Nicholas Vincent
Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolNicholas Vincent is an Assistant Professor in Computing Science at Simon Fraser University whose research explores how human-generated data interacts with modern computing and AI to shape social and economic outcomes. With a PhD in Technology and Social Behavior and eight years of experience spanning academia and industry, he blends rigorous social-scientific inquiry with technical skills from internships at Microsoft, Snap, and cloud engineering roles. His agenda centers on concepts like data dignity, data as labor, and data dividends, aiming to design AI ecosystems that reduce rather than concentrate wealth and power. He studies practical interventions to make people aware of the value of their data contributions and advocates for policies and systems that return leverage to individuals. A former naval and medical-imaging research intern, he brings interdisciplinary signal-processing and machine learning experience to questions about generative AI’s socio-economic effects. He also maintains a public-facing newsletter and website that translate his research—especially the notion of “data leverage”—for broader audiences.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Technology and Social Behavior (Joint Program: Computer Science + Communication), PhD, Technology and Social Behavior (Joint Program: Computer Science + Communication) at Northwestern UniversityB.S., Electrical Engineering, B.S., Electrical Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (15)
governance8
api5
nodejs4
scraper4
gateway4
seo3
python3
crawler3
ads3
api-gateway2
recommender2
search-engine2
scikit1
machine-learning1
data-science1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nickmvincent/surprise_sandbox
Mar 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:210 commits, 2 PRs, 187 pushes in 1 year 2 months
nickmvincent/ugc-val-est
Jul 2017 - Feb 2020
Contributions:1 release, 1080 commits, 3 PRs in 2 years 7 months
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