Dr. James Howison

Professor

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Biography

James Howison studies open collaboration, particularly software development and open source software development. His work has supported grants from the National Science Foundation, and he was awarded the NSF CAREER Award in 2015 and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2019. He has published in notable fields such as Information Systems, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, and Information Sciences, contributing to journals like MIS Quarterly, ACM CSCW Conference, and JASIST. Howison has also delivered keynotes at industry and funding agency advisory events. His research includes developing systems to improve incentives for high-quality software work in science, including the development of a gold standard dataset of software mentions in publications. He joined the University of Texas at Austin's School of Information in 2011 and has been involved in various projects aimed at enhancing the collaboration between technology and human work.

Research Interests

Experience

Interim Associate Dean Academic Affairs

2011-01-01 — Present

University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX

Oversees academic affairs and contributes to strategic initiatives.

Awards

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NSF CAREER Award

2015-01-01
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Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

2019-01-01
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Information Systems Publications Award

Courses

Topics Human-Centered Data Science: Data Engineering Research Enterprise Special Topics Information Science: Data Wrangling Topics Human-Centered Data Science: Open Source Software Development Topics Social Informatics: Open Source Software Development

Requirements for University of Texas at Austin

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:79
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
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Specialization Notes

General requirements for the Graduate School at UT Austin apply to all programs unless otherwise specified.