omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Jim Fruchterman. Jim Fruchterman is an engineer and social entrepreneur. He was the founder and longtime CEO of Benetech, a Silicon Valley nonprofit technology company that develops software applications to address unmet needs of users in the social sector. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the MacArthur Fellowship and the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.

Early life 
Fruchterman was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in the Chicago area. He graduated in 1976 from St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Fruchterman received his B.S. in Engineering and M.S. in Applied Physics from Caltech in 1980 and went on to Stanford University to pursue a PhD, but left school to join the Percheron private enterprise rocket project as its electrical engineer. The rocket blew up on the launch pad, but it launched Fruchterman's career as a serial entrepreneur.

Benetech 
In the Fall of 2018, Betsy Beaumon assumed the CEO role of Benetech and Fruchterman started a new nonprofit project called Tech Matters with a stated goal of taking what Benetech has learned about leveraging technology to help other nonprofits become more effective.

Honors and awards
Fruchterman received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2006 and the Outstanding Social Entrepreneur award in 2003 from the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. He received the Robert F. Bray Award in 2003 from the American Council of the Blind in recognition of his efforts to make published works accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired. In 2003, Fruchterman received the Francis Joseph Campbell award from the American Library Association for outstanding contribution to the advancement of library service for people who are blind or physically disabled. He also received the Access Award from the American Foundation for the Blind.

In 2013, Fruchterman was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award by Caltech and a Migel Medal from the American Foundation for the Blind.

In 2016, Fruchterman was awarded an honorary doctorate, Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.), by Northern Illinois University.

References

External links 
 
 Tech Matters
 Jim Fruchterman's Beneblog

1959 births
California Institute of Technology alumni
MacArthur Fellows
Living people
American social entrepreneurs
SmartGeometry Group. SmartGeometry (SG) is a non-profit organization focusing on the use of the computer as an intelligent design aid in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC). It encourages collaboration between practicing AEC professionals, academics and students using computational and parametric software tools.

Group information and activities
The group is led by Lars Hesselgren of KPF, Hugh Whitehead of Foster + Partners and J. Parrish of Arup Sport.

SG hosts annual workshops and conferences on the use of advanced modelling tools and new design methodologies in architecture. Participants come from architectural and engineering practices.

Smartgeometry hosted its 2014 edition 'sg2014 Hong Kong' at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, China, from 14-19 July - chaired by Marc Aurel Schnabel.  The Workshop and Conference was titled and themed: "Urban Compaction" to explore proposls for high and increasing density in cities with innovative approaches to modelling in diverse areas of the city’s dynamics. The event was held in two parts, a four-day Workshop 14-17 July, and a public conference beginning with Talkshop 18 July, followed by a Symposium 19 July; followed the format of the preceding events 'sg2010 Barcelona', 'sg2011 Copenhagen', 'sg2012 Troy', and 'sg2013 London'. 

GenerativeComponents is a commercial software product by Bentley Systems, brought to the market after a testing cycle by a user community with SG members in its core.

See also
 Architecture
 Architectural engineering
 Design computing
 Comparison of CAD Software
 GenerativeComponents

References

External links
SmartGeometry Official Website
SmartGeometry Conferences Website
GenerativeComponents Website
Design Architecture Services
SmartGeometry Hong Kong sg2014

Building engineering organizations
Computer-aided design software
Data modeling
Architecture organizations
Ren Ng. Yi-Ren Ng (born September 21, 1979) is a Malaysian American scientist who is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the founder, executive chairman and CEO of Lytro, a Mountain View, California-based startup company. Lytro was developing consumer light-field cameras based on Ng's graduate research at Stanford University. Lytro ceased operations in late March 2018.

Early life and education
Ng was born in Malaysia, and immigrated to Australia at the age of 9. He earned a B.S. degree in mathematical and computational science in 2001, an M.S. in computer science in 2002, and a Ph.D. in computer science in 2006, all from Stanford University. His doctoral dissertation, titled Digital Light Field Photography, received the 2006 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award.

Business career
Ng interned at Microsoft from June 2000 to September 2000 and June 2003 to September 2003 while studying at Stanford. After graduation in 2006, Ng founded Lytro and was CEO for more than six years. On June 29, 2012, Ng announced that he would step aside as CEO in order to spend more time on the vision for the company and less on its day-to-day operations. Ng also would become executive chairman and remain at Lytro full-time. Charles Chi, then executive chairman, served as interim CEO until Ng chose former Ning chief Jason Rosenthal as Lytro's new CEO in March 2013 after a lengthy external search.

Academic
In 2013, Ng was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's Selwyn Award given to those under the age of 35 years who have conducted successful science-based research connected with imaging.

In July 2015, Ng became an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences at College of Engineering of University of California, Berkeley.

References

External links
 Lytro - Home
 Ren Ng EECS Profile at UC Berkeley

Malaysian emigrants to Australia
Malaysian emigrants to the United States
Australian emigrants to the United States
American chairpersons of corporations
Living people
Australian chief executives
Stanford University School of Engineering alumni
UC Berkeley College of Engineering faculty
1979 births
American scientists
R6000. The R6000 is a microprocessor chip set developed by MIPS Computer Systems that implemented the MIPS II instruction set architecture (ISA). The chip set consisted of the R6000 microprocessor, R6010 floating-point unit and R6020 system bus controller. The R6000 was the first implementation of the MIPS II ISA.

The R6000 was implemented with emitter-coupled logic (ECL). In the mid- to late 1980s, the trend was to implement high-end microprocessors with high-speed logic such as ECL. As MIPS was a fabless company, the R6000 chip set was fabricated by Bipolar Integrated Technology (BIT) who had acted as a foundry for MIPS since November 1989. However, manufacturing issues that had caused "sporadic deliveries" of the R6000 to MIPS Computer Systems resulted in contractual restrictions being imposed on BIT, preventing the company from supplying other potential customers. Such issues, which had persisted for over a year, were reportedly resolved in 1991, enabling BIT to seek other customers for the product and, as part of its separate licensing agreement with MIPS, to be able to manufacture and sell customised versions of the chip.

The R6000 had few users. Control Data Systems (CDS) used an 80 MHz version in their high-end 4680-300 Series InforServer server. MIPS used the R6000 in their RC6260 and RC6280 servers. One review of the RC6280 published in early 1991 described the product as "the single fastest system we have tested for CPU and FPU performance", enabling a "premium price" to be charged, with such pricing starting from $150,000 for the base configuration. However, delivery times for certain models were estimated at "several months" due to supply uncertainties with the processor.

References

 "MIPS Chip Set Implements Full ECL CPU". (December 1989). Microprocessor Report. pp. 1, 14–19.
 Horowitz, M. et al. (1990). "A 3.5ns, 1 Watt, ECL register file". ISSCC Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 68–59, 267.
 Roberts, D.; Layman, T.; Taylor, G. (1990). "An ECL RISC microprocessor designed for two level cache". Compcon Spring '90 Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 228–231.

 Thorson, M. (January 1990). "ECL Bus Controller Hits 266 Mbytes/s". Microprocessor Report. pp. 12–13.

MIPS implementations
MIPS microprocessors
32-bit microprocessors
Motorola 88110. The MC88110 was a microprocessor developed by Motorola that implemented the 88000 instruction set architecture (ISA). The MC88110 was a second-generation implementation of the 88000 ISA, succeeding the MC88100. It was designed for use in personal computers and workstations.

History 

The first technical description of the MC88110 was given in November 1991 at the Microprocessor Forum held in San Francisco. The microprocessor was introduced in 1992, operating at 50 MHz. Users were Data General in their AViiON servers, Harris in real-time UNIX systems and Motorola in their single-board computers. NeXT was to introduce a workstation using the MC88110, the NeXT RISC Workstation, but they left the hardware business and cancelled the product before development had completed.

Description

It implemented extensions to the original ISA, such a separate floating-point register file, extended-precision (80-bit) floating-point data types and new integer and graphics instructions. It also implemented microarchitectural features previously non-existent in 88000 microprocessors, such as two-way superscalar execution, out-of-order completion and speculative execution. Despite these new features, which corrected some architectural deficiencies in the MC88100, the MC88110 was ultimately unsuccessful and was used in few systems. The MC88110 was succeeded by PowerPC microprocessors Motorola developed jointly with IBM as part of the AIM alliance, but remained available until the mid-1990s.

Externally the 88110 has a von Neumann architecture (single memory for code and data) with a modified Harvard architecture internally (separate instruction and data caches).

The MC88110 supported an optional external 256 KB to 2 MB secondary cache. The secondary cache controller was not integrated on the MC88110, but was located on a separate device, the MC88410, to reduce cost.

The die contained 1.3 million transistors and measured 15 mm by 15 mm (225 mm2). It was fabricated in a 1 μm complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) process. The process has three levels of aluminium interconnect and an effective channel length (the distance between the source and drain contacts of the MOSFET transistors) of 0.8 μm. The MC88110 was designed to be shrunk to a 0.8 μm process with an effective channel length of 0.65 μm without modification.

Notes

References

 
 
 
 

Motorola microprocessors
Motorola 88110
Identity Connectors. The Identity Connectors Framework and Toolkit is built to help drive development of Connectors. Connectors provide a consistent generic layer between applications and target resources. The main focus of the API is provisioning identity operations and password management. The toolkit is intended to facilitate development with as few dependences as possible. Identity Connectors is an open-source project.

One of the main features of the framework is decoupling Connectors from any application that uses them. This means each Connector implementation can be easily replaced and not necessarily depend on a specific version of the framework. In addition an application may choose to use multiple Connectors which can require class path isolation. With class path isolation there is no issue with conflicting 3rd party libraries. An application is only required to couple to the Framework and not to any specific Connector.

References

External links 
 
 Issue Tracker
 
 

Application programming interfaces
Identity management systems
Free software programmed in Java (programming language)
Cross-platform free software
Software using Common Development and Distribution License
Shooting sticks (weapon mount). Shooting sticks are portable weapon mounts commonly used with rifles to brace the weapon on the ground, walls, and other features of the local terrain in order to provide a stable resting position to shoot from; reducing user fatigue and increasing potential accuracy. They are popular with field shooters, such as hunters and snipers, and with metallic silhouette competition shooters using blackpowder rifles.

Like monopods, bipods, or tripods, shooting sticks can have one to three legs and be of fixed or adjustable length. However, unlike the aforementioned shooting aids, shooting sticks are not directly attached to the firearm and consequently many stick designs are multi-functional. Some can also serve as, for example, tent supports and trekking poles.  Shooting sticks can be anything from homemade DIY solutions made from local vegetation to factory-manufactured commercial products made of carbon fiber.

See also
Monopod
Bipod
Tripod

References

Firearm components
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. The Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in the field of engineering geology. It is the official journal of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment and published on their behalf by  Springer Science+Business Media. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 4.298.

Subjects covered 
Areas of research frequently published in Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment include: study and solution of engineering and environmental problems arising from the interaction between geology and the activities of humanity; geomorphology, structure, stratigraphy, lithology, and groundwater conditions of geological formations; characterization of the mineralogical, physico-geomechanical, chemical and hydraulic properties of earth materials involved in construction; resource recovery and environmental change; assessment of the mechanical and hydrological behavior of soil and rock masses; prediction of changes to the above properties with time; determination of the parameters to be considered in analyzing the stability of engineering works and earth masses; maintenance of the environmental condition and properties of the terrain.

See also
Engineering Geology (journal)

References

External links 
 

English-language journals
Academic journals established in 1970
Environmental science journals
Springer Science+Business Media academic journals
Quarterly journals
Engineering geology journals
Hacker Halted. Hacker Halted is a global series of Computer and Information Security conferences presented by EC-Council. The objective of the Hacker Halted conferences is to raise international awareness towards increased education and ethics in IT Security. The event is currently in its 14th year. Also present at Hacker Halted is EC-Council's H@cker Halted | Academy, trainings and workshops led by EC-Council instructors and trainers.

Past Conferences

Hacker Halted india
Hacker Halted Malaysia was held in 2004, 2007, and in 2018 in New Delhi

Hacker Halted Egypt 2010
Hacker | Halted conference was held in Egypt on 13 and 14 December 2018

Hacker Halted india 
Hacker Halted Dubai was held in 2005 and in 2006 in Dubai, United A

Hacker Halted Singapore
Hacker Halted Singapore was held in 2005 in Singapore.

Hacker Halted Mexico
Hacker Halted Mexico was held in 2005 in Mexico.

Hacker Halted Japan
Hacker Halted Japan was held November 11, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan.

Hacker Halted USA
Hacker Halted USA was held in 2008 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Hacker Halted USA was held in 20–24 September 2009 in Miami, Florida, at the Hilton Head hotel, and will include events to include a "Capture the Flag" event.

Hacker Halted USA was held in 2010 in Miami.

Hacker Halted USA was held in Miami on 25 and 27 October 2011.  The theme for 2011 was "Stop the Data Leaks. Secure the Code".

Hacker Halted USA was held in Miami on 29–31 October 2012.

Hacker Halted USA was held in Atlanta in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.

Hacker Halted was held on-line in 2021, 2022.

Upcoming Conferences

Hacker Halted USA 2024 returns to Atlanta, GA

Conference Tracks
Some of the talks will include tracks to include:
 
 Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
 Incident Response & Computer Forensics 
 Threats & Counter Measures 
 Governance, Policies & Standards 
 Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery 
 Mobile Security
 Virtualization Security 
 Secure Programming 
 Malware and Botnets 
 Social Engineering 
 Physical Security

H@cker Halted Academy
Hacker Halted USA 2009 was the launch of the Hacker Halted Academy. The Hacker Halted Academy is a series of classes presented by EC-Council partners. Many of the classes include EC-Council training and certification, including the Certified Ethical Hacker and Licensed Penetration Tester, as well as vendor specific certification, including, Certified Information Systems Security Professional(CISSP) and NSA NSA Information Security Assessment Methodology(IAM)/Information security Evaluation Methodology(IEM) training.

See also
 EC-Council
 Hacker conference

References

External links
 Hacker Halted Website
 Hacker Halted Academy
 Hacker Halted Egypt Website 

Computer security conferences
Synthetic natural environment. A Synthetic Natural Environment (SNE) is the representation in a synthetic environment of the physical world within which all models of military systems exist and interact (i.e. climate, weather, terrain, oceans, space, etc.).  It includes both data and models representing the elements of the environment, their effects on military systems, and models of the impact of military systems on environmental variables (e.g. contrails, dust clouds from moving vehicles, spoil from combat engineering).

History 
The term SNE was born out of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Synthetic Theater of War "Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration," ca. 1998.

Evolution 
Although SNE was meant to include cultural features (see Synthetic human-made environment) (e.g. buildings, bridges, roads) since its conception, the word "natural" in SNE made the term confusing.  Furthermore, the original term SNE was not meant to include cultural factors (see Synthetic psychological environment).

See also
 Modeling and simulation
 Glossary of military modeling and simulation

References

Further reading
 Braudaway, Wesley Ph.D., "Chapter 3 Synthetic Natural Environments Representation", University of Central Florida,  

 
Military terminology
Synthetic environment
HSC Elite Jet. HSC Elite Jet is a high-speed ferry operated by Seajets and operated on Stena Line's Holyhead - Dún Laoghaire route and seasonally on the Fishguard - Rosslare service. She was marketed by Stena Line as the Stena Express. In 2019 was sold by Seajets and underwent repairs at Salamis. The ship was set to be launched on the Santorini – Rethymno route in 2023.

Design and construction
Elite Jet was built in 1996 by Incat in Australia, and is one of a series of wave-piercing catamarans to be constructed by the company. Construction began in May 1995 and was completed in May 1996.

Career
She briefly served on the English Channel for P&O Stena Line as HSC Elite.

In 1998 she was transferred to Stena Line's Fishguard - Rosslare service and renamed Stena Lynx III. She operated this route on a seasonal basis, spending the winter months laid-up, usually at Birkenhead. Stena Line purchased the vessel in 2004. The same year, Stena Lynx III developed serious technical problems, and spent a large part of the summer season out of service.

She returned to her seasonal role on the southern Irish Sea on 14 May 2009, for another summer operating alongside .

She operated the Holyhead – Dún Laoghaire route running twice daily from 15 March 2010 until the end of May 2010, when  operated the route with one round trip per day. She was then laid up in Dún Laoghaire until 29 June 2010 when the vessel moved to Rosslare. She operated her seasonal summer route from 10 July 2010 until September 2010.

On 15 September 2010, she once again returned to operate the Holyhead–Dún Laoghaire service, after Stena Explorer was withdrawn from the route for the winter season of 2010. Stena Lynx III operated the route until 9 January 2011, in which she then had her 2011 refit. She then returned to Holyhead, before moving to Dún Laoghaire for lay up until June 2011. At the end of June 2011, she left Dún Laoghaire to begin her summer seasonal service on the Rosslare – Fishguard route. The ferry began her summer service on the Rosslare – Fishguard route on 1 July, and ended on 4 September 2011, she then returned to Dún Laoghaire for lay up.

In October 2011 the Stena Lynx III was renamed Sunflower 2. While en route to Asia she suffered a major engine failure in the Bay of Biscay. After this incident she was repaired at La Coruna, Spain.

In 2016 she operated in South Korea with the new name Orange 1. In 2017 the ship was chartered by the Government of Trinidad & Tobago for service on the inter-island service between Scarborough and Port of Spain.

In 2019 renamed Rapidlink Jet and was sold by Seajets and moored at Salamis, Greece.

In October 2022, it was announced that the ship will be launched on Santorini – Rethymnon line for the 2023 season, connecting Crete with Cyclades. She set sail on her maiden voyage on 26 May 2023. In May 2023 the ship renamed Elite Jet.

References

Ships of Seajets
Ferries of the United Kingdom
Ferries of the Republic of Ireland
Incat high-speed craft
1996 ships
Ships built by Incat
Matang Highway. The Matang Highway is a 2-lane, dual-carriage expressway located in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, on the island of Borneo. Construction commenced in July 2002 and was targeted for completion by December 2008. The construction cost about 201,000,000 Ringgit. As of 2010, the highway provides a direct route from Kuching to Lundu.

References

Highways in Malaysia