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YerevaNN

YerevaNN /jɛɾɛvɑnˈɛn/ is a non-profit research lab developing AI for the physical world. We build self-supervised models and study how synthetic data can make them more capable and reliable. Our work targets robotics, space, and molecular design, including wireless perception, high-level control for physical robots, multispectral satellite imagery, and AI-enhanced molecular optimization.

Research highlights

Three papers at NeurIPS 2026

Accepted · Evaluations and Datasets track

PMO-Dock: Benchmarking Docking, Specificity, and Generalization in Molecular Optimization

A benchmark for docking, target specificity, and generalization in molecular optimization.

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Accepted · Main conference

Data Density Scaling Laws for Image Self-Distillation

How unique images and repeated training shape image self-distillation.

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Accepted · Main conference

Scaling Cheap Synthetic Pretraining Improves Indoor Radio-Map Prediction

Low-cost synthetic pretraining for better indoor radio-map prediction.

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Research Directions

AI for Molecule Generation

We are developing an advanced AI-driven molecular “programming language” to revolutionize drug discovery by enabling precise, programmatic design of pharmaceutical compounds.

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AI for Robotics

We build models that help robots understand their surroundings, follow natural-language instructions, and navigate autonomously using satellite imagery, RF sensing, and drone simulation.

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Team

Hrant Khachatrian
Founding Director, PhD

Hakob Tamazyan
ML Researcher, PhD

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Ani Vanyan
ML Researcher
PhD Student

Alvard Barseghyan
ML Researcher
PhD Student

Narek Nurijanyan
ML Researcher

Anna Khosrovyan
ML Researcher

Narek Abelyan
Computational Biologist, PhD

Menua Bedrosian
ML Researcher

Tatevik Abrahamyan
ML Researcher

Filya Geikyan
ML Researcher

Khoren Petrosyan
ML Researcher

Rafayel Mkrtchyan
ML Researcher
PhD Student

Vladimir Tarasov
ML Researcher

Armen Manukyan
ML Researcher

Ararat Saribekyan
ML Researcher

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Aram Dovlatyan
Research Engineer

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Gor Simonyan
ML Researcher

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Artashes Mkrtchyan
ML Researcher

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Kristine Hambardzumyan
ML Researcher

Mane Musayelyan
ML Researcher

Tatev Vardanyan
Operations and Development

Anahit Simonyan
Chief Accountant

Leyli Shaboyan
Executive Assistant

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Sponsored Fellowships in 2025


  1. Khoren Petrosyan and Rafayel Mkrtchyan received Lebaredian Fellowship.
  2. Hakob Tamazyan received SASTIC Fellowship.
  3. Gor Simonyan and Vladimir Tarasov received Scholarships for their internship programs

Sponsored Fellowships in 2024


  1. Philipp Guevorguian, Samvel Karapetyan, Hasmik Mnatsakanyan and Edvard Ghukasyan received Yandex Armenia Fellowship.
  2. Anna Khosrovyan and Narek Nurijanyan received Cognaize Scholarships for their internship programs.
  3. Filya Geikyan and Davit Gyulnazaryan received Voskanyan Scholarships for their internship programs.
  4. Alvard Barseghyan received LayerSwap Fellowship.
  5. Ani Vanyan received FimeTech Fellowship.


Collaborators

Dr. Naira Hovakimyan
UIUC, Aviatic

Dr. Aram Galstyan
USC

Armen Aghajanyan
Perceptron AI

Dr. Theofanis Raptis
CNR, Italy

Dr. Hrayr Harutyunyan
Google Research

Dr. Vahan Huroyan
Saint Louis University

Dr. Ruben Abagyan
UC San Diego

Dr. Areg Karapetyan
NYU, Abu Dhabi

Dr. Ivan Aprahamian
Dartmouth College

Dr. Evan Shelhamer
UBC

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Board of Trustees

Gor Vardanyan
Founder, FimeTech
Co-founder, Chessify

Vazgen Hakobjanyan
Co-founder, Teamable
Founder, ML Labs
Ex-Partner, SmartGate VC

Rouben Meschian
Founder, Arminova Technologies
Founding Software Engineer, Cambridge Semantics

Alumni

Hrayr Harutyunyan
Research Scientist, Google Research

Karen Hambardzumyan
PhD student, FAIR, UCL

Hovhannes Tamoyan
PhD student, TU Darmstadt

Arto Maranjyan
PhD student, KAUST

Gor Arakelyan
Engineer / Tech Entrepreneur
AimStack

Martin Mirakyan
Founder, Profound Academy

Ashot Matevosyan
Research Scientist, Yerevan Physics Institute

Arshak Minasyan
Assistant Professor, CentraleSupélec

Davit Papikyan
ML Engineer, Deep Origin

Rafayel Darbinyan
Data Scientist, ServiceTitan

Gayane Chilingaryan
Applied Scientist, Zalando

Kajik Hakobyan
ML Researcher, SoftConstruct

Hasmik Mnatsakanyan
Machine Learning Researcher
Deep Origin

Ani Tevosyan
Engineering Lead, In Silico LLC

Khazhak Galstyan
ML Researcher

Davit Gyulnazaryan
Software Engineer, Activeloop

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Edvard Ghukasyan
Machine Learning Researcher
Webb Fontaine

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Tigran Galstyan
Research Scientist, NVIDIA

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Knarik Mheryan
ML Researcher

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Tigran Fahradyan
MPhil in ACS
University of Cambridge

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Boris Martirosyan
Senior Machine Learning Scientist and Engineer
Aderant

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Samvel Karapetyan
Internship
NVIDIA

Partners and Sponsors

Our team extends heartfelt gratitude to the following organizations for their strategic donations and partnerships, which have advanced our research capabilities.

Rev Rachel
Yerevan State University
SASTIC
Armenian Society of Fellows
ISTC Foundation
Yandex
Formula VC
Globally
Mayro
Layerswap
Profholod
Nuve
Tech??????? Club
Nebius
Cognaize

Our Impact

42

Researchers

20 active ML researchers
22 alumni active in ML
2 startup co-founders
6 PhDs abroad
3 PhDs in Armenia

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Papers

Leading AI venues
2200+ citations

20

CS & AI Courses

870 students across Armenian universities and training centers

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Capstones

Undergraduate and graduate theses supervised by our team