Professor David Mackay

Professor of Natural Philosophy

Address:
Room 518 Mott Building,
Cavendish Laboratory,
JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge CB3 0HE.
Tel: +44 (0)1223 339852
Fax: +44 (0)1223 337356
Email: mackay "at" mrao.cam.ac.uk

Group Secretary / Administrator / Personal Assistant:
Tracey Ingham
Tel: +44 (0)1223 337254
Fax: +44 (0)1223 337356
Email: tcmadmin "at" phy.cam.ac.uk

Biography:

David MacKay is a Professor in the Department of Physics at Cambridge University. He obtained his PhD in Computation and Neural Systems at the California Institute of Technology. His research interests include reliable computation with unreliable hardware, and communication systems for the disabled. He's written a textbook on 'Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms' (2003, Cambridge). He's currently writing another free book on `Sustainable Energy - without the hot air.'

Homepage.

Research Interests:

Research Group - Inference Group

Selected Publications:

Please follow the link to Prof. Mackay's publications webpage.