Alan Chan
Research Fellow at GovAI
I am a Research Fellow at GovAI. I work on a variety of topics in AI policy including AI agents, transparency, other topics in technical AI governance.
I completed my PhD at Mila, advised by Nicolas Le Roux and David Krueger. Previously at Amii + UAlberta, I was a MSc student with Martha White.
Education
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PhD in Computer Science 2024Université de Montréal
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MSc in Computing Science 2020University of Alberta
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BSc in Mathematics 2018University of Alberta
Recent Writing
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Permission Manifests for Web Agents December 2025
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Incident Analysis for AI Agents August 2025
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Multi-Agent Risks from Advanced AI February 2025
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Infrastructure for AI Agents January 2025
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Authenticated Delegation and Authorized AI Agents January 2025
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IDs for AI Systems June 2024
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Visibility into AI Agents January 2024
Get in Touch
If you think I might be able to tell you useful things, please email me with a suggested agenda: alan.chan@governance.ai