Nationality Indonesia | ||
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Known for Mathematical and computational data analysis on traditional knowledge and social complexity in Indonesia Profiles | ||
Researcher hokky situngkir in itb alumni forum 2016
Hokky Situngkir, born 7 February 1978 is an Indonesian scientist specializing in complexity theory at Surya University and the founder of the research institute for social complexity research, the Bandung Fe Institute. He is known for a wide spectrum of research, from works on the aspects of fractal geometry in Indonesian Batik, mathematical aspects of Indonesian traditional folk songs, mathematical aspects in the architecture of Borobudur, to the Indonesian stock market analysis with econophysics alongside Indonesian senior physicist, Yohanes Surya. Hokky Situngkir is also known as one of the initiators of the first Indonesian digital library for traditional culture website Perpustakaan Digital Budaya Indonesia with open participation from the public For his works on batik and many other traditional cultures, he has been known as one of the prominent inventors and innovators in Indonesia.
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- Researcher hokky situngkir in itb alumni forum 2016
- Indonesia digital library culture hokky situngkir tedxbandung
- Econophysics in Indonesia
- Fractal Batik
- Indonesian Digital Library for Traditional Culture
- Awards
- References
Indonesia digital library culture hokky situngkir tedxbandung
Econophysics in Indonesia
While working with the pioneer of econophysics in Indonesia, Yohanes Surya, Situngkir accomplished work on the financial market specific to trading and investment in the Indonesia Stock Exchange. Their works are on implementing statistical mechanics and complexity theory in Indonesian specific financial risk management, trading strategies, and eventually the optimization and observational methods for surveillance due to abnormal returns in the stock market indexes. In 2005, they published their works on econophysics in Indonesian, entitled "Aplikasi Fisika dalam Analisis Keuangan" for further development of the subjects in the country.
Fractal Batik
Situngkir's work on social complexity in Indonesia has brought him to the elaboration on how Indonesian people used geometry by analyzing thousands of Indonesian batik motifs. He has demonstrated that batik is not a mere ornament but delivered as the way traditional people expressed their philosophy, more like a masterpieces, equivalent to the modern European arts in the renaissance era, e.g.: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo. His research showed how traditional batik can be seen as "generative art" in the era of pre-computation. By modeling the generative process of batik in computational tessellation and mathematical iterative design processes, he showed how the complex designs of batik can emerge from simple patterns of basic motifs. The mathematical algorithmic processes has now made computation possible to be employed in the production of traditional batik motifs without leaving behind the way people did in ancient times, i.e.: the computer-aided batik designs. This computation and software has solved problems by reducing times for generating complicated batik motifs.
After batik, he also demonstrated that the similar point of view can also be used to analyze Indonesian traditional weaving patterns, ornaments in Indonesian vernacular architectures, and the hypotheses for the kind of "geometry" used by ancient people who built the mega structure Borobudur Temple.
Indonesian Digital Library for Traditional Culture
The concept of the Indonesian Digital Library for Traditional Culture was to treat the diversity of Indonesian traditional culture as information, made public digitally, and thus on which data sciences are applied upon. His research on complexity in Indonesian traditional culture has brought to the establishment of the initiative to build the first online Indonesian Digital Library of Traditional Culture opened for the participation of the public, named Perpustakaan Digital Budaya Indonesia (PDBI). He also initiated the establishment of a youth community for the participation in the open digital library, the "Sobat Budaya" community. From this cultural heritage data collection, he has promoted new modern innovations based on Indonesian culture, by the mapping of Indonesian batik motifs,folk songs, traditional food and beverages, and batik software and applications.
While doing research, he also actively supervises younger researchers as a mentor at the Center for Young Scientists, at Surya University.