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| name = James P. Howard, II |
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| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSA}} {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FBCS}} |
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| office = Member of the Board of Appeals for [[Howard County, Maryland]] |
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| term_start = 2011}} |
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| birth_date = [[1979]] |
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| birth_place = [[Dayton]], [[Ohio]] |
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| spouse = [[Nina Basu]]<ref>[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/howard-magazine/bs-mg-ho-10-things-nina-basu-20170802-story.html "10 things you didn't know about Inner Arbor Trust's Nina Basu"] ''Howard Magazine'', August 17, 2017</ref> |
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| citizenship = [[United States]] |
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| nationality = [[United States|American]] |
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| discipline = [[public policy]], [[mathematics]] |
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| workplaces = [[Applied Physics Laboratory]], [[UMGC]] |
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| alma_mater = [[UMBC]] |
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| doctoral_advisor = [[Scott Farrow]] |
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'''James P. Howard, II''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSA}} {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FBCS}} is an [[United States|American]] [[mathematician]] at the [[Applied Physics Laboratory|Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory]],<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/k3jph Profile] at [[LinkedIn]] (retrieved 2020-07-10).</ref> where he works as a data scientist and statistician. |
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== Early Life == |
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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]]. |
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== Work == |
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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]],<ref>David C. Challener, Maria E. Vachino, James P. Howard, II, Christina K. Pikas, and Anil John, "[http://jitm.ubalt.edu/XXX-3/article3.pdf Blockchain Basics and Suitability: A Primer for Program Managers]," ''Journal of Information Technology Management'', vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 33–44, 2019.</ref><ref>James P. Howard, II and Maria E. Vachino, "[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8965252 Blockchain Compliance with Federal Cryptographic Information Processing Standards]," ''IEEE Security & Privacy'', vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 65–70, 2020.</ref> [[augmented reality]], and [[public health]].<ref>Resoundingly Human Podcast, [https://pubsonline.informs.org/do/10.1287/orms.2020.01.01p/full/ "Is your favorite restaurant at risk of failing its health inspection?], featuring James Howard," INFORMS, January 8, 2020.</ref> Howard also maintains software for managing phonetic spellings in [[R_(programming_language)|R]].<ref>James P. Howard, II, "[https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.00480 Phonetic Algorithms in R]," ''Journal of Open Source Software'', vol. 3, no. 22, p. 480, 2018.</ref> |
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Howard joined the Board of Appeals for [[Howard County, Maryland|Howard County]] in 2011,<ref>"[http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/how/html/howl.html Howard County, Maryland -- Legislative Branch]" Maryland Manual Online, (retrieved 2017-11-12).</ref> where he has taken part in several controversial land use decisions.<ref>[http://www.baltimoresun.com/ph-ho-cf-friskys-1020-20111017-story.html "Frisky's monkeys can stay at Woodstock animal sanctuary"] ''The Baltimore Sun'', October 18, 2011.</ref> |
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<ref>[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/columbia/ph-ho-cf-appeals-controversy-1003-20131002-story.html "Attorney says Howard Board of Appeals violated open meetings law]" ''The Baltimore Sun'', October 2, 2013.</ref> |
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<ref>[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/lisbon-fulton/ph-ho-cf-fulton-cell-tower-1224-20151222-story.html "Board of Appeals signals go for AT&T tower in Fulton"] ''The Baltimore Sun'', December 22, 2015.</ref> |
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<ref>[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/lisbon-fulton/ph-ho-cf-appeals-naresh-0330-20170324-story.html "Appeals board rejects plan for Hindu temple in Howard County"] ''The Baltimore Sun'', March 24, 2017.</ref> In addition, Howard has been a member of the [[Maryland Defense Force]] since 2006, where he has served as information management chief.<ref>Anthony Granado, [http://mddfdefender.blogspot.com/2014/07/captain-james-howard-completes-phd-and.html?m=0 "Captain James Howard Completes Ph.D. and Provides Talent to the Maryland Defense Force"] MDDF Defender (retrieved 2014-11-10).</ref> 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.<ref>Frank Hecker, [https://civilityandtruth.com/2020/03/03/a-better-way-to-elect-the-howard-county-council/ A better way to elect the Howard County Council], ''Civility and Truth'', (retrieved 2020-03-03).</ref> |
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Howard ran for the [[Maryland House of Delegates]] in 2018<ref>[https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-county/ph-ca-at-district-12-delegates-20180613-story.html "Crowded field of eight Dems vie for three District 12 House seats"] ''The Baltimore Sun'', June 14, 2018.</ref> and ran for delegate to the [[2020 Democratic National Convention]]. |
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== Awards == |
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* Fellow of the [[British Computer Society]] |
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== Books == |
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* ''Teaching and Learning Mathematics Online'', CRC Press, 2020, co-edited with [[John F. Beyers]]<ref>Scala, Natalie M. and James P. Howard, II, (eds.). [https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351245586 ''Teaching and Learning Mathematics Online'']. New York: CRC Press, 2020.</ref> |
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* ''Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research'', CRC Press, 2020, co-edited with [[Natalie Scala|Natalie M. Scala]]<ref>Scala, Natalie M. and James P. Howard, II, (eds.). [https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429467219 ''Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research'']. New York: CRC Press, 2020.</ref> |
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* ''Computational Methods for Numerical Analysis with R'', CRC Press, 2017<ref>Howard, James P. [https://www.crcpress.com/Computational-Methods-for-Numerical-Analysis-with-R/II/p/book/9781498723633 ''Computational Methods for Numerical Analysis with R'']. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 2017.</ref> |
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* ''Socioeconomic Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program'', Springer, 2016<ref>Howard, James P. [https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319290621 ''Socioeconomic Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program'']. SpringerBriefs in Political Science. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2016.</ref> |
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== Game Credits == |
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* Designer, ''GURPS Disasters: Hurricane'', [[Steve Jackson Games]], 2019<ref>[https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/296637/hurricane "Hurricane"], [[BoardGameGeek|RPGGeek]]</ref> |
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== References == |
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{{Reflist}} |
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== External links == |
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{{Portal|Mathematics|Maryland}} |
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* {{official website|https://jameshoward.us}} |
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* [https://jameshoward.md Campaign website] |
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[[Category:1979 births]] |
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[[Category:American mathematicians]] |
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[[Category:Data scientists]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:GURPS writers]] |
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[[Category:People from Columbia, Maryland]] |
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[[Category:University of Maryland, College Park alumni]] |
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[[Category:University of Maryland, Baltimore County alumni]] |
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[[Category:University of Baltimore alumni]] |
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[[Category:Johns Hopkins University alumni]] |
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