Bob Coecke

British physicist
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Bob Coecke was born on July 23, 1968. He holds citizenship in the United Kingdom and Belgium.

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].

Key Facts

  • Bob Coecke was born on July 23, 1968[2].
  • Bob Coecke held citizenship in United Kingdom[7].
  • Bob Coecke held citizenship in Belgium[8].
  • English was Bob Coecke's native language[9].
  • 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[10].
  • Bob Coecke's field of work was quantum physics[11].
  • Bob Coecke's field of work was quantum information science[12].
  • Bob Coecke's field of work was quantum logic[13].
  • Bob Coecke's field of work was quantum group[14].
  • Bob Coecke's field of work was computational linguistics[15].
  • Among Bob Coecke's employers was University of Oxford[16].
  • Among Bob Coecke's employers was Cambridge Quantum Computing[17].
  • Bob Coecke was educated at Free University of Brussels[18].
  • Bob Coecke was educated at Vrije Universiteit Brussel[19].
  • A notable student of Bob Coecke was Karin Verelst[20].
  • Bob Coecke is recorded as male[21].
  • Bob Coecke's instance of is recorded as human[22].
  • Bob Coecke supervised Bill Edwards as a doctoral student[23].
  • Bob Coecke supervised Ed Blakey as a doctoral student[24].
  • Bob Coecke supervised Aleks Kissinger as a doctoral student[25].
  • Bob Coecke supervised Andrei Akhvlediani as a doctoral student[26].

Body

Origins and Family

Bob Coecke was born on July 23, 1968[2]. English was his native language[9].

Education

Educated at Free University of Brussels[18], a university[27], in Belgium[28], founded in 1834[29], headquartered in Brussels[30] and Vrije Universiteit Brussel[19], a university[31], in Belgium[32], founded in 1969[33], headquartered in Ixelles[34]. Studied under Diederik Aerts[35], a physicist[36], b. 1953[37], of Belgium[38] and Jean Reignier[39].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist[3], physicist[4], mathematician[5], and university teacher[6]. Fields of work include theoretical physics[10], a branch of physics[40]; quantum physics[11], a branch of physics[41]; quantum information science[12], a branch of physics[42]; quantum logic[13]; quantum group[14]; and computational linguistics[15], an interdisciplinary science[43]. Employers include University of Oxford[16], a collegiate university[44], in United Kingdom[45], founded in 1096[46], headquartered in Oxford[47] and Cambridge Quantum Computing[17], a business[48], in United Kingdom[49], founded in 2014[50], headquartered in Cambridge[51]. A notable student of Bob Coecke was Karin Verelst[20]. Doctoral students include Bill Edwards[23]; Ed Blakey[24]; Aleks Kissinger[25]; Andrei Akhvlediani[26]; Philip Atzemoglou[52]; and Edward Grefenstette[53], a computer scientist[54], specialised in physics[55].

Why It Matters

Bob Coecke's notable doctoral advisees include Will Zeng[56], a computer scientist[57], of United States[58], awarded the Rhodes Scholarship[59], specialised in quantum computing[60]; Hugo Nava-Kopp[61], a computer scientist[62]; Edward Grefenstette[63], a computer scientist[64], specialised in physics[65]; and Brendan Fong[66], a mathematician[67], b. 1988[68], specialised in mathematics[69].

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[18] and Vrije Universiteit Brussel[19].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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