David J. C. MacKay

Sir
David MacKay
FRS FInstP FICE
Sir David MacKay FRS FInstP FICE
Born	David John Cameron MacKay; 22 April 1967; Stoke-on-Trent, England
Died	14 April 2016 (aged 48); Cambridge, England
Alma mater	University of Cambridge; California Institute of Technology;
Known for	Sustainable Energy — Without the Hot Air; Low-density parity-check code; Dasher;
Spouse	Ramesh Ghiassi (m. 2011)
Awards	FRS (2009); FInstP[when?]; FICE[when?]; Fulbright scholar[when?]; Knight Bachelor (2016);
	Scientific career
Fields	Machine learning; Information theory; Sustainable energy;
Institutions	University of Cambridge; California Institute of Technology; Department of Energy and Climate Change;
Thesis	Bayesian methods for adaptive models (1992)
Doctoral advisor	John Hopfield
Website	withouthotair.com; www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay; gov.uk/government/people/david-mackay

Sir David John Cameron MacKay FRS FInstP FICE^[3]^[1] (22 April 1967 – 14 April 2016^[4]^[11]) was a British physicist, mathematician, and academic. He was the Regius Professor of Engineering^[12] in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge^[13] and from 2009 to 2014 was Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).^[14] MacKay wrote the book Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air.^[7]^[15]^[16]

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^ ^a ^b Longair, Malcolm; Cates, Michael (2017). "Sir David John Cameron MacKay FRS. 22 April 1967 — 14 April 2016". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 63: 443–465. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2017.0013. ISSN 0080-4606.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "MacKAY, Prof. David John Cameron". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ David J. C. MacKay at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
^ David MacKay (7 February 2010). "Biography – David J.C. MacKay". web homepage. University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
^ ^a ^b Mackay, David (2009). Sustainable Energy: Without the Hot Air. UIT Cambridge. ISBN 978-0-9544529-3-3.
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^ "Ramesh and David". Rameshanddavid.blogspot.com. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
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^ "David MacKay appointed Regius Professor of Engineering". Cambridge: University of Cambridge. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
^ David MacKay (7 July 2012). "David J.C. MacKay FRS". web homepage. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
^ DECC confirms MacKay as new low-carbon advisor, BusinessGreen, 3 September 2009, retrieved 29 December 2011
^ "Britons of the Year", The Daily Telegraph, London, p. 15, 29 December 2009
^ "What Will It Take to Save the Earth?" 26 April 2012 by Joel E. Cohen in The New York Review of Books

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[rsbm-3] Longair, Malcolm; Cates, Michael (2017). "Sir David John Cameron MacKay FRS. 22 April 1967 — 14 April 2016". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 63: 443–465. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2017.0013. ISSN 0080-4606.

[whoswho-4] "MacKAY, Prof. David John Cameron". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[mathgene-5] David J. C. MacKay at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[bio-6] David MacKay (7 February 2010). "Biography – David J.C. MacKay". web homepage. University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2012.

[withouthotair-7] Mackay, David (2009). Sustainable Energy: Without the Hot Air. UIT Cambridge. ISBN 978-0-9544529-3-3.

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[10] "Ramesh and David". Rameshanddavid.blogspot.com. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

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[regus-12] "David MacKay appointed Regius Professor of Engineering". Cambridge: University of Cambridge. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.

[13] David MacKay (7 July 2012). "David J.C. MacKay FRS". web homepage. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 12 October 2012.

[appointment-14] DECC confirms MacKay as new low-carbon advisor, BusinessGreen, 3 September 2009, retrieved 29 December 2011

[15] "Britons of the Year", The Daily Telegraph, London, p. 15, 29 December 2009

[16] "What Will It Take to Save the Earth?" 26 April 2012 by Joel E. Cohen in The New York Review of Books

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Sir David MacKay FRS FInstP FICE

Born	David John Cameron MacKay (1967-04-22)22 April 1967^[4]^[6] Stoke-on-Trent, England
Died	14 April 2016(2016-04-14) (aged 48) Cambridge, England
Alma mater	University of Cambridge California Institute of Technology^[4]
Known for	Sustainable Energy — Without the Hot Air^[7] Low-density parity-check code^[8] Dasher^[9]
Spouse	Ramesh Ghiassi (m. 2011) ^[10]
Awards	FRS (2009)^[1]^[2]^[3] FInstP^[when?] FICE^[4]^[when?] Fulbright scholar^[when?] Knight Bachelor (2016)
Scientific career
Fields	Machine learning Information theory Sustainable energy
Institutions	University of Cambridge California Institute of Technology Department of Energy and Climate Change
Thesis	Bayesian methods for adaptive models (1992)
Doctoral advisor	John Hopfield^[5]

Website	withouthotair.com www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay gov.uk/government/people/david-mackay