Yervant Zorian is an American electrical engineer known for his work on

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testing. He is an

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for contributions to built-in self-test of complex devices and systems since 1999. Zorian won the 2005 Hans Karlsson Award and is a Chief Architect and Fellow at

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. Zorian is also the President of Synopsys Armenia.

Awards and distinctions

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 * 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 * 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) * 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”

References

Living people American electrical engineers Fellows of the IEEE Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Electronic design automation people {{US-electrical-engineer-stub