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David J. C. MacKay

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Sir David MacKay
David MacKay (photo by David Stern)
Born
David John Cameron MacKay

(1967-04-22)22 April 1967[1]
Stoke-on-Trent, England
Died14 April 2016(2016-04-14) (aged 48)
Cambridge, England
Alma mater
Known for
SpouseRamesh Ghiassi[4]
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisBayesian methods for adaptive models (1992)
Doctoral advisorJohn Hopfield
Doctoral students
  • Ryan Adams[5]
  • Hanna Wallach[6]
  • David Stern[5]
  • Oliver Stegle[5]
  • Philipp Hennig[5]
  • Carl Scheffler[5]
Websitewithouthotair.com
www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay
www.gov.uk/government/people/david-mackay

Sir David John Cameron MacKay, FRS, FInstP, FICE (22 April 1967 – 14 April 2016)[2] was a British physicist, mathematician, and academic. He was the Regius Professor of Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge[6] and from 2009 to 2014 was Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).[7] Before being appointed to the DECC, MacKay was most well known as author of the book Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air.[3][8][9]

MacKay died of stomach cancer in Cambridge, England on 14 April 2016, aged 48.

References

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  1. ↑ David MacKay (7 February 2010). "Biography – David J.C. MacKay". web homepage. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "MacKAY, Prof. David John Cameron". Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press.(subscription required)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mackay, David (2009). Sustainable Energy: Without the Hot Air. UIT Cambridge. ISBN 978-0-9544529-3-3.
  4. ↑ "Ramesh and David". Rameshanddavid.blogspot.com. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 MacKay's personal group website in Cambridge, 22 April 2014
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 David MacKay (7 July 2012). "David J.C. MacKay FRS". web homepage. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  7. ↑ DECC confirms MacKay as new low-carbon advisor, BusinessGreen, 3 September 2009, retrieved 29 December 2011
  8. ↑ "Britons of the Year", The Daily Telegraph, London, p. 15, 29 December 2009
  9. ↑ "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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