Biography:James Sakoda
James Minoru Sakoda | |
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| Born | April 21, 1916 Lancaster, California, U.S. |
| Died | June 12, 2005 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Psychologist |
James Sakoda (April 21, 1916 – June 12, 2005) was a Japanese-American psychologist, computational modeler, and origami artist.[1][2] He is best known for his early development of what is now called agent-based modeling in the social sciences. Sakoda was incarcerated during World War II in U.S. internment camps, an experience that informed his doctoral work. He later became a professor at several American universities and contributed extensively to both psychology and computational social science.
Career
Sakoda 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."[4][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.[5]
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.[5] In 1962, he joined the sociology department at Brown University and became the director of the Social Science Computer Laboratory.[5]
Origami
Outside of academia, Sakoda was a well-known figure in the field of origami. He published two books on the subject[6] He published two books on the subject: ''Modern Origami'' (1969)[7] and ''Origami Flowers'' (1992).[8] They were republished in 1997 and 1999, respectively.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Landau, Elizabeth; Klemens, Ben (2023-05-08). "Overlooked No More: James Sakoda, Whose Wartime Internment Inspired a Social Science Tool" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/obituaries/james-sakoda-overlooked.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. https://www.jasss.org/20/3/15.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Niiya, Brian. "Densho Encyclopedia: James Sakoda". Densho. https://encyclopedia.densho.org/James_Sakoda/.
- ↑ Chen, Shu-Heng (2012-01-01). "Varieties of agents in agent-based computational economics: A historical and an interdisciplinary perspective". Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 36 (1): 1–25. doi:10.1016/j.jedc.2011.09.003. ISSN 0165-1889. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165188911001692.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Computer Pioneers - James M. Sakoda". https://history.computer.org/pioneers/sakoda.html.
- ↑ "James Minoru Sakoda 1916-2005 British Origami" (in en-GB). https://www.britishorigami.org/cp-lister-list/james-minoru-sakoda-1916-2005/.
- ↑ Sakoda, James Minoru (1997) (in English). Modern Origami. Mineola: Dover Publications, N.Y.. ISBN 9781406544060.
- ↑ Sakoda, James Minoru (1999) (in English). Origami Flowers. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications. ISBN 9781406544060.
- ↑ Lister, David (12 July 2005). "James Minoru Sakoda 1916-2005". https://www.britishorigami.org/cp-lister-list/james-minoru-sakoda-1916-2005.
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