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Greg V Placencia, Ph.D.

Greg V Placencia, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Industrial and Manufacturing, College of Engineering

Email

gvplacencia@cpp.edu

Phone number

909-869-2571

Office location

Building 17 - 2643

Office hours

M W | 11-12:30 (AND BY APPOINTMENT)

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Websites

StatQuest started out as an attempt to explain statistics to my former co-workers – who were all genetics researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill. [...] I wanted them to understand that what I did wasn’t magic – it was actually quite simple. It only seemed hard because it was wrapped up in confusing terminology and typically communicated using equations. I found that if I stripped away the terminology and communicated the concepts using pictures, it became easy to understand.

 

Books

We spend the majority of our lives making decisions [...]. Yet, even though our success is largely determined by the choices that we make, very few of us are equipped with useful decision-making skills. [...] Smart Choices doesn't’t tell you what to decide; it tells you how. [... A] step-by-step, divide-and conquer approach will teach you how to:
Evaluate your plans
Break your potential decision into its key elements
Identify the key drivers that are most relevant to your goals
Apply systematic thinking
Use the right information to make the smartest choice

 (NB: The book provides a comprehensive section on psychological principles that "hack" human decision making even if it is primarily about how to prevent security breaches within organizations.)

Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking reveals the craftier side of the hacker's repertoire [...] social engineering relies on human fault to gain access to sensitive spaces; in this book, renowned expert Christopher Hadnagy explains the most commonly used techniques that fool even the most robust security personnel and reveals how these techniques have been used in the past.