People
The people behind ARCS∙ai.
(1) a Council that functions as an executive committee of the Armenian Society of Fellows,
(2) an Executive Board of the ARCS∙ai Foundation in Armenia, and
(3) Committees that oversee the various aspects of the center's operations.
Governance
The Council
The Council on Sciences & Technologies sets the long-term vision and direction of the center, drawing on leading scientists and technologists from Armenia and the diaspora.
Diane Barber
Council Chair
Professor, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco
Adam Kablanian
Council Member
High-Tech Executive, Entrepreneur, and Investor Founder of Alexandrea Winery
Alexandre Persat
Council Member
Global Health Institute and Institute for Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Ann Karagozian
Council Member
Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
Ardem Patapoutian
Council Member
Professor, Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Nobel Laureate
Armen Aghajanyan
Council Member
Perceptron AI
Armen Askijian
Council Member
Chief Technology Officer, Airbus U.S. Space and Defense
Armen Zakarian
Council Member
Interim Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan Dearborn
Artur Alaverdyan
Council Member
Co-Founder, Member of Board, Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology
Dork Sahagian
Council Member
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and the Environmental Initiative, Lehigh University, Nobel Laureate
Justin Du Bois
Council Member
Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology, by courtesy, Stanford University
Naira Hovakimyan
Council Member
Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sarkis Mazmanian
Council Member
Luis and Nelly Soux Professor of Microbiology, Merkin Institute Professor, California Institute of Technology
Vahe Petrosian
Council Member
Professor of Physics and Applied Physics Departments, Chair of Astronomy Program, Stanford University
Executive Board
The Executive Board leads strategy and day-to-day operations of the center.
Nora Ayanian
Board Chair
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Brown University
Vatche Sahakian
Board Secretary
Burton Bettingen Professor in Theoretical Physics at Harvey Mudd College
Aram Galstyan
Board Member at Large
Amazon
Haig Eskandarian
Board Member at Large
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Ivan Aprahamian
Board Member at Large
Professor, Chair of the Chemistry Department, Dartmouth College
Karen Egiazarian
Board Member at Large
Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
Oshin Peroomian
Executive Director
CTO Metacomp Technologies, Inc. and Adjunct lecturer at the American University of Armenia
Anik Margaryan
Chief Program Director
Chief Program Director, ARCS∙ai
Committees
The Physical AI Committee (PAIC) oversees the center's flagship program and operations. The committee can be reached at paic@arcs-ai.am.
Nora Ayanian
Committee Chair
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Brown University
Anik Margaryan
Committee Member
Chief Program Director, ARCS∙ai
Aram Galstyan
Committee Member
Amazon
Armen Aghajanyan
Committee Member
Perceptron AI
Armen Zakarian
Committee Member
Vice Provost for Research, Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Michigan Dearborn
Bruce Boghosian
Committee Member
President of AUA
David Akopian
Committee Member
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Karen Egiazarian
Committee Member
Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
Nare Karapetyan
Committee Member
Assistant Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Oshin Peroomian
Committee Member
CTO Metacomp Technologies, Inc. and Adjunct lecturer at the American University of Armenia
Reza Malekian
Committee Member
Dean of Akian School, AUA
Vatche Sahakian
Committee Member
Burton Bettingen Professor in Theoretical Physics at Harvey Mudd College