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Prof.
Levon Aslanyan
Information
Society Technologies Center
ISTC
P.Sevak
1
Yerevan
Armenia
http://dm-lab.sci.am
T.:
+3741 284435
Fax:
+3741 284435
lasl@sci.am
Information Society Technologies
center (IST Center/IST-C) was set up in 1998 as a spin off from the Department
of “Discrete Modelling, Analysis and Recognition” of the Institute for
Informatics and Automation Problems of the National academy of Sciences,
Armenia. The basic objective is to support the integration of local IT related
research and systems development, in an associated basis, serving the RTD
management, and - relations with the international research community.
IST Center is intensively related
to the many important organizations in Armenia, such as National Academy of
Sciences, Yerevan state University, IT Development Foundation of Armenia, Sate
Department for Standardization, Certification and Metrology (SARM) and others.
The IST-C members are technical and administrative representatives of these
organizations. IST-C is the 6th FP IST Programme NCP for Armenia. It represents
SARM at ISO.
IST-C carries out both theoretical
investigations in Computer Science: Discrete Mathematics; Coding, Cryptography
and Information Theory; Mathematical Logic and Theory of Algorithms; Management
Support Systems and Artificial Intelligence; Classification and Image
Processing; Distributed Information Systems, as well as R&D in Information
Technologies: systems with implementation of Data Mining, Word Processing,
Internet Automation, Image Processing and Understanding, Network protection,
etc. Particular applications are systems for earthquake data analysis, special
GIS, OCR system for Armenian character set, software for classification and
prediction.
The base team consists of 17
scientists and engineers, 2 Doctors of science, 7 PhD re-searchers, technical
and managerial staff, but the temporal staff was up to 75.
Since its start IST-C participated
in following activities: INTAS 96-952 “Concurrent heuristics in data analysis
and prediction”; NATO Science Programme and Cooperation Partners, Linkage
Grant No. HTECH-LG 96-1170 "Distributed Information Systems for Critical
Social Issues"; ESPRIT (ICIMS-NOE 9251) - INCO COPRNICUS AMETMAS-NOE
"A Network Of Excellence in Advanced Methodologies and Tools for
Manufacturing Systems"; Esprit 23802, INCO COPERNICUS Extension GEIXS,
"Geological Electronic Information Exchange System"; InfoDev, Y2K
Planning and Implementation Grants for Armenia; IST 12637 SPARTA, “Security
Policy Adap-tation Reinforced Through Agents”; INTAS 00-626 “Data Mining
Algorithm Incubator”; NTAS 00- 397 “Data Mining Technologies And Image
Processing: Theory And Applications” and others.
Member
of Network, but may act also as a JPA Scientific Manager
B4.1
(CE, SE, FR), B4.2 (KM, SP, SA) and the same in B8
Short description of the
organisation
Information Society Technologies
Center was set up in 1998 as a spin off from the Department of “Discrete
Modelling, Analysis and Recognition” of the Institute for Informatics and
Automation Problems of the National academy of Sciences, Armenia. The basic
objective is to support the integration of local IT related research and the
systems development, in an associated basis.
Prof.
Levon Aslanyan is the President of ISTC. He received the BA
Diploma: on Mathematics from the Novosibirsk State University, 1969. Candidate
of Sciences, Mathematical Cybernetics: from Computer Centre of the USSR Academy
of Sciences, Moscow, 1976. Doctor of Sciences: Theoretical Informatics, Computer
Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1997.
Main Research areas: –
Mathematical logic, Discrete mathematical analysis and Pattern Recognition
theory.
Application interests include the software systems
design and implementation, distributed data bases (Data Base Administration and
Industrial management automation), exact and heuristic algorithms of data
analysis (statistics, classification, cluster analysis) for scientific,
industrial, or other uses, Optical Character recognition systems, Tools for
Geophysics and Seismology, cryptography and agent technology. Current Positions
- Head of Laboratory of Discrete Analysis and Modelling Technologies at the
Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems, Chair of Technical Committee
“Information Technologies” of the State Department for Standardization,
Certification and Metrology, Executive director of the IT Development Foundation
of Armenia, Professor of Yerevan State University, EC 6 th
FP
IST Programme National Contact Point for Armenia. The Academic Carrier started
at 1961, in the Institute of Energy Resources of the Academy of Sciences of
Armenia. A number of R&D Projects, related to the Discrete Optimization,
Data Base Systems and Pattern Recognition Systems were successfully developed
under his supervision. From 1997 – the Project Co-Director: NATO Science
Programme Linkage Grant HTECH.LG 1170, INTAS Grant number 96-952, Y2K Work Group
projects Coordination in Armenia, and from 2000 – the local co-ordinator of EC
5 th FP IST SPARTA, AMETMAS NOE, GEIXS and TRISTAN EAST
projects.
Dr.
Hasmik Sahakyan is the Executive Director of Information Society
Technologies center. She obtained BA degree in mathematics in Yerevan State
University, 1980. 1987–present: - researcher of the “Discrete Modelling,
Analysis and Recognition Technologies” Department, Institute for Informatics
and Automation Problems of NAS RA. Research interests: discrete analysis,
combinatorics, Boolean functions, pattern recognition theory and application,
data mining and software engineering. Lectures: “complexity of algorithms”
at Yerevan State University. Additionally, she is the Secre-tary of the TC IT of
SARM. Current Projects: Development of Armenian Optical Character Recogni-tion
software system (Agreement with the SARM); INTAS: 00-626 Data Mining Algorithm
Incubator, 00-397 Data Mining Technologies And Image Processing: Theory And
Applications, 2001-2003. Security Policy Adaptation Reinforced Through Agents,
SPARTA, 5th FP EC IST pro-ject. She has 20 publications in the field of Computer
Science and of Information Technologies.
Publications
-
Algorithms
for Data Flows, L.
Aslanyan, J. Castellanos, F. Mingo, H. Sahakyan, V. Ryazanov, X-th International
Conference "Knowledge-Dialogue-Solution", June 16-26 (2003), Varna.
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Data
analysis algorithms in network protection systems, Aslanyan L., Margaryan K. and
Sahakyan H., Proceedings of the 3rd Int. Conf. Digital information processing
and control in extreme situations, 221-225, 28-30 May, Minsk, 2002.
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Concurrent Heuristics in Data Analysis and Prediction,
Aslanyan L., Castellanos J., Georgiou P., Tsagas G. and Riazanov V., Pattern
Recognition and Image Analysis, vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 8-10, 2001.
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On Certain Hybrid Classification Models Based on
Neural Network and Logical Approaches, Ryazanov V. Sen'ko O.,
Aslanyan L., Saakyan H., Mingo L., Castellanos J., Pattern Recognition and Image
Analysis, vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 80-82, 2001.
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Geoinfomational
System of Town, for Analyzing of Consequences of Strong Local Earthquakes, L.H.
Aslanyan, G.L. Coff, E.T. Cenjebaev, and R.M. Lobatskaya, Academy of Sciences
USSR, Gosstroy USSR, Academy of Sciences of Arm.SSR, Yerevan, 1989, (in
Russian).
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Security
Policy Adaptation Reinforced Through Agents, Pasic A., Salmonsen G., Kulin A.
and Aslanyan L., International Seminar “Conversion Potential of Armenia and
ISTC Programmes”, 2-7 October, 2000, Yerevan.
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Principles
and Contents of Geological - and - Geophysical Information Database System of
Armenia for Internet, L. Aslanyan, A. Avakyan, R. Djrbashyan and Yu. Shoukourian, Computer Science & Information
Technologies Conference, Yerevan, September 25-29, 1997, pp. 409--412.
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Intrusion
Detection Intelligence, L. Aslanyan, K. Markaryan, A. Pasic and H. Sahakyan,
CSIT”01, Yerevan, 429-433 (2001).
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