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SUMMARY:David MacKay: Energy and Information - One-Day Meeting
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CONTACT:Beverley Larner
DESCRIPTION:Professor Sir David MacKay (1967-2016) made fundamental contri
 butions to both public and theoretical understandings of energy and of inf
 ormation. He served as Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Energ
 y and Climate Change and was Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Cavend
 ish Laboratory before being appointed as the inaugural Regius Professor of
  Engineering. He was a Fellow of Darwin College. \n\nThis one-day meeting 
 of the Cambridge Philosophical Society\, dedicated to his memory\, conside
 rs both the urgent challenges of sustainable energy resources and the glob
 al opportunities arising from information technologies. We will be address
 ing the two main themes of his work: machine learning\, information theory
  and Bayesian inference\, together with sustainable energy. The meeting ma
 rks the tenth anniversary of David’s death\, with speakers who worked wi
 th David\, build on his contributions in the field of energy and informati
 on\, and share his values on the importance of clear and accessible commun
 ication.\n\nThe meeting in Cambridge University Engineering Department is 
 open to all to attend\, without charge. The lectures will be live-streamed
 \; edited recordings will later be made available through the Cambridge Ph
 ilosophical Society website. \n\nRegistration for both in-person and virtu
 al attendance is recommended and will open in December.
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department
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