Armenian school students win bronze at 2nd AI Olympiad in Kazakhstan

ArmInfo.  Armenian schoolchildren won one bronze medal at the 2nd International Physics and Mathematics Olympiad on Artificial Intelligence, which took place in Almaty on October 30-31. A total of 124 students from 47 teams representing 7 countries participated in the Olympiad, the press  service of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports of  the Republic of Armenia reported.

Armenia was represented at the Olympiad by four teams from the Gyumri  school "Photon." The school's first team, consisting of 11th-grade  students Artyom Hovhannisyan, Lilit Hakobyan, and Aram Minasyan, won  the bronze medal. They completed theoretical and practical  assignments.

The assignments presented to the participants focused on solving  real-world problems and required a high level of knowledge in machine  and deep learning. The second team from "Photon" included 10th-grade  students Gurgen Bayburdyan, Mkrtich Gabrielyan, and Aram Metsoyan;  the third team included 10th-grade students Samvel Sahakyan, Karen  Martirosyan, and Artsrun Martirosyan; and the fourth team included  10th-grade students Silva Khachatryan and Narek Petrosyan.

The team selection was conducted by the organizers based on the  results of the first round, which was held online in September. The  team leaders were representatives of the organization. Aram Bagiyan  and Zhora Unupoglyan of "Improviz." The Improviz Olympic Center  prepared the teams and co-financed their participation in the final  stage of the Olympiad.