David MacKay

David is Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Cavendish Laboratory, where he is leader of the Inference Group. He was seconded in 2010 to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change, where he is Chief Scientific Advisor. He has been a collaborator on many Crucible projects, and initiated some of the most successful.

Projects initiated by David include:

• Talks.cam
• ReadYourMeter.org
• Dasher

David's students and post-docs have also been regular contributors to Crucible projects:

• Phil Cowans
• Per Ola Kristensson
• John Winn
• Seb Wills
• Hanna Wallach