Bosco Tjan

Bosco Siaufung Tjan (c. 1966 – December 2, 2016) was an American psychologist and neuroscientist. He was a professor of psychology at the University of Southern California's Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences.[1]

Education

Tjan received his bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Kansas in 1987 and his Ph.D. in computer and information science from the University of Minnesota in 1997. His PhD thesis was entitled "Ideal Observer Analysis of Object Recognition".[2][3]

Career

From 1990 to 1996, Tjan worked as a research assistant at the University of Minnesota. He joined the University of Southern California (USC) as an assistant professor in the psychology department in 2001. He was promoted to associate professor there in 2008 and to full professor in 2015.[2]

At USC, he co-founded the Dornsife Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center, and served as its co-director at the time of his death.[4] He directed the Laboratory for Functional and Computational Vision at USC.[5]

Research interests

Tjan was known for researching the responses people have to vision loss caused by multiple conditions, such as macular degeneration.[1][6] A page on the USC website stated that his research objective was to study the "human visual system to address basic and translational questions pertaining to vision loss, restoration, and rehabilitation.”[7]

Death

On December 2, 2016, in the afternoon, Tjan was fatally stabbed by a USC student; soon afterward, one of his graduate students was arrested on suspicion of having carried out the stabbing.[8][9] His body was found inside the Seeley G. Mudd Building, where he worked,[10] after which he was pronounced dead.[1] Tjan was 50 years old at the time of his death.[9]

Authorities believe the student killed Tjan deliberately as the result of a personal dispute.[11][12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Winton, Richard (2016-12-03). "Slain USC professor Bosco Tjan was an expert in vision loss research". Los Angeles Times.
  2. 1 2 "Bosco Siaufung Tjan CV" (PDF).
  3. ↑ Tjan, Bosco Siautung (1997). "Ideal observer analysis of object recognition". Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bosco Tjan". Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics. University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Laboratory for Functional and Computational Vision". University of Southern California. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  6. ↑ Preidt, Robert (2013-08-15). "Eye Study Results May Offer New Therapy for Some Vision Loss". Healthday.
  7. ↑ Martin, Erika (2016-12-03). "Slain USC Professor Bosco Tjan Was an Expert in Vision Loss Research". KTLA5.
  8. ↑ Ansari, Azadeh (2016-12-03). "Student fatally stabs University of Southern California professor, police say". CNN.
  9. 1 2 Associated Press (2016-12-03). "Graduate student who fatally stabbed his mentor, USC professor Bosco Tjan, had just taken leave of absence for personal reasons". New York Daily News.
  10. ↑ Jaschik, Scott (2016-12-03). "Student Fatally Stabs Professor". Inside Higher Education.
  11. ↑ Ventura, Charles (2016-12-03). "Student suspect arrested in fatal stabbing of USC professor". USA Today.
  12. ↑ Reilly, Katie (2016-12-03). "University of Southern California Professor Fatally Stabbed by Student". Time.

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