  Eugenio Regazzini was born on August 12, 1946 in Cremona (Italy), and took
his degree in 1969 at the University "L. Bocconi" of Milano. He has held
positions at the universities of Torino, Bologna and Milano, and at the
University "L. Bocconi" as assistant professor and lecturer from 1974 to 1980,
and then professor since 1980. He is currently professor in probability and
mathematical statistics at the University of Pavia. In the periods 1989-2001
and 2006-2009 he was head of the Institute for Applications of Mathematics and
Computer Science of the Italian National Research Council (C.N.R.) in Milano
and head of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Pavia,
respectively. For twelve years between 1989 and 2006, he served as a member of
the Scientific Board of the Italian Mathematical Union (U.M.I.). In 2007, he
was elected Fellow of the IMS and, in 2001, Fellow of the "Istituto
Lombardo---Accademia di Scienze e Lettere." His research activity in
probability and statistics has covered a wide spectrum of topics, including
finitely additive probabilities, foundations of the Bayesian paradigm,
exchangeability and partial exchangeability, distribution of functionals of
random probability measures, stochastic integration, history of probability and
statistics. Overall, he has been one of the most authoritative developers of de
Finetti's legacy. In the last five years, he has extended his scientific
interests to probabilistic methods in mathematical physics; in particular, he
has studied the asymptotic behavior of the solutions of equations, which are of
interest for the kinetic theory of gases. The present interview was taken in
occasion of his 65th birthday.
