Meet the Professor
Professor Newton Howard
Distinguished Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology
Oxford University Member of Congregation
2025 Bio Summary
Dr. Newton Howard is a Distinguished Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and a former professor at Oxford University, where he remains a member of congregation.
As the founder of ni2o, Inc., Dr. Howard is pioneering AI-driven brain-computer interfaces aimed at treating debilitating neurological disorders. His vision extends beyond treatment – ni2o’s ultimate goal is to enhance cognitive and athletic performance for all affected by neurological conditions.
A polymath whose career spans academia, the U.S. military, and the private sector, Dr. Howard has a proven track record of transforming research into real-world applications, some of which you interact with daily, like wireless hotspots, Google Earth, and Google Translate.
Dr. Howard holds advanced degrees in Mathematics (Oxford), Cognitive Informatics (Sorbonne), Neurosurgery (Oxford), and Doctorate of Medical Sciences (Sorbonne). His groundbreaking contributions span Quantum Biology in Neuroscience, Linguistics, and National Defense. Among his many innovations are:
- Physics of Cognition: A mathematical framework for modeling complex medical, economic, and security equilibriums.
- Intention Awareness: A predictive model for understanding naturalistic systems.
- Mood State Indicators: An AI-driven algorithm that predicts human emotional states based on speech patterns.
- ADAMA: A pioneering system for autonomously identifying and interpreting metaphors in language.
- Functional Code Unit: A method for translating neurological signals into logical data structures.
- Brain Code: A multivariate model designed to extract emergent properties of the brain’s neuronal system.
As a professor at Oxford, MIT, and Georgetown, Dr. Howard founded and directed multiple laboratories, including the Computational Neurosciences Lab (CNL) at Oxford and the Synthetic Intelligence Lab at MIT.
Beyond academia, he is the founder and board member of two influential nonprofits:
- The Howard Brain Sciences Foundation: Funding cutting-edge research to advance our understanding of the brain and improve treatments for neurological conditions.
- C4ADS (Center for Advanced Defense Studies): A national security think tank dedicated to data-driven analysis of global conflicts and transnational security threats.
Vision:
Professor Howard’s life’s work is dedicated to understanding and combatting brain disorders. His vision is simple yet profound: to restore the human dignity lost to disease and negative evolutionary processes.