Indow, Tarow, 1923-

Dr. Tarow Indow was an internationally known expert on the human visual system and semantic memory.

His research, reported in over 100 technical papers in major journals, covered geometric representations of visual space, formalisms of color space, stochastic representations of semantic memory, and ability testing. Indow received his Ph.D. from Keio University in Tokyo, where he then rose to a full professorship and later became professor emeritus. During his early years in the United States he held visiting positions at Harvard, the Institute for Advanced Study, and at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). In 1979 he became a professor in cognitive sciences at the School of Social Sciences at UCI and was later a founding member of UCI's Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences. He was also a respected member of the International Society for Psychophysics, Society of Experimental Psychologists, and International Color Association.

From the description of Tarow Indow papers, 1952-2003, bulk 1981-1994. (University of California, Irvine). WorldCat record id: 235985790

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Biography

Dr. Tarow Indow was an internationally known expert on the human visual system and semantic memory. His research, reported in over 100 technical papers in major journals, covered geometric representations of visual space, formalisms of color space, stochastic representations of semantic memory, and ability testing.

Indow received his Ph.D. from Keio University in Tokyo, where he then rose to a full professorship and later became professor emeritus. During his early years in the United States he held visiting positions at Harvard, the Institute for Advanced Study, and at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). In 1979 he became a professor in cognitive sciences at the School of Social Sciences at UCI and was later a founding member of UCI's Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences. He was also a respected member of the International Society for Psychophysics, Society of Experimental Psychologists, and International Color Association.

• 1923 August 22: Born in Tokyo, Japan.
• 1945: Receives Ph.D. from Keio University in Tokyo.
• 1953: Marries Minako Kawamura, a language teacher at a private high school.
• 1973 - 1977 : Serves as president of the International Color Association.
• 1979: Becomes professor of cognitive sciences at UCI.
• 1986: Is elected fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists.
• 1988: Publishes "Multidimensional studies of Munsell color solid." Psychological Review88, 456-470.
• 1989: Receives Judd-AIC Award.
• 1990: Publishes "On geometrical analysis of global structure of visual space." In H.T. Geissler (Ed.) Psychological Explorations of Mental Structures. Toronto: Hogrefe & Huber, Chapter 14, 172-180.
• 1991: Publishes "A critical review of Luneburg's model with regard to global structure of visual space." Psychological Review, 98, 430-453.
• 1993: Publishes "Analysis of events counted on time-dimension: A soft model based pm extreme statistics." Behaviormetrika, 20, 111-118. A festschrift is published in his honor. He retires, but continues research activities on developing color measures in collaboration with professor emeritus A. K. Romney.  1994Publishes "Metrics in color spaces: Im kleinen und im grossen." In Fisher, G.H., and Laming, D. (Eds.) Contributions to Mathematical Psychology, Psychometrics, and Methodology, Chapter 1, 3-17. Springer.
• 1995: Publishes "Psychophysical scaling: Scientific and practical applications." In Luce, R. D., D'Zmura, M., Hoffman, D., Iverson, G., and Romney, K. (Eds.) Geometrical Representations of Perceptual Phenomena: Papers in honor of Tarow Indow on his70th birthday. Chapter 1, 1-28, Mahwah, NJ. Lawrence Erlbaum.
• 2004: Publishes Global Structure of Visual Space, New Jersey: World Scientific.
• 2007 September 22: Dies at age 84 following hospitalization for a throat and lung disorder.

From the guide to the Tarow Indow papers, 1952-2003, bulk 1981-1994, (University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.)