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David J.C. MacKay FRS Recent news October 2015 - a new Comment in Nature about how to redesign the climate negotiations, using the science of cooperation Nature Vol 526 Page 315-316 November 2014 - I'm interested in thinking about how global carbon pricescould be successfully negotiated at COP21 climate conference, Paris 2015 June 2014 - 2014 Longitude prize: my blog posts on The Flight Challenge [The Telegraph featured this article on Mon 23/6/14, but their version is massively cut down] andThe Water Challenge Mon 9/9/13 - 'MacKay-Stone study', Potential greenhouse gas emissions associated with shale gas production and use published by DECC. June 2013 - I've updated my"Map of the World"which shows, country by country, how human power-consumption per unit area compares with the power-production per unit area of renewables. May 2013 - Researchers who would like to work with me on whole-system energy modelling are encouraged to look at the jobs being advertised by Julian Allwood; I will be collaborating closely with Julian's group in CUED, so these jobs offer a guaranteed route to interaction with me. 29th March 2013 - I've been appointedRegius Professor of Engineering, and will be moving from the Cavendish Laboratory, where I've worked since January 1992, to the Engineering Department (CUED). I will continue to work 4 days per week as Chief Scientific Advisor to theDepartment of Energy and Climate Change. 28th January 2013 - a review article in the proceedings of Julian Allwood's Royal Society meeting on Material Efficiency: Could energy-intensive industries be powered by carbon-free electricity? Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. 2013 371 20110560; doi:10.1098/rsta.2011.0560 Abstract \| pdf November 2012 -16 Lectures on Information Theory, Pattern Recognition, and Neural Networksare now available at videolectures.net July 2012 - DECC's 2050 Calculator is now 50 times faster! July 2012 -Sustainable Energy - without the hot air is now available in French translation [buy from amazon.co.uk], as well as Japanese, German, Hungarian, Slovak, and Polish. 9 Jan 2010 - apologies, there is a problem with my book's websitewww.withouthotair.com/; please go to this withouthotair alternative site instead 14-Oct-2009Dasher is now available for the iPhone! From October 1st 2009 I will be working 4 days per week as Chief Scientific Advisor to theDepartment of Energy and Climate Change I wrote an article for New York Times / International Herald Tribune- August 28, 2009 -Illuminating the Future of Energy, accompanied by a diagram, Making room for renewables. - My local copy of this article is accompanied by several alternative versions of the graphic. On July 2nd 2009 I gave a talk for CityForum describing a possible road-map for UK energy to 2050. There is a paper ("Plan C", pdf) and a small set of slides (html) For an overview of recent research activity in the research group, see our new videos page. How does work work? [html slides] (talk for Theoretical Chemistry group, Cambridge) More links
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David J.C. MacKay FRS David MacKay

Recent news October 2015 - a new Comment in Nature about how to redesign the climate negotiations, using the science of cooperation Nature Vol 526 Page 315-316 November 2014 - I'm interested in thinking about how global carbon pricescould be successfully negotiated at COP21 climate conference, Paris 2015 June 2014 - 2014 Longitude prize: my blog posts on The Flight Challenge [The Telegraph featured this article on Mon 23/6/14, but their version is massively cut down] andThe Water Challenge Mon 9/9/13 - 'MacKay-Stone study', Potential greenhouse gas emissions associated with shale gas production and use published by DECC. June 2013 - I've updated my"Map of the World"which shows, country by country, how human power-consumption per unit area compares with the power-production per unit area of renewables. May 2013 - Researchers who would like to work with me on whole-system energy modelling are encouraged to look at the jobs being advertised by Julian Allwood; I will be collaborating closely with Julian's group in CUED, so these jobs offer a guaranteed route to interaction with me. 29th March 2013 - I've been appointedRegius Professor of Engineering, and will be moving from the Cavendish Laboratory, where I've worked since January 1992, to the Engineering Department (CUED). I will continue to work 4 days per week as Chief Scientific Advisor to theDepartment of Energy and Climate Change. 28th January 2013 - a review article in the proceedings of Julian Allwood's Royal Society meeting on Material Efficiency: Could energy-intensive industries be powered by carbon-free electricity? Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. 2013 371 20110560; doi:10.1098/rsta.2011.0560 Abstract | pdf November 2012 -16 Lectures on Information Theory, Pattern Recognition, and Neural Networksare now available at videolectures.net July 2012 - DECC's 2050 Calculator is now 50 times faster! July 2012 -Sustainable Energy - without the hot air is now available in French translation [buy from amazon.co.uk], as well as Japanese, German, Hungarian, Slovak, and Polish. 9 Jan 2010 - apologies, there is a problem with my book's websitewww.withouthotair.com/; please go to this withouthotair alternative site instead 14-Oct-2009Dasher is now available for the iPhone! From October 1st 2009 I will be working 4 days per week as Chief Scientific Advisor to theDepartment of Energy and Climate Change I wrote an article for New York Times / International Herald Tribune- August 28, 2009 -Illuminating the Future of Energy, accompanied by a diagram, Making room for renewables. - My local copy of this article is accompanied by several alternative versions of the graphic. On July 2nd 2009 I gave a talk for CityForum describing a possible road-map for UK energy to 2050. There is a paper ("Plan C", pdf) and a small set of slides (html) For an overview of recent research activity in the research group, see our new videos page. How does work work? [html slides] (talk for Theoretical Chemistry group, Cambridge) More links

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