Donato Posa

Biography

Degree in Physics at the University of Bari with 110/110 votes and praise. Degree thesis held at CERN (Geneva). Physics Improvement School (01-11-1981 to 01-11-1984) University of Bari OTHER PERFECTION COURSES: • Computational Mathematics School (University of Calabria in Rende, 6-15 / 9/1984). • Mathematical Statistics (Prof. Baroni, IAC - CNR, Rome, 17-21 / 6/1985). • Direct likelihood methods (Prof. M. Aitkin, Univ. Of Lancaster, IAC-CNR, Rome, 17-21 / 6/1985). • Numerical methods for ordinary differential equations (IRMA-CNR, Bari, 3-9 / 6/1985). • Probability (Prof. Brooks, JT, Florida University) and Mathematical Statistics (Prof. Protter, P., Purdue University), Interuniversity Mathematics School, Perugia from 01-07-1985 to 31-08-1985. • Applications of Concentration and Coronary Correlation Analysis, Calculation Center, Univ. Of Trieste, 16-21 / 12/1985. • Numerical Analysis Methodologies for Spatial Data (Ecology Laboratory, Ischia, 17-18 / 7/1986). • Time series analysis and forecasting, Kent University, Canterbury from 14-04-1986 to 18-04-1986. • Numerical Analysis Methodologies for Spatial Data, Ischia 17-18 / 07/1986. • Nonparametric Statistics, (SASIAM School, Tecnopolis, 23-27 / 3/1987). • Time series analysis (Prof. G. Melard, University of Brussels), SASIAM School, Tecnopolis from 19-09-1988 to 23-09-1988. • Geostatistics for Petroleum Reservoir Characterization: New Concepts, New Tools, (FSS International, Geneva, 20-24 / 11/1989). • Spatial Statistics (Prof. BD Ripley, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow), (SASIAM School, Tecnopolis, 26 / 2-2 / 3/1990).  EXTERNAL STAYS AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS • CERN, Geneva; fellow, 1979. • Department of Statistics, Stanford University (USA); Collaboration with Professor P. Switzer and Prof. H. Solomon Department of Statistics, Stanford University (USA) from 01-07-1987 to 31-08-1987. • Department of Applied Earth Sciences, Stanford University (USA); Collaboration by Prof. AG Journel, Department of Applied Earth Sciences, Stanford University (USA), 01-07-1989 to 31-10-1989. • Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson (USA); collaboration with Prof. DE Myers, from 1994 to present. • Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson (USA); stay in collaboration with Prof. DE Myers, from 18-2-1998 to 26-2-1998. • Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson (USA); stay in collaboration with Prof. DE Myers from 21-1-2000 to 29-1-2000. • Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (USA); living in collaboration with Prof. G. Christakos, from 24-8-2002 to 1-9-2002. • Department of Applied Earth Sciences, Stanford University (USA); stay in collaboration with Prof. AG Journel, from 1-8-2004 to 21-8-2004.   DIRECTIONS OR PARTICIPATION IN EDITORIAL BOOKS, EDITORIAL COLLARS, ENCYCLOPEDIES AND PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION TREATMENTS • National Representative of the Mathematical Geology Magazine reading committee from 01-11-1993 to 01-11-1999 • Member of the Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment Magazine (Springer-Verlag) from 01-03-1994 • Member of the Scientific Committee (Editorial Advisory Board) 2001 al 01-04-2008 PRIZES AND AWARDS FOR SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE RELATIONSHIP TO ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO RECOGNIZED PRESTIGE IN THE SECTOR. • winner of a scholarship, CERN, Geneva from 01-07-1979 to 01-10-1979 • winner of a CSATA Tecnopolis (36 months) scholarship, from 02-08-1984 to 02-08-1987 • winner of a CNR foreign scholarship, Department of Statistics, Stanford University, call no. 203.01.43 of 24/06/1986 (6 months), 01-01-1987 to 30-06-1987 • winner of a CNR NATO foreign exchange scholarship (Stanford), call no. 215.21 / 10 of September 1987, from 01-09-1987 to 31-08-1988 • winner of a CNR Foreign Study scholarship, Department of Statistics, Stanford University, call no. 203.01.48 of 7/11/1987 (6 months), from 07-11-1988 to 07-05-1989 • International Diploma of Honor for significant contributions to global society through outstanding achievements in Geostatistics. The International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, Tenth Edition, American Biographical Institute. from 20-07-2000 to today.

Research Interest

1) comparative study between different time-temporal covariance classes and the sum-produced model for application to concentrations of a pollutant in the urban environment;  2) introducing a more general class of sum-produced covariance models;