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James P. Howard II, FRSA FBCS is an American mathematician and data scientist, where he works as a data scientist and statistician.

Early life

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.

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, augmented reality, and public health. Howard also maintains the R package phonics for managing phonetic spellings in R.

Howard joined the Board of Appeals for Howard County in 2011. In addition, Howard has been a member of the Maryland Defense Force since 2006, where he has served as information management chief. 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. Howard ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in 2018 and ran for delegate to the 2020 Democratic National Convention pledged to Elizabeth Warren.

Awards

Professional

• 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

Coat of arms of James Howard

Notes Granted in 2024 by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta 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
• Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research, co-edited with Natalie M. Scala, CRC Press, New York, 2020, ISBN 9780429467219
• Computational Methods for Numerical Analysis with R, CRC Press, New York, 2017, ISBN 9781498723633
• Socioeconomic Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2016, ISBN 9783319290621

Game credits

• Designer, GURPS Disasters: Hurricane, Steve Jackson Games, 2019

References

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. Granado, Anthony (October 11, 2014). "Captain James Howard Completes Ph.D. and Provides Talent to the Maryland Defense Force". MDDF Defender.
10. Frank Hecker (March 3, 2020). "A better way to elect the Howard County Council". Civility and Truth.
11. 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.
12. "Elizabeth Warren for President". Friends of James Howard. February 7, 2020.
13. "Office of the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta". Gazzetta Tal-Gvern Ta' Malta (21, 194): 1606. February 16, 2024.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. Howard, James P. II (2017). Computational Methods for Numerical Analysis with R. New York: CRC Press. ISBN 9781498723633.
17. Howard, James P. II (2016). Socioeconomic Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. ISBN 9783319290621.
18. "Hurricane". RPGGeek. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Campaign website

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Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area Patapsco Valley
Administration	Howard County Fire Department Howard County Police Department Howard County Department of Corrections Howard County Housing and Community Development Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning
Landmarks	Attractions Clark's Elioak Farm Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts Dorsey Hall Doughoregan Manor Elkridge Furnace Inn Merriweather Post Pavilion Oakland Manor The Mall in Columbia Savage Mill Thomas Viaduct Toby's Dinner Theatre Turf Valley Waverley Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods Maryland Historical Trust properties Historic districts Ellicott City (Official County) Lawyers Hill (Official County) Savage Mill (In Name Only) Elkridge Landing (In Name Only) Museums Howard County Center of African American Culture Howard County Conservancy Robinson Nature Center Parks Belmont Blandair Columbia Lakefront Elkhorn Middle Patuxent Patapsco Valley Patuxent River Centennial Rockburn Branch Troy Park Wilde Lake
Education	Colleges Columbia Gateway Educational Institutions Howard Community College Lincoln Technical Institute University of Phoenix High schools Howard County Public School System Atholton Centennial Glenelg Hammond Howard Long Reach Marriotts Ridge Mount Hebron Oakland Mills Reservoir River Hill Wilde Lake Private schools Glenelg Country School Phillips School Woodmont Academy
Transportation	Air Glenair Airport Haysfield Airport Public transit MARC Train (Dorsey, Jessup, Savage, Laurel Race Track) MTA RTA Metrobus Highways US 29 Route 32 Route 100 Interstate 70 Interstate 95 Harbor Tunnel Thruway Roads Baltimore National Pike Frederick Road Guilford Road Montgomery Road Old Frederick Road Ridge Road Roxbury Mills Road Route 108 Route 175 Route 216 Washington Boulevard Waterloo Road Whiskey Bottom Road Woodbine Road Woodstock Road

• 1979 births
• Living people
• 21st-century American mathematicians
• American data scientists
• Fellows of the British Computer Society
• GURPS writers
• Johns Hopkins University alumni
• People from Columbia, Maryland
• R (programming language) people
• Senior members of the IEEE
• University of Maryland, College Park alumni
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County alumni
• University of Baltimore alumni
• Maryland Democrats