David Mackay

37.0k citations
159 papers · 20.6k · 11 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

    • Error Correcting Code Techniques
    • Cooperative Communication and Network Coding
    • Neural Networks and Applications
    • Gaussian Processes and Bayesian Inference
    • Coding theory and cryptography
    • Machine Learning and Algorithms

Papers in

David Mackay

151 papers receiving 19.1k citations

David Mackay's Hit Papers

Fountain codes 2005 · 668 citations
6680+11+22Years since publication10002.0k3.0k

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David Mackay
Comparison fields: 5 of 216
  • Computer Networks and Communications 8.0k
  • Artificial Intelligence 6.0k
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7.9k
  • Signal Processing 1.0k
  • Human-Computer Interaction 491
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside David Mackay, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Bayesian Interpolation
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19923253
2
Good error-correcting codes based on very sparse matrices
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19992450
3
A Practical Bayesian Framework for Backpropagation Networks
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19921887
4
Near Shannon limit performance of low density paritycheck codes
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19971772
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Near Shannon limit performance of low density paritycheck codes
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19961313
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Information-Based Objective Functions for Active Data Selection
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1992813
7
Low-density parity check codes over GF(q)
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1998795
8
Fountain codes
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2005668
9
Probable networks and plausible predictions — a review of practical Bayesian methods for supervised neural networks
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1995579
10
Turbo decoding as an instance of Pearl's "belief propagation" algorithm
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1998568
11
The Evidence Framework Applied to Classification Networks
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1992512
12 1994311
13 1995237
14 2001230
15 2003215
16 2004212
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A Revolution: Belief Propagation in Graphs with Cycles
1997210
18 1995191
19 2000191
20 1999168

About David Mackay

David Mackay is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Strategy and Management, having authored 159 papers that have together received 20.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Error Correcting Code Techniques (19 papers), Neural Networks and Applications (17 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (13 papers), Gaussian Processes and Bayesian Inference (12 papers), Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (12 papers), Machine Learning and Algorithms (10 papers), Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (10 papers) and Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Computer Networks and Communications (8.0k citations), Artificial Intelligence (6.0k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (7.9k citations), Signal Processing (1.0k citations) and Human-Computer Interaction (491 citations). David Mackay has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Radford M. Neal, M.C. Davey, David J. Ward, Kenneth D. Miller, Robert J. McEliece, Jung-Fu Cheng, H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia, Brendan J. Frey, Iain Murray and Graeme Mitchison. Their work appears in journals such as Neural Computation, Materials Science and Technology, Science and Technology of Welding & Joining, Network Computation in Neural Systems and ISIJ International.

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