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Newton Lee is the founding director of the NUS Hollywood Lab for interactive and digital media research and technology commercialization, with computer pioneers Dr. Alan Kay, Dr. Danny Hillis, and Mr. Bran Ferren as the key advisors. He is the founding editor-in-chief of ACM Computers in Entertainment, a nonprofit educational publication to promote research and development in all aspects of entertainment technology.

Previously, Newton was a computer science researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories and a senior producer/engineer at The Walt Disney Company where he founded the Disney Online Technology Forum in 2001. He was instrumental in the commercialization of the Internet for the Disney’s lines of business including over 100 online games and activities for www.disney.com,www.familyfun.com, and www.disneyblast.com.

Newton has served as a juror for the 2003 Emmy Awards for advanced media technology. Currently, he serves on various advisory boards at the Art Institute of California, Digital Hollywood, UCLA, USC, Virginia Tech, and other educational organizations worldwide. Newton holds an Electrical Engineering degree and honorary doctorate from Vincennes University, and B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Virginia Tech.