Nicholas Mac Gregor Garcia
Lecturer at Academic & Industry Ecosystem Roles
Singapore, Singapore
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Top SchoolNicholas Mac Gregor Garcia is a lecturer and co-director at NUS who blends deep academic research with hands-on industry engagement in fintech, blockchain, and AI governance across an 11-year career. He has secured and managed over $1M in FinTech Lab sponsorships, supervised 30+ students who placed at MAS, Visa, and Coinbase, and published in top venues like ICIS and AAMAS. Nicholas designs and delivers advanced courses and global workshops—ranging from Stanford-affiliated AI programs to cross-university governance hackathons—that convene regulators, industry, and students. His PhD work at NYU Stern examined human assumptions in algorithmic systems, informing policy dialogues across ASEAN and institutional reviews. Known for translating rigorous research into practical governance frameworks, he champions ethical AI and scalable safety research to help position Singapore as a technology governance hub. An early data analyst background in fraud detection adds a pragmatic, data-driven dimension to his policy and pedagogical work.
11 years of coding experience
BS, Chemical Engineering, Dean's Honors, BS, Chemical Engineering, Dean's Honors at University of California, BerkeleyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Information Systems, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Information Systems at New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of BusinessMaster's Degree, Information Systems Management, Master's Degree, Information Systems Management at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese
Github Skills (4)
science3
python3
machine-learning2
data-science2
Github contributions (5)
nicholasg3/Spring2018_ProfFosterProvost
Jan 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:26 commits, 57 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
pythonsciencedata-sciencemachine-learningintroduction-to-data-science
JMDwyer/Fintech2015
Oct 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:14 pushes in 1 day
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