Newton Lee

Lee holds a B.S. and M.S. in computer science from Virginia Tech,{{cite web|url=https://cs.vt.edu/Alumni/Alumni-in-the-news/lee-alumni-profile.html|publisher=Virginia Tech|title=Alumnus Newton Lee envisions a future with universal rights for all|accessdate=2020-11-11}} and an electrical engineering degree and honorary doctorate from Vincennes University.{{cite magazine|author=Staff writer|title=Gregg and Lee receive honorary degrees|volume=76|magazine=Trailblazer|publisher=Vincennes University|date=2000-04-28}} He was a 2021 graduate of the FBI Citizens Academy{{cite book|url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-0716-1867-7#authorsandaffiliationsbook|title=Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness|publisher=Springer Nature|date=2021|doi=10.1007/978-1-0716-1867-7 |edition=3rd |last1=Lee |first1=Newton |isbn=978-1-0716-1866-0 |s2cid=246481921 }} and the founding president of the Los Angeles chapter of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association.{{cite magazine|first=Sally|last=Harris|url=http://www.vtmag.vt.edu/spring05/feature1.html|title=Here are the Hokies in your neighborhood|volume=27|magazine=Virginia Tech Magazine|publisher=Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|date=2005}}

Lee is editor and curator of SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,{{cite book|url=https://www.springer.com/series/10028|title=SpringerBriefs in Computer Science|publisher=Springer Science+Business Media}} Springer International Series on Computer Entertainment and Media Technology,{{cite book|url=https://www.springer.com/series/13820|title=International Series on Computer Entertainment and Media Technology|publisher=Springer Science+Business Media}} and Springer Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games.{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games|publisher= Springer International Publishing|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-08234-9|isbn = 978-3-319-08234-9|year= 2019|s2cid= 83458248|editor1-last= Lee|editor1-first= Newton}}

Previously, Lee was adjunct professor of Media Technology at Woodbury University,{{cite web|url=https://www.thehollywoodtimes.today/following-up-with-newton-lee-after-digital-hollywood-spring-2015/|title=Following Up with Newton Lee After Digital Hollywood Spring 2015|first=Laura|last=Wilhelm|publisher=The Hollywood Times|date=2015-05-02}} senior producer and lead engineer at The Walt Disney Company,{{cite magazine|magazine=Disney Consumer Products News|title=Disney VoluntEARS|publisher=The Walt Disney Company|date=1998}} research scientist at VTLS where he created the world's first annotated multimedia OPAC for the U.S. National Agricultural Library,{{cite journal|url=http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1667862|title=InfoStation: A multimedia access system for library automation|journal=The Electronic Library|volume=8|issue=6|pages=415–421|date=1990|doi=10.1108/eb045015|last1=Lee|first1=Newton S.}} computer science and artificial intelligence researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he created Bell Labs' first-ever commercial AI tool,{{cite journal|title=Programming with P-Shell|journal=IEEE Expert|volume=1|issue=2|pages=50–63|date=1986|doi=10.1109/MEX.1986.4306954|last1=Lee|first1=Newton S.|s2cid=6607915}} and research staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses conducting military-standard Ada research for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EjEYOAAACAAJ| title=Military Standard Common APSE (Ada Programming Support Environment) Interface Set (CAIS)|publisher=Defense Technical Information Center|date=1985}}

In 2003, Lee founded the nonprofit Computers in Entertainment. It was published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM){{cite web|last=Gold|first=Virginia|title=ACM's Online Magazine Explores Computer Games and Education|url=https://www.acm.org/announcements/cie.12-5-03.html|publisher=Association for Computing Machinery|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928165826/https://www.acm.org/announcements/cie.12-5-03.html |access-date=2003-12-08|archive-date=2015-09-28 }} for which Lee interviewed Roy E. Disney,{{cite journal|last1=Disney|first1=Roy E.|date=2003|title=Interview with Roy E. Disney|journal=Computers in Entertainment|volume=1|pages=9|doi=10.1145/950566.950581|s2cid=52814839}} Quincy Jones,{{cite journal|last1=Jones|first1=Quincy|date=2004|title=Interview with Quincy Jones|journal=Computers in Entertainment|volume=2|pages=8|doi=10.1145/973801.973815|s2cid=35080800}} and George Lucas.{{cite journal|last1=Lee|first1=Newton|date=2007|title=Interview with George Lucas|journal=Computers in Entertainment|volume=5|pages=2|doi=10.1145/1236224.1236228|s2cid=21798213}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cie.acm.org/articles/acm-computers-entertainment-ends-its-run/|title=ACM Computers in Entertainment Ends Its Run|date=2018-12-28|publisher=ACM}}{{cite journal|title= COMPUTERS IN ENTERTAINMENT Home|journal=Computers in Entertainment|url=https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=J912|publisher=ACM|accessdate=2018-12-28}}

• Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games (2023), {{ISBN|978-3031231599}}

• Digital Twin: Fundamentals and Applications (2024), with Soheil Sabri and Kostas Alexandridis, {{ISBN|978-3031677779}}
• Nonprofit Digital Transformation Demystified: A Practical Guide (2023), with Ali A. Gooyabadi and Zahra GorjianKhanzad, {{ISBN|978-3031471810}}
• Disney Stories: Getting to Digital, 2nd Edition (2020), with Krystina Madej, {{ISBN|978-3-0304-2737-5}}
• The Transhumanism Handbook (2019), {{ISBN|978-3-030-16919-0}}
• Emotion in Video Game Soundtracking (2018), with Duncan Williams, {{ISBN|978-3-319-72271-9}}
• Game Dynamics: Best Practices in Procedural and Dynamic Game Content Generation (2017), with Oliver Korn, {{ISBN|978-3-319-53087-1}}
• Digital Da Vinci: Computers in the Arts and Sciences (2014), {{ISBN|978-1-4939-0964-3}}
• Digital Da Vinci: Computers in Music (2014), {{ISBN|978-1-4939-0535-5}}
• Disney Stories: Getting to Digital (2012), with Krystina Madej, {{ISBN|978-1-4614-2100-9}}

• Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness, 3rd Edition (2024), {{ISBN|978-3-031-63125-2}}
• Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness, 3rd Edition (2021), {{ISBN|978-1-0716-1866-0}}
• Google It: Total Information Awareness (2016), {{ISBN|978-1-4939-6413-0}} {{cite web |url=https://thehollywoodtimes.net/2016/08/08/google-it-and-global-issues/ |title=GOOGLE IT and Global Issues |first=Laura |last=Wilhelm |publisher=The Hollywood Times |date=2016-08-08}}{{cite web |url=http://myfaithradio.com/program_podcast/hearing-genius-dr-newton-lee/ |title=Hearing from a genius with Dr. Newton Lee |first=Carmen |last=LaBerge |publisher=Faith Radio |date=2018-11-09}}
• Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness, 2nd Edition (2015), {{ISBN|978-3-319-17243-9}}
• Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness, 2nd Edition (2014), {{ISBN|978-1-4939-1739-6}}
• Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information Awareness (2013), {{ISBN|978-1-4614-7204-9}} {{cite magazine |title=Counterterrorism and cybersecurity: total information awareness |first=Brad |last=Reid |publisher=ACM |magazine=ACM Computing Reviews |date=2013-07-18}}{{cite magazine |title=Counterterrorism and cybersecurity: total information awareness |first=Alessandro |last=Berni |publisher=ACM |magazine=ACM Computing Reviews |date=2015-10-12}}
• Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (2012), {{ISBN|978-1-4614-5307-9}} {{cite web |url=http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/book-review-facebook-nation/411729 |title=BOOK REVIEW: 'Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness' Is A Must |first=Will |last=M |publisher=AdWeek SocialTimes |date=2013-01-15}}

Lee was credited as a software engineer for Disney's Animated Storybooks (1994 video game){{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1332665/?ref_=nm_knf_i2|title=Animated StoryBook: The Lion King (1994 Video Game) Cast & Crew|website=IMDb}} (featured on Billboard{{Cite magazine|date=1995-02-18|title=Film Developments|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA69|page=69|last=Gillen|first=Marilyn A.}}) and Pocahontas (1996 video game).{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0222280/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|title=Pocahontas (1996 Video Game) Cast & Crew|website=IMDb}}

Lee was also credited for web design and game development for the 2015 documentary film Finding Noah: The Search for Noah's Ark.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3362064/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|title=Finding Noah Full Cast & Crew|website=IMDb}}

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.{{cite magazine|author=|url=https://issuu.com/hollywood/docs/hwm_mid_august_3/11|title=Executive Producer Newton Lee|magazine=Hollywood Weekly|date=2016}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/google-it-soundtrack/1145634510|title=Google It (Soundtrack)|publisher=iTunes|date=2016-08-18}}

Lee is the chairman of the California Transhumanist Party{{cite web|url=http://www.californiatranshumanistparty.org/leadership.html|title=California Transhumanist Party Leadership|accessdate=2017-12-09}} and the Education and Media Advisor for the United States Transhumanist Party.{{cite web|url=http://transhumanist-party.org/advisors/#NewtonLee|title=Advisors|publisher=The United States Transhumanist Party|accessdate=2016-11-24}} Previously, he was a campaign advisor to Zoltan Istvan for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.{{cite web|url=http://www.zoltanistvan.com/TranshumanistParty.html|title=The original & historic website of the Transhumanist Party|publisher=Zoltan Istvan|accessdate=2016-12-19}}

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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{{cite magazine|first=Joyce|last=Schwarz|title=Quincy Jones & Dr. Alan Kay @ ACM Computers in Entertainment Awards at AFI|url=http://hollywood2020.blogs.com/hollywood2020/2006/11/quincy_jones_dr.html|

magazine=Hollywood2020|date=2006-11-05}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXwq3Q2-5-4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/kXwq3Q2-5-4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Quincy Jones' IFERS address at the American Film Institute, November 4, 2006|publisher=YouTube|date=2016-10-16}}{{cbignore}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://sd31.senate.ca.gov/news/2016-03-14-senator-roth%E2%80%99s-measure-raise-awareness-type-1-diabetes-approved-state-senate|title=Senator Roth's Measure to Raise Awareness of Type 1 Diabetes Approved by State Senate|publisher=California State Senate|date=2016-03-14}}

On Earth Day on April 22, 2018, Lee was an organizer of the IFERS-sponsored 2018 Earth Day Peace Conference and Movie Screening.{{Cite web|url=http://ifers.org/2018-earth-day-peace-conference.html|title=2018 Earth Day Peace Conference|website=Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships (IFERS)|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}}

Lee has served on the advisory boards at Virginia Tech,{{cite web|url=https://www.cs.vt.edu/advisory-board-lee-newton|title=Virginia Tech Department of Computer Science|publisher=Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|access-date=2016-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018213749/https://www.cs.vt.edu/advisory-board-lee-newton|archive-date=2016-10-18}} University of Southern California,{{cite web|url=http://infolab.usc.edu/imsc/e-news/e-news_03_08.html|title=IMSC eNews|publisher=Integrated Media Systems Center, a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center at the University of Southern California|date=2003}} National University of Singapore,{{cite web|url=https://enterprise.nus.edu.sg/about-us/our-people|title=NUS Enterprise Advisors|publisher=National University of Singapore|access-date=2014-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421181953/https://enterprise.nus.edu.sg/about-us/our-people|archive-date=2014-04-21}} Murdoch University,{{cite web|url=http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~kwong/iilab/aboutus.html|title=Intelligent and Interactive Media Lab|publisher=Murdoch University|access-date=2016-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090920011849/http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~kwong/iilab/aboutus.html|archive-date=2009-09-20}} Digital Hollywood,{{cite web|url=http://prime.digitalhollywood.com/UniversityProject06Fall.html|title=University Project - Board of Advisors|publisher=Digital Hollywood|date=2006}} and the High School Music Company.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalhollywood.com/musiccompany.html|title=The High School Music Company|publisher=Digital Hollywood|access-date=2016-10-16}}

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• [https://www.newtonlee.com/ Newton Lee]
• [https://www.ifers.org/ Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships (IFERS)]
• [https://www.californiatranshumanistparty.org/ California Transhumanist Party]
• [https://cie.acm.org/ ACM Computers in Entertainment]

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