Best Cloud-based Tools for Authors/ Scientific Content Writers
When it was for the first time I prepapred a conference paper for publishing purpose, I had to learn about Latex for documentation purpose. It is an excellen...
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Tools and Platforms I use for Blogging
This post lists the common tools and platforms I use for blogging.
Blogging
How to install Jekyll with the Minimal Mistakes Theme in macOS
I have been using Jekyll Blog platform for two years and have been using the most popular and well-maintained theme minimal mistakes in this blog.
Cloud
How to install Open Stack cloud in Cent OS or Red Hat Linux
Pre-Requisite To check out how to install CentOS/Red Hat in your PC you can visit following tutorials created by Tecmint - How to install Cent OS or How to i...
CoronaVirus
CoronaVirus (CoVid-19) Pandemic Resources: All You Need to Know
Live Updates Worldwide Statistics Worldometers Coronavirus Live Update Johns Hopkins University Covid-19 World Map
Data Science
Data Science Work Environment setup on Linux/Mac
Python, R, and Julia- these languages are usually used in data science projects. In this tutorial we will see how to create a proper environment for working ...
DevOps
Introduction to the DevOps Concept
Devops is a set of practices that combine both software development and IT operations by automating all processes in a optimized manner. Devops includes the ...
Education
12 things to do before completing graduation in CSE/IT
The graduation period is very important for a student as it is the time s/he starts thinking about his/her career. During this period a student learns how to...
Git
How to git-ignore Cached Code files and all Hidden Directories Recursively in a Git Repository!
This post presents a generic .gitignore file that ignores Cached Code files and all Hidden Directories Recursively in a Git Repository
Github
Download a Subfolder or File from a Github Repository
Sometimes we need to download a directory/subdirectory of a Github repository. In that case, let’s follow the easiest way:
Higher Study
Writing Emails to Professors (Higher Study Abroad)
Many students who will apply in the following Spring or Fall semester choose their target universities and professors with similar research interests. Gettin...
Things to do after arriving USA for Higher Studies
Considering that someone known has already picked you from the airport and drove you to your lease address (If you have already managed a lease contract), he...
Jekyll
How to Add Latex Math to Jekyll-based Theme- Minimal Mistakes
Recently, I was trying to add a few mathematical equations in the bolg posts. However, the equations were not working well. I looked for some tutorials, and ...
Code Snippets I use to Blog using Jekyll and the Minimal Mistakes Theme
In this post, I will include the small snippets I use most while writing a blog post in my blog.
How to Enable Facebook Comments Plugin in Jekyll Blog Posts
I enabled the Facebook-Comments-Plugin in my blog as a comment provider. Here is how, I enabled it and now managing it.
Latex
How to Convert Python Matplotlib Plots to Latex Plots (Easiest Way)
I used to draw plots using matplotlib a lot and then add the figures in reports. Later I switched to latex plots as it is easier and works best for numerous ...
PhD/MS Dissertation Latex Template for Students of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics- University of Houston
This post includes an organized dissertation template (MS/PhD UH-NSM) with required packages and examples.
How to Utilize Overleaf Latex platform for Collaboration!!!
This post explains the optimal ways of using Overleaf for collaboration
Why you should use Latex Plots in your Reports instead of Matplotlib Plots
When I joined my lab (RNS Lab at UH) and was working for my first publication, I did not know much about latex plots. I have always used matplotlib plots bef...
Draw Multiple Y-Axis in Latex PGFPlots
Sometimes, we need to plot two or three line charts in the same plot due to lack of space. Also, if we need to plot three different y-axis against the same x...
Authorea: An Alternative to Overleaf, ResearchGate, or ArXiv?
Overleaf has been the mostly used cloud-based Latex editor that features collaboration and provides numerous templates across different criteria. Today I fou...
How to Draw a Literature Survey Taxonomy Tree in Latex
I was trying to draw a taxonomy like tree where the child nodes are aligned to the right rather than bottom. It is for drawing a literature survey alike tre...
How to Draw Equations with Parameter Description in Latex using Tikz
I was looking for a code that has a visualization of equation parameter description like the following.
How to Collaboratively Write a Paper using Overleaf Latex Platform
We often collaboratively write manuscripts using Latex and Overleaf the best online Latex platform. In this tutorial, I will discuss the best strategies to c...
Five Awesome One-Column Resume Templates in Latex
Recently, I was looking for a few one-page resume templates in Latex. Obviously, the best resource collection to start looking for is the Overleaf Template G...
Remove Copyright Information from the ACM sigconf template
The ACM emplate is pretty cool, and a lot of the students use it to submit assignments or write the initial paper. However, the copyright information in the ...
How to add Codes in Latex: listings package for code documentation
Sometimes we need to include codes in our Latex documents. In this post we will see how to add codes with color formatting and line numbers.
How to Write Matrix with Row/Column Labels in Latex
Sometimes, we have to create matrix while writing a math document in Latex. Here, I list a number of ways you can create matrices and also labeling the rows ...
Mathematics Documentation in Latex
Writing mathematics in Latex seems to be a bit difficult at first. However, here I compiled a short summary on how you can write good mathematical expression...
How to add a Signature line and Space in Latex
This post explains how to add a Signature line and Space in any Latex Document
Creating Multiple Line plots from CSV file using Latex Tikz and PGFPlot
In this tutorial, we will see how to create multiple line-plot using Latex Tikz and PGFPlot.
Bibliography management with Bibtex in Latex
In this post, we will learn how to manage bibliography using BibTex in Latex. This is the most convenient way to use references in a document and also while ...
Resources and Collection of the best CV/Resume templates in Latex
Nowadays, graduate students are focusing on preparing better CV/Resume templates in Latex rather than preparing one in other word processing tools.
Draw a Taxonomy Tree in Latex using Tikz for Publication
While writing a paper, we often require to draw classification tree diagrams. In this post, I show you how to draw one in Latex. Previously, I used to draw o...
Latex Table for Survey in IEEE two-column format
In the survey papers, authors usually put a table intending to compare the works based on particular parameters or features. Here is a simple comparison tabl...
[solved] tikz package causing error in IEEE Access template
One of my previous collaborators was having an issue while adding the tikz package to the IEEE Access template. Later I looked into the problem and tried the...
Line Plotting using Latex PGFPlots
In this post I have added example codes and a short explanation on how to draw line plots using latex. All codes and outputs are available in the Overleaf Do...
Latex Resources in a Nutshell
Latex Editors Online There are several latex editors available online. However, none of the other ones are as powerful and trusted as Overleaf. Overleaf come...
Preparing Tables for Publication and Documentation in Latex
This post discusses the basic of Latex tables and usage in documentation. All the codes and outputs are available in the Overleaf Document.
Creating Bar Charts using Latex PGFPlots
Bar plots using Latex PGFPlot
Itemize, Enumerate, and To-do-list in Latex
In this post we will learn how to use itemized lists in Latex.
Add Copyright Notice and Conference Name in IEEE Conference Template
After sending the acceptance notification, most of the IEEE conferences ask authors to add a copyright notice at the left footer and the conference name at t...
How to write algorithm in Latex
While writing any research article in Latex, so often we demonstrate an algorithm according to our proposed model, workflow or architecture.
How to add subfigure in Latex
In research articles, we need to add subfigures often. To create subfigure in latex, you can use both \begin{minipage}...\end{minipage} and \begin{subfigure}...
Linux
Set Static IP Address in Linux/Raspbian OS
There are two ways of assigning IP addresses to a server or client machine. Most of the times we use DHCP to avoid additional work to assign IP addresses.
Things to do after installing Ubuntu for a Computer Science Students
As a Computer Science student/researcher, it is wise to install and use Linux (Ubuntu Preferable) Operating System. You can install Ubuntu as a standalone on...
Movies
Movies Related to the Life of Earlier Scientists or Mathematicians
In this post, I list the popular movies that depict the life story and struggles of earlier scientists and mathematicians.
Best Motivational Mountain Climbing Documentaries
In this post, I list the best climbing documentaries and movies I have watched so far.
NLP
Necessary Concept Papers of Natural Language Processing (NLP): Part 01
This post presents the summary of a few concept papers of Natural Language Processing
Networking
Convert PCAP files to CSV for Network Traffic Analysis
Researchers working on Computer Network or Cyber Security often need to analyze network traffics. In that case, they use Wireshark Packet Analyzer or any oth...
Offer
Rakuten Earn 40 Dollar Cashback Offer on Sign Up
This post provides a Rakuten Referrel Link that earns you 40 Dollar Cashback if you shop from selected stores.
Python
Build Your First Mobile App in Python with Kivy: A Simple ‘Hello World’ Program
This post introduces the first step of developing mobile application in Python with Kivy Module. We will print ‘hello world’ on the app.
Collection of Data Science in Python Posts in my Blog
This post provides all the links of posts related to data science in python.
Simple and Short Interesting Python Code Snippets for your Projects
This post provides a few short interesting code snippets that you can use for your Python Projects.
Learning JavaScript Basic Syntax in a few minutes for Python Programmers
This post introduces Javascript basic syntax to the Python Programmers in a few minutes
Hash Tables Concept and Implementation in Python
Hashtables are widely used to store and search data in a optimized manner. Hashtable or hashmap is a typical data structure that maps keys to values. While s...
Creating and Reading QR Code in Python: A Simple Python Class using qrcode and opencv module
We often read QR codes from different products. One of the closest example is reading QR code on top of walmart products to find out the exact price.
Useful Functions of Python Itertools Module
Python itertools module provide memory-efficient solutions for producing complex iterators. It is quite useful in different situations where it provides func...
Object Detection from Images and Counting Objects in Python using OpenCV and CVLib
Often we try to detect objects from images. Here, in this tutorial, we will use cvlib to detect objects and then count the occurrences of these objects in an...
Basic Cryptographic Operations (Encryption and Decryption) in Python
In this post we will take a look at the basic operations on cryptography (encryption and decryption) in python. We have an excellent module pycrypto that off...
Cryptographic Hashes and Message Digest in Python
A hash function is a one-way function that takes a string as a input and creates a fixed-length output (hash value of the corresponding input). Because it is...
Python Programming: Useful Tips and Tricks
In this post, we will learn to use some basic tips and tricks of Python.
Introduction to Data Science in Python: Seaborn Module
This post includes code snippets for drawing different stylish plots using the Seaborn Module
Introduction to Data Science in Python: Matplotlib Module (Part 02)
This post includes code snippets for drawing bar, pie, box, scatter plots, and histograms.
Introduction to Data Science in Python: Matplotlib Module
This post explains the basic syntax of matplotlib module for data visualization.
Introduction to Data Science in Python: Pandas Module (Part 02)
In the previous post, we have seen some basic usages of the pandas module. In this post, we will take a look at some more useful functionalities of the modul...
Introduction to Data Science in Python: Pandas Module (Part 01)
pandas is the mostly used module while analyzing data from a CSV, JSON, or Excel as the module can convert these data into dataframes and helps to analyze th...
Introduction to Data Science in Python: Numpy Module
Numpy is a popular python module that provides fast and efficient operations on n-dimensional arrays of homogeneous data. It has variety of functions that ca...
Create your first Flask (Python) Hello World App in 5 minutes
In this post, we will install Flask and will create our first app.
Introduction to django with Creating a Simple helloworld App
In this post, we will install Django and will create our first app.
Matrix Operations in Python Numpy
We often perform matrix operations in python. In this post, we will take a look at the simple matrix operations in Python.
How to Draw Multiple Axis in Matplotlib with different Scales (Value Range)
This post includes python code snippets (and fix for the official documentation) for plotting multiple axis in matplotlib with different scales or range
Creating Bar Charts using Python Matplotlib
Python Bar Plots Matplotlib is the most usual package for creating graphs using python language. Here, in this tutorial we will see a few examples of python ...
Raspberry Pi
Live Video Monitoring using a Raspberry Pi and any Webcam
We often need to monitor the outside of our home or to check activities of children inside a room.
Install Raspbian OS in Raspberry Pi without Keyboard and Monitor
Raspberry Pi is widely used to build IoT projects and it is continuously gaining more attention and popularity. After buying a Raspberry Pi, we can install a...
Build a Balena Cloud using Raspberry Pi
We can simply work on microservice and different other projects in Balena Cloud which is nothing but a collection of Raspberry Pi devices.
Research
How to research on a field and publish an article
If you ask me if it is really necessary to publish a paper, I will say- yes regardless of whatever you choose as a profession. If you choose to stay in acade...
SDN
Software Defined Network: Mininet with Ryu Controller
Installation of Ryu Controller and Mininet
Security
Summary of the Paper: Survey and Taxonomy of Adversarial Reconnaissance Techniques
This post explains the contents of our recently accepted paper entitled Survey and Taxonomy of Adversarial Reconnaissance Techniques
Cyber Security (in Python) Books, Codes, and other Resource Collection available in GitHub
This post provides the necessary books and code resources for Hands-on Cyber Security
Set Up Headless Kali Linux in a Raspberry Pi 4 without Monitor, Keyboard, and Mouse
This post explains the procedure of Setting up a Kali Linux OS in a Raspberry Pi 4 without any Monitor, Keyboard, and Mouse
Learning Web Application Vulnerabilities (Part 01): Installing Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA)
This post provide a summary of how to install DVWA, which is a popular platform to learn web vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable Code Analysis Practices and Solutions: A Tutorial Series by Harsh Bothra
This post provides the links of an excellent resource on Vulnerable Code Analysis Practices and Solutions. The practice code snippets are posted on twitter a...
Cyber Security Awareness and Best Practices at Personal Level
Privacy and security always start from the personal level. While it is the organizations’ responsibility to keep your data safe and secure, you need to ensur...
Cloning an entire Website and Running in the Localhost
This post explains how to clone a website and then run in a docker container for testing and learning purpose
YubiKey: A Hardware-based Two-factor Authentication Security Tool
This post presents a hardware-based two-factor authentication tool that is available in the market and can be used in any platform to login into numerous onl...
Security Solutions for Enterprise: SIEM, EDR, SOAR
This post introduces the security solutions for Enterprise Systems. I discuss the basic functionalities and key differences among SIEM, EDR, and SOAR.
A Comprehensive Overview of Game Theory in Cyber Security
Game theory is the study of strategic decision making using mathematical model, which has recently attracted security researchers to develop strategies for t...
Operating System Fingerprinting Features in Captured Network Packets
This post presents the features widely used for operating system fingerprinting.
Write a Worm (Malware) in Python
Worm is type of malware that replicates itself and other files to consume spaces in our hard drives. You may find your drives or partitions get full without ...
Write a Simple Virus in Python
Sometimes we find our files being infected with a computer virus. In this tutorial, we will get introduced to the concept of a virus by writing a simple one ...
Write a Backdoor in Python
Backdoors are a typical way of accessing a computers resources through command line without any sort of authentication. This type of remote access is difficu...
A Basic Keylogger in Python
Keylogger is a simple yet effective program that can monitor a person’s keyboard activities. It can be used to spy on a person’s data (browsing activities, u...
Passive Operating System Fingerprinting by Analyzing PCAP files
Attackers can perform active or passive reconnaissance once they compromise an asset within an internal network. Active reconnaissance (active scanning) prov...
Password Cracking through Dictionary Attack in Python
Password cracking through Bruteforcing may take a long time and most of the users usually use common English words or names, and numbers as their passwords. ...
Enable Access to VirtualBox Guest Machine via SSH in a NAT Network Settings
This post provides a solution to enable SSH to a VirtualBox VM in a NAT Network Settings
ARM Exploitation with Raspberry Pi: Introduction to Return Oriented Programming (ROP)
In the previous post, we have learnt how to execute a system shell in ARM using ret-to-libc.
ARM Exploitation with Raspberry Pi: ARM Ret-to-Libc
In this post we will learn how to exploit a vulnerable C program using ret-to-libc.
ARM Exploitation with Raspberry Pi: Return Back to Program without Crashing
In the previous post we have seen how to exploit using simple stack-based buffer overflow.
ARM Exploitation with Raspberry Pi: Basic Stack Overflow
In this post, we will exploit a vulnerable C program using basic Stack Overflow attack. Before starting reading this post you should read this post first:
ARM Exploitation with Raspberry Pi: Lab Setup
In this post we will set up a lab for ARM exploitation using Raspberry Pi Model 3 B+.
Using Ropper to find ROP Gadgets
To exploit using ret-to-libc or ROP, we need approprate gadgets and their addresses. In this post, we will learn how to use it to extract these gadget inform...
Sports
MTB in Texas: Anthills Hike and Bike Trail (Bike Park in Houston!)
This post includes some information regarding the Anthills MTB trails. I also included a few videos for your convenience.
Colorado Tour 2021 (Day 02): The Rocky Mountain National Park
This post includes the detail plan of the second day of our Colorado Trip in August 2021. We visited the Rocky Mountain National Park on this day.
Colorado Tour 2021 (Day 01): Tour Plans and Travel Journal
This post includes the detail plan of the very first day of our Colorado Trip in August 2021
Pouplar Parks in Houston for Walking, Running, and Biking
Here, in this post, I will list the most popular parks in Houston for different activities including walking, running, skating, and mountain biking.
System Administration
SSH Remote Login without Password in Linux/Mac
When we access a machine, it prompts for password for the corresponding user. However, it is tiresome, if need to access frequently, and each time we have to...
Template
Best Five Free Bootstrap Template for Personal Portfolio or Website
Personal website or portfolio works as our own marketing tool for letting people know about our skills, products, and personalities. I started my personal we...
Travel
Visiting Corpus Christi Sea Beaches: Whitecap, Mustang-island, and North Beach
This post presents necessary information regarding the sea beaches to visit in Corpus Christi. I also included some aerial shots of the popular beaches.
Camping and Biking at Martin Dies, Jr. State Park, Jasper, TX
We went for a one-night camping at the Martin Dies, Jr. State Park which is a 705-acre recreation area located along U.S. Route 190 on the banks of the Stein...
Camping Checklist: Things to take for Camping
Camping in the state parks of USA is pretty cool. Here, in this post, I add my own item checklist and things-to-take for camping.
Austin Day-long Tour: Hiking, Biking, and Other Places to Visit
Recently, we have visited Austin. Austin is quite beautiful with landscapes and there are many hiking and biking places around. It was a cool journey and her...
Hangouts near Houston: San Jacinto Battleground and Huntsville Lake
I love to explore places. As I am currently pursuing PhD in University of Houston and this is only my first year, surely, I will be staying here for the next...
A few hours in the Galveston Beach
It is the semester break and a few from our community wanted to have fresh airs. So, we chose Galveston beach as it is just an hour’s drive from Harris Count...
Items Checklist: Things to take to USA for International Students
I got admitted as a Ph.D. student at the University of Houston, leaving for the USA this August. Here, I list the items to take to the USA as an internationa...
Tutorial
Add Custom Headers to Python Files in Seconds using VSCode Editor
We often need to add custom header to our code files. Here is how to add that header as a template in seconds.
A simple Half-Duplex Chatting program in Python
Python is the most popular programming language for it’s readability and generally anything can be built using this pseudo-code alike language. It is best su...
WebScrapping
Web Scrapping: Clicking the ‘Show More’ Button Multiple times in Medium.com Blog via Selenium
This post explains the way and provides necessary code to enable clicking on the ‘show more’ button on medium blog site via selenium
Web Scrapping: Finding Necessary Contents from a Medium Dot Com Blog Post
This post explains the way and provides necessary code to scrap a post from Medium dot com Blog
Wordpress
Fixing Wordpress Theme Installation Issue in macOS
This post explains the way of fixing the issue of being unable to install Wordpress themes
cloud
Amazon Web Service: Launch an AWS EC2 Instance
AWS is one of the most popular cloud platform for hosting small to large scale applications and many companies use AWS as their base hosting platform.
github
Short Introduction to Git Commands and Github for Beginners
Git is a popular version control tool and Github provides a cloud platform for storing your code, data, and history of commits (records of addition, modifica...
higher-study
How to Apply for the Bangladesh-Sweden Trust Fund for a Travel Grant (BD students only)
Many students come to the USA, Europe, and Australia from Bangladesh each year for higher study purposes. However, many students do not know that we can appl...
jekyll
Google Adsense in Jekyll Static Site or Minimal Mistakes Blog Theme
This post explains the way of setting up your minimal mistakes theme blog so that you can optimize your site using Google Adsense.
Google Analytics in Minimal Mistakes Blog Theme
This post explains the way of setting up your minimal mistakes theme blog so that you can optimize your site using Google Analytics.
lifehacks
Recommended Credit Journey for a Person Living in USA
In USA, using credit cards for regular purchases is almost a daily routine and people usually use multiple credit cards for different purposes. Now, the ques...
Money Management for an International Student in USA
I have already spent a year of my PhD life after I joined the Dept. of Computer Science, University of Houston in the Fall 2019. By this time I have tried to...
machine-learning
Introduction to Deep Learning in Python (Keras and Tensorflow) using the MNIST Dataset
In this post we will see how to implement basic deep learning in python (Keras and Tensorflow). To make the post shorter, I skip the theoretical basics in th...
Machine Learning: Multiclass Classification Template for any Classification Dataset
We do often use classification algorithms to predict a particular class based on provided input features. In this tutorial, we will implement a python class ...
network
Write a Reverse Proxy Server in Python: Part 4 (Shell Script for Automation)
In the previous posts, we have coded our Reverse Proxy server, server-side code for the servers in the server pool, and our client-side script.
Write a Reverse Proxy Server in Python: Part 3 (Client-side Script)
In our previous two posts, we have coded our reverse proxy server and the regular server-side script of a server from the server pool.
Write a Reverse Proxy Server in Python: Part 2 (Server Pool)
In the previous post, we have coded the reverse proxy server in python. In this post, I will cover the server code for the servers in a pool waiting to proce...
Write a Reverse Proxy Server in Python: Part 1 (Reverse Proxy Server)
In this tutorial we will learn, how to build a Reverse Proxy Server in python. I will post a series of this tutorial where we will build a complete system th...
reinforcement-learning
Introduction to Reinforcement Learning (Part 01: Basic Concepts)
Reinforcement learning (RL) has been quite a popular field in both academia and industries as it helps to build intelligent agents and can solve automation-b...