YERVANT ZORIAN: ARMENIAN IT-SPECIALISTS REMARKABLE FOR TENDENCY FOR NOVELTIES

PanARMENIAN.Net - The chief management of Virage Logic Corp notes not only the importance of High-Tech development but also creation of Know-How, Vice President and Chief Scientist at Virage Logic Corp Yervant Zorian said in conversation with ".am" PanARMENIAN.NET reporter. He also noted that the Armenian IT-specialists are remarkable for tendency for novelties. Yervant Zorian informed that the main purpose of his visit is to sum up the outcomes of the work carried out by the group of 50 specialists of the Yerevan Office. Besides he met with the members of the Armenian Academy of Sciences to discuss the further practice in the semiconductor industry. The meeting participants also considered the possibility of organizing an international conference entitled "Computer Science and Informational Technologies" in the Armenian capital. To note, Yervant Zorian was awarded the 2005 IEEE Industrial Pioneer Award at the Design Automation Conference. The award was for his contribution to design-for-test technology through Built-In-Test solutions and design tools. In 2003 he was named by EE Times as one of 13 people "who are influencing the course of semiconductor development technology and taking it into realms that exceed the bound set by the inventors of the transistor more than 50 years ago." To remind, Virage Logic Corp entered Armenia in 1999. The Corporation has established representations in 12 cities of 7 countries throughout the world.