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'''Newton Lee''' is a [[computer scientist]] who is an author and administrator in the field of education and technology commercialization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5369363/bio|title=Newton Lee on IMDb}}</ref> |
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'''Newton Lee''' is a [[computer scientist]] who coauthored ''Disney Stories'', authored the Information Awareness series including ''Facebook Nation'' and ''Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity'', and edited/coauthored the Digital Da Vinci series including ''Computers in Music'' and ''Computers in the Arts and Sciences.'' He graduated Summa Cum Laude from [[Virginia Tech]] with a B.S. and M.S. degree in [[Computer Science]], and he earned a perfect GPA from [[Vincennes University]] with an A.S. degree in [[Electrical Engineering]] and an honorary doctorate in [[Computer Science]]. He resides in [[Los Angeles]] with his wife. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Newton Lee is adjunct professor of Media Technology at [[Woodbury University]] School of Media, Culture & Design.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://woodbury.edu/|title=Woodbury University Media Technology}}</ref> Previously, he was digital media manager for ''Finding [[Noah]]: The Search for [[Noah's Ark]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https:// |
Newton Lee is adjunct professor of Media Technology at [[Woodbury University]] School of Media, Culture & Design.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mcd.woodbury.edu/member/newton-lee/|title=Woodbury University Media Technology}}</ref> and curator of SpringerBriefs in [[Computer Science]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.springer.com/series/10028|title=SpringerBriefs in Computer Science}}</ref> and [[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] International Series on Applications and Trends in [[Computer Science]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ifers.org/publish-books.html|title=Publishing Books = KWH (Knowledge Worth Hatching)}}</ref> Previously, he was digital media manager for ''Finding [[Noah]]: The Search for [[Noah's Ark]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.baggieboyfilms.twobytwo|title=Finding Noah: The Search for Noah's Ark (17K ASL)}}</ref> chief executive officer of Hollywood Lab and director of internship at the [[National University of Singapore]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://enterprise.nus.edu.sg/about-us/our-people|title=NUS Enterprise}}</ref> senior producer and lead engineer at [[The Walt Disney Company]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Disney Consumer Products News (Summer 1998) p. 35}}</ref> founder of [[Disney Online]] Technology Forum,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=E9GVJJqNjGAC&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&dq=newton+lee+%22disney+online+technology+forum%22&source=bl&ots=0bBpdrdlUy&sig=zVnW1k9ABa3Tj-I4hHwjbG71fNo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=424sVOniNYqfyAS0jILIBw&ved=0CE8Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=newton%20lee%20%22disney%20online%20technology%20forum%22&f=false|title=Disney Stories: Getting to Digital (Google)}}</ref> research scientist at [[VTLS]] where he created the world's first annotated multimedia [[OPAC]] for the U.S. [[National Agricultural Library]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1667862| title=InfoStation: A multimedia access system for library automation. The Electronic Library (1990) 8, 415-421.}}</ref> computer science and artificial intelligence researcher at [[AT&T]] [[Bell Laboratories]] where he created Bell Labs' first-ever commercial AI tool,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4306954&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel5%2F64%2F4306943%2F04306954.pdf%3Farnumber%3D4306954|title=Programming with P-Shell}}</ref> and research staff member at the [[Institute for Defense Analyses]] conducting military-standard [[Ada (programming language)|Ada]] research for the [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]] (DoD)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books/about/Military_Standard_Common_APSE_Ada_Progra.html?id=EjEYOAAACAAJ| title=Military Standard Common APSE (Ada Programming Support Environment) Interface Set (CAIS)}}</ref> and AI research for a multi-agency counterterrorism project involving the [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] (DARPA), [[National Security Agency]] (NSA), and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7Sk_AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA212&lpg=PA212&dq=newton+lee+%22institute+for+defense+analyses%22&source=bl&ots=5DDyu9pfF1&sig=Whqff3fDsNrju8fo09N4mZ2pN98&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tnIsVIj4B4adyQSm-IHACw&ved=0CFAQ6AEwCA#v=snippet&q=National%20Security%20Agency&f=false|title =Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness}}</ref> |
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==Philanthropy== |
==Philanthropy== |
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Newton Lee is the founding president of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships (IFERS)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifers.org| title=Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships (IFERS)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijik7oSgJNY| title=Quincy Jones spoke at the AFI on behalf of ACM CIE and IFERS (November 4, 2006)}}</ref> |
Newton Lee is the founding president of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships (IFERS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifers.org| title=Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships (IFERS)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijik7oSgJNY| title=Quincy Jones spoke at the AFI on behalf of ACM CIE and IFERS (November 4, 2006)}}</ref> He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the nonprofit Computers in Entertainment (CIE) magazine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acm.org/pubs/cie.html| title=ACM Computers in Entertainment (CIE)|publisher=[[Association for Computing Machinery]]}}</ref> published by the [[Association for Computing Machinery]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acm.org/announcements/cie.12-5-03.html| title=ACM Press Release (December 8, 2003)}}</ref> He has interviewed Who's Who including [[Roy E. Disney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=950566.950581| title=Interview with Roy E. Disney}}</ref> [[Quincy Jones]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=973801.973815| title=Interview with Quincy Jones}}</ref> and [[George Lucas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1236224.1236228| title=Interview with George Lucas}}.</ref> Previously, he was the founding president of the [[Los Angeles]] chapter of the [[Virginia Tech]] Alumni Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vtmag.vt.edu/spring05/feature1.html| title=Virginia Tech Magazine}}</ref> |
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==Awards and honors== |
==Awards and honors== |
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Newton Lee was the juror for the first-ever 2003 Advanced Media Technology [[Emmy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=E9GVJJqNjGAC&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&dq=newton+lee+juror+2003+Advanced+Media+Technology&source=bl&ots=0bBpei5mVz&sig=f8XnkiHyBlDjirApW6fCfed5zEo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I3csVOX_CdShyASJlYCoAQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=newton%20lee%20juror%202003%20Advanced%20Media%20Technology&f=false| title=Disney Stories: Getting to Digital (Google)}}</ref> He has been honored with a [[Michigan]] Leading Edge Technologies Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-2101-6_16#page-1| title=Disney Stories: Getting to Digital (Springer)}}</ref> |
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Newton Lee was the juror for the first-ever 2003 Advanced Media Technology [[Emmy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.emmyonline.tv/emmy/tech_winners_release_2003.html| title=The National Television Academy announces the winners of the 2003 Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and the first-ever Advanced Media Technology Emmy Awards}}</ref> He has served on various advisory boards at [[The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles]], [[Digital Hollywood]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalhollywood.com/UniversityProject06Spring.html| title=Digital Hollywood University Project Board of Advisors}}</ref> [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], [[University of Southern California|USC]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imscwww.usc.edu/e-news/e-news_03_08.html| title=USC IMSC eNews (August 2003)}}</ref> [[Virginia Tech]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cs.vt.edu/advisory-board-lee-newton| title=Virginia Tech Computer Science Department Advisory Board}}</ref> and other educational organizations worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.woodbury.edu/s/131/index.aspx?pgid=1403| title=Woodbury University Adjunct Faculty}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icwfd.org/ExpertsList.html| title=International Commission on Workforce Development Council of Experts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billionmindsfoundation.org/who-we-are.php?page=8| title=Billion Minds Foundation Associate}}</ref> He has been honored with a [[Michigan]] Leading Edge Technologies Award, two community development awards from the California [[Junior Chamber of Commerce]], and four volunteer project leadership awards from [[The Walt Disney Company]]. For his out-of-the-box thinking, he was inducted into Bell Lab's secret "Royal Order of Maniacal Visionary Mavericks (ROM/VM)" in 1987. |
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==Books== |
==Books== |
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Newton Lee is an author, editor, and curator of SpringerBriefs in [[Computer Science]] and [[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] International Series on Applications and Trends in [[Computer Science]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.springer.com/series/10028|title=SpringerBriefs in Computer Science}}</ref> |
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===Digital Da Vinci Series=== |
===Digital Da Vinci Series=== |
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* Computers in the Arts and Sciences (ed.) (Springer, August 2014) ''(with contributing coauthors Dennis Anderson, Keith Armstrong, Stephen Barrass, Nathan Cohen, Ben Cowley, Roman Danylak, Raffaella Folgieri, Marco Granato, Daniele Grechi, Claudio Lucchiari, Robert Niewiadomski, Mine Özkar, Gavin Sade, Diomidis Spinellis, and Mari Velonaki)''<ref>{{cite book|url= http://www. |
* Computers in the Arts and Sciences (ed.) (Springer, August 2014) ''(with contributing coauthors Dennis Anderson, Keith Armstrong, Stephen Barrass, Nathan Cohen, Ben Cowley, Roman Danylak, Raffaella Folgieri, Marco Granato, Daniele Grechi, Claudio Lucchiari, Robert Niewiadomski, Mine Özkar, Gavin Sade, Diomidis Spinellis, and Mari Velonaki)''<ref>{{cite book|url= http://www.worldcat.org/title/digital-da-vinci-computers-in-the-arts-and-sciences/oclc/885389106|title= Digital Da Vinci: Computers in the Arts and Sciences (Springer, August 2014), ISBN 978-1-4939-0964-3}}</ref> ISBN 978-1-4939-0964-3 |
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* Computers in Music (ed.) (Springer, April 2014) ''(with contributing coauthors Stephen Barrass, Tim Barrass, Juan Pablo Bello, Mattia G. Bergomi, Simone Castellani, Kai Ton Chau, Elaine Chew, Shlomo Dubnov, Alexandre R. J. Francois, M. Nyssim Lefford, Anton Nijholt, Mustafa Radha, Dennis Reidsma, Isaac Schankler, and Greg Surges)''<ref>{{cite book|url= http://www. |
* Computers in Music (ed.) (Springer, April 2014) ''(with contributing coauthors Stephen Barrass, Tim Barrass, Juan Pablo Bello, Mattia G. Bergomi, Simone Castellani, Kai Ton Chau, Elaine Chew, Shlomo Dubnov, Alexandre R. J. Francois, M. Nyssim Lefford, Anton Nijholt, Mustafa Radha, Dennis Reidsma, Isaac Schankler, and Greg Surges)''<ref>{{cite book|url= http://www.worldcat.org/title/digital-da-vinci-computers-in-music/oclc/877886005|title= Digital Da Vinci: Computers in Music (Springer, April 2014), ISBN 978-1-4939-0535-5}}</ref> ISBN 978-1-4939-0535-5 |
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===Getting to Digital Series=== |
===Getting to Digital Series=== |
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* Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (Springer, April 2013)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/counterterrorism-and-cybersecurity-total-information-awareness/oclc/828487484|title=Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (Springer, April 2013), ISBN 978-1-4614-7204-9}}</ref> ISBN 978-1-4614-7204-9 |
* Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (Springer, April 2013)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/counterterrorism-and-cybersecurity-total-information-awareness/oclc/828487484|title=Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (Springer, April 2013), ISBN 978-1-4614-7204-9}}</ref> ISBN 978-1-4614-7204-9 |
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* Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (Springer, September 2012)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/facebook-nation-total-information-awareness/oclc/824604075|title=Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (Springer, September 2012), ISBN 978-1-4614-5307-9}}</ref> ISBN 978-1-4614-5307-9 |
* Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (Springer, September 2012)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/facebook-nation-total-information-awareness/oclc/824604075|title=Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (Springer, September 2012), ISBN 978-1-4614-5307-9}}</ref> ISBN 978-1-4614-5307-9 |
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* Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (Second Edition) ''(with contributing coauthors Alex Houg, Emily Temple-Wood, and Dennis Yu)'' (Springer, |
* Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (Second Edition) ''(with contributing coauthors Alex Houg, Emily Temple-Wood, and Dennis Yu)'' (Springer, December 2014)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/facebook-nation-total-information-awareness/oclc/885416529|title=Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (Second Edition) (Springer, October 2014), ISBN 978-1-4939-1739-6}}</ref> ISBN 978-1-4939-1739-6 |
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===Others=== |
===Others=== |
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Alma mater | Virginia Tech Vincennes University |
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Fields | Computer Science Information Technology |
Institutions | Bell Laboratories Institute for Defense Analyses National University of Singapore VTLS The Walt Disney Company Woodbury University |
Website | www |
Newton Lee is a computer scientist who is an author and administrator in the field of education and technology commercialization.[1]
Career
Newton Lee is adjunct professor of Media Technology at Woodbury University School of Media, Culture & Design.[2] and curator of SpringerBriefs in Computer Science[3] and Springer International Series on Applications and Trends in Computer Science.[4] Previously, he was digital media manager for Finding Noah: The Search for Noah's Ark,[5] chief executive officer of Hollywood Lab and director of internship at the National University of Singapore,[6] senior producer and lead engineer at The Walt Disney Company,[7] founder of Disney Online Technology Forum,[8] research scientist at VTLS where he created the world's first annotated multimedia OPAC for the U.S. National Agricultural Library,[9] computer science and artificial intelligence researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he created Bell Labs' first-ever commercial AI tool,[10] and research staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses conducting military-standard Ada research for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)[11] and AI research for a multi-agency counterterrorism project involving the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).[12]
Philanthropy
Newton Lee is the founding president of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships (IFERS).[13][14] He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the nonprofit Computers in Entertainment (CIE) magazine[15] published by the Association for Computing Machinery.[16] He has interviewed Who's Who including Roy E. Disney.[17] Quincy Jones,[18] and George Lucas.[19] Previously, he was the founding president of the Los Angeles chapter of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association.[20]
Awards and honors
Newton Lee was the juror for the first-ever 2003 Advanced Media Technology Emmy Awards.[21] He has been honored with a Michigan Leading Edge Technologies Award.[22]
Books
Digital Da Vinci Series
- Computers in the Arts and Sciences (ed.) (Springer, August 2014) (with contributing coauthors Dennis Anderson, Keith Armstrong, Stephen Barrass, Nathan Cohen, Ben Cowley, Roman Danylak, Raffaella Folgieri, Marco Granato, Daniele Grechi, Claudio Lucchiari, Robert Niewiadomski, Mine Özkar, Gavin Sade, Diomidis Spinellis, and Mari Velonaki)[23] ISBN 978-1-4939-0964-3
- Computers in Music (ed.) (Springer, April 2014) (with contributing coauthors Stephen Barrass, Tim Barrass, Juan Pablo Bello, Mattia G. Bergomi, Simone Castellani, Kai Ton Chau, Elaine Chew, Shlomo Dubnov, Alexandre R. J. Francois, M. Nyssim Lefford, Anton Nijholt, Mustafa Radha, Dennis Reidsma, Isaac Schankler, and Greg Surges)[24] ISBN 978-1-4939-0535-5
Getting to Digital Series
- Disney Stories: Getting to Digital (Springer, April 2012) (with coauthor Krystina Madej)[25] ISBN 978-1-4614-2100-9
Total Information Awareness Series
- Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (Springer, April 2013)[26] ISBN 978-1-4614-7204-9
- Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (Springer, September 2012)[27] ISBN 978-1-4614-5307-9
- Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (Second Edition) (with contributing coauthors Alex Houg, Emily Temple-Wood, and Dennis Yu) (Springer, December 2014)[28] ISBN 978-1-4939-1739-6
Others
- Machine Learning and Uncertain Reasoning (Academic Press, February 1990) (chapter author pp. 421-448)[29] ISBN 0-12-273252-9
Footnotes
- ^ "Newton Lee on IMDb".
- ^ "Woodbury University Media Technology".
- ^ "SpringerBriefs in Computer Science".
- ^ "Publishing Books = KWH (Knowledge Worth Hatching)".
- ^ "Finding Noah: The Search for Noah's Ark (17K ASL)".
- ^ "NUS Enterprise".
- ^ Disney Consumer Products News (Summer 1998) p. 35.
- ^ "Disney Stories: Getting to Digital (Google)".
- ^ "InfoStation: A multimedia access system for library automation. The Electronic Library (1990) 8, 415-421".
- ^ "Programming with P-Shell".
- ^ Military Standard Common APSE (Ada Programming Support Environment) Interface Set (CAIS).
- ^ "Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness".
- ^ "Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships (IFERS)".
- ^ "Quincy Jones spoke at the AFI on behalf of ACM CIE and IFERS (November 4, 2006)".
- ^ "ACM Computers in Entertainment (CIE)". Association for Computing Machinery.
- ^ "ACM Press Release (December 8, 2003)".
- ^ "Interview with Roy E. Disney".
- ^ "Interview with Quincy Jones".
- ^ "Interview with George Lucas"..
- ^ "Virginia Tech Magazine".
- ^ "Disney Stories: Getting to Digital (Google)".
- ^ "Disney Stories: Getting to Digital (Springer)".
- ^ Digital Da Vinci: Computers in the Arts and Sciences (Springer, August 2014), ISBN 978-1-4939-0964-3.
- ^ Digital Da Vinci: Computers in Music (Springer, April 2014), ISBN 978-1-4939-0535-5.
- ^ Disney Stories: Getting to Digital (Springer, April 2012), ISBN 978-1-4614-2100-9.
- ^ Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (Springer, April 2013), ISBN 978-1-4614-7204-9.
- ^ Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (Springer, September 2012), ISBN 978-1-4614-5307-9.
- ^ Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (Second Edition) (Springer, October 2014), ISBN 978-1-4939-1739-6.
- ^ Machine learning and uncertain reasoning (Academic Press, February 1990), ISBN 0-12-273252-9.