Professor Sir David MacKay taught Physics at the University of Cambridge, was a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and Regius Professor of Engineering at Cambridge University.
He is internationally known for his research in machine learning, information theory, and communication systems, including the invention of Dasher, a software interface that enables efficient communication in any language with any muscle.
From 2009 to 2014 he was Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change ("DECC") and in the 2016 New Year's Honours List was awarded a knighthood for services to Scientific Advice in Government and Science Outreach. He devoted much of his time to public teaching about energy.
