James Howard (mathematician) explained

James P. Howard II
Party:	Democratic Party
Spouse:	Nina Basu^[1]
Module2:	Embed: yes Office: Member of the Board of Appeals for Howard County, Maryland Term Start: February 7, 2011 Term End: February 3, 2021

James P. Howard II, is an American mathematician and data scientist,^[2] 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.^[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] In addition, Howard has been a member of the Maryland Defense Force since 2006, where he has served as information management chief.^[9] 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.^[10] Howard ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in 2018^[11] and ran for delegate to the 2020 Democratic National Convention pledged to Elizabeth Warren.^[12]

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

James Howard
Notes:	Granted in 2024 by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta^[13]
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, ^[14]
• Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research, co-edited with Natalie M. Scala, CRC Press, New York, 2020, ^[15]
• Computational Methods for Numerical Analysis with R, CRC Press, New York, 2017, ^[16]
• Socioeconomic Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2016, ^[17]

Game credits

• Designer, GURPS Disasters: Hurricane, Steve Jackson Games, 2019^[18]

External links

• • Campaign website

Notes and References

1. News: Howard Magazine . 10 things you didn't know about Inner Arbor Trust's Nina Basu . August 17, 2017. Janene Holzberg .
2. Web site: James Howard . LinkedIn . 12 July 2020.
3. Howard . James P. II . 2014 . Social Benefits and Costs of the National Flood Insurance Program . University of Maryland Baltimore County . PhD.
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. 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 . 10.1109/MSEC.2019.2944290. 210930196.
6. Ashley . Kilgore . 2020. Is your favorite restaurant at risk of failing its health inspection? . . Resoundingly Human . 10.1287/orms.2020.01.01p. free.
7. Howard. James P. II. 2018. Phonetic Algorithms in R. Journal of Open Source Software. 3. 22. 480 . 10.21105/joss.00480. free. 2018JOSS....3..480P.
8. Web site: Howard County, Maryland -- Legislative Branch . Maryland Manual Online . 13 July 2020.
9. News: MDDF Defender . Captain James Howard Completes Ph.D. and Provides Talent to the Maryland Defense Force . October 11, 2014. Anthony . Granado .
10. News: Civility and Truth . A better way to elect the Howard County Council. March 3, 2020. Frank Hecker.
11. News: The Baltimore Sun . Crowded field of eight Dems vie for three District 12 House seats . June 14, 2018 . Cody . Boteler . July 21, 2020 . March 13, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230313152322/https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-county/ph-ca-at-district-12-delegates-20180613-story.html . dead .
12. News: Friends of James Howard . Elizabeth Warren for President . February 7, 2020 .
13. . February 16, 2024 . Office of the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta . Gazzetta Tal-Gvern Ta' Malta . 21,194 . 1606 .
14. Book: Howard . James P. II . Beyers . John F. . 2020 . Teaching and Learning Mathematics Online . New York . CRC Press . 10.1201/9781351245586 . 9781351245586. 216358149 .
15. Book: Scala . Natalie M. . Howard . James P. II . 2020 . Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research . New York . CRC Press . 10.1201/9780429467219 . 9780429467219. 213582512 .
16. Book: Howard . James P. II . 2017 . Computational Methods for Numerical Analysis with R . New York . CRC Press . 9781498723633.
17. Book: Howard . James P. II . 2016 . Socioeconomic Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program . Cham, Switzerland . Springer . 9783319290621.
18. Web site: Hurricane. . 12 July 2020.