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James P. Howard

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James P. Howard II
Photograph of James Howard from 2018
Political partyDemocratic Party
SpouseNina Basu[1]
Member of the Board of Appeals
for Howard County, Maryland
In office
February 7, 2011 – February 3, 2021
Websitehttps://jameshoward.us

James P. Howard II is an American data scientist and researcher.[2]

Early life and education

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Howard was born on December 16, 1979, in Dayton, Ohio.

After two years in a dual enrollment program with Miami University,[3] he transferred to the University of Maryland, College Park, where he completed a Bachelor of Science in mathematics in 2002.

He later pursued a Master of Public Administration at the University of Baltimore, completing it in 2008. In 2014, Howard earned a Ph.D. in public policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.[4]

Howard has earned a total of eight academic degrees:[5]

Career

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Howard is a data scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). His work includes developing artificial intelligence models for infectious disease forecasting, evaluating the use of augmented reality in mission planning, and analyzing blockchain applications in national security and government services. He has co-authored publications on the suitability of blockchain technologies for program management and security contexts.[6][7] Additionally, he has discussed the application of analytics in public health contexts, such as predicting restaurant health inspection outcomes, in interviews and podcasts.[8]

He is the author and maintainer of the phonics package for the R programming language.[9][10] Howard also developed Freegrep, a BSD-licensed implementation of the Unix grep utility, which he created over a weekend in July 1999 at the age of 19. Freegrep has been included in several operating systems, including FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Minix, Haiku, macOS, and iOS.[11]

Since 2010, Howard has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland Global Campus, where he teaches mathematics and statistics courses, including college algebra, finite mathematics, calculus, quantitative reasoning, and business statistics.[12][13][14] He has also taught public administration and policy analysis at institutions such as the City University of New York's Baruch College,[15] Central Michigan University, and the University of New Mexico. He also taught public finance and financial management at the University of Baltimore.[16]

From 2003 to 2012, Howard worked at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as a scientific computing consultant, where he contributed to research and policy-related computing initiatives. He later served as an external consultant to several U.S. federal agencies, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Executive Office of the President, and the Department of Homeland Security.

Civic and volunteer service

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Howard served from 2005 to 2011 on the Columbia Association’s Budget and Financial Advisory committees, serving as chair of both committees during multiple terms.[17][18][19]

Howard was appointed to the Board of Appeals in Howard County, Maryland, in 2011,[20] serving until 2021. In 2011, Howard voted in favor of a decision allowing Frisky's Wildlife and Primate Sanctuary to continue operating in western Howard County, despite neighborhood complaints and zoning challenges. The case attracted public attention due to the presence of capuchin monkeys and other exotic animals and raised questions about the limits of conditional use in rural residential zones.[21] In 2013, the board faced scrutiny after a hearing was rescheduled with minimal public notice, prompting accusations of violating Maryland’s Open Meetings Act. Howard publicly defended the Board’s procedural actions but later supported administrative reforms to improve transparency.[22] In 2015, he joined the board majority in granting AT&T approval for the construction of a 145-foot cell tower in Fulton, overruling significant neighborhood opposition.[23]

In 2018, Howard ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 12 as a Democratic candidate in the primary, a multi-member district covering parts of Howard and Baltimore counties. He was one of eight candidates competing for three seats and received 1,283 votes, approximately 3.9% of the total, but did not advance to the general election.[24][25] In 2020, he appeared on the Democratic primary ballot as a pledged delegate candidate for Senator Elizabeth Warren in Maryland’s 7th Congressional District for the Democratic National Convention. Although Warren had suspended her presidential campaign by the time of the primary, Howard remained on the ballot and received 3,623 votes.[26]

Howard has served in the Maryland Defense Force (MDDF) since 2006 and was promoted to the rank of captain in 2013.[27][28]

Awards

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Professional

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Arms

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Coat of arms of James Howard
Notes
Granted in 2024 by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta[29]
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 crosspiece of the Second.
Motto
Ir-rieda biss tmexxi l-qalb (Maltese for "Only the will leads the heart")

Books

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Scholia has a profile for James P. Howard (Q57544993).
  • Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research, 2nd edition, co-edited with Natalie M. Scala, CRC Press, New York, 2024, ISBN 9781003396307[30]
  • Teaching and Learning Mathematics Online, co-edited with John F. Beyers, CRC Press, New York, 2020, ISBN 9781351245586[31]
  • Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research, co-edited with Natalie M. Scala, CRC Press, New York, 2020, ISBN 9780429467219[32]
  • Computational Methods for Numerical Analysis with R, CRC Press, New York, 2017, ISBN 9781498723633[33]
  • Socioeconomic Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2016, ISBN 9783319290621[34]

Game credits

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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 April 23, 2025.
  3. ^ Howard, James (August 30, 2016). "How a High School Dropout Stopped Worrying and Went to College". JamesHoward.us. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ^ Howard, James P. II (2014). Social Benefits and Costs of the National Flood Insurance Program (PhD). University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
  5. ^ Howard, James. "About Me". JamesHoward.us. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Howard, James P. II; Vachino, Maria E. (2020). "Blockchain Basics and Suitability". IEEE Security & Privacy. 18 (1): 65–70. doi:10.1109/MSEC.2019.2944290.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Howard, James P. II (2020). "Phonetic Spelling Algorithm Implementations for R". Journal of Statistical Software. 95 (8): 1–21. doi:10.18637/jss.v095.i08.
  10. ^ "Phonetic Spelling Algorithms in R". GitHub. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  11. ^ "Freegrep". GitHub. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  12. ^ "MATH 107 7382 College Algebra (2208) Syllabus" (PDF). Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  13. ^ "MATH 115 6382 Pre-Calculus (2168) Syllabus" (PDF). Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  14. ^ "MATH 140 6980 Calculus I (2162) Syllabus" (PDF). Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  15. ^ "PAF 9172–Research and Analysis II Syllabus" (PDF). Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  16. ^ "Read My Article, 'Public Financial Management' in Syllabus". Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  17. ^ James P. Howard II (February 22, 2010). Review of the Columbia Association's Fiscal Targets (Report). Columbia Association.
  18. ^ James P. Howard II (February 12, 2009). Projections for Downtown Development (Report). Columbia Association.
  19. ^ James P. Howard II (April 15, 2008). The Proposal to Lower the Assessment Increase Cap (Report). Columbia Association.
  20. ^ "Howard County, Maryland -- Legislative Branch". Maryland Manual Online. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  21. ^ Lindsey McPherson (October 18, 2011). "Frisky's monkeys can stay at Woodstock animal sanctuary". The Baltimore Sun.
  22. ^ Amanda Yeager (October 2, 2013). "Attorney says Howard Board of Appeals violated open meetings law". The Baltimore Sun.
  23. ^ Fatimah Waseem (October 22, 2015). "Board of Appeals signals go for AT&T tower in Fulton". The Baltimore Sun.
  24. ^ Cody Boteler (June 14, 2018). "Crowded field of eight Dems vie for three District 12 House seats". The Baltimore Sun.
  25. ^ "James Howard (Maryland)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  26. ^ "Elizabeth Warren for President". Friends of James Howard. February 7, 2020.
  27. ^ Anthony Granado (October 11, 2014). "Captain James Howard Completes Ph.D. and Provides Talent to the Maryland Defense Force". MDDF Defender.
  28. ^ "Maryland Defense Force Service". JamesHoward.us. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  29. ^ "Office of the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta". Gazzetta Tal-Gvern Ta' Malta (21, 194): 1606. February 16, 2024.
  30. ^ Scala, Natalie M.; Howard, James P. II, eds. (2024). Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research (2 ed.). New York: CRC Press. doi:10.1201/9781003396307. ISBN 9781003396307. S2CID 270801189.
  31. ^ 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.
  32. ^ 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.
  33. ^ Howard, James P. II (2017). Computational Methods for Numerical Analysis with R. New York: CRC Press. ISBN 9781498723633.
  34. ^ Howard, James P. II (2016). Socioeconomic Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. ISBN 9783319290621.
  35. ^ "Hurricane". RPGGeek. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
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