I am an Assistant Professor of Statistics (Tenure-track) at the Department of Economics and Finance, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Prior to my current position, I had a Research Associate position at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a PostDoc position at the University of Cyprus.
I received the Ph.D. in Statistical Sciences from the University of Bologna.
I have been awarded with the Award for the Best Ph.D. thesis in Statistics 2022 by the Italian Statistical Society. I also hold a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship financed by the European Commission.


Research interests: Discrete-valued time series, Econometrics, Forecasting economic variables, Network time series, Observation-driven models, Time Series Analysis.

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Email: mirko.armillotta2@gmail.com

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Current Position

  • 2024 - present, Assistant Professor of Statistics (Tenure-track), Department of Economics and Finance, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Past Positions

  • 2022 - 2024, Research Associate, Department Econometrics and Data Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
  • 2023 - 2024, Candidate Fellow, Tinbergen Institute.
  • 2020 - 2022, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Cyprus.
  • Feb 2020 - May 2020, Visiting Researcher, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University.
  • 2017 - 2019, Teaching tutor, Department of Statistics and Department of Economics, University of Bologna.

Education

  • 2017 - 2021, Ph.D. in Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna.   
    Dissertation title: Essays on discrete valued time series models.
  • 2015 - 2017, M.A. (cum laude) in Statistics, Economics and Business, University of Bologna.
  • 2012 - 2015, B.Sc. (cum laude) in Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna.

Teaching

  • 2023 - 2024, Statistics PM. Teacher and Course coordinator, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (English).
  • 2022 - 2023, Econometrics II. Teacher, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (English).

Awards & Fellowships

  • Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie Individual Fellowship financed by the European Commission (2023-present).
  • Award for the Best Ph.D. thesis in Statistics 2022, awarded by the Italian Statistical Society.