Yervant Zorian

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Yervant Zorian is an American electrical engineer known for contributions to design for test (DFT) and logic built-in self-test (BIST) for complex integrated circuits.[1] He is Chief Architect and Fellow at Synopsys and President of Synopsys Armenia,[2] and the founding president of the Armenian Virtual College of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU).[3] Zorian was named an IEEE Fellow in 1999 "for contributions to built-in self-test of complex devices and systems,"[4] and later received the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Industrial Pioneer Award (2005)[5] and the IEEE Hans Karlsson Standard Award (2006) for leadership of the IEEE 1500 embedded-core test standard.[6].

Awards and distinctions

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Zorian is a recipient of numerous awards.

  • 2000 recipient of the IEEE Distinguished Services Award for outstanding leadership of TTTC including General Chair, Activities Group Chair, and Editor-in-Chief for Design and Test Magazine [7]
  • 2005 recipient of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Industrial Pioneer Award for his contributions to design for test technology through Built-In Self-Test solutions and design tools that dramatically boosted the quality and reliability of digital systems and the efficiency of design and test engineers [8]
  • 2006 recipient of the IEEE Hans Karlsson Standards Award for outstanding leadership, communications, and achievement with the IEEE Testability Method for Embedded Core-based ICs standard (IEEE Std. 1500tm-2005) [9]
  • IEEE Meritorious Award
  • 2013 recipient of the Republic of Armenia's National Medal of Science for his research on “Test Solutions for Nanoscale Systems-on-Chip: Algorithms, Methods and Test Infrastructure”[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Yervant Zorian". IEEE Computer Society. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  2. ^ "Management Team - Synopsys Armenia". Synopsys. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  3. ^ "About Us". AGBU Armenian Virtual College. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  4. ^ "List of Fellows of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society". Wikipedia. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  5. ^ "Virage Logic Chief Scientist Named 2005 IEEE Industrial Pioneer Award Recipient". Design & Reuse. 2005-06-14. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  6. ^ "Hans Karlsson Standards Award". IEEE Computer Society. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  7. ^ "TTTC Distinguished Service Award (DS) – IEEE TTTC". www.ieee-tttc.org. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  8. ^ "The 42nd Design Automation Conference Awards" (PDF). Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  9. ^ "Hans Karlsson Standards Award". IEEE Computer Society. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  10. ^ "Y. Zorian and S. Shoukourian of Synopsys Receive 2013 Governmental State Award of the Republic of Armenia". Retrieved August 28, 2023.


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