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American mathematician
James P. Howard II ,
FRSA
FBCS is an
American
mathematician and
data scientist ,
[2] where he works as a data scientist and statistician.
Early life
Howard was born in
Dayton, Ohio and attended schools in southwest Ohio. He studied
mathematics at the
University of Maryland, College Park ,
environmental science at the
Johns Hopkins University , and public policy at the
University of Baltimore . He earned his
doctorate in 2014 in
public policy from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore County . His research focused on the economic costs of the
National Flood Insurance Program .
[3]
Career
He is a scientist at the Johns Hopkins
Applied Physics Laboratory where his work focuses on
data science . In addition, he has led research projects on
blockchain ,
[4]
[5]
augmented reality , and
public health .
[6] Howard also maintains the
R package phonics for managing phonetic spellings in
R .
[7]
Howard joined the Board of Appeals for
Howard County in 2011,
[8] where he has taken part in several controversial land use decisions.
[9]
[10]
[11]
[12] In addition, Howard has been a member of the
Maryland Defense Force since 2006, where he has served as information management chief.
[13] He also served as a member of the Howard County Charter Review Commission in 2019 recommending changes to make redistricting independent and insulate decisions from political influence.
[14] Howard ran for the
Maryland House of Delegates in 2018
[15] and ran for delegate to the
2020 Democratic National Convention pledged to
Elizabeth Warren .
[16]
Awards
Professional
Arms
Coat of arms of James Howard
Notes
Granted in 2024 by the
Chief Herald of Arms of Malta
[17]
Crest
Upon a helm befitting his degree with mantling Or and Azure is set for crest, upon a wreath of the liveries a martlet Sable.
Escutcheon
Argent in pale a tetrahedron Azure pierced in bend by a sword Or with pommel and cross piece of the Second.
Motto
Ir-rieda biss tmexxi l-qalb (Maltese for "Only the will leads the heart")
Books
Teaching and Learning Mathematics Online , co-edited with
John F. Beyers ,
CRC Press , New York, 2020,
ISBN
9781351245586
[18]
Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research , co-edited with
Natalie M. Scala , CRC Press, New York, 2020,
ISBN
9780429467219
[19]
Computational Methods for Numerical Analysis with R , CRC Press, New York, 2017,
ISBN
9781498723633
[20]
Socioeconomic Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program ,
Springer , Cham, Switzerland, 2016,
ISBN
9783319290621
[21]
Game credits
References
^ Janene Holzberg (August 17, 2017).
"10 things you didn't know about Inner Arbor Trust's Nina Basu" . Howard Magazine .
^
"James Howard" . LinkedIn . Retrieved 12 July 2020 .
^ Howard, James P. II (2014). Social Benefits and Costs of the National Flood Insurance Program (PhD). University of Maryland Baltimore County.
^ Challener, David C.; Vachino, Maria E.; Howard, James P. II; Pikas, Christina K.; John, Anil (2019).
"Blockchain Basics and Suitability: A Primer for Program Managers" (PDF) . Journal of Information Technology Management . 30 (3): 33–44.
^ Howard, James P. II; Vachino, Maria E. (2020).
"Blockchain Basics and Suitability: A Primer for Program Managers" . IEEE Security & Privacy . 18 (1): 65–70.
doi :
10.1109/MSEC.2019.2944290 .
S2CID
210930196 .
^ Kilgore, Ashley (2020).
"Is your favorite restaurant at risk of failing its health inspection?" . Resoundingly Human (Podcast).
INFORMS .
doi :
10.1287/orms.2020.01.01p .
^ Howard, James P. II (2018).
"Phonetic Algorithms in R" . Journal of Open Source Software . 3 (22): 480.
Bibcode :
2018JOSS....3..480P .
doi :
10.21105/joss.00480 .
^
"Howard County, Maryland -- Legislative Branch" . Maryland Manual Online . Retrieved 13 July 2020 .
^ McPherson, Lindsey (October 18, 2011).
"Frisky's monkeys can stay at Woodstock animal sanctuary" . The Baltimore Sun .
^ Yeager, Amanda (October 2, 2013).
"Attorney says Howard Board of Appeals violated open meetings law" . The Baltimore Sun .
^ Waseem, Fatimah (October 22, 2015).
"Board of Appeals signals go for AT&T tower in Fulton" . The Baltimore Sun .
^ Waseem, Fatimah (March 24, 2017).
"Appeals board rejects plan for Hindu temple in Howard County" . The Baltimore Sun .
^ Granado, Anthony (October 11, 2014).
"Captain James Howard Completes Ph.D. and Provides Talent to the Maryland Defense Force" . MDDF Defender .
^ Frank Hecker (March 3, 2020).
"A better way to elect the Howard County Council" . Civility and Truth .
^ Boteler, Cody (June 14, 2018).
"Crowded field of eight Dems vie for three District 12 House seats" . The Baltimore Sun .
^
"Elizabeth Warren for President" . Friends of James Howard . February 7, 2020.
^ "Office of the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta". Gazzetta Tal-Gvern Ta' Malta (21, 194): 1606. February 16, 2024.
^ Howard, James P. II; Beyers, John F., eds. (2020).
Teaching and Learning Mathematics Online . New York: CRC Press.
doi :
10.1201/9781351245586 .
ISBN
9781351245586 .
S2CID
216358149 .
^ Scala, Natalie M.; Howard, James P. II, eds. (2020).
Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research . New York: CRC Press.
doi :
10.1201/9780429467219 .
ISBN
9780429467219 .
S2CID
213582512 .
^ Howard, James P. II (2017).
Computational Methods for Numerical Analysis with R . New York: CRC Press.
ISBN
9781498723633 .
^ Howard, James P. II (2016).
Socioeconomic Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program . Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
ISBN
9783319290621 .
^
"Hurricane" .
RPGGeek . Retrieved 12 July 2020 .
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