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Babak Hassibi. Babak Hassibi (, born in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-American electrical engineer, computer scientist, and applied mathematician who is the inaugural Mose and Lillian S. Bohn Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). From 2011 to 2016 he was the Gordon M Binder/Amgen Professor of Electrical Engineering. During 2008-2015 he was the Executive Officer of Electrical Engineering and Associate Director of Information Science and Technology.

He received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tehran in 1989 and an M.S. and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1993 and 1996, respectively. At Stanford, his adviser was Thomas Kailath. He was a Research Associate in the Information Systems Laboratory at Stanford University during 1997-98 and was a Member of the Technical Staff in the Mathematics of Communications Research Group at Bell Laboratories from 1998 to 2000. Since 2001 he has been at Caltech.

His research is broadly in communications, signal processing and control. Among other works, he has shown the h-infinity-optimality of the least mean squares filter, used group-theoretic techniques to design space-time codes and frames and to study entropic vectors, performed information-theoretic studies of various wireless networks (such as determining the capacity of the MIMO wiretap channel), constructed tree codes for interactive communication and control, developed various algorithms and performance analyses for compressed sensing and structured signal recovery, studied epidemic spread in complex networks, and co-invented real-time DNA microarrays.

He is the recipient of the 2003 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the 2003 David and Lucille Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, the Okawa Foundation Research Grant in Information Sciences in 2002 and the National Science Foundation Career Award in 2002.

His grandfather was the late Kazem Hassibi, an Iranian academic, parliamentarian, National Front leader, and oil adviser (Under-Secretary of Finance, 1952 to 1954) to Mohammad Mosaddegh during Iran's oil nationalization.

References

External links 
 Babak Hassibi's web site
 Babak Hassibi at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
 Babak Hassibi's academic ancestors' tree and list

Iranian electrical engineers
Iranian engineers
American people of Iranian descent
21st-century American engineers
University of Tehran alumni
Stanford University alumni
California Institute of Technology faculty
Engineers from Tehran
Living people
Iranian expatriate academics
Year of birth missing (living people)
Recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Millennium City, Hong Kong. Millennium City () is a group of skyscrapers in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong built along the southern side of Kwun Tong Road near Ngau Tau Kok station and developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties.

The Millennium City project currently consists of five buildings, numbered 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6.  The number 4 is widely regarded as unlucky in many parts of Asia and in both Chinese and Japanese it is a homophone for "death".

Millennium City 1 and 2 are connected and share a mall and a lobby on their ground floor. They host the headquarters of Standard Chartered Bank, a data centre and various other offices. Their reflective blue glass walls look strikingly modern against the areas other, old factory buildings. The two buildings are located opposite to Ngau Tau Kok station.

Millennium City 3 is a continuation of buildings 1 and 2, but separated from towers 1 and 2 by the Meyer Building. It is also mostly offices and has a similar architectural design to buildings 1 and 2. However, glass walls are used to a lesser extent and more white tiles are incorporated.

Millennium City 5 is built near Kwun Tong station. The building is well known because of the shopping mall it holds - apm. The project has a site area of  and contains over  of office space on top of a regional shopping centre of about .  The Bank of East Asia bought the majority of office space here as a back-up operation centre.

Millennium City 6 and 7 are under planning, and both will be built in the Kwun Tong Industrial Area, farther from Kwun Tong Road.

Millennium City 8 is currently under construction. It is on the site of the former KMB Bus Kwun Tong depot. There are two buildings with total floor area of 1.15m sq ft and the shopping mall occupies 12 floors with another 21 floors of offices and 4 floors of underground car parks. The development will be completed in 2022-23.

See also
 List of tallest buildings in Hong Kong

References

Kwun Tong
Ngau Tau Kok
Skyscraper office buildings in Hong Kong
Shopping centres in Hong Kong
Landmarks in Hong Kong
Sun Hung Kai Properties
Arnold Gregory. Arnold Gregory (14 November 1924 – 30 July 1976) was a British textile company worker, lecturer and politician who was a Labour Party Member of Parliament for six years.

Gregory came from a lower-middle-class background and was born in Salford. He went to state schools and the Manchester College of Technology. He became an apprentice engineer and joined the Amalgamated Engineering Union in 1941, joining in addition the Labour Party in  1944. He took extramural courses at the University of Manchester. Working as a Contracts Manager for a textiles company, Gregory became a member of the Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union from 1950.

From 1956, Gregory worked as a Lecturer and Tutor for the National Council of Labour Colleges. He was chosen as Labour candidate for Stafford and Stone in the 1959 general election. At the 1964 general election, he fought the marginal seat of Stockport North and won it from the Conservatives.

Gregory was a low-profile MP who allied with the left wing, opposing British diplomatic support for the United States over the Vietnam War and a negotiated settlement over Rhodesia. He was defeated in the 1970 general election.

References
M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs" Vol. IV (Harvester Press, 1981)

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1924 births
1976 deaths
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1964–1966
UK MPs 1966–1970
C 14-class missile boat. The C 14-class missile boat is a light missile boat of catamaran designed for use in the Middle East, also known as the China Cat class. The small size of the ship, along with some stealth features provide it with good protection against enemy detection, and it can be armed with a variety of light anti-ship missiles. In addition to the low radar cross section, the boat is also extremely fast with an aluminum monohull with stepped planning.

Design
The catamaran design provides better seaworthiness in comparison to the other boats of similar displacement with a conventional hull. The missile boats have been exported to Iran, where since 2000 it has been in service with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Navy Corps. In Chinese service, it primarily serves as a trial boat, including testing various light anti-ship missiles and other weaponry for catamarans.

The boats were reportedly first seen in Iran in May 2002, and western sources assumed that a number of these vessels were delivered by China.

Sources

 Global Security
 Iran's Naval Forces
 Combat Fleets 16th Ed.: Iranian Frigates and Patrol Craft
 

Missile boats of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Missile boat classes
Missile boats of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Ship classes of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Ships built by Marine Industries Organization
China–Iran military relations
Type 22 missile boat. The Type 22 (NATO designation: Houbei class) missile boat is a ship class in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. The first boat was launched in April 2004 by the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard at Shanghai. The boats incorporate stealth features and are based on Australian-designed wave-piercing catamaran hulls that are more stable than other fast missile craft in high sea conditions. 82 of these missile boats are currently in service with three flotillas having been produced over a span of seven years, operating in squadrons of eight vessels each.

Design
The Type 22 fast attack craft are China's entry into a growing list of missile-armed attack craft which include Finland's Hamina class missile boat, and Norway's Skjold class patrol boat. The wave-piercing catamaran design may mean as much as a 50% reduction in vessel speed penalty in high sea conditions (in which monohulls may only perform at half or less of their maximum capability). Further, seasickness and disorientation is significantly reduced, improving the combat readiness/situational awareness of the small-craft operators during such conditions.

The polygonal-designed superstructure with its similarly angled gun mount indicates a reduced radar cross-section, although probably not enough to be a full stealth-ship as it is built from aluminium rather than composites, and also has a lot of reflective "clutter" in form of rails, searchlights and launchers on the deck; the ships have been shown to be visible using synthetic aperture radar from satellites. The Type 22 has an advanced C4 datalink that may represent some kind of capability to allow AWACS planes or other ships to vector the Type 22's missiles. The aluminium hull is reported to use friction stir welding.

Capabilities

The Type 22 is designed to patrol China's coastal areas and operate within its littoral zone.  As each of the 83 ships is armed with eight anti-ship missiles, it is speculated by some observers that a large number of missile craft firing in salvos can potentially overwhelm an enemy fleet, including an aircraft carrier battle group. Although an offensive missile attack poses a threat to hostile surface ships, historically small missile boats have fared poorly in major naval confrontations against larger vessels and aircraft, so the Type 22 is vulnerable when operating outside of air defense cover.

See also
Kuang Hua VI-class missile boat
Skjold class patrol boat
Hamina class missile boat
Roussen Class fast attack craft
Type 021 class missile boat
Tuo Chiang-class corvette

References
Notes

Sources
 Watts, Anthony J. Jane's Warship Recognition Guide.

External links
Houbei Class (Type 022) Fast Attack Craft
IDEX 2007 Showcases China’s Productive Weapons Sector
武汉华之洋光电系统有限责任公司/Wuhan Naval Electro-Optics Company
AMD Marine Consulting AMD350PB Design
 Chinese Type 22 Missile Boat

Missile boats of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Missile boat classes
Catamarans
Military catamarans
Type 312 minesweeper. The Chinese Type 312 class minesweeper was also known as Futi class. It was the first remote minesweeping drone, and was successfully used in the Vietnam War.

Although originally designed as a minesweeping drone, the Type 312 can also be manned by a 3-man crew as a regular minesweeper. The chief designer was Mr. Diao Haiguang (刁海光) of the 710th Institute, and from the start of the project to the completion of the first two units (two units are being built simultaneously), it only took less than two years when the first two units entered the service for the People's Liberation Army Navy. Due to its small size, this class is maintained on land and thus is in better conditions than most of other larger boats and ships in the reserve fleet. The drone can be remotely operated from more than  away.

References

Minesweepers of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Michael Lawrence Haider. Michael Lawrence Haider (October 1, 1904 – August 14, 1986) was an American petroleum engineer, business executive, and a founder of the National Academy of Engineering. He was chairman of what later became Exxon Corporation from 1965 to 1969.

Life and career
Haider was born on a wheat farm in Mandan, North Dakota, moved to California as a teenager, and in 1927 received his B.A. in chemistry from Stanford University. In 1929 he started his career in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as a chemical engineer with Carter Oil (an affiliate of Standard Oil of New Jersey, later Exxon). One early assignment was to check the quality of helium for dirigibles. He became chief petroleum engineer and then managed all engineering for Carter. In 1938 he moved to New York as manager of Exxon's production engineering and research, and in 1945 became executive assistant in the Producing Department.

In 1946 Haider moved to Toronto, where in 1947 as manager of the Producing and Exploration Department of Imperial Oil, Limited, a Canadian affiliate, he obtained the Leduc oil field that made western Canada a net oil exporter. He was subsequently elected a director of Imperial (1948) and vice president (1950). In 1952 Haider returned to New York where he served for two years as deputy coordinator of worldwide production. He then became president and a director of International Petroleum Company, Limited, responsible for parts of South America.

In 1959 he was elected a Standard Oil of New Jersey director, then vice president and director for Latin America (1960), and executive vice-president and member of the Executive Committee (1961). In 1963 he was elected president and vice chairman of the Executive Committee, and in 1965 he became chairman of the board and chief executive officer until his retirement in 1969.

Haider served as chairman of the American Petroleum Institute and president of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (1952). He was director of First National City Bank and the Economic Development Council of New York City, trustee of the Committee for Economic Development, and member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Petroleum Council, and The Business Council. He was a chairman of the Radio Free Europe and Metropolitan Opera board member. He was elected to Spain's Instituto de Cultura Hispánica (1962) and was awarded its Gran Cruz de la Order del Merito Civil in 1969, in which year he also received Italy's Cavaliere di Gran Croce.  It was the year 1969 that Haider was also awarded the John Fritz Medal.  In 1970 he was awarded the Charles Frederic Rand Memorial Gold Medal, bestowed by the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers.

References 

 National Academy of Engineering memorial tribute
 Time Magazine article, Dec. 29, 1967

20th-century American engineers
Founding members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
People from Mandan, North Dakota
1986 deaths
1904 births
IsaacRobot. IsaacRobot is a biped humanoid robot, produced and realized by the IsaacTeam, a group of students of the Politecnico di Torino.

The project is a combination of several branches of engineering (mechanics, computer science, automation, electronics), and in March 2007 it was presented in its second version, under the name of I2Project.

Currently the purpose of the project is exclusively scientific and oriented to research, but possible fields of application are multiple and varied.

Above all, the studies that have been made give sensible cues to therapeutical areas, especially for people affected by motional disabilities; the legs, indeed, can reproduce the natural movements of human legs, utilizing their six freedom degrees.

Wide are the co-operations with physicians and experts in this field.

Isaac, besides, offers many solutions oriented to automation industry, embedded computer science, and Real Time software development.

Isaac is committed to the RoboCup, an international robotic-football competition, from the 2003 edition in Padova (except for the 2006 edition that took place in Bremen); it claims the second place in 2004 in Lisbon.

It has been a guest in the 2004 and 2006 editions of the SMAU in Milan.

The team has since been reformed in 2011 to continue work on a new prototype.

External links 
 Site of the project (archived)
 Isaac, il robot calciatore del Politecnico, LASTAMPA.it

Humanoid robots
Polytechnic University of Turin
Robots of Italy
2003 robots
F-15 Strike Eagle III. F-15 Strike Eagle III is an F-15E Strike Eagle combat flight simulator released in 1992 by MicroProse and is the sequel of F-15 Strike Eagle and F-15 Strike Eagle II. It is the final game in the series.

The fighter is equipped with a M61 Vulcan and both air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, as well as free-fall and laser-guided bombs. Available scenarios are:  Iraq, Panama, and Korea. Missions usually involve taking out one primary and one secondary target, while avoiding attacking friendly targets. The player can receive promotions and medals based on their mission scores.

For its time, Strike Eagle III boasted impressive graphics, although enemy planes are not nearly as detailed as the player's F-15. Special attention was put into the terrain and geography, to the extent that real buildings and geographical sites are visible ingame, such as the Iraqi Presidential Palace in Baghdad.

The enhanced CD-ROM edition adds 15 minutes of introductory video, a tutorial, and new scenarios, including flight missions based on those of the Desert Storm campaign.

Development
The game had a development budget of $1.2 million.

Reception
Computer Gaming Worlds reviewer Doug Fick, an F-16 pilot with the Vermont Air National Guard, in April 1993 praised F-15 IIIs graphics and detail, stating that "the systems and aircraft are very faithfully reproduced". He approved of the accuracy of the flight model ("Spectrum Holobyte and the Falcon 3.0 team could learn something about realistic flight characteristics from this program"). Fick disliked the slow performance, but concluded that "it definitely is a worthy simulation". In a January 1994 survey of wargames the magazine's Evan Brooks gave the title four stars out of five, stating that it had "state-of-the-art graphics and game value". In April 1994 the magazine said that the CD version was "a good buy for either the novice or veteran sim enthusiast". In August 1994 the magazine's simulation columnist Tom Basham called the flight model "a mixed bag", approving of aircraft performance varying by altitude but criticizing the "instantaneous" handling. He concluded that although superior to Falcon 3.0 in many areas, F-15 was not a simulation because "many things ... 'burst the bubble', that constantly reminded me this isn't for real".

Sales
The game sold 110,000 copies in its first two weeks, and 150,000 copies by February 1993.

References

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1992 video games
Combat flight simulators
DOS games
DOS-only games
Gulf War video games
MicroProse games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Video game sequels
Video games developed in the United States
Video games scored by Jeff Briggs
Video games set in 1989
Video games set in 1990
Video games set in Colombia
Video games set in Iraq
Video games set in North Korea
Video games set in Panama
Video games set in Venezuela
Claude Mandil. Claude Mandil (born 1942 in Lyon, France) is a French businessman. Mandil is a member of the Board of Directors of Total S.A. and is the former executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Education
Mandil graduated from France's École polytechnique and École des Mines. From 1967 until 1981, he held various positions with the French Civil Services related to engineering and territorial planning.

Career
In 1981–1982, he served as a technical advisor in the French Prime Minister's cabinet, responsible for industry, energy and research. In 1982 he was named chief executive officer of the Institut de Développement Industriel (Institute for Industrial Development). In 1988 he became the director general of the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (Geological and Mining Research Bureau).

From 1990 to 1998, Mandil served as director general for energy and raw materials at the Ministry of Industry, Post and Telecommunications. From 1991 to 1998, he also represented France at the Nuclear Safety Working Group of the G7 and served as the president of this group in 1996. From 1997 to 1998 he served as chairman of the IEA's governing board.

From 1998 to 2000, Mandil occupied the post of the managing director of Gaz de France, and then for several years was the chairman and CEO of the Institut Français du Pétrole (French Institute of Petroleum). From 2003 to 2007 he was the executive director of the International Energy Agency. Since 2008, is a member of the board of directors of Total S.A. 
Mandil was also a board member of the SBC Energy Institute and is director of Institut Veolia Environnement.

He is the author of a report on energy security, which was commissioned by the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2008. In 2008, Mandil said that Europe must end its energy dependence on Russia. He said that "We need more energy efficiency, more liquefied natural gas, more renewable energy, more nuclear energy".

Personal life
Mandil is married and has five children.

References

1943 births
Living people
French engineers
French businesspeople
Non-profit executives
École Polytechnique alumni
International Energy Agency officials
TotalEnergies people
Engie
JC Midge. JC Midge is a hand built car i.e. a "plan and pattern" car designed by John Cowperthwaite. Like the Locust the body is made of aluminium skinned plywood or MDF and using a purpose made grille or one from a donor, such as a Wolseley 1500 (but many other have been used). Unlike a Kit car only a few parts were available, the rest being from the donor car or hand made by the builder by sticking paper patterns on plywood or aluminium and cutting round them with a jigsaw. The starting point was a set of patterns and instructions costing £35 and the designer claimed it was possible to put a car on the road for £800.

The design is inspired of British 1930s cars like the MG J2 Midget and similar to the Burlington in both design and construction. Originally it was essentially a re-body of the Triumph Herald, Vitesse or Spitfire.

It was first presented in 1985 by J.C. Sports Cars in Sheffield, England run by John Cowperthwaite and founded after his earlier company called Moss had its factory destroyed in a fire in 1985. Later marketing and development of the Midge was taken over by T&J of Rotherham and they continued into the mid 1990s. It was then taken over by White Rose Vehicles in Gillingham, Kent. WRV also constructed their own chassis that took Ford Escort (with Ford Cortina or Ford Taunus (1976–1982) front suspension) parts instead using a Triumph chassis. When White Rose Vehicles ceased trading some club members raised the money to buy the rights to market the car. As it is plan-based the Midge has also been built using various donors including the Citroën 2CV.

An updated version, the Midge Mk2, for which the donor car is the Suzuki SJ is now available (2014) with the original principle of plans and pattern and a minimum of 'kit' elements. Being a re-body it is in the United Kingdom exempt from IVA (Individual Vehicle Approval).

It is not known how many have been built.

References

External links 

 Midge Owners' & Builders' Club
 Mostly Midge
 

Car manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Kit car manufacturers