[1] It was founded in 1957 as the Computing Center of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR and Yerevan State University.

At the beginning of the 50s, the main research areas of the Institute were computer science and applied mathematics.

Many scholars worked in the Computing Center in diverse research fields of cybernetics and applied mathematics.

In 1994, the Armenian Scientific and Research Computer Network (ASNET-AM) was developed, created and operated at IIAP.

[3] Currently, the institute is actively cooperating with EU organizations in the direction of supporting knowledge-intensive small enterprises.