David MacKay
Sir David John Cameron MacKay (born April 22, 1967 in Stoke-on-Trent , † April 14, 2016 in Cambridge ) was a British professor of engineering at the University of Cambridge . In 2012 he became the first Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge.
career
MacKay invented the Dasher text input system , which among other things enables the barrier-free control of computers. It is available as free software .
In 2008 MacKay published the book Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air , which deals with energy consumption and sustainable energy production without fossil fuels . It was released under the GNU GPL (free software).
In September 2009, MacKay was appointed Senior Scientific Advisor to the UK Department for Energy and Climate Change. In 2012 MacKay became the first Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Several times he led courses at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Muizenberg, South Africa . He succumbed to cancer on April 14, 2016.
MacKay had the Erdős number 2.
Fonts
- David JC MacKay: Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms . CUP 2003, ISBN 0-521-64298-1 , (also available online )
- David JC MacKay: Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air . UIT 2008, ISBN 978-1-906860-01-1 , (also available online )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jack Higgins: Tributes paid to Professor Sir David MacKay. In: varsity.co.uk. April 14, 2016, accessed April 16, 2016.
- ↑ a b Press release from Cambridge University on the appointment of David MacKay as first Regius Professor of Engineering; accessed on October 31, 2016.
- ^ A b Professor Sir David MacKay, physicist - obituary ; Obituary for David MacKay in The Telegraph, April 15, 2016.
- ↑ Saving energy - The debates are led with crooked comparisons, complains a British physicist and says no more! In: Stern No. 38, September 10, 2009.
- ↑ Press Release - Appointment at DECC In: decc.gov.uk. September 3, 2009, accessed April 16, 2016.
- ^ Associate Faculty of AIMS South Africa - AIMS South Africa. In: aims.ac.za. Retrieved April 22, 2017 .
- ^ Obituary for David MacKay at www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk; accessed on October 31, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | MacKay, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | MacKay, David John Cameron (full name); MacKay, David JC |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British engineer and philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stoke-on-Trent , England , UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 2016 |
| Place of death | Cambridge , England , UK |