Hokky Situngkir (born February 7, 1978) is an Indonesian scientist who researches complexity theory at Surya University. He is the founder of the Bandung Fe Institute, a research institute for social complexity research. His academic activities include research regarding the aspects of

fractal geometry In mathematics, a fractal is a geometric shape containing detailed structure at arbitrarily small scales, usually having a fractal dimension strictly exceeding the topological dimension. Many fractals appear similar at various scales, as illu ...

in Indonesian

Batik Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the whole cloth. This technique originated from the island of Java, Indonesia. Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines of the resist with a spouted tool called a ''ca ...

, mathematical aspects of Indonesian traditional folk songs and in the architecture of

Borobudur Borobudur, also transcribed Barabudur ( id, Candi Borobudur, jv, ꦕꦤ꧀ꦝꦶꦧꦫꦧꦸꦝꦸꦂ, Candhi Barabudhur) is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, not far from the town of Muntilan, in Central Java, Indone ...

, as well as Indonesian stock market analysis with

econophysics Econophysics is a heterodox interdisciplinary research field, applying theories and methods originally developed by physicists in order to solve problems in economics, usually those including uncertainty or stochastic processes and nonlinear dynam ...

alongside Indonesian senior physicist Yohanes Surya. Situngkir helped create the Indonesian Digital Library of Traditional Culture (''Perpustakaan Digital Budaya Indonesia'') in order to increase public access to information about the diversity of traditional Indonesian culture, for the further application of data sciences.

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1978 births Living people Indonesian social scientists Bandung Institute of Technology alumni Ashoka Fellows People of Batak descent Ethnomathematicians Pematangsiantar People from North Sumatra {{Indonesia-scientist-stub