Marco Dalla Pria


PhD in Modeling and Data Science

University of Turin, Italy
Department of Economics, Social Studies, Applied Mathematics and Statistics (ESOMAS)

Corso Unione Sovietica, 218 bis
Torino - Italy
[email protected]

About

I'm Marco Dalla Pria. I hold a PhD in Modeling and Data Science from the University of Turin, Italy. My dissertation, On Exchangeable Partition Ensembles, develops Bayesian inferential methods for partition-valued data.My research lies at the interface of Bayesian nonparametrics, stochastic processes, and random combinatorial structures. My doctoral work, supervised by Matteo Ruggiero and Dario Spanò, covered several aspects of Bayesian inference for random partitions, including duality-based inference for hidden Markov models driven by two-parameter Poisson--Dirichlet diffusions.

Research Interests

  • Bayesian Nonparametrics

  • Stochastic Duality and Filtering

  • Bayesian Consensus Clustering

  • Functionals of Random Discrete Populations

Publications

Forthcoming

  • Dalla Pria, M., Ruggiero M., Spanò D., "Exact inference via quasi-conjugacy in two-parameter Poisson--Dirichlet hidden Markov models". Preprint available here.

In preparation

  • Dalla Pria, M., Ruggiero M., Spanò D., "Exangeable Partition Ensembles"

  • Dalla Pria, M., Ruggiero M., Spanò D., "Generalised Bayesian Consensus Clustering"

Personal Interests

I grown up in Jesolo, a small town near Venice, in North Italy.
My passion for music led me to learn to play electric bass and guitar, to learn the basics of music production, mixing and mastering, and eventually to record two studio albums with my bands.
During my studies in Milan I had the occasion to cultivate my passion in the college radio as host and director of radio programming.

Education

  • PhD in Modeling and Data Science - University of Turin (2026)

  • M.Sc. in Stochastics and Data Science - University of Turin (2022)

  • B.S. in Statistics and Economics - University of Milan-Bicocca (2019)

Invited talks

Contributed talks

Poster sessions

  • Optimal Filtering for 2-parameter Poisson-Dirichlet Diffusions @ SISBAYES 2025. Padua (IT). Sept 4-5, 2025

  • Optimal Filtering for 2-parameter Poisson-Dirichlet Diffusions @ ISBA's BNP14 World Meeting. Los Angeles (USA). June 23-27, 2025

  • Optimal Filtering for 2-parameter Poisson-Dirichlet Diffusions @ BISP14 Workshop. Milan (Italy). May 27-28, 2025

  • Filtering 2-parameter Poisson-Dirichlet Diffusions @ 2024 ISBA World Meeting. Venice (Italy). July 1-7, 2024.

  • A Metropolis-Hastings for Coagulated Partitions @ BAYSM 2024. Venice (Italy). June 29-30, 2024.

Other activities

  • Visiting scholar @ New York University Abu Dhabi (UAE), 15-27 Feb 2026

  • Research fellowship in "Consensus clustering using two-parameter Poisson-Dirichlet distributions" @ University of Turin, Nov 2025 - Apr 2026

  • Teaching Assistant in Statistical Inference @ University of Turin (Italy), Sep-Dec 2023, 2024, 2025

  • Visiting PhD student @ University of Warwick (UK), Feb-May 2024

  • Math PhD seminars @ University of Turin (Italy), "Il processo Beta-Bernoulli gerarchico come rilevatore di query Out-of-Scope", 22 March 2023

Awards and Distinctions