Taksu Cheon

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birth_date = 1958
birth_place = Kyoto, Japan
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residence = Japan
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nationality = Japanese
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fields = Physicist
workplaces = Kochi University of Technology
University of Tokyo
Osaka University
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alma_mater = University of Tokyo
doctoral_advisor = Akito Arima
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known_for = Quantum game theory
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Taksu Cheon (b. 1958, Kyoto) is a Japanese physicist notable for his work on quantum game theory and the foundations of quantum mechanics.

Education

He graduated from Kunitachi High School, in 1976. He obtained his BSc, 1980, his MSc, 1982, and PhD, under Akito Arima, 1985,all from the University of Tokyo. His PhD thesis topic was in the area of theoretical nuclear physics.

Career

In 1985, he was a Yukawa Research Associate at Osaka University. In 1986, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia and in 1987 he was a Research Associate at the University of Maryland, College Park. In 1989, he was appointed as an INS Research Associate at the University of Tokyo. Presently he is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Kochi University of Technology, Japan.

ee also

*"Quantum Aspects of Life"

External links

* [http://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=114515 Cheon's math genealogy]
* [http://www.mech.kochi-tech.ac.jp/cheon/ Cheon's homepage]