Sociology of Physics: comment and indices

marcus · Mar 15, 2013

Since we've turned a page, I'll bring forward the record of string hires, as a fraction of total in HEP-theory.
Annual first time faculty hires in theoretical particle physics (Usa + Canada)
(Up through 2010, the rates are averaged over 3 years intervals.)

Code:

period          1999-2001   2002-2004   2005-2007   2008-2010  2011   2012
HEP theory hires   18         24          23          13        11     12
string hires        9          8           6           2         1      1

Source: http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~poppitz/Jobs94-08
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/rumor/doku.php http://inspirehep.net/info/hep/stats/topcites/2011/annual.html

The former Stanford/SLAC research database Spires let one see which were the 50 HEP papers that had been most highy cited during the past year. The new research database INSPIRE has continued this tradition by posting a TOP FORTY list. This is not precisely comparable, because 40 rather than 50, but close enough so we can keep tracking the number of RECENT (from past 5 five years) string papers making the list.

Number of recent string papers making the top fifty/forty in the Spires/Inspires HEP annual topcite list
(some years omitted for brevity)

Code:

year                2001    2003    2005    2007    2009    2010   2011  
recent top-50 work   12       6       2       1      1       0       0

marcus · Mar 18, 2013

mid-March noon Amazon salesrank averages, for the top five pop-string books:
12 Mar 8816
13 Mar 6405
14 Mar 7569
15 Mar 7644
16 Mar 6496
17 Mar 7011
18 Mar 7833

The average is 7396.

Code:

Midmonth averages of string topfive salesranks
(recorded at Pacific noon on several days around the 15th of each month)
...
July 2009           6485
November 2009         NA
March 2010          7521
July 2010           8461
November 2010       2220
March 2011           349
July 2011           1257
November 2011       1243
March 2012          3235 
July 2012           2359
November 2012       7792 
March 2013          7396

marcus · Mar 25, 2013

The organizers of Strings 2013 (Seoul, Korea) just today posted their list of Speakers.
The conference will take place in late June.

Introduction :
J. Schwarz (Caltech)

Overview talks:
N. Arkani-Hamed (Harvard University)
S. Hartnoll (Stanford University)
S. Minwalla (Tata Institute, Mumbai)
R. Myers (Perimeter, Waterloo)
P. Yi (KIAS, Seoul)

Confirmed Plenary Speakers:
D. Berman (Queen Mary of London)
M. Cvetic (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
M. Douglas (SCGP, Stony Brook)
M. Gaberdiel (ETH Zurich)
D. Gaiotto (Perimeter, Waterloo)
S. Gukov (Caltech)
D. Harlow (Princeton University)
G. Horowitz (UC Santa Barbara)
R. Janik (Jagiellonian University)
S. Kachru (Stanford University)
Seok Kim (Seoul N. University)
I. Klebanov (Princeton Univeristy)
Z. Komargodski (Weizmann Institute)
G. Landsberg (Brown Univeristy)
Sungjay Lee (Chicago University)
A. Linde (Stanford University)
J. Maldacena (IAS, Princeton)
G. Moore (Rutgers University)
D. Morrison (UC, Santa-*Barbara)
H. Ooguri (Caltech/KIPMU, Tokyo)
S. Pasquetti (University of Surrey)
J. Polchinski (KITP, Santa Barbara)
S. Rychkov (CERN/University of PMC)
N. Seiberg (IAS, Princeton)
A. Sen (Harish-Chandra R. Institute)
E. Silverstein (Stanford University)
D. Skinner (Cambridge University/IAS)
A. Strominger (Harvard University)
T. Takayanagi (YITP/KIPMU, Japan)
C. Vafa (Harvard University)
P. Vieira (Perimeter,Waterloo)
E. Witten (IAS, Princeton)
X. Yin (Harvard University)

Conference summary:
J. Harvey (Chicago University)

Outlook/Vision:
D. Gross (KITP, Santa Barbara)

marcus · Mar 27, 2013

Speakers and some of the titles, for the series of lectures at the Zakopane summer school:
http://th-www.if.uj.edu.pl/school/2013/speakers.html

Jan AMBJORN (NBI Copenhagen)
Abhay ASHTEKAR (Penn State) Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Eugenio BIANCHI (Perimeter Inst.)
Damir BUSKULIC (LAPP Annecy)
Renate LOLL (Utrecht Univ.) Simplicial Gravity
Ilya MANDEL (Univ.of Birmingham) LIGO Experiment
Viatcheslav MUKHANOV (LMU Muenchen)
Roger PENROSE (Univ. of Oxford)
Hans RINGSTROM (KTH Stockholm) Cauchy Problem in General Relativity
Ulrich SPERHAKE (Caltech)
Thomas THIEMANN (FAU Erlangen)
David TONG (Univ. of Cambridge) AdS/CMT
Robert M. WALD (Univ. of Chicago) Thermodynamics and Stability of Black Holes
Toby WISEMAN (Imperial College) AdS/CMT
see also the earlier list:
http://th-www.if.uj.edu.pl/school/2013/speakers&titles.html

marcus · Mar 30, 2013

marcus · Apr 10, 2013

INSPIRE database has now posted the 2012 top cites.
The former Stanford/SLAC research database Spires let one see which were the 50 HEP papers that had been most highy cited during the past year. Its replacement, the new research database INSPIRE has continued this tradition by posting a TOP FORTY list. We continue recording the number of recent string papers (from preceding five years) making the list.

Number of recent string papers making the top fifty(forty) in the Spires(Inspire) HEP annual topcite list
(some years omitted for brevity)

Code:

year           2001   2003   2005   2007   2009   2010   2011   2012  
recent toppers   12     6      2      1      1      0      0      0

Here a paper is counted as recent if it appeared any time in the preceding five years. Annual topcite lists gauge the currently perceived significance of recent work by how often it was cited by other researchers during the given year.
In 2011 the annual Inspire "top 40" replaced the Spires list.

Links to sources:
2001 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2001/annual.shtml (twelve)
2003 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2003/annual.shtml (six)
2005 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2005/annual.shtml (two)
2007 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2007/annual.shtml (one)
2009 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2009/annual.shtml (one)
2010 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2010/annual.shtml (zero)
2011 http://inspirehep.net/info/hep/stats/topcites/2011/annual.html (zero)
2012 http://inspirehep.net/info/hep/stats/topcites/2012/annual.html (zero)

marcus · Apr 10, 2013

marcus · Apr 11, 2013

Update on 2013 HEP theory jobs:
Four first-time faculty job offers have been made so far--here are links indicating the research specialties of those invited to join faculty
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Flauger,+R
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=exactauthor:D.M.Hofman.1+exactauthor:"Hofman,+Diego+M."
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Shelton,+J
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=author:H.B.Yu.1+

Seeing who they're hiring may help us understand what research interests departments at various universities in Usa and Canada want to invest in. This information on the various departments' "short lists" of candidates is from
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/rumor/doku.php which does not claim completeness or complete reliability.

marcus · Apr 13, 2013

marcus · Apr 16, 2013

Loops 2013 plenary speakers list, so far:

Ivan Agullo, DAMPT Cambridge
Abhay Ashtekar, Pennsylvania State University
Aurelien Barrau, Universite Joseph Fourier
Eugenio Bianchi, Perimeter Institute
Steve Carlip, University of California, Davis
Fay Dowker, Imperial College, London
Henrique de Andrade Gomes, University of California, Davis
Razvan Gurau, Université Paris-Sud
Viqar Husain, University of New Brunswick
Kirill Krasnov, University of Nottingham
Etera Livine, Ens de Lyon
Alejandro Perez, Centre de Physique Theorique
Vincent Rivasseau, Universite Paris-Sud XI Orsay
Carlo Rovelli, Le Centre de Physique Théorique
David Skinner, DAMPT Cambridge, IAS
Bill Unruh, University of British Columbia

http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/loops-13

marcus · Apr 23, 2013

Code:

year           2001   2003   2005   2007   2009   2010   2011   2012  
recent toppers   12     6      2      1      1      0      0      0

Here a paper is counted as recent if it appeared any time in the preceding five years. Annual topcite lists gauge the currently perceived significance of recent work by how often it was cited by other researchers during the given year. In 2011 the annual Inspire "top 40" replaced the Spires list.
Links to sources:
2001 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2001/annual.shtml (twelve)
2003 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2003/annual.shtml (six)
2005 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2005/annual.shtml (two)
2007 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2007/annual.shtml (one)
2009 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2009/annual.shtml (one)
2010 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2010/annual.shtml (zero)
2011 http://inspirehep.net/info/hep/stats/topcites/2011/annual.html (zero)
2012 http://inspirehep.net/info/hep/stats/topcites/2012/annual.html (zero)

String hires, as a fraction of total in HEP-theory.
Annual first time faculty hires in theoretical particle physics (Usa + Canada)
(Up through 2010, the rates are averaged over 3 years intervals.)

Code:

period          1999-2001   2002-2004   2005-2007   2008-2010  2011   2012
HEP theory hires   18         24          23          13        11     12
string hires        9          8           6           2         1      1

Source: http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~poppitz/Jobs94-08
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/rumor/doku.php

Links kept handy for reference:

Publication, cites, jobs
http://inspirehep.net/info/hep/stats/topcites/index
http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&...=&d2m=&d2y=2013&sf=&so=a&rm=&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb
http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&...=&d2m=&d2y=2012&sf=&so=a&rm=&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb
http://sites.google.com/site/grqcrumourmill/
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/rumor/doku.php
http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~poppitz/Jobs94-08
http://www.calendardate.com/todays.htm
Schools, Conference sessions, Recorded Talks
2013:
http://pirsa.org/
http://relativity.phys.lsu.edu/ilqgs/
Zakopane http://th-www.if.uj.edu.pl/school/2013/speakers.html
Loops http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/loops-13
Warsaw http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/index.php?id=18
Strings http://strings2013.sogang.ac.kr
Planck April http://congrexprojects.com/13a11
Planck home http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=planck
Zagreb June http://umbriel.phy.hr/mccqg2/index.php/scientific-programme
Trieste April http://www.math.sissa.it/workshop/quantum-geometry-and-matter
2012:
Perimeter http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/experimental-search-quantum-gravity-hard-facts
http://pirsa.org/C12043
Stockholm http://agenda.albanova.se/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=2998
Beijing http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/summerschool/en/index.php
http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/summerschool/en/show_news.php?id=8
Tianjin https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=4048751#post4048751
Prague http://ae100prg.mff.cuni.cz/abstracts
Miscellany
http://www.physics.org/toplistdetail.asp?id=28
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/String_Theory
http://resonaances.blogspot.com/2007/01/cern-th-2007.html

marcus · May 3, 2013

Research posting rates based on the same database search in each consecutive year, 2013 figures annualized for comparison as of 3 May (= 123/365).

LOOP RESEARCH BY YEAR (loop quantum gravity, loop quantum cosmology, spin foam)
2006 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2006&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (77 found)
2007 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2007&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (120 found)
2008 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2008&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (142 found)
2009 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2009&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (143 found)
2010 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2010&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (151 found)
2011 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2011&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (215 found)
2012 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2012&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (163 found)
2013 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2013&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (172 annualized from 58 found)

STRING,MEMBRANE,AdS/CFT RESEARCH BY YEAR
(search terms "string model", "membrane model" and "AdS/CFT correspondence")
2006 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2006&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1029 found)
2007 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2007&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1047 found)
2008 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2008&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1131 found)
2009 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2009&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1217 found)
2010 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2010&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1107 found)
2011 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2011&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1111 found)
2012 http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&...2y=2012&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (855 found)
2013 http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&...2y=2013&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (733 annualized from 247 found)

Speakers list for Loops 2013 (I assume these are for the plenary talks, and more may be announced)

Ivan Agullo, DAMPT Cambridge
Abhay Ashtekar, Pennsylvania State University
Aurelien Barrau, Universite Joseph Fourier
Eugenio Bianchi, Perimeter Institute
Steve Carlip, University of California, Davis
Fay Dowker, Imperial College, London
Henrique de Andrade Gomes, University of California, Davis
Dafne Guetta, Braude College
Razvan Gurau, Université Paris-Sud
Frank Hellmann, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Viqar Husain, University of New Brunswick
Kirill Krasnov, University of Nottingham
Etera Livine, Ens de Lyon
Alejandro Perez, Centre de Physique Theorique
Vincent Rivasseau, Universite Paris-Sud XI Orsay
Carlo Rovelli, Le Centre de Physique Théorique
David Skinner, DAMPT Cambridge, IAS
Bill Unruh, University of British Columbia
Madhavan Varadarajan, Raman Research Institute
http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/loops-13

In the HEP-theory job market (first-time faculty appointments for high-energy particle theorists) there have been 5 offers so far this year.
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/rumor/doku.php
Publications, as indicative of areas of interest:
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Diaconescu,+D
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Flauger,+R
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=exactauthor:D.M.Hofman.1+exactauthor:"Hofman,+Diego+M."
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Shelton,+J
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=author:H.B.Yu.1+

marcus · May 8, 2013

In the HEP-theory job market (first-time faculty appointments for high-energy particle theorists) there have been 7 offers so far this year.
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/rumor/doku.php
Publications, as indicative of areas of interest:
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Diaconescu,+D (st)
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Flauger,+R (cos)
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=exactauthor:D.M.Hofman.1+exactauthor:"Hofman,+Diego+M." (st+?)
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Jafferis,+D (st)
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Shelton,+J (phen)
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Walker-Loud,+A (lat+phen)
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=author:H.B.Yu.1+ (phen+cos)

marcus · May 17, 2013

Strings 2013 has started listing talks:

Overview Speakers

Arkani-Hamed
Hartnoll
Minwalla Chern Simons theories with fundamental matter and their bulk duals
Myers
Yi

Plenary Speakers

Berman M-theory and extended geometry
Cvetic Deconstructing General Black Holes
Douglas
Gaberdiel Large N=4 minimal model holography
Gaiotto
Gukov
Harlow
Horowitz General Relativity and the Cuprates
Jafferis A derivation of the 3d-3d correspondence
Janik
Kachru
Kim
Klebanov
Komargodski
Landsberg The LHC: Past, Present, and Future
Lee
Linde Inflation in String Theory and Supergravity
Maldacena
Manschot
Moore
Morrison Partition functions on surfaces, and applications
Ooguri
Pasquetti
Patanchon Cosmological results from the Planck satellite
Polchinski AdS/CFT and the Black Hole Interior
Rychkov Bootstrap approach to CFT in D dimensions
Seiberg
Sen
Silverstein
Skinner Twistor Strings for N=8 Supergravity
Strominger
Takayanagi
Vafa
Vieira
Witten
Yin

=========
Update on the HEP-theory job market (first-time faculty appointments for high-energy particle theorists): 8 offers so far this year.
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/rumor/doku.php
Publications, as indicative of areas of interest:
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Diaconescu,+D (st)
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Flauger,+R (cosm)
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=exactauthor:D.M.Hofman.1+exactauthor:"Hofman,+Diego+M." (st+?)
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Jafferis,+D (st)
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Shelton,+J (phen)
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Unsal,+M (gft)
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Walker-Loud,+A (lat+phen)
http://inspirehep.net/search?p=author:H.B.Yu.1+ (phen+cosm)

marcus · Jun 4, 2013

marcus · Jun 5, 2013

http://inspirehep.net/search?p=find+a+Pufu,+S
12 now

marcus · Jun 6, 2013

In May 2013 Daniele Pranzetti has posted an exceptionally interesting paper, leading me to look him up on Inspire and watch the Pirsa video talk he gave in November relating to the paper.
He has accepted a Postdoc position in Thomas Thiemann's group at Erlangen.
U.Erlangen: PD 2013-
Potsdam MPI: PD 2011-2013
Marseille CPT: PhD 2008-2011
U.Roma III: MS 2004-2007
[PhD 2011 Marseille CPT, adv: Thomas Schucker, Alejandro Perez ]
the talk: http://pirsa.org/12110064/
Dynamical evaporation of quantum horizons
the paper: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.6714
Black hole entropy from KMS-states of quantum isolated horizons

marcus · Jun 14, 2013

Code:

year           2001   2003   2005   2007   2009   2010   2011   2012  
recent toppers   12     6      2      1      1      0      0      0

Here a paper is counted as recent if it appeared any time in the preceding five years. Annual topcite lists gauge the currently perceived significance of recent work by how often it was cited by other researchers during the given year. In 2011 the annual Inspire "top 40" replaced the Spires list.
Links to sources:
2001 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2001/annual.shtml (twelve)
2003 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2003/annual.shtml (six)
2005 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2005/annual.shtml (two)
2007 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2007/annual.shtml (one)
2009 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2009/annual.shtml (one)
2010 http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/topcites/2010/annual.shtml (zero)
2011 http://inspirehep.net/info/hep/stats/topcites/2011/annual.html (zero)
2012 http://inspirehep.net/info/hep/stats/topcites/2012/annual.html (zero)

String hires, as a fraction of total in HEP-theory.
Annual first time faculty hires in theoretical particle physics (Usa + Canada)
(Up through 2010, the rates are averaged over 3 years intervals. 2013 figures are preliminary.)

Code:

period          1999-2001   2002-2004   2005-2007   2008-2010  2011 2012 2013
HEP theory hires   18         24          23          13       11   12   12?
string hires        9          8           6           2        1    1    4?

Source: http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~poppitz/Jobs94-08
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/rumor/doku.php

Links kept handy for reference:

Publication, cites, jobs
http://inspirehep.net/info/hep/stats/topcites/index
http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&...=&d2m=&d2y=2013&sf=&so=a&rm=&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb
http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&...=&d2m=&d2y=2012&sf=&so=a&rm=&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb
http://sites.google.com/site/grqcrumourmill/
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/rumor/doku.php
http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~poppitz/Jobs94-08
http://www.calendardate.com/todays.htm
Schools, Conference sessions, Recorded Talks
2013:
http://pirsa.org/
http://relativity.phys.lsu.edu/ilqgs/
Zakopane http://th-www.if.uj.edu.pl/school/2013/speakers.html
Loops http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/loops-13
Warsaw http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/index.php?id=18
Strings http://strings2013.sogang.ac.kr
Planck April http://congrexprojects.com/13a11
Planck home http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=planck
Zagreb June http://umbriel.phy.hr/mccqg2/index.php/scientific-programme
Trieste April http://www.math.sissa.it/workshop/quantum-geometry-and-matter
2012:
Perimeter http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/experimental-search-quantum-gravity-hard-facts
http://pirsa.org/C12043
Stockholm http://agenda.albanova.se/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=2998
Beijing http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/summerschool/en/index.php
http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/summerschool/en/show_news.php?id=8
Tianjin https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=4048751#post4048751
Prague http://ae100prg.mff.cuni.cz/abstracts
Miscellany
http://www.physics.org/toplistdetail.asp?id=28
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/String_Theory
http://resonaances.blogspot.com/2007/01/cern-th-2007.html

marcus · Jun 18, 2013

marcus · Jun 24, 2013

190 participants are listed for Loops 2013. List may be incomplete because it doesn't include some of the scheduled plenary speakers and local organizers. But it gives an idea:
http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/loops-13

Jerzy Lewandowski is number 100, and the list is alphabetical.

This year two first-time faculty appointments to Loop quantum relativists: one at Penn State and one at Paris 13. (University of Paris XIII) At least one is tenure-track, not sure if both are.
https://sites.google.com/site/grqcrumourmill/
If you count Asymptotic Safety QG, then it is 3 faculty appointments this year, but I was just counting Loops specifically.

marcus · Jul 5, 2013

This google rumormill page gives a snapshot of the 2013 postdoc and faculty job picture in QG
https://sites.google.com/site/grqcrumourmill/
The information here was updated today (5 July) by adding Marciano to the list of 4 QG people getting faculty positions this year.
==quote==
Last udpates: 5/7/2013 - update to Tenure-Track/Faculty

2013 Postdoc Positions:

Erlangen - Nuremberg U. (loop quantum gravity) - Offered to: Daniele Pranzetti (AEI Potsdam)
Marseille, CPT (loop quantum gravity, ...) - Offered to: Sylvain Carrozza (Orsay & AEI Potsdam; accepted), Goffredo Chirco (Amsterdam U.; accepted)
Nijmegen U. (nonperturbative QG, causal dynamical triangulations) - Offered to: Joshua Cooperman (UC Davis; accepted)
Penn State U. (quantum gravity, cosmology, ...) - Offered to: Wolfgang Wieland (Marseille, CPT; accepted)
Perimeter Institute (quantum gravity, cosmology, ...) - Offered to: Matteo Smerlak (AEI Potsdam; accepted)
Republica U., Montevideo (quantum gravity) - Offered to: Isabeau Premont-Schwarz (AEI Potsdam; accepted)

External Fellowships:
Eugenio Bianchi (Perimeter Inst.) -> Perimeter Inst. (Banting Fellowship)
Maite Dupuis (Erlangen - Nuremberg U.) -> Waterloo U. (Banting Fellowship)
Aristide Baratin (Potsdam, Max Planck Inst.) -> Waterloo U. (Feodor Lynen Fellowship, Humboldt Foundation)
Matti Raasakka (Potsdam, Max Planck Inst.) -> Univ. Paris 13 (Wihuri Foundation Fellowship)

Tenure Track/Faculty Positions:
Frank Saueressig (Mainz U.) -> Nijmegen U. (faculty)
Valentin Bonzom (Perimeter Inst.) -> Univ. Paris 13 (faculty)
Eugenio Bianchi (Perimeter Inst.) -> Penn State U. (tenure track, accepted)
Antonino Marciano (Dartmouth Coll.) -> Fudan U. (faculty)
==endquote==
Marciano was earlier part of Amelino-Camelia's group at Rome and subsequently at Marseille where he co-authored with the LQG group including a paper with Rovelli. More recently he has been at Dartmouth collaborating with Stephon Alexander and in his most recent paper with Lee Smolin.
This year the new faculty are generally speaking Loop researchers with the exception of Saueressig who is specialized in Asym Safe QG.
==============

I see that earlier I miscounted the participants list at the Loops conference website.
http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/loops-13 The list is clearly incomplete because some plenary speakers or organizers names are for some reason missing from it, so it may be added to. At the moment the number of participants listed is 170.
To help me check for additions, Jerzy Lewandowski (whose name comes roughly halfway in the alphabetical list) is #90, not (as I earlier estimated) #100.

marcus · Jul 5, 2013

GR20 conference starts up a couple of days from now in Warsaw. There are 844 participants listed. The triennial GR conference covers many areas of research related to GR, cosmology, experimental gravity.
This time there are Loop speakers seem to be all over the place, giving talks in many of the parallel sessions. I will just focus on the D1 parallel session which is their main venue and list the talks as a sample of what the Loop-and-allied speakers are talking about. The D1 session will be held on several days, since there are more speakers scheduled than could fit into a single afternoon session.

D1
Dr. Emanuele Alesci Quantum Reduced Loop Gravity
Prof. Abhay Ashtekar Loop Quantum Cosmology: Fundamentals and Phenomenology
Mehdi Assanioussi A quantum Ricci operator for LQG
Dr. Fernando Barbero Geometric Constraint algorithm for field theories with boundaries.
Dr. Eugenio Bianchi Black hole entropy and entanglement in spinfoam gravity
Dr. Francesco Cianfrani Introduction to Quantum Reduced Loop Gravity for cosmology
MSc. Andrea Dapor QFT on quantum spacetime
Dr. Jonathan Engle Quantum isotropy and dynamical quantum symmetry reduction
Mikel Fernández-Méndez An Inflationary Model in Loop Quantum Cosmology
Dr. Ernesto Frodden On the Quasilocal First Law for Isolated Horizon and its uses in the Euclidean Partition Function
Prof. Kristina Giesel Scalar Material Reference Systems and Loop Quantum Gravity
Brajesh Gupt Quantum gravitational inflationary scenario in Bianchi-I spacetime
Brajesh Gupt Chimera: A hybrid numerical scheme for isotropic loop quantum cosmology
Dr. Hal Haggard Pentahedral volume, chaos, and quantum gravity
Prof. Viqar Husain Time and a physical hamiltonian for quantum gravity
Dr. Wojciech Kaminski Curvature constraints in spin foam models
MSc. Marcin Kisielowski The Dipole Cosmology transition amplitude: first-order contributions
Dr. Tim Koslowski Shape Dynamics and Quantum Gravity
Linda Linsefors Duration of inflation as a prediction of effective LQC
Prof. Yongge Ma Connection dynamics of a gauge theory of gravity coupled with matter
Abhishek Majhi Microcanonical Entropy of Isolated Horizon and fixation of the Barbero-Immirzi parameter
Seth Major On Loop Quantization of Plane Gravitational Waves
Dr. Jakub Mielczarek Asymptotic silence in quantum gravity
MSc. Edison Montoya Qualitative Effective Dynamics in Bianchi IX Loop Quantum Cosmology
MSc. Jacek Puchta Asymptotic behaviour of lorentzian polyhedra propagator
Prof. Jorge Pullin Complete quantization of vacuum spherically symmetric gravity
Dr. Li Qin Coherent state functional integrals in quantum cosmology
Dr. Saeed Rastgoo An analysis of the CGHS model in new variables
Prof. Carlo Rovelli Radiative corrections in covariant Loop Quantum Gravity
Jędrzej Świeżewski Construction of Dirac observables for General Relativity with the use of geometry
MSc. Sara Tavares Observables in two-dimensional BF theory
Madhavan Varadarajan Anomaly free constraint algebra for a weak coupling limit of gravity
Dr. Jingbo Wang The entropy of BTZ black hole from loop quantum gravity
MSc. Wolfgang Wieland Hamiltonian Spinfoam Gravity
Antonia Zipfel On the relation between canonical and covariant Quantum Gravity

marcus · Jul 9, 2013

Portions of the Loops 2013 program http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/loops-13
=============
Monday, July 22, 2013
9:00-9:10am Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:10-9:55am Ivan Agullo A Quantum Gravity Extension of the Inflationary Scenario
9:55-10:40am Aurelien Barrau Some Possible Ways to Observe Consequences of Loop Quantum Gravity
11:00-11:45am Dafne Guetta Quantum Gravity Phenomenology with Neutrinos and High Energy Photons
11:45-12:30pm Henrique de Andrade Gomes Shape Dynamics: a Status Report

2:30-4:10pm Parallel Discussion Groups (20 minute talks)
Quantum Cosmology: M. Bojowald, S. Gielen, E. Alesci, J. Engle
Shape Dynamics: J. Barbour, F. Mercati, T. Koslowski, K. Thebault, M. Lostaglio
Spin Foams Mixed: A. Riello, S. Steinhaus, W. Kaminski, M. Han, G. Immirzi
Black Holes: L. Freidel, A. Coutant, A. Lee, C. Coleman-Smith

4:40-6:00pm Parallel Discussion Groups (20 minute talks)
Quantum Cosmology: E. Wilson-Ewing, J. Grain, L. Linsefors
Shape Dynamics: S. Gryb, D. Wise, V. Shyam, J. Hazbourn
Spin Foams Mixed: S. Speziale , J. Hnybida, W. Weiland, A. Mikovic
Black Holes: J. Pullin, M. Smerlak, Y. Yokokura, K. Lochan
========================
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
9:00-9:45am Alejandro Perez, TBA
9:45-10:30am Eugenio Bianchi, TBA
11:00-11:45am Bill Unruh, TBA
11:45-12:30pm Frank Saueressig Black Holes in Asymptotically Safe Gravity

2:30-4:10pm Parallel Discussion Groups (20 minute talks)
Renormalization: D. Benedetti, T. Morris, A. Codello, A. Rodigast
Phenomenology: J. Granot, J. Bolmont, G. Palmisano, G. Gubitosi, L. Chen
Canonical Quantum Gravity: J. Lewandowski, M. Kagan, M. Assanioussi, J. Swiezewski
Black Holes: D. Pranzetti, H. Haggard, Y. Neiman N. Bodendorfer, M. Geiller

4:40-6:00pm Parallel Discussion Groups (20 minute talks)
Renormalizaition: M. Martin-Benito, S. Carrozza, J. Cooperman
Phenomenology:A. Banburski, T. Rempel, N. Loret, B. Schroers, P. Osei
Canonical Quantum Gravity: M. Dupuis, G. Sellaroli, J. Ziprick, M. Venkatesh
Quantum Cosmology: M. Johnson, M. Kramer, A. Dapor, G. Mena Marugan

6:20-7:30pm
Panel Discussion
==============
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
9:00-9:45am Etera Livine, TBA
9:45-10:30 David Skinner, Twistor Strings for N=8 Supergravity
11:00-11:45am Razvan Gurau, TBA
11:45-12:30pm Vincent Rivasseau, TBA
12:30-12:40pm Special Announcement
12:40-1:00pm Conference Photo
==================
Thursday, July 25, 2013
9:00-9:45am Frank Hellmann, TBA
9:45-10:30am Fay Dowker, TBA
11:00-11:45am Steve Carlip, TBA
11:45-12:30pm Renate Loll, TBA

2:30-4:10pm Parallel Discussion Groups (20 minute talks)
Group Field Theory, Tensor Models: V. Bonzom, D. Oriti, J. Ryan, M. Raasakka, T. Krajewski
Phenomenology: I. Fuentes, A. Marciano, S. Alexander, A. Eichhorn, D. Minic
Canonical Quantum Gravity: C. Tomlin, S. Brahma, A. Stottmeister, J. Olmedo, R. Gambini
Discrete Approaches: P. Hoehn, J. Miller, A. Trout, L. Glaser

4:40-6:00pm Parallel Discussion Groups (20 minute talks)
Group Field Theory, Tensor Models: D. Ousmane Samary, L. Sindoni, S. Dartois, J. Ben Geloun
Phenomenology: H. Westman, A. Ballesteros, S. Bianco, G. Amelino-Camelia
Canonical Quantum Gravity: S. Lanery, M. Hanusch, M. Campiglia, Y. Ma
Discrete Approaches: S. Surya, J. Zapata, A. Garcia-Chung, G. Date
=================
Friday, July 26, 2013
9:00-9:45am Madhavan Varadarajan Towards a Consistent Quantum Dynamics for Euclidean LQG: A Weak Coupling Limit
9:45-10:30am Kirill Krasnov, TBA
11:00-11:45am Viqar Husain, TBA
11:45-12:45pm Abhay Ashtekar, Carlo Rovelli,
Promising Paths: What Have We Learned So Far About Quantum Gravity?
2:30-4:10pm Parallel Discussion Groups (20 minute talks)
Quantum Cosmology:T. Cailleteau, D. Martin de Blas, E. Martin-Martinez, S. Seahra, A. Contillo
Quantum Foundations: R. Oeckl, M. Mueller, R. Spekkens, J. Oppenheim, L. Smolin
Discrete Approaches / Mixed Session: B. Dittrich, G. Chirco, E. Kur, C. Duston, J. Thurigen
Canonical Quantum Gravity / Spin Foams Mixed: A. Zipfel, A. Baratin, M. Zhang, A. Chaharsough Shirazi, F. Anza

4:40-6:00pm Parallel Discussion Groups (20 minute talks)
Quantum Cosmology: F. Vidotto, H. Hernandez, E. Montoya, M. Hogan,
Quantum Foundations: D. Schroeren, A. Doering, P. Bertozzini, B. Hartmann
Renormalization: M. Anber, T. Henz, K. Falls
Mixed Session: M. Reisenberger, J. Diaz-Polo, V. Astuti, S. Major
6:00pm Wrap Up and Final Remarks

marcus · Jul 9, 2013

Since we're on a new page I'll bring forward a few indices
Mid-day 9 July salesranks:
The top five stringy books (fabric, hidden, grand, elegant, e-hidden) ranked
8440+8760+10774+13282+14784 for an average of 11208

Code:

Midmonth averages of string topfive salesranks
(recorded at Pacific noon on several days around the 15th of each month)
...
July 2009           6485
November 2009         NA
March 2010          7521
July 2010           8461
November 2010       2220
March 2011           349
July 2011           1257
November 2011       1243
March 2012          3235 
July 2012           2359
November 2012       7792 
March 2013          7396
July  2013          ?

Number of recent string papers making the top fifty(forty) in the Spires(Inspire) HEP annual topcite list
(some years omitted for brevity)

Code:

year           2001   2003   2005   2007   2009   2010   2011   2012  
recent toppers   12     6      2      1      1      0      0      0

Here a paper is counted as recent if it appeared any time in the preceding five years. Annual topcite lists gauge the currently perceived significance of recent work by how often it was cited by other researchers during the given year. In 2011 the annual Inspire "top 40" replaced the Spires list.

String hires, as a fraction of total in HEP-theory.
Annual first time faculty hires in theoretical particle physics (Usa + Canada)
(For brevity, the rates are averaged over 3 years intervals.)

Code:

period          1999-2001   2002-2004   2005-2007   2008-2010  2011-2013
HEP theory hires   18         24          23          13         12
string hires        9          8           6           2          2

Source: http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~poppitz/Jobs94-08
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/rumor/doku.php
For additional detail see post #403 on the preceding page.

Links kept handy for reference:

Publication, cites, jobs
http://inspirehep.net/info/hep/stats/topcites/index
http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&...=&d2m=&d2y=2013&sf=&so=a&rm=&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb
http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&...=&d2m=&d2y=2012&sf=&so=a&rm=&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb
http://sites.google.com/site/grqcrumourmill/
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/rumor/doku.php
http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~poppitz/Jobs94-08
http://www.calendardate.com/todays.htm
Schools, Conference sessions, Recorded Talks
2013:
http://pirsa.org/
http://relativity.phys.lsu.edu/ilqgs/
Zakopane http://th-www.if.uj.edu.pl/school/2013/speakers.html
Loops http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/loops-13
Warsaw http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/index.php?id=18
Strings http://strings2013.sogang.ac.kr
Planck April http://congrexprojects.com/13a11
Planck home http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=planck
Zagreb June http://umbriel.phy.hr/mccqg2/index.php/scientific-programme
Trieste April http://www.math.sissa.it/workshop/quantum-geometry-and-matter
2012:
Perimeter http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/experimental-search-quantum-gravity-hard-facts
http://pirsa.org/C12043
Stockholm http://agenda.albanova.se/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=2998
Beijing http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/summerschool/en/index.php
http://physics.bnu.edu.cn/summerschool/en/show_news.php?id=8
Tianjin https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=4048751#post4048751
Prague http://ae100prg.mff.cuni.cz/abstracts
Miscellany
http://www.physics.org/toplistdetail.asp?id=28
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/String_Theory
http://resonaances.blogspot.com/2007/01/cern-th-2007.html

marcus · Jul 10, 2013

More on the July sales ranks:
Around noon on 10 July the stringy top five popular titles
elegant, fabric, grand, hidden, e-elegant
averaged (5824+7908+9317+10433+12961)/5 = 9289

marcus · Jul 13, 2013

11 July
6277+7879+7971+8897+10829)/5 = 8371
fabric, NA-elegant, elegant, e-elegant, grand

12 July
7233+8726+9827+10607+11518)/5 = 9582
fabric, grand, elegant, NA-elegant, e-elegant

13 July
5593+8461+9302+9751+10795)/5 = 8780
fabric, grand, e-elegant, NA-elegant, audio-grand

marcus · Jul 15, 2013

14 July
fabric, hidden, elegant, e-hidden, e-elegant
5437+5669+6435+7650+8866)/5 = 6811

15 July
grand, hidden, elegant, e-elegant, fabric
6737+6925+8113+10723+12263)/5 = 8952

Some abbreviations used here: e-elegant is the "e-book" version Amazon calls "Kindle"
NA-elegant is the older edition sold by "non-Amazon" suppliers, often used, or at reduced price.
No price is listed, you go to the outside suppliers and see a range of prices. I'll start using the prefix "x-" for that, as in x-elegant. And "a-" for audiobook version.Research posting rates based on the same database search in each consecutive year, 2013 figures annualized for comparison as of 15 July (= 196/365).

LOOP RESEARCH BY YEAR (loop quantum gravity, loop quantum cosmology, spin foam)
2006 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2006&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (77 found)
2007 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2007&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (120 found)
2008 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2008&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (142 found)
2009 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2009&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (143 found)
2010 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2010&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (151 found)
2011 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2011&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (215 found)
2012 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2012&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (163 found)
2013 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2013&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (153 annualized from 82 found)

STRING,MEMBRANE,AdS/CFT RESEARCH BY YEAR
(search terms "string model", "membrane model" and "AdS/CFT correspondence")
2006 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2006&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1029 found)
2007 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2007&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1047 found)
2008 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2008&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1131 found)
2009 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2009&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1217 found)
2010 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2010&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1107 found)
2011 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2011&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1110 found)
2012 http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&...2y=2012&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (855 found)
2013 http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&...2y=2013&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (721 annualized from 387 found)

Quantum cosmology research since 2009:
http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&...2y=2013&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=50&sc=0&of=hb (503 found, 15 July)
Old database (Spires, no-longer updated) search specialized to find papers from 2009 onwards relevant to quantum cosmology testing: by comparing QC models with observation.
http://www-library.desy.de/cgi-bin/spiface/find/hep/www?rawcmd=FIND+%28DK+LOOP+SPACE+AND+%28QUANTUM+GRAVITY+OR+QUANTUM+COSMOLOGY%29+%29+AND+%28GRAVITATIONAL+RADIATION+OR+PRIMORDIAL+OR+inflation+or+POWER+SPECTRUM+OR+COSMIC+BACKGROUND+RADIATION%29+AND+DATE%3E2008&FORMAT=www&SEQUENCE=citecount%28d%29

marcus · Jul 17, 2013

12 July
7233+8726+9827+10607+11518)/5 = 9582
fabric, grand, elegant, x-elegant, e-elegant

13 July
5593+8461+9302+9751+10795)/5 = 8780
fabric, grand, e-elegant, x-elegant, a-grand

14 July
5437+5669+6435+7650+8866)/5 = 6811
fabric, hidden, elegant, e-hidden, e-elegant

15 July
6737+6925+8113+10723+12263)/5 = 8952
grand, hidden, elegant, e-elegant, fabric

16 July
8311+11073+11477+12050+12255)/5 = 11033
grand, fabric, hidden, e-elegant, x-elegant

17 July
7745+8626+11214+11902+13394)/5 = 10576
grand, hidden, e-elegant, elegant, a-elegant

18 July
...?...

Abbreviations: e-elegant is the "e-book" version Amazon calls "Kindle",
x-elegant is the older edition sold by outside suppliers, new or used at various prices,
and "a-" stands for audiobook version.

marcus · Jul 18, 2013

Code:

Midmonth averages of string topfive salesranks
(recorded at Pacific noon on several days around the 15th of each month)
...
July 2009           6485
November 2009         NA
March 2010          7521
July 2010           8461
November 2010       2220
March 2011           349
July 2011           1257
November 2011       1243
March 2012          3235 
July 2012           2359
November 2012       7792 
March 2013          7396
July  2013          9168

(9582+8780+6811+8952+11033+10576+8445)/7 = 9168

marcus · Jul 20, 2013

marcus · Jul 31, 2013

Research posting rates based on the same database search in consecutive years, 2013 figures annualized for comparison as of 31 July (= 212/365).

LOOP RESEARCH BY YEAR (loop quantum gravity, loop quantum cosmology, spin foam)
2006 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2006&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (77 found)
2007 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2007&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (120 found)
2008 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2008&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (142 found)
2009 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2009&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (143 found)
2010 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2010&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (151 found)
2011 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2011&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (215 found)
2012 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2012&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (163 found)
2013 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2013&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb (155 annualized from 90 found)

STRING,MEMBRANE,AdS/CFT RESEARCH BY YEAR
(search terms "string model", "membrane model" and "AdS/CFT correspondence")
2006 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2006&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1029 found)
2007 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2007&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1047 found)
2008 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2008&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1131 found)
2009 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2009&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1217 found)
2010 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2010&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1107 found)
2011 http://inspirebeta.net/search?ln=en...2y=2011&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (1110 found)
2012 http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&...2y=2012&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (855 found)
2013 http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&...2y=2013&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=10&sc=0&of=hb (744 annualized from 432 found)

Quantum cosmology research since 2009:
http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&...2y=2013&sf=&so=a&rm=citation&rg=50&sc=0&of=hb (508 found, 31 July)
Spires search for 2009-2012 research relevant to quantum cosmology testing:
http://www-library.desy.de/cgi-bin/spiface/find/hep/www?rawcmd=FIND+%28DK+LOOP+SPACE+AND+%28QUANTUM+GRAVITY+OR+QUANTUM+COSMOLOGY%29+%29+AND+%28GRAVITATIONAL+RADIATION+OR+PRIMORDIAL+OR+inflation+or+POWER+SPECTRUM+OR+COSMIC+BACKGROUND+RADIATION%29+AND+DATE%3E2008&FORMAT=www&SEQUENCE=citecount%28d%29
(References still useful although Spires database is no longer updated.)

The job picture for the year seems to have taken shape and String hires, as a fraction of total in HEP-theory look as follows.
Annual first time faculty hires in theoretical particle physics (Usa + Canada)
(For brevity, the rates are averaged over 3 years intervals.)

Code:

period          1999-2001   2002-2004   2005-2007   2008-2010  2011-2013
HEP theory hires   18         24          23          13         12
string hires        9          8           6           2          2

Source: http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~poppitz/Jobs94-08
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/rumor/doku.php
For additional detail see post #403 on the preceding page.

I'll bring forward some links which are handy to have for reference:

Publication, cites, jobs
http://inspirehep.net/info/hep/stats/topcites/index
http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&...=&d2m=&d2y=2013&sf=&so=a&rm=&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb
http://inspirehep.net/search?ln=en&...=&d2m=&d2y=2012&sf=&so=a&rm=&rg=25&sc=0&of=hb
http://sites.google.com/site/grqcrumourmill/
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/rumor/doku.php
http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~poppitz/Jobs94-08
http://www.calendardate.com/todays.htm
Schools, Conference sessions, Recorded Talks
http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/conferences/loops-13
http://pirsa.org/C13029
http://gr20-amaldi10.edu.pl/index.php?id=18

marcus · Aug 5, 2013

The "gr-qc rumor mill" is not cumulative---it shows only the current (Fall 2013) postdoc and faculty appointments. So the 2012 ones have been erased. For later reference, in case we want to look back, I'll take a snapshot as of August 2013:
==quote https://sites.google.com/site/grqcrumourmill/ ==

Last udpates:
2/8/2013 - update to External Fellowships

2013 Postdoc Positions:

Erlangen - Nuremberg U. (loop quantum gravity) - Offered to: Daniele Pranzetti (AEI Potsdam)

Marseille, CPT (loop quantum gravity, ...) - Offered to: Sylvain Carrozza (Orsay & AEI Potsdam; accepted), Goffredo Chirco (Amsterdam U.; accepted)

Nijmegen U. (nonperturbative QG, causal dynamical triangulations) - Offered to: Joshua Cooperman (UC Davis; accepted)

Penn State U. (quantum gravity, cosmology, ...) - Offered to: Wolfgang Wieland (Marseille, CPT; accepted)

Perimeter Institute (quantum gravity, cosmology, ...) - Offered to: Matteo Smerlak (AEI Potsdam; accepted)

Republica U., Montevideo (quantum gravity) - Offered to: Isabeau Premont-Schwarz (AEI Potsdam; accepted)

External Fellowships:
Maite Dupuis (Erlangen - Nuremberg U.) -> Waterloo U. (Banting Fellowship)
Aristide Baratin (Potsdam, Max Planck Inst.) -> Waterloo U. (Feodor Lynen Fellowship, Humboldt Foundation)
Matti Raasakka (Potsdam, Max Planck Inst.) -> Univ. Paris 13 (Wihuri Foundation Fellowship)
Mercedes Martin-Benito (Perimeter Inst.) -> Nijmegen U. (Veni Fellowship)

Tenure Track/Faculty Positions:
Frank Saueressig (Mainz U.) -> Nijmegen U. (faculty)
Valentin Bonzom (Perimeter Inst.) -> Univ. Paris 13 (faculty)
Eugenio Bianchi (Perimeter Inst.) -> Penn State U. (tenure track, accepted)
Antonino Marciano (Dartmouth Coll.) -> Fudan U. (faculty)
Thomas P. Sotiriou and Silke Weinfurtner (SISSA) -> Nottingham U. (faculty)
==endquote==

"... theoretical/mathematical relativity, QFT on curved spacetimes, covariant/canonical quantum gravity (loop quantum gravity and cosmology, spin foam models, group field theory, ...) and related topics. ... As is usual with sites like this one, there can be no guarantee for accuracy of the information provided."

marcus · Aug 9, 2013

Code:

period          1999-2001   2002-2004   2005-2007   2008-2010  2011-2013
HEP theory hires   18         24          23          13         13
string hires        9          8           6           2          2

Source: http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~poppitz/Jobs94-08
http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/rumor/doku.php
For additional detail see post #403 on the preceding page.

marcus · Aug 10, 2013

Update to post #417 external fellowships section:
Sean Gryb (Nijmegen U.) -> Nijmegen U. (Veni Fellowship)

As of noon Saturday 10 August the pop-string top 5 (fabric, e-elegant, elegant, e-hidden, parallel) had salesranks 7020+14930+17273+19923+21951 for an average of 16219.

This is somewhat higher than we are used to seeing, for instance:

Code:

Midmonth averages of string topfive salesranks
(recorded at Pacific noon on several days around the 15th of each month)
...
July 2009           6485
November 2009         NA
March 2010          7521
July 2010           8461
November 2010       2220
March 2011           349
July 2011           1257
November 2011       1243
March 2012          3235 
July 2012           2359
November 2012       7792 
March 2013          7396
July  2013          9168

marcus · Aug 23, 2013

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