James P. Howard, II, is an

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at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, where he works as a data scientist and statistician.

Early life

Howard was born in

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and attended schools in southwest Ohio. He studied

mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

at the

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Mary ...

environmental science Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geograp ...

at the

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, and public policy at the University of Baltimore. He earned his

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in 2014 in

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from the

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. 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 Data science is an interdisciplinary field that uses scientific methods, processes, algorithms and systems to extract or extrapolate knowledge and insights from noisy, structured and unstructured data, and apply knowledge from data across a br ...

. In addition, he has led research projects on

blockchain A blockchain is a type of distributed ledger technology (DLT) that consists of growing lists of records, called ''blocks'', that are securely linked together using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a ...

augmented reality Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive experience that combines the real world and computer-generated content. The content can span multiple sensory modalities, including visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory and olfactory. AR can be de ...

, and

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...

. Howard also maintains the

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''phonics'' for managing phonetic spellings in R. Howard joined the Board of Appeals for Howard County in 2011, where he has taken part in several controversial land use decisions. In addition, Howard has been a member of the

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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

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in 2018 and ran for delegate to the

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pledged to

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Awards

* Fellow of the

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Books

* ''Teaching and Learning Mathematics Online'', co-edited with John F. Beyers,

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, New York, 2020, * ''Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research'', co-edited with Natalie M. Scala, CRC Press, New York, 2020, * ''Computational Methods for Numerical Analysis with R'', CRC Press, New York, 2017, * ''Socioeconomic Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program'', Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2016,

Game credits

* Designer, ''GURPS Disasters: Hurricane'',

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, 2019

References

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Campaign website
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