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Bob Coecke
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Chief Scientist at Quantinuum, ex Oxford Professor, author of Picturing Quantum Processes & Quantum in Pictures. Also, composer/musician at Black Tish, inventor of Quantum Guitar, playing duets with orchestral organ.
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Hi, I am here! Will mostly post about Quantum Foundations/Computing and Quantum Music.
Reposted by Bob Coecke
Two free quantum music concerts in Oxford with Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin and @coecke.bsky.social, as part of the “What Quantum?” centenary events.

Admittance is free, but spaces are limited.

More information: qspace.fqxi.org/news/165314/...
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I'll be given a talk this Friday the 14th, 16.30pm UK time.

It will be live streamed. Check here:

researchseminars.org/talk/CompMat...
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin and myself will be playing two concerts in Oxford, 20 and 23 November. They are both world-premiere's.
November 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Reposting this, as it is important.

medium.com/quantinuum/e...
Everyone can learn quantum now, even at a cutting-edge level…and we have the test scores to prove…
By Bob Coecke
medium.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Will be talking at this amazing event in Oxford, celebrating 100 years of Quantum. Scroll down to the satellite events at the bottom of the page for some musical world premiere's! More on those later...

www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford...
Oxford Quantum Centenary Conference: What Quantum?
www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk
November 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In Palermo for 3rd Int. Symp. on Quantum Computing & Musical Creativity, where I will do a Quantum Guitar demo, present a paper on it, and also present the paper with Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin on a new music notation based on ZX-calculus, which we call Quantum Concept Music.

2025.isqcmc.org/program.html
ISQCMC25
3rd International Symposium on Quantum Computing and Musical Creativity, Palermo, Palazzo Steri, University of Palermo, Italy, October 28-29, 2025
2025.isqcmc.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
If you happen to be in Oxford today, we are hosting the Basil Hiley memorial at Wolfson College, Oxford. All welcome!

Speakers are Peter Van REETH, P Calum ROBSON, Tim PALMER FRS, Lindon NEIL, Peter BRADSHAW, Bob COECKE, Roger PENROSE
October 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Happy to be part of that scene.

Good place to launch Quantum Guitar properly...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How did historic Oxford become the UK's 'rock capital'?
According to statistics gathered to mark National Album Day, the historic city comes out on top.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Nobel Prize Laureate Roger Penrose, Yvette Fuentes, and myself, request your help in order to save an archive of incredible scientific and historical value. Please raise awareness by *sharing*, or *contribute*:

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/roger-penr...
September 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In four weeks in NY I will be talking about quantum-enabled responsible AI.

A few days earlier in Toronto-Fields and a few days later at Perdue Uni too.

www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...

iqtevent.com/quantumai/

engineering.purdue.edu/IE/PurdueQua...
September 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Not only at the athletics world cup in Tokyo are new world records set. This is for our H2 quantum computer.
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Nobel Prize Laureate Roger Penrose, Yvette Fuentes, and myself, request your help in order to save an archive of incredible scientific and historical value. Please raise awareness by *sharing*, or *contribute*:

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/roger-penr...
Roger Penrose & Friends Appeal for Unique Archive
To digitise and restore the worlds largest collection of audio and visual recordings within the scientific community, spanning over 50 years
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
September 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New paper, somewhat different.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.04526
September 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
In back is my old flat in Brussels (lower of the two sticking out on right). I departed in 2001 with Mazda to Oxford, to never come back. 1st Black Tish album was recorded there.

bigtakeover.com/recordings/b...

Famous enough square on Boulevard Henry Poincare:.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_...
September 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Reposted by Bob Coecke
Happy to finally announce this long-overdue paper.

TL;DR: We demonstrated that using our diagrammatic formalism, called Quantum Picturalism, high school students can excel at the University of Oxford's postgrad-level quantum exam.

More details in this 82-page paper: arxiv.org/abs/2504.01013
April 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Hi, I am here! Will mostly post about Quantum Foundations/Computing and Quantum Music.
September 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM