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Since 2009, the Ronald and Eileen Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia at the University of Michigan has been awarding Weiser Professional Development Fellowships to faculty and artists at institutions of higher education in select countries in Europe and Eurasia. Fellows work on projects with a faculty partner at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. See below and on past fellow pages the profiles of successful Weiser Professional Development Fellows.
For more information about the fellowship, and to apply, see our Visiting Fellows page.
Hrachya Astsatryan
Weiser Professional Development Fellow, Fall 2025
Hrachya Astsatryan (PhD Computer Science, MS Applied Mathematics) is the Director of the Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems at the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, where he also leads the Center for Scientific Computing. His work lies at the intersection of high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and scientific computing. He has authored over 100 publications in leading international journals, conferences, and workshops. In 2023, he was awarded the Commemorative Medal of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, and in 2005, from the President of the Republic of Armenia for his outstanding work in Technical Sciences and Information Technologies. Professor Astsatryan is visiting U-M in October 2025 to work on his research project “Mathematical Tools and Machine Learning Methods for Scalable Health Data Analysis” with Kayvan Najarian, professor of computational medicine and bioinformatics; emergency medicine; and electrical engineering and computer science.
Driart Elshani
Weiser Professional Development Fellow, Fall 2025
Driart Elshani is professor of information and communication technologies at the American University in Kosovo. He has contributed to multiple projects focused on leveraging information technology for development across both government and industry sectors. Professor Elshani's areas of expertise include artificial intelligence (AI), e-governance, and cybersecurity. He was educated at the University of Brussels, where he earned his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD in information sciences and technologies. Professor Elshani is visiting U-M in September 2025 to complete research on a project entitled “Impact of AI on conflict transformation and peacebuilding” in collaboration with Thomas Finholt, professor of information.
