Vahagn Hovhannisyan

Mathematics-oriented researcher from Yerevan, Armenia. International Mathematical Olympiad medalist for Armenia in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Undergraduate studies in Mathematics/Data Science at Yerevan State University, with an ML track at the Yandex School of Data Analysis and an incoming MSc in Advanced Computer Science at the University of Oxford. Listed as a Quantitative Researcher at Teza Technologies (Yerevan) in the profile index; also works as a teaching assistant in the ASOF-FAR/ANSEF Math Honors Program and as a math club teacher.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Vahagn Hovhannisyan's LinkedIn profile (linkedin.com/in/vahagn-hovhannisyan-854244271) lists a Quantitative Researcher role at Teza Technologies (Yerevan, Armenia) from 2025 to 2026, i.e. an actual employment role, not a student program or competition. Employer classification: Teza Technologies LLC (teza.com) is a systematic quantitative trading firm ('Teza is a systematic trading firm where talent, science, and innovation meet' / 'a systematic quantitative investment manager'); its own site and the LinkedIn profile index both place the role in quant research. Identity support: the same LinkedIn profile matches the IMO record (Yerevan, Armenia; IMO 2020-2022), the Yandex School of Data Analysis ML track, and the incoming Oxford MSc, so the person is the Armenian IMO medalist. Caveat: the Teza role and its dates come from the LinkedIn profile index (LinkedIn's own rendered profile), not from a Teza primary page naming him; Teza's site confirms only that Teza is a quant firm and that it operates a Yerevan office. No separate Teza employee directory confirms him.
• IMO record confirms identity: Vahagn Hovhannisyan (contestant 30329) represented Armenia at IMO 2020 (bronze, 18/42), 2021 (silver, 22/42) and 2022 (silver, 29/42); the same contestant id across all three years is a strong identity anchor.
• Name caution: 'Vahagn Hovhannisyan' is a common Armenian name; the people index returns 40+ distinct profiles. Only linkedin.com/in/vahagn-hovhannisyan-854244271 matches the IMO/YSDA/Oxford/Teza cluster and is the profile described here.
• Co-author of the ACL 2026 paper 'Emergent Misalignment via In-Context Learning' (arXiv 2510.11288), listed on the paper and on the ACL Anthology; the Yandex School of Data Analysis announced it as the work of a YSDA student, tying the publication to his YSDA ML track.Oct 2025
• Holds an incoming offer for an MSc in Advanced Computer Science at the University of Oxford (2026-2027); the LinkedIn headline reads 'Incoming MSc Candidate at University of Oxford', so the degree had not yet started as of the profile snapshot.
• Employer classification for Teza Technologies: teza.com describes it as 'a systematic quantitative investment manager' and 'a systematic trading firm'; the company lists a Yerevan office location, which matches the location on his profile index.
• Selected as an Atlas Fellow (2023 cohort) per his LinkedIn headline; the Atlas Fellowship is a fellowship program for exceptional students.
• Served as a Teaching Assistant in the ASOF-FAR/ANSEF Math Honors Program twice: in 2023 for Sevak Mkrtchyan (University of Rochester) on an honors mathematical analysis course, and in 2024 for Anush Tserunyan (McGill University) on Mathematical Logic (model theory and computability theory).
• Academic trajectory: Physics-Mathematics school in Yerevan (2016-2022) -> Yerevan State University Bachelor's in Mathematics/Data Science -> Yandex School of Data Analysis ML track (2024-2026) -> incoming Oxford MSc in Advanced Computer Science (2026-2027).
• Taught mathematics as a Math Club Teacher at the Kapan Math Club (2023-2025) and at the PhysMath School after A. Shahinyan, the Yerevan physics-mathematics school he himself attended (2016-2022).
• Teza Technologies' Yerevan office and its 2026 Quantitative Research Internship postings show the firm recruits quant researchers into Armenia, the same city and role family as his listed position - consistent with, but not independent confirmation of, his specific role.
• Several other Armenian quant researchers at Teza appear in the same people index (e.g. Norayr Gevorgyan, David Kirakosyan), indicating Teza runs a Yerevan quant-research group; this is index context, not confirmation of his individual role.