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December 22, 2012
2012: a year in review
This is probably it for the year, so here's a look back at 2012, by the numbers.
Papers published (or accepted): 4 (the pipeline is moving again)
Pre-prints posted on the arxiv: 5
Other publications: 0
Papers currently under review: 3
Manuscripts near completion: 7
Rejections: 9 (includes rejection without review)
New citations to past papers: 1495 (+20% over 2011)
Projects in-the-works: too many to count
Half-baked projects unlikely to be completed: already forgotten
Papers read: >202
Research talks given: 9
Invited talks: 8
Visitors hosted: 1
Conferences, workshops organized: 0
Conferences, workshops, summer schools attended: 4
Number of those at which I delivered a research talk: 3
Number of times other people have written about my research: >11
Number of times Nate Silver wrote about my research: 1 (cool)
Number of interviews about my research: 1
Students advised: 13 (7 PhD, 1 MS, 3 BS; 2 rotation student)
Students graduated: 1 MS
Thesis/dissertation committees: 6
Number of recommendation letters written: 10
Summer school faculty positions: 2
University courses taught: 1 (repeated)
Students enrolled in said courses: 51 grad
Number of problems assigned: 85
Pages of student work graded: 5282 (roughly 103 pages per student, with 2 graders)
Number of class-related emails received: >1174
Number of conversations with the faculty honor council liaison: 0
Guest lectures for colleagues: 0
Proposals refereed for grant-making agencies: 15
Manuscripts refereed for various journals, conferences: 16
Words written in per report: 1528 (average)
Referee requests declined: 50 (-4% over 2011)
Conference program committees: 1
Grant proposals submitted: 6 (totaling $2,212,343)
Proposals rejected: 2
New grants awarded: 3 (totaling $1,379,260)
Proposals pending: 3
New proposals in the works: 2
Emails sent: >8061 (+9% over 2011)
Emails received (non-spam): >15503 (+18% over 2011)
Fraction about work-related topics: 0.89 (same as 2011)
Emails received about power-law distributions: 146 (3 per week)
Unique visitors to professional homepage: 31,000
Hits overall: 79,000
Fraction of visitors looking for power-law distributions: 0.63 (wow)
Unique visitors to blog: 11,500
Hits overall: 18,000
Most popular blog post among those visitors: Our ignorance of intelligence (from 2005)
Blog posts written: 14 (-30% from last year)
Most popular 2012 blog post: A crisis in higher education?
Number of twitter accounts: 1, my first (I blame peer pressure)
Tweets: 129
Retweets: 330ish (remarkably)
New followers on Twitter: >346 (astonishingly)
Number of computers purchased: 1
Movies/shows via Netflix: 32 dvds, 100 instant
Books purchased: 11
Songs added to iTunes: 148
Photos added to iPhoto: 874
Jigsaw puzzle pieces assembled: >5,000
Major life / career changes: 2 (see next two entries)
Houses purchased: 1
Babies: 1, naturally born
Semesters of paternity leave: 1
Photos taken of baby so far: >683 (about 5 per day)
Fun trips with friends / family: 9
Half-marathons completed: 0
Trips to Las Vegas, NV: 1
Trips to New York, NY: 0
Trips to Santa Fe, NM: 7
States visited (in the US): 4
Foreign countries visited: 1 (Germany)
Other continents visited: 1
Airplane flights: 22
Here's to a great year, and hoping that 2013 is even better.
posted December 22, 2012 07:07 PM in Self Referential | permalink