Education
1967 - 1972: Graduate Diploma in Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Yerevan State University

Academic degree
1988: Ph.D. Candidate of Sciences (in Mathematics), Title: "Probabilistic recognition system: its development, investigation and application", Computing Center of Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.
1989: Academic Rank of Associate Professor (Docent) in Computer Science, Ministry of Higher Education of the USSR, Moscow.

Professional experience
2007 - present: Docent of Chair of Programming and Information Technologies, Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, Yerevan State University (YSU)
1988 - 2007: Docent of Chair of Algorithmic Languages, Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, YSU
1974 - 1988: Assistant of Chair of Algorithmic Languages, Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, YSU
1991 - 1999: Head of Computer Science Faculty, College "Anania Shirakatsi"
1996 - 1997: Lecturer to Computer Science Organized by "Save the Children", USAID.
1972 - 1974: Scientific collaborator of Yerevan Scientific and Research Institute of Mathematical Machines

Academic courses
Probabilistic Recognition Systems, Algorithms and Data Structures, Web- programming

Scale of professional interests
Education and L Education and Learning Systems, Distance Learning, Expert Systems and Knowledge Based Systems, Web design ,Genetic algorithms, Fuzzy logic and programming, Neurocomputing.

Participation in grant projects
1.National scientific & research grant No.94-719, 1998 - 2000, Researcher
2. Integrated Basic Toolset for New Learning Technologies in Armenian. (IATP - Internet Access Training Program) , 2000 - 2001, Project Director
3. Distance Learning Effectiveness Increasing Methods (IATP - Internet Access Training Program) No. IATP2001-AM-14, 2001, Project Director
4. The Distance Testing System (IATP - Internet Access Training Program), 2002, Project Director
5. Development of Basic Toolset for E-learning (OSI - Open Society Institute) No. 500091CA51, 2002 - 2003, Project Director
6. Development and Implementation of Instrumental Tools for Supporting IT in Educational Process at Secondary Schools (OSI - Open Society Institute) No. 1603, 2003 - 2004, Project Director
7. Tempus - Individual Mobility Grants, To participate in IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2004) to present the activities. IMG-ARM 1011 - 2004 IMGIMG-ARM1011 - 2004
8. Development and Implementation of Instrumental Tools for Supporting IT in Educational Process at Secondary Schools (OSI –Open Society Institute) No. 15022, 2006 - 2007, Project Director

Languages
Armenian, Russian, English

Professional membership
Member of Program Committee of International Conferences SOIC06, SOIC07, SOIC08 (Social and Organizational Informatics and Cybernetics, Florida, USA)

siranushs@ysu.am