNAPLE meeting, University of Warwick, United Kingdom, September 7, 2012
“PDE penalized statistical estimation of blood flow velocity profiles”, SIMAI 2012 conference
(invited session), Torino, Italy, June 25-28, 2012
“PDE penalization for spatial fields smoothing”, 46th Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical
Society 2012, Rome, Italy, June 20-22, 2012
“PDE penalization for spatial fields smoothing”, MATHICSE seminar (invited seminar), Department of Mathematics, EPFL, Lausanne, April 19, 2012
“MSE + lambda E[PDE2 ]”, MOX seminar, Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Milano,
March 28, 2012
“Blood-flow velocity estimation in carotid arteries”, Mathcard meeting, Politecnico di Milano, Italy,
January 26-27, 2012
2011
“Blood-flow velocity field estimation via spatial spline models with a PDE penalization”, ERCIM
2011 Conference, London, December 17-19, 2011.
“Blood-flow velocity estimation via spatial spline models with PDE penalization, a SNAPLE
project”, SNAPLE kickoff meeting, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, October 13, 2011
“Surface estimation via spatial spline models with PDE penalization”, 7th conference on statistical computation and complex systems, Padova, Italy, September 19-21, 2011
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“Blood-flow velocity estimation via spatial spline models with PDE penalization”, Statistical Modelling for Biological and Environmental Systems workshop ,Venice, Italy, September 12-16, 2011,
organized by CRiSM - Statistical Department of the University of Warwick
“Non parametric estimation in nonlinear mixed-effects models for unsupervised classification”,
CASI 2011, 31st Conference of Applied Statistics in Ireland, Galway, Ireland, May 18-20, 2011
2010
“Mixed-effects models for growth curves: an application to the study of reconstitution kinetics
of lymphocyte subpopulations”, 45th Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society 2010,
Padova, Italy, June 16-18, 2010
“Mixed-effects models for growth curves: an application to the study of reconstitution kinetics
of lymphocyte subpopulations”, ABS-2010, Applied Bayesian Statistics School on Bayesian Machine Learning with Biomedical Applications, Bolzano, Italy, June 10-15, 2010.
“Parallel computing with R”, Computational Methods for Statistics course, Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Milano, May 26, 2010
Awards and grants
Grant for early career researchers for the attendance of the school “Statistical Modelling for Biological and Environmental Systems” in Venice, Italy, funded by CRiSM - Statistical Department
of the University of Warwick September 12-16, 2011.
Best Graduate Student Prize of the Academic year 2008-2009 for the Master Degree in Mathematical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, April 20, 2011.
Best Graduate Student Prize of the Academic year 2006-2007 for the Bachelor’s Degree in
Mathematical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, March 12, 2009.
Teaching
Statistics for Mechanical Engineering (English language) - Teaching Assistent (academic years
2012-2013 and 2010-2011), Tutoring for laboratory activities and preparation of teaching material
(academic years 2011-2010 and 2009-2010)
Statistics for Mechanical Engineering - Teaching Assistent (academic year 2012-2013)
Statistics for Energy Engineering - Teaching Assistent (academic year 2010-2011)
Scientific and management activities
2010 - 2013
2010 - 2011
2009 - 2010
2008 - 2010
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Co-responsible for the statistical analysis within the “MACAREN@MOX” (Mathematics for
Catorid Endarterectomy) project in collaboration with U.O. di Chirurgia Vascolare Fondazione
I.R.C.C.S. Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano and Dipartimento di Scienze
Chirurgiche Specialistiche, Università di Milano
Co-responsible for the statistical analysis within the “Cytotoxic treatment for rectal cancer”
project in collaboration with San Raffaele Hospital in Milan.
Co-responsible for the statistical analysis within the “Equine growth Hormone” project in collaboration with the Veterinary Medicine Department - Università degli Studi di Milano.
Co-responsible for the statistical analysis within the “iNKT cell reconstitution” project in collaboration with DIBIT - San Raffaele Hospital in Milan.
2013
Co-responsible for the organization of the BarCamp “Technology foresight and statistics for the
future" during Sco 2013 conference at Politecnico di Milano.
Other academic activities
Tutoring for thesis
Bachelor’s Degree
Title: “Metodi numerici per stime di massima verosimiglianza” (“Numerical methods for maximum
likelihood estimates")
Master’s Degree
Title: “Analysis of Doppler blood flow velocity in carotid arteries for the detection of atherosclerotic plaques”
Memberships and affiliations
2010–today
2012–today
2012–today
2010–today
MOX – Laboratory for Modeling and Scientific Computing, Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano;
SIS Società Italiana di Statistica;
SIMAI Società Italiana di Matematica Applicata e Industriale;
GNAMPA Gruppo Nazionale per l’Analisi Matematica, la Probabilità e le loro Applicazioni, Istituto
Nazionale di Alta Matematica Francesco Severi.
Language skills
Mother tongue(s)
Italian
Self-assessment
Understanding
European level
English
French
Certificates
Listening
Reading
C1 Proficient user
C2 Proficient user
C2 Proficient user
C2 Proficient user
C2 Proficient user
B2
B2
B2
B2
B1
Independent
user
Independent
user
Independent
user
English: TOEFL (240/300)
Computer and programming skills
C++, Python, R, Matlab, FreeFem++, WinBUGS, Latex, Office
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