CADS Chairman Presents US Counterterrorism Strategy at IISS Global Conference

WASHINGTON, DC, 9 September 2006 -- Dr. Newton Howard presented "US Strategy for Countering Transnational Terror Networks" at a global conference organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The Founder and Chairman of the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (CADS) spoke as part of a panel on "Countering Global Terrorism." Robert Walley, former Director for Counter Terrorism and Intelligence at the UK Home Office, chaired this panel attended by Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry, US Army Commander of Combined Forces Command in Afghanistan.

Held in Geneva September 8-10, The Fourth IISS Global Strategic Review features the theme "New Thinking on Conflict and Peace." Participants are drawn from a large pool of academics, government representatives and other practitioners.

Noteworthy speakers include Mr. Mark Fitzpatrick, Director, IISS Non-Proliferation Programme and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Non-Proliferation; Sheikh Dr. Humam Hamoudi, Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, Iraqi Council of Representatives; Professor Eliot A. Cohen, Director, Center for Strategic Studies, The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies; Dr. Mamoun Fandy, IISS Senior Fellow for Gulf Security and the Middle East; and Dr. Jiemian Yang, Vice President, Shanghai Institute for International Relations.

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Dr. Newton Howard is the Chairman and Founder of the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (CADS), a non-profit, non-governmental national security group that applies the intent-centric paradigm to promote research, innovation and education in the fields of information sciences, cognitive studies and information security. The Center develops homeland security research and new technologies in collaboration with the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), RIT's Center for Advancing the Study of CyberInfrastructure (CASCI) and other partners.

CADS to sponsor 2010 International Law Enforcement/Military Symposium

Palm Beach Gardens, FL, February 26, 2010

The Center for Advanced Defense Studies is co-sponsoring the upcoming International Law Enforcement/Military Symposium to be held on Friday February 26, 2010 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Two CADS associates are among the five guest speakers who will address post-deployment issues for law enforcement organizations at the event. Dr. Newton Howard, the founder and Chairman of the Board and Dr. Mathieu Guidere, Senior Fellow will discuss ongoing efforts to protect the health and well-being of those returning from combat. Other speakers include Dr. Louis M. French from the Walter Read Army Medical Center, Dr. John Violanti from the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Barbara O’Reilly who serves as Chief of Deployment Cycle Support and the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon program for the Minnesota National Guard.

Winter Issue of Defense Concepts Available

Washington, DC, January 2010

The Center for Advanced Defense Studies (CADS) is pleased to announce the publication of the Winter issue of Defense Concepts, our academic journal, featuring insightful writing on the most significant international trends and events of our times. Through this publication, CADS disseminates research in the fields of information science, cognitive studies, military science, counterterrorism, and other topics pertaining to global security to our partners in academia, government and industry. As an interdisciplinary publication that incorporates articles by authors with diverse backgrounds and experiences, Defense Concepts provides scholars, scientists, executives, and government officials with a forum for a serious discussion of questions of international interest. The articles featured in this journal include analyses of continuously evolving threats, assessments of government policies and programs, and reflections on national strategy. These interpretations contribute to lively debate regarding global security and reflect CADS’ commitment to Innovation for Peace.

Dr. Newton Howard Leads MIT Mind Machine Project

Cambridge, MA, December 10, 2009

Dr. Newton Howard, Chairman of the Center for Advanced Defense Studies, is leading a project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Artificial Intelligence. This work flows directly from work done at the Center in the field of Cognitive Informatics as part the Intention Awareness initiative since 2000. In conjunction with the Centre de Recherche en Informatique at the University of Paris 1- Sorbonne, Dr. Howard’s program at CADS resulted in better modeling of intentionality in complex systems, with applications in intent-oriented process design and adaptive rationality. This work continues to be an essential part of the Center’s approach to the global challenge of persistent conflict and clashes of perspective.

With an initial $5 million seed and a five-year timetable, the Mind Machine Project , or MMP, is a loosely bound collaboration of about two dozen professors, researchers, students and postdocs. Neil Gershenfeld, one of the leaders of MMP and director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms , notes that the project will revisit 30 years of fundamental assumptions that may have limited the ability of the field of Artificial Intelligence to achieve its early promise.