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Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge

The Inference Group.

David MacKay's group works on machine learning and information theory. Current projects involve neural networks, automated Go playing, the design of record-breaking error-correcting codes and quantum error-correcting codes, and the construction of human-computer interfaces that make use of adaptive language models.


David MacKay sadly passed away on 14th April 2016. This website is being maintained as an archive. Any queries relating to this website archive should be directed to webmaster@inference.org.uk

News - last updated May 2013

Upcoming talks

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People

Cavendish Lab Other departments
Faculty David MacKay
Alan Blackwell
Zoubin Ghahramani
Research
Associates
Per Ola Kristensson
Patrick Welche
Alan Lawrence
Emli-Mari Nel
John Winn
Graduate
students
Keith Vertanen
Christian Steinruecken
Philip Sterne
Carl Scheffler
Philipp Hennig
Recently
departed
people
Tamara Broderick
Ryan Adams
Oliver Stegle
Hanna Wallach
David Stern
Phil Cowans
Miriam Backens

Will Zou
See also the Former Members' page

Projects

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opengazer
tapir
DIMPY: Physical quantities in python and Sage
talks.cam

Software

John Skilling's BayeSys

music access for the disabled
bayesimage BayesImage by Venkat Ramesh

Teaching

Teaching by David, Steve, and Sanjoy

Wikis

Inference wiki | Internal wiki | Dasher Wiki

We enjoy collaborations with Cambridge Centre for Energy Studies, the Computational and Biological Learning Lab, CUED, TCM, Cavendish Astrophysics, Microsoft Research, and the Rainbow group.


The Inference Group is supported by the Gatsby Foundation
and by a partnership award from IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
David J.C. MacKay
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