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Mariafrancesca Patalano
PhD Student – Cycle XXXIX

Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova

Period of research: 2023 – 2026

Contacts: 

E-mail: mariafrancesca.patalano@phd.unipd.it

Years of study: 

Supervisor: Prof. Giovanna Capizzi

Co-supervisor: Prof. Kamran Paynabar

Education:

  • Master’s degree in Statistical Sciences, University of Padova
  • Bachelor’s degree in Statistics for Technology and Sciences, University of Padova

Research: anomaly detection, tensor decompositions, uncertainty quantification

Study visits: October 2024 – April 2026. Visiting PhD student at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, US

Collaborations:

  • Prof. Kamran Paynabar, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Prof. Mohammad Jafari Jozani, University of Manitoba 
  • Prof. Elif Konyar, Department of Systems Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas

Teaching:

  • April – June 2026: Statistics, Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology, University of Padova. Laboratory (didattica integrativa)

  • March – June 2023: Advanced Statistics, Master’s degree in Statistics, University of Padova. Exercise sessions (tutorato)

  • October 2022 – January 2023: Foundations of Mathematical Analysis, Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, University of Padova. Exercise sessions (tutorato)

Thesis:

PhD thesis title: Modeling and Monitoring High-dimensional Complex Data

Pubblications:

Patalano, M., Capizzi, G., & Paynabar, K. (2026). Registration-Free Monitoring of Unstructured Point Cloud Data via Intrinsic Geometrical Properties. Technometrics, 1–13. 

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