Newton Lee

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Newton Lee
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Lee at the 2018 Christian Transhumanist Conference [1]
Born
British Hong Kong
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater FBI Citizens Academy
Virginia Tech
Vincennes University
Scientific career
Fields Computer Science
Information Technology
Institutions AT&T Bell Laboratories
Institute for Defense Analyses
VTLS
The Walt Disney Company
Woodbury University
Website www.newtonlee.com

Newton Lee is a computer scientist who is an author and administrator in the field of education and technology commercialization. He is known for his total information awareness book series. [2]

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Education

Lee holds a B.S. and M.S. in computer science from Virginia Tech, [3] and an electrical engineering degree and honorary doctorate from Vincennes University. [4] He was a 2021 graduate of the FBI Citizens Academy [5] and the founding president of the Los Angeles chapter of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association. [6]

Career

Lee is editor and curator of SpringerBriefs in Computer Science, [7] Springer International Series on Computer Entertainment and Media Technology, [8] and Springer Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games. [9]

Previously, Lee was adjunct professor of Media Technology at Woodbury University, [10] senior producer and lead engineer at The Walt Disney Company, [11] research scientist at VTLS where he created the world's first annotated multimedia OPAC for the U.S. National Agricultural Library, [12] computer science and artificial intelligence researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he created Bell Labs' first-ever commercial AI tool, [13] and research staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses conducting military-standard Ada research for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). [14]

In 2003, Lee founded the nonprofit Computers in Entertainment. It was published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) [15] for which Lee interviewed Roy E. Disney, [16] Quincy Jones, [17] and George Lucas. [18] He oversaw the journal and magazine for 15 years from 2003 to 2018, which is the longest term held as editor-in-chief in the history of ACM. [19] [20]

Bibliography

Encyclopedia

Academic books

Total information awareness book series

Movies, games, and music

Lee was credited as a software engineer for Disney's Animated Storybooks (1994 video game) [26] (featured on Billboard [27] ) and Pocahontas (1996 video game). [28]

Lee was also credited for web design and game development for the 2015 documentary film Finding Noah: The Search for Noah's Ark . [29]

Lee has executive produced dance-pop songs that have charted on U.S. Billboard, U.K. Music Week, and U.S. iTunes HOT 100 (Electronic) as well as appeared on American Idol and Lifetime original movie Cheyenne. [30]

In 2016, he curated and released the Google It (Soundtrack) music album consisting of Roger Hodgson's The Logical Song , Princess X's Free, and six cover songs from the Beatles, the Eagles, R.E.M., Pink Floyd, and Zager and Evans. [31]

Politics

Lee is the chairman of the California Transhumanist Party [32] and the Education and Media Advisor for the United States Transhumanist Party. [33] Previously, he was a campaign advisor to Zoltan Istvan for the 2016 U.S. presidential election. [34]

Philanthropy

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Attendees at the 2018 Earth Day Peace Conference and Movie Screening

Lee is the founding president of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships (IFERS) acknowledged by Alan Kay and Quincy Jones at the American Film Institute on November 4, 2006 during the Computers in Entertainment awards ceremony [35] [36] as well as by Senator Richard D. Roth of the California State Senate on March 14, 2016 in support of Type 1 diabetes awareness and research. [37]

On Earth Day on April 22, 2018, Lee was an organizer of the IFERS-sponsored 2018 Earth Day Peace Conference and Movie Screening. [38]

Advisory boards

Lee has served on the advisory boards at Virginia Tech, [39] University of Southern California, [40] National University of Singapore, [41] Murdoch University, [42] Digital Hollywood, [43] and the High School Music Company. [44]

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References

  1. ↑ Sterling, Bruce (2018-08-21). "The Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018". Wired.
  2. ↑ "Lee, Newton". OCLC WorldCat. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  3. ↑ "Alumnus Newton Lee envisions a future with universal rights for all". Virginia Tech. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  4. ↑ "Gregg and Lee receive honorary degrees". Trailblazer. Vol. 76. Vincennes University. 2000-04-28.
  5. ↑ Lee, Newton (2021). Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (3rd ed.). Springer Nature. doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-1867-7. ISBN   978-1-0716-1866-0. S2CID   246481921.
  6. ↑ Harris, Sally (2005). "Here are the Hokies in your neighborhood". Virginia Tech Magazine. Vol. 27. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
  7. ↑ SpringerBriefs in Computer Science. Springer Science+Business Media.
  8. ↑ International Series on Computer Entertainment and Media Technology. Springer Science+Business Media.
  9. ↑ Lee, Newton, ed. (2019). Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games. Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-08234-9. ISBN   978-3-319-08234-9. S2CID   83458248.
  10. ↑ Wilhelm, Laura (2015-05-02). "Following Up with Newton Lee After Digital Hollywood Spring 2015". The Hollywood Times.
  11. ↑ "Disney VoluntEARS". Disney Consumer Products News. The Walt Disney Company. 1998.
  12. ↑ Lee, Newton S. (1990). "InfoStation: A multimedia access system for library automation". The Electronic Library. 8 (6): 415–421. doi:10.1108/eb045015.
  13. ↑ Lee, Newton S. (1986). "Programming with P-Shell". IEEE Expert. 1 (2): 50–63. doi:10.1109/MEX.1986.4306954. S2CID   6607915.
  14. ↑ Military Standard Common APSE (Ada Programming Support Environment) Interface Set (CAIS). Defense Technical Information Center. 1985.
  15. ↑ Gold, Virginia. "ACM's Online Magazine Explores Computer Games and Education". Association for Computing Machinery. Archived from the original on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2003-12-08.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  16. ↑ Disney, Roy E. (2003). "Interview with Roy E. Disney". Computers in Entertainment. 1: 9. doi:10.1145/950566.950581. S2CID   52814839.
  17. ↑ Jones, Quincy (2004). "Interview with Quincy Jones". Computers in Entertainment. 2: 8. doi:10.1145/973801.973815. S2CID   35080800.
  18. ↑ Lee, Newton (2007). "Interview with George Lucas". Computers in Entertainment. 5: 2. doi:10.1145/1236224.1236228. S2CID   21798213.
  19. ↑ "ACM Computers in Entertainment Ends Its Run". ACM. 2018-12-28.
  20. ↑ "ACM Digital Library - Computers in Entertainment (CIE)". ACM. Retrieved 2018-12-28.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  21. ↑ Wilhelm, Laura (2016-08-08). "GOOGLE IT and Global Issues". The Hollywood Times.
  22. ↑ LaBerge, Carmen (2018-11-09). "Hearing from a genius with Dr. Newton Lee". Faith Radio.
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  26. ↑ "Animated StoryBook: The Lion King (1994 Video Game) Cast & Crew". IMDb.
  27. ↑ Gillen, Marilyn A. (1995-02-18). "Film Developments". Billboard. p. 69.
  28. ↑ "Pocahontas (1996 Video Game) Cast & Crew". IMDb.
  29. ↑ "Finding Noah Full Cast & Crew". IMDb.
  30. ↑ "Executive Producer Newton Lee". Hollywood Weekly. 2016.
  31. ↑ "Google It (Soundtrack)". iTunes. 2016-08-18.
  32. ↑ "California Transhumanist Party Leadership" . Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  33. ↑ "Advisors". The United States Transhumanist Party. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  34. ↑ "The original & historic website of the Transhumanist Party". Zoltan Istvan. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  35. ↑ Schwarz, Joyce (2006-11-05). "Quincy Jones & Dr. Alan Kay @ ACM Computers in Entertainment Awards at AFI". Hollywood2020.
  36. ↑ "Quincy Jones' IFERS address at the American Film Institute, November 4, 2006". YouTube. 2016-10-16. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  37. ↑ "Senator Roth's Measure to Raise Awareness of Type 1 Diabetes Approved by State Senate". California State Senate. 2016-03-14.
  38. ↑ "2018 Earth Day Peace Conference". Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships (IFERS). Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  39. ↑ "Virginia Tech Department of Computer Science". Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
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  41. ↑ "NUS Enterprise Advisors". National University of Singapore. Archived from the original on 2014-04-21. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  42. ↑ "Intelligent and Interactive Media Lab". Murdoch University. Archived from the original on 2009-09-20. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  43. ↑ "University Project - Board of Advisors". Digital Hollywood. 2006.
  44. ↑ "The High School Music Company". Digital Hollywood. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
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