The First Bronze Medal for IOC Students at the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence
We are pleased to announce that on October 30–31, 2025, the Improvis Olympic Center (IOC) was represented by four teams at the Fizmat Artificial Intelligence Olympiad (FAIO 2025), held for the second consecutive year in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Team 1 – Artyom Hovhannisyan, Lilit Hakobyan, Aram Minasyan (Photon School)
Team 2 – Gurgen Bayburdyan, Mkrtich Gabrielyan, Aram Metsoyan (Photon School)
Team 3 – Samvel Sahakyan, Karen Martirosyan, Artsrun Martirosyan (Photon School)
Team 4 – Silva Khachatryan, Narek Petrosyan (Photon School)

The first team — Artyom Hovhannisyan, Lilit Hakobyan, and Aram Minasyan — earned an honorable bronze medal, becoming the first-ever team from Gyumri to achieve a team victory in an international AI competition.
All four teams had successfully passed the first stage of the competition in September 2025, thereby qualifying for the final round.
With joint financial support from the students’ parents and the Improvis Olympiad Center, the IOC delegation was formed and sent to Almaty under the leadership of Aram Baghdiyan, Ph.D., and the teams’ AI coach, Zhora Unupoghlyan.
It should be noted that the teams managed to pass the preliminary stage thanks to the knowledge gained during the mathematics courses focused on AI, organized by Mrs. Manya Mutafyan.
We express our heartfelt gratitude to Mrs. Mutafyan for her invaluable contribution and to Coach Zhora Unupoghlyan, who in just one month managed to organize intensive AI preparation courses for the qualified students — paving the way for this long-awaited victory.
We warmly congratulate the medal-winning students, the IOC delegation members, the Photon School, and the IOC coaches on this remarkable achievement!