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; FICE; Fulbright scholar; 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 (22 April 1967 – 14 April 2016) was a British physicist, mathematician, and academic. He was the Regius Professor of Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and from 2009 to 2014 was Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). MacKay wrote the book Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air.

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