New paper! When we metabarcode a bottle of arthropods, we get a lot of sequences. But in many regions most species have not been barcoded before, so there is nothing to match to and we find unknown species. Then what? Introducing BayesANT: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/20…

Most Italian Universities have very low scores in international rankings. Is this a fair judgment of our educational system? nature.com/articles/d4397…

Please share with non stats STEM educators! j-ISBA

Our department is calling for applications! If you are interested in doing a PhD in Statistics, have a look at our website!

Here at Duke for a visit! It is wonderful to be back (hopefully no pandemics this time!

Breaking News: Silvio Berlusconi, the media mogul who became Italy’s most polarizing and prosecuted prime minister, is dead at 86, news outlets reported. nyti.ms/3oPjAEQ

Don't forget to submit your abstract to BaYSM:O 2023 by *August 28*! Submission can be made using this link: forms.gle/eJ7vxkie3u3wKi…

Instead of playing Sudoku, as most people usually do on their vacations, this year I entertained myself with "karmic dice." I wrote a blog post here: tommasorigon.github.io/blogpost/karmi… I don't know if this will ever interest Larian Studios and Baldur's Gate 3, but who knows!

Come work with us UCLA UCLA Fielding School of Public Health We are recruiting an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics within the Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA. The initial review date for applications is November 1st, 2023! To learn more: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF08753 #GoBruins

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/25471 New Postdoc position in my group at Duke University. Please let people know!

Join us — two tenure-track assistant professor positions at StatSci! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/25594

😍Thrilled to announce that I've been awarded a #ERCStG for my project NEMESIS - tinyurl.com/4d2ry2vj. I'll develop new statistical models for criminal network data leveraging the incompleteness and complexity inherent to such data as key resources to expand current knowledge!

Don't forget to submit your abstract for BAYSM 2024, which will be held in Venice, on 29th-30th June, 2024 (the weekend before the ISBA World Meeting)! The abstract submission deadline is now extended to January 31st: forms.gle/aTaV6KWxncNdpe…

📢 I am looking for 2 postdocs in my ERC project NEMESIS (tinyurl.com/4d2ry2vj) to develop advanced statistical models for complex (criminal 🕵️) networks‼️ Deadline: April 30, 2024 Duration: 1 year, renewable Where: BIDSA Università Bocconi Info-Application: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu/?id=574

‼️ Less than a week left to apply for a postdoc within the ERC project NEMESIS (tinyurl.com/4d2ry2vj). 🔍Goal: Develop advanced models and methods for the analysis of complex (multiplex, multilayer, dynamic, ...) criminal networks 🕵️. More info (jobmarket.unibocconi.eu/?id=574) 👇

On the way to #BAYSM2024 by j-ISBA

Biometrika publishes ground-breaking papers within Bayesian statistics. For the 2024 ISBA World Meeting by ISBA, the journal is running a session on July 5, 2024, to highlight three exciting papers from the journal. Learn more: oxford.ly/4ciLKeH

Are you attending the annual meeting of ISBA next week? Don’t miss the session by Biometrika on July 5, aimed at reviewing recent highlights from the journal, including presentations by Chris Nemeth, Tommaso Rigon, and Giacomo Zanella. Learn more: oxford.ly/3zjANLg

The session will be at 3 pm in the room 6A. See you there! #ISBA2024

At the 2024 ISBA World Meeting, we had the honor of receiving the Mitchell Prize for the paper Extended SBMs with application to criminal networks (tinyurl.com/yw5kdb6t). Huge thanks to the committee and to my coauthors Tommaso Rigon, Daniele Durante and David Dunson