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James Howison is an Associate Professor and Interim Associate Dean for Research in the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. His work focuses on open collaboration, particularly in software development and scientific contexts. He has received prestigious awards including the NSF CAREER Award (2015) and the PECASE Award (2019). His research explores incentives, coordination, and sociotechnical systems in open source software (OSS) and scientific software ecosystems.
Educated at Syracuse University (PhD, 2009) and the University of Sydney (undergraduate), Howison has contributed to projects like CiteAs, aimed at improving software citation in science. He teaches courses on data wrangling, open source software, and peer production, emphasizing both technical skills and conceptual insights.
Key grants include NSF support and funding from the Sloan Foundation. His work has been published in journals like MIS Quarterly and ACM CSCW, and he actively engages in industry and policy advisory roles. Recent efforts include developing gold standard datasets for software mentions in publications to enhance recognition of software contributions in science.
