James Howard (mathematician)

This article is about the American mathematician. For other people named James Howard, see James Howard (disambiguation).

American mathematician

James P. Howard II

Political party| Democratic Party
Spouse| Nina Basu[1]
Member of the Board of Appeals
for Howard County, Maryland
In office
February 7, 2011 – February 3, 2021

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

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Howard 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

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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

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### Professional

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* Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, 2022
* Fellow of the Cybernetics Society, 2021
* Senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2021
* Fellow of the British Computer Society, 2020

### Arms

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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")

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## Books

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Scholia has a profile for James Howard (Q57544993).

* 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

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* Designer, GURPS Disasters: Hurricane, Steve Jackson Games, 2019[22]

## References

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1. ^ Janene Holzberg (August 17, 2017). "10 things you didn't know about Inner Arbor Trust's Nina Basu". Howard Magazine.
2. ^ "James Howard". LinkedIn. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
3. ^ Howard, James P. II (2014). Social Benefits and Costs of the National Flood Insurance Program (PhD). University of Maryland Baltimore County.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ 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.
7. ^ 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.
8. ^ "Howard County, Maryland -- Legislative Branch". Maryland Manual Online. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
9. ^ McPherson, Lindsey (October 18, 2011). "Frisky's monkeys can stay at Woodstock animal sanctuary". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on March 13, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
10. ^ Yeager, Amanda (October 2, 2013). "Attorney says Howard Board of Appeals violated open meetings law". The Baltimore Sun.[permanent dead link]
11. ^ Waseem, Fatimah (October 22, 2015). "Board of Appeals signals go for AT&T tower in Fulton". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on March 29, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
12. ^ Waseem, Fatimah (March 24, 2017). "Appeals board rejects plan for Hindu temple in Howard County". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
13. ^ Granado, Anthony (October 11, 2014). "Captain James Howard Completes Ph.D. and Provides Talent to the Maryland Defense Force". MDDF Defender.
14. ^ Frank Hecker (March 3, 2020). "A better way to elect the Howard County Council". Civility and Truth.
15. ^ Boteler, Cody (June 14, 2018). "Crowded field of eight Dems vie for three District 12 House seats". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on March 13, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
16. ^ "Elizabeth Warren for President". Friends of James Howard. February 7, 2020.
17. ^ "Office of the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta". Gazzetta Tal-Gvern Ta' Malta (21, 194): 1606. February 16, 2024.
18. ^ 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.
19. ^ 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.
20. ^ Howard, James P. II (2017). Computational Methods for Numerical Analysis with R. New York: CRC Press. ISBN 9781498723633.
21. ^ Howard, James P. II (2016). Socioeconomic Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. ISBN 9783319290621.
22. ^ "Hurricane". RPGGeek. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

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