DrFrancesco Sanna Passino

Associate Professor in Statistics

Department of Mathematics - Faculty of Natural Sciences

BIO

I am an Associate Professor in Statistics in the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London. 

 

I am also Programme Director for the MSc Machine Learning and Data Science (MLDS), and Deputy Director for Industry Engagement and Partnership Development for the EPSRC CDT in Statistics and Machine Learning (StatML).

 

My research focuses on statistical and machine learning methodology motivated by complex real-world problems, applied to areas such as cyber-security and biology. I work primarily on probabilistic models for dynamic and multiplex networks, temporal point processes and time series, and textual data. More recently, I have also become interested in modern mathematical and statistical challenges arising in the analysis and understanding of large language models and related generative AI systems.


For further details, see my personal webpage, available in the external links.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor in Statistics
    Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom2025 - present
  • Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Statistics
    Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom2022 - 2025
  • Research Associate
    Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom2021 - 2022

DEGREES

  • PhD in Statistics
    Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom2021
  • MSc in Statistics
    Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom2017
  • BSc in Statistics
    University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom2016
  • Laurea in Scienze Statistiche
    University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy2016

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Natural Sciences

POSITION NAME

  • Associate Professor in Statistics

FIELDS OF RESEARCH