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Assistant Professor in the School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University

Email: nvincent@sfu.ca

CV: pdf | html
Main Affiliations: sfu computing science | ixlab | padcomp
Additional affiliations: digital democracies institute | metagov | sfu public policy
Other places I post content: data leverage newsletter | other blog posts | bluesky | github | linkedin
Other places to find my papers: google scholar | semantic scholar | dblp

Quick bio: Prof. Nick Vincent is an Assistant Professor in Computing Science at Simon Fraser University. He studies the content ecosystems and data supply chains that fuel data-dependent technologies like search engines, recommender systems, and generative AI. This involves exploring avenues for people to control how data flow and participate in the governance of AI systems. The overarching goal of this research is to work towards highly capable and widely beneficial AI technologies that mitigate -- rather than exacerbate -- inequalities in wealth and power.

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Algorithmic Collective Action with Two Collectives, Karan ..., ACM FAccT, 2025-06 link
Push and Pull: A Framework for Measuring..., Wojtowicz ..., ACM FAccT, 2025-06 link
Pika: Empowering Non-Programmers to Author..., Wang ..., ACM CHI, 2024-03 link
A Canary in the AI Coal Mine: American Jews..., Precel ..., ACM CHI, 2024-03 link

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Public AI, Data Appraisal, and Data Debates, Data Leverage Newsletter, 2025-04 link
Evaluation Data Leverage: Advances like "Deep..., Data Leverage Newsletter, 2025-03 link
Tipping Points for Content Ecosystems, Data Leverage Newsletter, 2025-02 link
AI Labs Should Open Source Data Protection Technologies, Data Leverage Newsletter, 2025-01 link

Talks

Canada as Champion for Public AI, McMaster Internet Policy Lab, 2025-03
Emerging Concerns with the..., UBC NLP, 2025-03
Activism in the Age of AI, IATSE 891 AI Day of Learning @ Downtown Vancouver, 2025-03
Human-Centered AI Research and New..., Human-Centered AI Conference @ Pepperdine University, 2024-09

Media Coverage

Can Wikipedia survive the rise of AI..., Rhiannon Stevens, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2025-05 link
'Trial and error': Over half of AI..., Stacy Thomas, Canadian HR Reporter, 2025-05 link
OpenAI Is Reaping What It Sowed With DeepSeek, Alistair Barr, Business Insider, 2025-01 link
Is data supply AI’s Achilles’ heel?, Richard Mylles, UBS, 2024-06 link

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