| Titels | Prof. dr. |
| Initials | R.W. |
| Main position | Hoogleraar TUE |
| Disciplines | Probability theory, statistics |
| Operations research | |
| Theoretical physics, (quantum) mechanics | |
| Chair | Kansrekening |
| Domain | Natural Sciences and Engineering |
| Membership | Member |
| Since | 2018 |
| Member of Natural Sciences and Engineering | |
| Employed by |
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Faculteit Wiskunde en Informatica, Sectie Stochastiek PO Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven tel. 040 247 2910 rhofstad@win.tue.nl |
| Personal website | |
| Research/publications |
Remco van der Hofstad is a mathematician who bridges the gap between basic and applied research. For example, thanks to Van der Hofstad, chemists now have a better understanding of how polymer chains are formed and physicists can more easily calculate percolation processes, in which liquids seep through a filter. Van der Hofstad research is also used to model social networks like Facebook.