2021

WordPress security best practices

WordPress security best practices – how to secure your self-hosted WordPress website from malicious hackers. The best plugins (mostly free), tips, and resources. You may also be interested in Basic SEO practices. Top 14 WordPress security best practices 1) Change default “admin” accounts. When you sign up with a hosting company such as SiteGround, Bluehost, […]

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PhD in DTI uOttawa program review

DTI uOttawa – What you need to know. What they don’t tell you. An objective review of the University of Ottawa’s Doctorate in Philosophy Digital Transformation and Innovation Program – i.e., the PhD in DTI uOttawa Program at uOttawa engineering – by a PhD graduate of the program, Dr. Baha Abu-Shaqra. I completed my PhD in Digital Transformation and Innovation (DTI) at uOttawa’s

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What is data mining?

Data mining (DM) applies machine learning techniques and statistical models to uncover hidden patterns in large data sets (Big Data analytics) especially in the context of KDD (knowledge discovery in databases). Data mining is the analysis step of the KDD process. You may also be interested in Normal distribution or Gaussian distribution. DM software: IBM

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The technoethics of Mario Bunge

The technoethics of Mario Bunge is explained here. In his 1975 foundational essay Towards a Technoethics, Mario Bunge presents a technoethical pragmatic value theory discussed here as an ethical decision-making framework suitable for applications in technology assessment and design. This discussion is taken from my MA in Communication thesis (2015, pp. 23-25) and my PhD

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Academic Research Resources

Academic Research Resources is a growing list of exquisite online research and thesis writing resources for academic researchers. Many of these resources were gathered during my PhD studies at the University of Ottawa. I obtained my PhD in Digital Transformation and Innovation in April 2020 on the topic of ethical hacking sociotechnology (thesis title, Technoethics and

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Coursera Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate quiz answers

Coursera Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate quiz answers to all eight program courses (1 – 8): Course 1: Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere quiz answers Course 2: Ask Questions to Make Data-Driven Decisions quiz answers Course 3: Prepare Data for Exploration quiz answers Course 4: Process Data from Dirty to Clean quiz answers Course 5: Analyze

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How to choose a PhD external examiner

How to choose a PhD external examiner: the steps. What you need to know. What to expect. Tried and true tips and templates. I obtained my PhD in Digital Transformation and Innovation in April 2020 from the PhD in DTI uOttawa Program, School-EECS, Faculty of Engineering. I did my PhD thesis (titled Technoethics and sensemaking: Risk assessment and knowledge

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Normal distribution or Gaussian distribution

Normal distribution or Gaussian distribution or Gauss distribution or Laplace–Gauss distribution, in probability theory, is a type of continuous probability distribution for a real-valued random variable. This post constitutes Lesson 5 of the Basic Statistics Mini-Course. You may be also interested in Normal approximation to the binomial distribution. Key concepts covered in this post: the normal

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The trouble with uOttawa Prof. A. Vellino

University of Ottawa Professor Andre Vellino (André Vellino) is Associate Professor at the School of Information Studies, Faculty of Arts, and Affiliate at the Institute for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP) at the University of Ottawa. Andre Vellino is a thesis supervising professor in the PhD in DTI uOttawa Program (Digital Transformation and Innovation) at

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The ugly truth about uOttawa Prof. Liam Peyton

University of Ottawa Professor Liam Peyton is the inaugural director of the PhD in DTI uOttawa Program (Digital Transformation and Innovation) which was launched in fall 2014 at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering. Professor Liam Peyton was Director of Graduate Programs in Digital Transformation and Innovation from 2013 –

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