Awards, Roles and Grants
Academics awards
The 2023 Clemen-Kleinmuntz Decision Analysis best paper award for the work Information Density In Decision Analysis, with Gordon B. Hazen and Xuefei Lu. (2024)
INFORMS Senior Member, in recognition of sustained commitment and contributions to the INFORMS community (2024)
Outstanding Service Award, Decision Analysis Society, INFORMS (2022)
Teaching Innovation Award, Bocconi University (2020)
Excellence in Research Award, Bocconi University (2020)
Research Profile Award, 2020-2022, Bocconi University (2020)
President-Elect of the Decision Analysis Society of INFORMS (2018)
Research Profile Award, 2018-2020, Bocconi University (2018)
Officer, Subcommittee on Innovative Funding, INFORMS (2018)
Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship for Visiting Scientists (2017)
Research Profile Award, 2016-2018, Bocconi University (2016)
Teaching Excellence Award, Bocconi University (2015)
IBM Faculty Award (2015)
2014 Best Risk Analysis Paper Award, from Risk Analysis, an International Journal for the paper: Uncertainty in Climate Change: Can Global Sensitivity Analysis be of Help? with B. Anderson, M. Galeotti, and R. Roson (2014)
2013 Best Reviewer Award Reliability Engineering and System Safety (2014)
2013 Best Reviewer Award European Journal of Operational Research (2014)
2013 Best Reviewer Award Risk Analysis (2014)
2012 Best Reviewer Award Environmental Modelling and Software (2013)
Research Excellence Award, Bocconi University (2012)
Profilo Research Award, 2012-2014 Bocconi University (2012)
2011 Best Research Paper Award of the journal “Economia&Management”, SDA Business School, Bocconi University (2012)
Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International (2011)
2010 Best Reviewer Award, European Journal of Operational Research (2011)
Research Excellence Award, Bocconi University (2011)
Research Excellence Award, Bocconi University (2010)
Profilo Research Award, 2010-2011, Bocconi University (2010)
Research Excellence Award, Bocconi University (2009)
2008-2009 Profilo Research Award, Bocconi University (2008)
Research Excellence Award, Bocconi University (2008)
Research Excellence Award, Bocconi University (2007)
Research Excellence Award, Bocconi University (2006)
Elected Honorary member of “ΣΧ, the Scientific Research Society of North America” (2000)
President of the MIT Chapter of “Alpha Nu Sigma (ΑΝΣ),” the Honorary Society of the American Nuclear Society. (2000)
McCormack Fellowship of Westinghouse Corporation (USA), attributed to the best Ph.D. candidate of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department, MIT. (2000)
Elected fellow of “ΑΝΣ, the Honorary Society of the American Nuclear Society (ANS)” (1999)
Scientific Committees and Institutional Roles
Director, Department of Decision Sciences, Bocconi University (2022-ongoing)
Director, Bachelor in Economics Management and Computer Science, Bocconi University (2016-2022)
Co-Editor-In-Chief European Journal of Operational Research (2015-today)
Full Professor, Department of Decision Sciences, Bocconi University (2012-today)
Director, Management Science Laboratory, SDA Bocconi Business School (2013-2017)
Chair, Frank P. Ramsey Award Committee of the Decision Analysis Society of INFORMS (2024)
Member, of the Committee for the assignment of the EURO Award for the Best Paper Published in the European Journal of Operational Research (2024)
Chair, Frank P. Ramsey Award Committee of the Decision Analysis Society of INFORMS (2023)
Guest Editor, Risk Analysis, Special Issue on “Artificial Intelligence for Risk Analysis and the Risks of Artificial Intelligence” (2023-ongoing)
Past-President, Decision Analysis Society, INFORMS (2023-2024)
President, Decision Analysis Society, INFORMS. His presidency is characterized by the launch of the “DAS Webinar series” and the founding of the DAS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. (2020-2022)
Member, Sensitivity Analysis of Model Output, Scientific Committee (2022-ongoing)
President-Elect, Decision Analysis Society, INFORMS (2018-2020)
Member of the Scientific Committee of the “Fondazione Silvio Tronchetti Provera” (2019-today)
Swiss National Science Foundation Referee (2022)
Swiss National Science Foundation Referee (2021)
Chair, Organizing Committee, Advances in Decision Analysis 2019 (2017-2019)
Committee Chair, Decision Analysis Journal, 2016 Best Paper Award (2017)
Scientific Advisor, Springer International Series in Management Science and Operations Research (2017-today)
Committee Member, EURO Best Paper Award (2017)
Committee Member 2016 Best Paper AwarD, Decision Analysis Journal (2016)
Committee Co-Chair, Decision Analysis Society Best Student Paper Award (2016-2017)
Elected Member of the Council of the Decision Analysis Society of INFORMS (2015-2018)
Member of Bocconi University Faculty Research Committee (2015-2016 and 2010-2012)
Associate Editor: Journal of Risk and Reliability (2016- Today)
Co-Chair, European Safety and Reliability Association, Technical Committee on Uncertainty Analysis (2014-Today)
NORDFORSK panel member for the evaluation of international research projects (2014)
The European Research Council Scientific Expert for the Evaluation of Advanced Grant Research Projects (2013)
The Research Council of Norway scientific expert for the evaluation of the PETROMACKs research projects (2012)
The Research Council of Portugal scientific expert for the evaluation of Portuguese research projects (2012)
Director, ELEUSI Research Center, Bocconi University (2008-2012)
Italian Ministry of University and Research expert for the evaluation of FIRB projects (2013)
Member of the Management Committee of the European Research Council COST Action “Expert Judgment Network Bridging the Gap Between Scientific Uncertainty and Evidence-Based Decision Making.” (2013)
Member of the Scientific Committee of the EnergyLab Foundation (2011-2015)
Grants
NextChem, MaireTechnimont: “Archy, Developing a Platform for Green Hydrogen Projects Economic Evaluation”, EUR 90,000 (March 2022-March 2023)
Gruppo Campari S.p.A.: “Machine Learning for PNL Forecasting”, EUR 22,000 (Nov. 2019-today)
US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), World Modelers Program, SAUCE: Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis, in cooperation with Charles River Analytics, Boston, MA, USA. A four-year frontier research project at the interface between artificial intelligence and decision support to use artificial intelligence for supporting decision making in food crises (South Sudan). Funding: EUR 200,000 (Nov. 2017-Dec. 2019)
Siemens for Education: “Big Data for Business Analytics”, Sponsored Undergraduate Course on Industry 4.0. (2018-2021)
Grandi Stazioni: “Big Data Infrastructure and Machine Learning”; Project Leader. Funding: EUR 70,000 (2016-2017)
IBM faculty award: “Neural Networks and Global Sensitivity Analysis”, EUR 15,000 (2015-today)
IS1304, European COST Action, Coordinated by Strathclyde University, Prof. Tim Bedford. Country representative for Italy, (2013-Today)
ELEUSI-CESVR: “Sensitivity Analysis in the Evaluation of Oil and Gas Investment Projects.” EUR: 25,000 (2011-today)
SDA Bocconi: “Risk Profiles for Private Equity Investments”, EUR: 27,000, 2011-2012
US INL- ELEUSI Research Center: “Analysis of Interactions in Complex Risk Assessment” (2011)
Faculty Exchange Program, sponsored by Idaho Engineering National Laboratories Models, USA: “An Application to NASA Space PSA”, EUR: 20,000
CAREFIN Research Centre: “Pricing Covenants.”: EUR 5,000 (2011)
LaMSID (EDF)- ELEUSI: “Moment Independent Uncertainty Importance in Seismic Risk Assessment,” sponsored by LaMSID, Laboratoire de mécanique des structures industrielles durables, Paris, France. EUR: 25,000 (2010-today)
CAREFIN Research Centre: “Risk Measures for Large Investment Projects”,EUR 5,000 (2010)
INL- ELEUSI Research Center: “Analysis of Interactions in Complex Risk Assessment” (2010)
Faculty Exchange Program, sponsored by Idaho Engineering National Laboratories, USA: “Models: An Application to NASA Space PSA,” EUR: 20,000
CONAI – University Carlo Cattaneo: “Development of a Simulation Model for Assessing the Costs of Waste storage, collection, transport, and transfer in Urban Regions,” EUR: 200,000 (2005-2010)
INL- ELEUSI Research Center: “Nuclear Power Plant Safety and Reliability Sensitivity Metrics”, Faculty Exchange Program, sponsored by the US Idaho Engineering National Laboratory. EUR: 20,000 (2009)
SAS Institute-ELEUSI Research Center: “Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Health-Care”, Sponsored by the SAS Institute. EUR: 18,000 (2009)
ELEUSI-IEFE: “Abuses in the Energy Market Derivative Products”, Sponsored at the IEFE (2009) research center by the Italian Energy Regulatory Authority. EUR: 20,000
FIDIA Farmaceutici - ELEUSI Research Center: “Quantitative methods for the Selection of Energy Contracts”; Sponsored by FIDIA Farmaceutici, Italy. EUR: 75,000 (2008 – today)
ELEUSI-IEFE: “Project Financing and the financing of new nuclear builds”, a joint research project with the IEFE research center, sponsored by EnergyLab. EUR 15,000 (2008-today)
ELEUSI-IEFE: “Risk Analysis and Risk Perception in the Nuclear Arena”, a joint research project with the IEFE research center sponsored by EnergyLab. EUR 15,000 (2008)
Fitch Rating New York, USA – ELEUSI: “New Sensitivity Analysis Methods for Model Validation, Performance Driver Identification, and Investment Monitoring”, EUR 50,000 (2008)
PRIN 2006: National Interest Research project sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Research and University, the year 2006 – “Credit spreads stochastic models for a heterogeneous set of financial instruments. A theoretical and empirical analysis.” EUR 32,000 for the Bocconi unit, (2006-2008)
“Distance-Based Sensitivity Analysis with Correlations,” with S. Tarantola and A. Saltelli, Joint Research Center of the European Community, Ispra, VA, Italy. EUR: N/A (2006 – 2008)
“Generalized Comparative Statics: Differential Geometry and Finite Changes,” sponsored by Bocconi University, Research Funds, 2006. EUR: 4,000 (2006 – 2008)
“Sensitivity Analysis of Portfolio Volatility: A New Approach and its Application to Risk Management,” sponsored by Bocconi University, Research Funds, 2004. EUR 4,000. (2004- 2007)
ELEUSI Research Center: “Application of the Differential Importance Measure to Financial Models,” in collaboration with BANCA INTESA and Italian Association of Cost Engineers. EUR: N/A (2004-2005)
MIT, “The use of Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Decision Analysis in Accident
Management,” sponsored by Electricitè de France (EdF), Parigi. USD: 155,000 (1998-2000)
MIT, “Uncertainty and Risk Contributors,” in cooperation with the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Community, Ispra. EUR: N/A (1999-2000)
MIT: “Regulatory Excellence: developing a performance-based regulatory framework for the US Department of Energy (DOE) Regulation”. Sponsor: US DOE, Washington D.C. USD: 100,000 (1998-1999)