
Penalized wavelet nonparametric univariate logistic regression for irregular spaced data
This paper concerns the study of a non-smooth logistic regression function. The focus is on a high-dimensional binary response case by penalizing the decomposition of the unknown logit regression function on a wavelet basis of functions evaluated on the sampling design. Sample sizes are arbitrary (not necessarily dyadic) and we consider general designs. We study separable wavelet estimators, exploiting sparsity of wavelet decompositions for signals belonging to homogeneous Besov spaces, and using efficient iterative proximal gradient descent algorithms.
Innovative remote-sensed thermodynamical indices to identify vegetation stress and surface dryness: application to southern Italy over the last decade
Surface and vegetation monitoring is a key activity in analyzing and understanding how climate change is impacting natural resources. Moreover, identifying vegetation stress using remote-sensed data has proven to be essential in assessing said understanding, as well as in the effort to prevent or act upon extreme phenomena, such as premature land and forest dryness due to summer heatwaves in the Mediterranean area.
Non-invasive investigation of three paintings attributed to Cavalier d'Arpino by means of ED-XRF, FORS and Multispectral Imaging
The aim of this work was to characterize the palette and painting technique used for the realization of three late sixteenth century paintings from "Galleria dell'Accademia Nazionale di San Luca" in Rome attributed to Cavalier d'Arpino (Giuseppe Cesari), namely "Cattura di Cristo" (Inv. 158), "Autoritratto" (Inv. 546) and "Perseo e Andromeda" (Inv. 221).
Quantitative Multidimensional Central Limit Theorems for Means of the Dirichlet-Ferguson Measure
The Dirichlet-Ferguson measure is a cornerstone in nonparametric Bayesian statistics and the study of distributional properties of expectations with respect to such measure is an important line of research. In this paper we provide explicit upper bounds for the d2, the d3 and the convex distance between vectors whose components are means of the Dirichlet-Ferguson measure and a Gaussian random vector.
Fluctuations and precise deviations of cumulative INAR time series
In this paper, we study fluctuations and precise deviations of cumulative INAR time series, both in a non-stationary and in a stationary regime. The theoretical results are based on the recent mod-
convergence theory as presented in Féray et al., 2016. We apply our findings to the construction of approximate confidence intervals for model parameters and to quantile calculation in a risk management context.
An in-vivo validation of ESI methods with focal sources
Electrophysiological source imaging (ESI) aims at reconstructing the precise origin of brain activity from measurements of the electric field on the scalp. Across laboratories/research centers/hospitals, ESI is performed with different methods, partly due to the ill-posedness of the underlying mathematical problem. However, it is difficult to find systematic comparisons involving a wide variety of methods. Further, existing comparisons rarely take into account the variability of the results with respect to the input parameters.
Simultaneous non-parametric regression in RADWT dictionaries
A new technique for nonparametric regression of multichannel signals is presented. The technique is based on the use of the Rational-Dilation Wavelet Transform (RADWT), equipped with a tunable Q-factor able to provide sparse representations of functions with different oscillations persistence. In particular, two different frames are obtained by two RADWT with different Q-factors that give sparse representations of functions with low and high resonance.





