Bob Coecke

Summary

Bob Coecke is a human^[1]. He was born on July 23, 1968^[2]. He worked as a computer scientist^[3], physicist^[4], mathematician^[5], and university teacher^[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (115 views/month, #7,263 of 1,000,298).^[7]

Key Facts

• Bob Coecke was born on July 23, 1968^[2].
• Bob Coecke held citizenship in United Kingdom^[8].
• Bob Coecke held citizenship in Belgium^[9].
• English was Bob Coecke's native language^[10].
• Bob Coecke's professions included computer scientist^[3].
• Bob Coecke worked as a physicist^[4].
• Bob Coecke's professions included mathematician^[5].
• Bob Coecke worked as a university teacher^[6].
• Bob Coecke's field of work was theoretical physics^[11].
• Bob Coecke's field of work was quantum physics^[12].
• Bob Coecke's field of work was quantum information science^[13].
• Bob Coecke's field of work was quantum logic^[14].
• Bob Coecke's field of work was quantum group^[15].
• Bob Coecke's field of work was computational linguistics^[16].
• Among Bob Coecke's employers was University of Oxford^[17].
• Among Bob Coecke's employers was Cambridge Quantum Computing^[18].
• Bob Coecke was educated at Free University of Brussels^[19].
• Bob Coecke was educated at Vrije Universiteit Brussel^[20].
• A notable student of Bob Coecke was Karin Verelst^[21].
• Bob Coecke is recorded as male^[22].
• Bob Coecke's instance of is recorded as human^[23].
• Bob Coecke supervised Bill Edwards as a doctoral student^[24].
• Bob Coecke supervised Ed Blakey as a doctoral student^[25].
• Bob Coecke supervised Aleks Kissinger as a doctoral student^[26].
• Bob Coecke supervised Andrei Akhvlediani as a doctoral student^[27].

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Origins and Family

Bob Coecke was born on July 23, 1968^[2]. English was his native language^[10].

Education

Educated at Free University of Brussels^[19], a university^[28], in Belgium^[29], founded in 1834^[30], headquartered in Brussels^[31] and Vrije Universiteit Brussel^[20], a university^[32], in Belgium^[33], founded in 1969^[34], headquartered in Ixelles^[35]. Studied under Diederik Aerts^[36], a physicist^[37], b. 1953^[38], of Belgium^[39] and Jean Reignier^[40].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist^[3], physicist^[4], mathematician^[5], and university teacher^[6]. Fields of work include theoretical physics^[11], a branch of physics^[41]; quantum physics^[12], a branch of physics^[42]; quantum information science^[13], a branch of physics^[43]; quantum logic^[14]; quantum group^[15]; and computational linguistics^[16], an interdisciplinary science^[44]. Employers include University of Oxford^[17], a collegiate university^[45], in United Kingdom^[46], founded in 1096^[47], headquartered in Oxford^[48] and Cambridge Quantum Computing^[18], a business^[49], in United Kingdom^[50], founded in 2014^[51], headquartered in Cambridge^[52]. A notable student of Bob Coecke was Karin Verelst^[21]. Doctoral students include Bill Edwards^[24]; Ed Blakey^[25]; Aleks Kissinger^[26]; Andrei Akhvlediani^[27]; Philip Atzemoglou^[53]; and Edward Grefenstette^[54], a computer scientist^[55], specialised in physics^[56].

Why It Matters

Bob Coecke ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (115 views/month, #7,263 of 1,000,298).^[7]

His notable doctoral advisees include Will Zeng^[57], a computer scientist^[58], of United States^[59], awarded the Rhodes Scholarship^[60], specialised in quantum computing^[61]; Hugo Nava-Kopp^[62], a computer scientist^[63]; Edward Grefenstette^[64], a computer scientist^[65], specialised in physics^[66]; and Brendan Fong^[67], a mathematician^[68], b. 1988^[69], specialised in mathematics^[70].

FAQs

What did Bob Coecke do for work?

Bob Coecke worked as computer scientist^[3], physicist^[4], mathematician^[5], and university teacher^[6].

Where did Bob Coecke go to school?

Bob Coecke was educated at Free University of Brussels^[19] and Vrije Universiteit Brussel^[20].