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The videos of our concerts at Oxford's Quantum Centenary have just been released by the Philosophy Department of the University of...

The videos of our concerts at Oxford's Quantum Centenary have just been released by the Philosophy Department of the University of Oxford, who hosted the event. The concerts are performed by "the Kazakh Mozart", virtuoso musician and composer Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin, and myself.

There are three videos, and I'll post them separately with more relevant details for each, in the next couple of days.

The first one posted here:
https://youtu.be/4e_Gg-BZwo0
gives the highlights of the two concerts, respectively:

(1) An encounter of our two contrasting musical styles, classical music and industrial music, at Holywell music room in Oxford, the first ever purpose built musical theatre in Europe where the likes of Handel and Haydn played.

(2) The performance of the 1st ever Quantum Symphony, "Quantum Universe", composed by Rakhat-Bi for Orchestral Organ and my Quantum Guitar, at Merton Chapel, Oxford, which hosts one of the best organs in the UK.

The Quantum Insider about our new educational initiative for quantum and...

The Quantum Insider about our new educational initiative for quantum and AI.

https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/02/11/neurossance-and-universum-labs-establish-global-learning-consortium-for-quantum-and-ai/

Next week I'll be giving a talk and a quantum guitar concert at the Einstein Forum in Potsdam, near Berlin, for their Year of Quantum...

Next week I'll be giving a talk and a quantum guitar concert at the Einstein Forum in Potsdam, near Berlin, for their Year of Quantum celebrations. Maybe CU there, in person, or on Zoom.

https://www.einsteinforum.de/tagung/von-unscharfen-grosen-und-verschrankten-teilchen-aufbruch-ins-nachste-quantenjahrhundert/

We have a new paper on the arXiv that provides a widely applicable graphical language for photonically interlocking modular components for...

We have a new paper on the arXiv that provides a widely applicable graphical language for photonically interlocking modular components for various kinds of quantum hardware.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08389

Proud to be included in the top 10 most watched science talks of 2025 at The Royal Institution, at nr...

Proud to be included in the top 10 most watched science talks of 2025 at The Royal Institution, at nr 5.

https://www.rigb.org/explore-science/explore/blog/ri-wrapped-2025-our-most-watched-science-talks

Our "short" paper on our 2023 experiment with secondary school students doing an Oxford University postgraduate exam is out now. ...

Our "short" paper on our 2023 experiment with secondary school students doing an Oxford University postgraduate exam is out now. The results were reported in the Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/16/physicist-bob-coecke-its-easier-to-convince-kids-than-adults-about-quantum-mechanics

https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00141

Will be speaking here next week in Barcelona:https://quantumeducationsummit.eu/

Will be speaking here next week in Barcelona:

https://quantumeducationsummit.eu/

Here is the recording of my talk at the Oxford Quantum Centenary Conference. There are many other very interesting talks as well, all...

Here is the recording of my talk at the Oxford Quantum Centenary Conference. There are many other very interesting talks as well, all available through the Philosophy of Physics's YouTube channel. The department did an incredible job for the conference, in particular Chris Timpson.

https://www.youtube.com/@OxfordPhilosophyofPhysics

https://www.youtube.com/live/t69o-8eBTKg?si=_Xx9CobCpyjrGIyN&t=27509

Now ongoing in Oxford. All being filmed, including the two concerts, one of which was yesterday, orchestral organ + quantum guitar. Worked...

Now ongoing in Oxford. All being filmed, including the two concerts, one of which was yesterday, orchestral organ + quantum guitar. Worked out well it seems.

I am glad that I can brag about this paper as a co-author as my contribution has been fairly minimal. It takes ZX-calculus to an entirely...

I am glad that I can brag about this paper as a co-author as my contribution has been fairly minimal. It takes ZX-calculus to an entirely new level by now connecting quantum foundations research, it's initial motivation for me, to profound condensed matter physics and (loop) quantum gravity research.

Kudos to my co-authors!

https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.06012