Hans Bodlaender

Prof. Dr. Hans Bodlaender is a Full Professor of Algorithms and Complexity at Utrecht University's Faculty of Science, Department of Information and Computing Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Utrecht University (1985) and has held academic positions since 1983, including roles at Eindhoven University of Technology. His research focuses on algorithms, computational complexity, graph theory, and parameterized complexity, with a particular emphasis on treewidth and network algorithms. He has been recognized with the EATCS-IPEC Nerode Prize (2014) and has contributed to over 500 publications. His work includes developing algorithms for graph decomposition, scheduling, and NP-hard problem analysis. He has organized international workshops and served on editorial boards, including the Journal of Discrete Algorithms.

Education:

• B.Sc. Mathematics, Utrecht University (1981)
• M.Sc. Mathematics, Utrecht University (1983)
• Ph.D. in Distributed Computing (1985), supervised by Jan van Leeuwen

Research Interests: Algorithms, complexity theory, parameterized complexity, treewidth, graph algorithms, network optimization, and computational problem-solving. His work bridges theoretical foundations with practical algorithm design, emphasizing efficient algorithms for NP-hard problems.

Recent Article Trends: Focus on parameterized complexity, treewidth applications, scheduling algorithms, and algorithmic lower bounds. Recent work explores fixed-parameter tractability, graph decompositions, and hardness results for problems on structured graphs.

Awards: EATCS-IPEC Nerode Prize (2014) for contributions to parameterized complexity.

Grants/Advising: Extensive involvement in grant-funded research projects and academic leadership roles. Supervised numerous PhD and Master's students (details not fully listed here).

Labs/Teams: Active in the Algorithms and Complexity research group at Utrecht University, collaborating on theoretical computer science and algorithmic challenges.