ArmInfo. As part of a U.S. Department of State Professional Fellows Program (PFP) reciprocal project, Vladimir Karyan, Head of Operational Risk Management at Acba Bank and PFP alumnus, and Dr. Mariofanna Milanova, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, brought their expertise in AI applications, agentic AI, and fintech to Armenia, reported by the US Embassy in Armenia.
The project featured a series of practical trainings for students and young professionals in Yerevan and Ijevan, covering AI applications in fraud detection, building AI agents with multimodal models, Retrieval- Augmented Generation (RAG), and the future of AI in finance and banking.
They also visited U.S. Embassy Yerevan to discuss the project, their professional experiences, and continued collaboration with Public Diplomacy and Economic/Commercial section representatives.
"Projects like this help strengthen professional connections and foster knowledge-sharing and innovation among Armenia's next generation of technology and business leaders," the Embassy stated
