Hiroshi Kawano

Background

Kawano, Hiroshi was born on April 14, 1925 in Fushun, Manchuria, China. Son of Seiji and Chiyo (Nakayabu) Kawano.

Education

Bachelor, University Tokyo, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Osaka University, Japan, 1986.

Career

Assistant professor, U. Tokyo, 1955-1961; associate professor, Tokyo Metropolitan College of Air Technology, 1961-1972; professor, Metropolitan College of Technology, Tokyo, 1972-1986; professor, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Technology, 1986-1990; professor emeritus, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Technology, since 1990; professor, Nagano U., Ueda, Japan, 1990-1994; professor, Tohoku U. Art & Design, Yamagata, Japan, 1994-1996; professor emeritus, Tohoku U. Art and Design, since 1996; director, Institute of Computer Culture, Tokyo, since 1990. Advisor Nippon Computer Graphics Association, Tokyo, 1983-1996.

Achievements

• Hiroshi Kawano has been listed as a noteworthy computer science and aesthetics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With Japanese military, 1945. Member Association for Computing Machinery, American Society Aesthetics (emeritus), Society for Ethno-Art (board directors), Philosophy Science Society of Japan (board directors emeritus since 1984), Japanese Society for Aesthetics, Information Processing Society Japan (life), Japanese Society Artificial Intelligence.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, folk art.

Connections

Married Taeko Unoki, May 18, 1954.

Father:

Seiji Kawano

Mother:

Chiyo (Nakayabu) Kawano

Spouse:

Taeko Unoki