Earl Tankard Jr.
STEM Scholars
STEM Scholar
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Affiliation
Student
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Hometown
Marlboro, New Jersey
Biography
Earl Tankard Jr. is a computer science major from Marlboro, New Jersey. He aspires to have a career in research and development, while also doing fitness on the side. Specifically, he’d like to conduct research in big data, machine learning or artificial intelligence development. Tankard plans to find new ways to incorporate machine learning in day-to-day life. He chose Howard because of the “home” environment the students create and the vast opportunities available to him in Washington. His desire to pursue a STEM discipline is because he wants to find alternate solutions to modern day issues and optimize the solutions that already work.