Bob Coecke

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].

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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].