Alan MEGARGEL
Full-time Faculty
Associate Professor of Information Systems (Practice)
School of Computing and Information Systems
SCIS
Qualification
- Doctor of Innovation, Singapore Management University, 2018
Teaching Topics
- Enterprise Integration
- ePayment Processes & Technology
- Corporate & Institutional Banking Technology
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HighlightsAlan Megargel is a leading educator and researcher in digital banking, enterprise architecture, and financial technology, recognized for his innovative teaching methods and impactful industry collaborations.
Pioneers the integration of cutting-edge digital banking technologies and enterprise architectures into both research and practice; bridges academia and industry through real-world projects and platforms like the SMU Teaching Bank; recognized for excellence in teaching and curriculum innovation; recipient of multiple best paper and teaching awards.
Focused research areas include Enterprise architecture in banking, service-oriented and microservices architectures, business process management, digital transformation in financial services, AI and blockchain applications in finance, and pedagogical innovation in information systems education.
Pioneers the integration of cutting-edge digital banking technologies and enterprise architectures into both research and practice; bridges academia and industry through real-world projects and platforms like the SMU Teaching Bank; recognized for excellence in teaching and curriculum innovation; recipient of multiple best paper and teaching awards.
Focused research areas include Enterprise architecture in banking, service-oriented and microservices architectures, business process management, digital transformation in financial services, AI and blockchain applications in finance, and pedagogical innovation in information systems education.
Areas of Expertise
Digital banking and enterprise architectureservice-oriented and microservices architecturesbusiness process managementmassive-scale in-memory data grid technologyintegration of AI and blockchain in financial serviceslow/no-code solutions for banking.
Past Awarded Grant
- Autonomous Onboarding and Periodic KYC review (PKR), AI Singapore 100 Experiments, AI Singapore , PI (Project Level): Alan MEGARGEL, Co-PI (Project Level): Pradeep Reddy VARAKANTHAM, 2020, S$625,607.6
- Autonomous Prospecting and Product Recommendations, AI Singapore 100 Experiments, AI Singapore , PI (Project Level): Alan MEGARGEL, Co-PI (Project Level): Pradeep Reddy VARAKANTHAM, 2020, S$625,607.6
- Autonomous Onboarding and Periodic KYC Review (PKR), AI Singapore 100 Experiments Programme, AI Singapore PI (Project Level): Alan MEGARGEL, Co-PI (Project Level): Pradeep Reddy VARAKANTHAM, 2020, SGD325,000
- Autonomous Prospecting and Product Recommendations, AI Singapore 100 Experiments Programme, AI Singapore PI (Project Level): Alan MEGARGEL, Co-PI (Project Level): Pradeep Reddy VARAKANTHAM, 2020, SGD325,000
- IIE(MDGF) - "Digibank" Microservices-based CORELESS Digital Banking System, MDGF, MOE Decentralised Gap Funding PI (Project Level): Alan MEGARGEL, 2020, SGD250,000
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- Z Zhang, Z Zheng, H Nie, H Dong, C LeiPerioperative Medicine 14 (1), 45, 2025
- Z Zhang, A Megargel, L JiangIEEE Access 13, 11185-11194, 2025
- Z ZHANG, A MEGARGELPerformance evaluation of NewSQL databases in a distributed architecture, 1-10, 2025
- NJ Parikh, A MegargelHandbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion, Volume 3, 239-250, 2025
- NHL Hung, A MegargelHandbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion, Volume 3, 323-333, 2025
- A Megargel, V Shankararaman, OK ArulHandbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion, Volume 3, 183-198, 2025
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Qualification
- Doctor of Innovation, Singapore Management University, 2018
Teaching Topics
- Enterprise Integration
- ePayment Processes & Technology
- Corporate & Institutional Banking Technology