Prof. Dr. Newton Howard

Dr. Newton Howard’s career spans academia, the U.S. military and the private sector. A prolific scientific author and inventor, he is highly skilled in moving research from the lab to military and commercial applications, including technology you may use daily such as Siri, Wi-Fi hot spots, skype, Google Earth and Google Translate. A former government scientist, Dr. Howard is a Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Neurosurgery at the University of Oxford and Georgetown University and the Director of the Synthetic Intelligence Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Newton Howard is the founder of ni2o, Inc., which is developing a novel, artificial-intelligence driven brain-computer interface to treat a wide range of debilitating neurological disorders and to improve cognitive performance. He also founded and sits on the Board of two nonprofits: the Howard Brain Sciences Foundation, which funds innovative research initiatives to improve our understanding of the human brain; and C4ADS, which is dedicated to providing data-driven analysis and evidence-based reporting on global conflict and transnational security issues.