Task Forces

Task forces can be set up by the Executive Director or a Committee upon the request of any member of ASOF. They are meant to be a working group with a particular expertise and focus. Task forces can have a small core team and a larger advisory group. Members of a task force do not have to be members of ASOF.

ARCS.ai Board

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Building Plan Check Group

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Center for international relations and law

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Economics

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Education and Licensing Group

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Environmental Arts and Humanities

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Higher Education

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Higher Education Law

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Honors Courses in Mathematics

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Human Sciences

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Inspection and Construction Supervision Group

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New Building Code Group

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Philosophy & Ethics

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SIREH Board

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Seismic Retrofit Group

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Support for Artsakh higher education

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Kevork Oskanian
University of Birmingham
Aram Pakhchanian
Co-founder and Chairman of the Board, Ayb Foundation
Hagop Panossian
The ARPA Institute, Founder and President
Arà Paolo Zarian
Restorer architect, independent researcher
Mary Papazian
Executive VP of the Association of Governing Boards for Universities and Colleges (AGB); former Professor of English and President, San Jose State University (retired)
Hrag Papazian
Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies, California State University, Fresno
Taline Papazian
Sciences Po (Aix-en-Provence), Ecole de l Air
Marie Lou Papazian
Managing Director at Tumo Center for Creative Technologies
Mihran Papikian
Professor, Pennsylvania State University
Ashot Papoyan
Co-Founder and CEO, Elm Tree Research
Ardem Patapoutian
Professor, Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute
Sheila Paylan
International Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Legal Consultant at the United Nations
Oshin Peroomian
CTO Metacomp Technologies, Inc. and Adjunct lecturer at the American University of Armenia
Alexandre Persat
Global Health Institute and Institute for Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Charles Personnaz
Director of the Institut National du Patrimoine (National Institute for Heritage) under the French Ministry of Culture
Andrea Peto
Central European University
Lorenza Petrini
Politecnico di Milano
Vahe Petrosian
Professor of Physics and Applied Physics Departments, Chair of Astronomy Program, Stanford University
Arev Petrosyan
Member of the Artists’ Union of the RA / CEO of “Benik Petrosyan” cultural fund (1997) Founder of Arev Art Gallery (2015), Armenia
David Petrosyan
Research Director, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Fyoundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
Nune Petrosyan
Deputy chairman of Urban development committee
Levon Pogosian
Professor, Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University
Grant Pogosyan
Professor Emeritus (Former Dean and Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science), International Christian University, Tokyo
Marco Pretelli
Full professor, Heritage restoration, Department of Architecture, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-University of Bologna
Stephen Riegg
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Texas AM University
Dork Sahagian
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and the Environmental Initiative, Lehigh University
Marlyne Sahakian
Associate professor, Sociology department, University of Geneva
Vatche Sahakian
Burton Bettingen Professor in Theoretical Physics at Harvey Mudd College
Vahe Sahakyan
Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Artak Sahakyan
Project support unit coordinator at Central bank of Armenia, Lecturer at Public Administration Academy
Naira Sahakyan
Assistant Professor, American University of Armenia
Pollet Samvelian
Professor, Department of linguistics, Sorbonne Nouvelle University
Ara Sanjian
Director, Armenian Research Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Misak Sargsian
Professor, Department of Physics, Florida International University
Khachik Sargsyan
Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
Grigor Sargsyan
Professor IMPAN, Institute of Mathematics of Polish Academy of Sciences
Nelli Sargsyan
Associate professor, Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies, Emerson College
Hagop Sarkissian
Professor & Chair, Department of Philosophy, The City University of New York, Baruch College
Yervand Sarkisyan
Investor and Entrepreneur, Founding Partner Granatus Ventures, Founding Partner DEEPTECHX
Narine Sarvazyan
Professor, Department of Philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center
Allen Sayegh
INVIVIA, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Armen Sedrakian
Fellow at Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies, Professor, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Anna Seferian
Associate Dean, School of Business, University of Maryland Global Campus
Tatevik Sekhposyan
Economics Department, Texas A&M University
Audrey Selian
Artha Initiative
Hasmig Seropian
University of California Berkeley
Lara Setrakian
Founding Board Member, APRI Armenia
Gayane Shagoyan
Leading Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Sarkis Shahinian
Secretary General of the Switzerland-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group
Nona Shahnazarian
Senior Research Fellow at Inst. of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS; Centre for Independent Social Research Armenia
Tigran Shahverdyan
Co-founder & CTO at Robomart, Member at Gituzh
Anush Shahverdyan
The World Bank, international consultant
Nina Shahverdyan
Educator, civil rights activist
Sergey Shakhverdyan
Former minister of culture of Artsakh
Suzanna Shamakhyan
Executive Director of Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST)
Shant Shekherdimian
Associate Professor of Surgery- Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery University of California, Los Angeles
Christopher Sheklian
Postdoctoral Researcher, Raboud University
Armen Shirikyan
Professor, Department of Mathematics, CY Cergy Paris University
Gagik Shmavonyan
National Polytechnic University of Armenia, Head of Nanotechnology Laboratory
Hovann Simonian
Independent scholar
Lisa Siraganian
J. R. Herbert Boone Chair in Humanities and Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Anna Sirinian
Università di Bologna
Zarouhi Soghomonyan
Vice-Rector at French University in Armenia
Robert Sukiasyan
Visiting Scholar, Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA
Levon Tadevosyan
Executive Director at Technological Education Foundation
Elizabete Taivāne
Associate professor at the Faculty of Theology University of Latvia
Hamest Tamrazyan
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Melanie Tanielian
Director of the Center for Armenian Studies, University of Michigan
Arman Tatoyan
Professor at the American University of Armenia
Sipana Tchakerian
Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (INHA), Paris - UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée (team Monde Byzantin)
Hratch Tchilingirian
Associate Faculty Member, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford
Farhad Tehrani
Faculty member of Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Faculty member of Shahid Beheshti University
Ara Tekian
Professor, Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Henry Theriault
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Worcester State University
Stavroula Thravalou
European Heritage Hub Athens - Elleniki Etairia
Manushak Titanyan
Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Construction, Shushi University of Technology, lecturer at NUACA
Maria Titizian
Lecturer, Department of English and Communications, American University of Armenia
Artyom Tonoyan
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Minnesota
Hassmik Tortian
Programme Specialist, Section for Higher Education, UNESCO
Paul Tour-Sarkissian
Tour-Sarkissian Law Offices
Gagik Tovmasian
Professor, Instituto de Astronomia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Anush Tserunyan
Associate Professor at McGill University (Mathematics and Statistics Department)
Mark Tufenkjian
Interim Associate Dean & Professor of Civil Engineering, California State University, Los Angeles
Khachig Tölölyan
Emeritus Professor, Wesleyan University
Chris Uregian
European Commission
Virginia Valian
Hunter College - CUNY; Graduate Center - CUNY
Harutyun Vanyan
Head of the Department for Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments of the Ministry of ESCS; National Coordinator of European Heritage Days; National Coordinator of European Archaeology Days
Vahagn Vardanyan
Principal, Han Academy (Secondary)
Arsen Vasilyan
The university of Texas at Austin
Paolo Vitti
University of Notre Dame
Stefano Volta
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
Heghnar Watenpaugh
Armenia Transformation Strategy Team
Hagop Yacoubian
Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, American University of Armenia
Claudia Yaghoobi
Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill