Horace Malcom is a retired principal professional staff physicist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). As a member of the Space Sectors Embedded Systems group, he has developed flight software for satellite on-board science instruments and control/data handling systems. Since 1981, he has served as a lecturer in Johns Hopkins University’s Engineering programs. Malcom received a BS and MS in physics from Emory University and an MS in computer science from the Pennsylvania State University.

Education History

  • M.S in Computer Science Computer Science, Penn State Univ.
  • M.S. in Physics Physics, Emory University

Work Experience

Principal Professional Staff, JHU Applied Physics Laboratory

Professional Organizations

Association of Computing Machinery
American Association for the Advancement of Science