James Sakoda (April 21, 1916 – June 12, 2005) was a Japanese-American psychologist and pioneer in computational modeling.[1][2]
James Minoru Sakoda | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 21, 1916 |
| Died | June 12, 2005 (aged 89) |
| Occupation | Psychologist |
Career
editSakoda was born in Lancaster, California in 1916.[3]
During World War II, Sakoda spent time incarcerated at the Tule Lake and Minidoka internment camps.[3] He documented the experiences of Japanese Americans in internment camps, using what may be the first "agent-based model."[1][2] In 1949, he published a dissertation based on his research.[1] As a result, he earned a psychology Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, that year.[4]
After the war, Sakoda pursued a career in psychology and teaching. He taught at Brooklyn College,[1] before joining the psychology department at the University of Connecticut in 1958.[4] In 1962, he joined the sociology department at Brown University and became the director of the Social Science Computer Laboratory.[4]
Sakoda was a well-known figure in the field of origami and published two books on the subject. These were first published in 1969 and 1992 and were republished in 1997 and 1999, respectively.[5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Landau, Elizabeth; Klemens, Ben (2023-05-08). "Overlooked No More: James Sakoda, Whose Wartime Internment Inspired a Social Science Tool". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ a b Hegselmann, Rainer (2017). "Thomas C. Schelling and James M. Sakoda: The Intellectual, Technical, and Social History of a Model". Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 20 (3): 15. doi:10.18564/jasss.3511. ISSN 1460-7425.
- ^ a b Niiya, Brian. "Densho Encyclopedia: James Sakoda". encyclopedia.densho.org. Densho. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
- ^ a b c "Computer Pioneers - James M. Sakoda". history.computer.org. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ Lister, David (12 July 2005). "James Minoru Sakoda 1916-2005". Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Sakoda, James Minoru (1997). Modern Origami. Mineola: Dover Publications, N.Y. ISBN 9781406544060.
- ^ Sakoda, James Minoru (1999). Origami Flowers. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications. ISBN 9781406544060.