About

The Institute for Computational History was founded by Wayne K. Yamamoto. A Computer Scientist by training, Wayne has worked in software most of his career. He has been deeply engaged in systems, artificial intelligence, and data storage. In his spare time, he began researching his grandfather, Kanekichi Yamamoto, which progressed to "Second Son Rising." He took a methodical and displined approach to is exploration of his grandfather's history, leading him to his appointment in the American Ethnic Studies department the University of Washington. The confluence of Computer Science and Historical Research formed the corpus of the ideas that led to the creation of the Institute for Computational History. Ultimately, utilizing computation, data science, and artificial intelligence to examine and understand history became the mission of the Institute.

Wayne started his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories and is currently at the University of Washington. He started a handful of companies in between -- including BroadVision (growing it from a startup to a $25 billion public company) and MerchantCircle (sold for $60 million). Wayne receivedhis BS and MS in Computer Science from the University of Washington.