David J. C. MacKay

Sir
David MacKay
FRS FInstP FICE
Born
David John Cameron MacKay

(1967-04-22)22 April 1967[4][6]
Stoke-on-Trent, England
Died14 April 2016(2016-04-14) (aged 48)
Cambridge, England
Alma mater
Known for
Spouse
Ramesh Ghiassi
​
(m. 2011)​
[10]
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisBayesian methods for adaptive models (1992)
Doctoral advisorJohn Hopfield[5]
Websitewithouthotair.com
www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay
gov.uk/government/people/david-mackay

Sir David John Cameron MacKay (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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  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.
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  5. ^ David J. C. MacKay at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  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.
  7. ^ a b 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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  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.
  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