SPECIAL ISSUE IN MEMORY OF SIMONA BALBI - EDITORIAL

Abstract

This special issue is dedicated to Simona Balbi, full professor of Statistics at the University Federico II of Naples, who was born in Jully 1957 and prematurely died in February 2018.

The issue takes its cue from the Scientific meeting in memory of Simona Balbi “Statistics and Data Science”, organized in February 2019 by the Department of “Scienze Economiche e Statistiche” at the University Federico II of Naples. This event aimed to bring together people who have known Simona Balbi and shared part of their scientific path with her but also, often, a bond of friendship and affection. The morning was dedicated to speeches by some foreign colleagues (Michael Greenacre, Jörg Blasius, Ludovic Lebart, Mirelle Summa, Gilbert Saporta, Monica Becue). The afternoon included a session of personal testimonies, followed by a session of scientific contributions by Italian colleagues who, with Simona Balbi, have developed part of their research path (Natale Carlo Lauro, Luigi Fabbris, Corrado Crocetta, Furio Camillo, Rosanna Verde, Francesco Palumbo, Michelangelo Misuraca, Roberta Siciliano, Vincenzo Esposito Vinzi, Giuseppe Giordano, Gabriella Grassia, Salvatore Ingrassia, Germana Scepi, and others).