06, 2012, Synopsys Week in Armenia

"I congratulate the graduates on reaching this important and exciting milestone in their professional lives," said Dr.
Aram Simonyan, YSU rector and Armenian National Academy of Science associate member. "The study at
YSU followed by the education at the SAED provided students with the unique opportunity to develop and test
their values and attitudes, to extend their skills and graduate as industry-ready specialists in the IT sphere.“
"SAED provides students with a world-class education, offering a comprehensive curriculum adopted by prestigious
universities, both in-country and worldwide; Synopsys' state-of-the-art, industry-leading electronic design
automation software and Educational Design Kits; highly qualified and experienced faculty; and a modern
technical infrastructure and environment," said Rich Goldman, CEO of Synopsys Armenia CJSC, and vice
president of corporate marketing and strategic alliances at Synopsys. "We sustain the unique industry-university
model by implementing new and innovative methods that both deepen and widen the program.”
"During the last decade our educational program has been constantly evolving, and the fact that 100 graduates were
hired by Synopsys in the past year highlights the program's success," said Prof. Vazgen Melikyan, honorable
scientist of RA, director of the SAED and head of SEUA's Microelectronic Circuits and Systems Interfaculty
Chair. "With these achievements we are further driven to improve the program.“
"We have many years of experience working with the Chair of IC Design at the National Research University MIET,"
said Alexander L. Stempkovskiy, director of the Federal State Budget Institution of the Science at the Institute
of Problems of Design in Microelectronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPDM RAS). "The qualifications
of MIET master's students that have studied at the Synopsys-MIET Educational Center are impressive. They
demonstrate a deep knowledge of the IC design flow and skill in using the Synopsys' EDA tools and Matlab, Tcl
and C/C++ to implement missing links in existing flows. They have participated in joint scientific research and
technical projects with foreign companies such as Freescale, AMIS and ON Semiconductor, demonstrating
ability to independently carry out complex research.”
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