Haneef Fatmi

Haneef Akhtar Fatmi (1933-1995) was an Pakistani engineer specializing in cybernetics. He was born in Bhopal State and took a degree in Electrical Engineering at Karachi Universit y (1951). While studying with Dennis Gabor and Abdus Salam at Imperial College he wrote his doctorate on ionized gases. Whilst at the London University, he helped found the Cybernetics Society. ^{[1] [2]}

In 1970 Fatmi, with Young, published a definition of intelligence in the journal Nature , that subject to widespread comments and notability being listed by the Institute of Physics as "one of the 2000 leading quotations of all times". ^[3] That definition is that: "Intelligence is that faculty, of mind, by which order is perceived in a situation previously considered disordered". (H. A. Fatmi & R. W. Young, "A Definition of Intelligence", Nature 228, 97 (1970)) This definition is addressed directly in the Oxford Companion to the Mind.

Selected publications

• Gabor, D. and Fatmi, H.A., "A thermionic generator," Nature, London, 1961, 868.
• Gabor, D. and Fatmi, H.A., "The theory of gas discharges with extraneous ion supply," Advanced Energy Conversion, IEE, London, 1964, 307.
• Fatmi, H.A. and Young, R.W., "A definition of intelligence," Nature, London, 1970, 97.
• Fatmi, H.A., "The concept of a creative society," Electronics and power, IEE London, 1974
• Fatmi, H.A., Resconi, G. A new computing principle. Nuov Cim B 101, 239–242 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02828704

References

1. Warburton, Brian (1995) In Memorandum: Dr. Haneef Akhtar Fatmi, 03 July 1933 – 04 April 1995 - August 1, International Federation for Systems Research Uniting the World in Systems Science http://archive-ifsr.org/1995/08/01/in-memorandum-dr-haneef-akhtar-fatmi-03-july-1933-04-april-1995/
2. Warburton, Brian, and John Spooner. "Dr Haneef Akhtar Fatmi: Born 3 july 1933, died 4 april 1995." Systems Research 13, no. 1 (1996): 81-82.
3. A.P. Zeleznikar 1995 Profile Haneef Fatmi, An International Journal of Computing and Informatics https://informatica.si/index.php/informatica/issue/viewFile/74/65#page=3