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October 15, 2012 Monday
Synopsys Recaps International Microelectronics Olympiad of Armenia
Synopsys announced that the final stage of the Seventh Annual
International Microelectronics Olympiad of Armenia took place at the
Synopsys Armenia Education Department, with competitors winning 23
prizes in ten categories.
According to a release, this year's competition was held in
conjunction with Synopsys Week in Armenia 2012. It reflected the
diversity of participants from 14 countries: Armenia, Belarus, China,
Egypt, Germany, India, Jordan, Malaysia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia,
UAE, Ukraine and the USA. Out of the 418 competitors in the Olympiad,
191 were from Armenian universities and IT companies and 227 were from
international universities and organizations.
The Olympiad highlights some of the brightest, most talented engineers
under the age of 30. Olympiad topics for 2012 included Digital IC
Design and Test, Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Design and Test,
Semiconductor Devices and Technology, and Mathematic and Algorithmic
Issues of Electronic Design Automation.
The competition was conducted in two stages. The first stage, held in
the participants' countries during September, involved a test to
establish a baseline. The second stage involved a challenging contest
consisting of advanced engineering tasks requiring complex solutions.
Of 418 participants in the first stage, 34 were qualified to progress
to the second stage, which was held on Oct. 4 in Yerevan at the SAED.
Of these 34 contestants, 14 were from Yerevan, four were from Gyumri,
Armenia and 16 were from a variety of other countries.
This year the event was held in cooperation with the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers Test Technology Technical
Council. The general organizer and sponsor of the Olympiad is Synopsys
Armenia CJSC. VivaCell-MTS is also a general sponsor of the Olympiad.
The Olympiad is also sponsored by Arminco CJSC, Enterprise Incubator
Foundation, INGO Armenia ICJSC, Microsoft Armenia, Partner, Unicomp
CJSC, Union of Information Technology Enterprises, Union of
Manufacturers and Businessmen of Armenia and Viasphere Technopark. The
information sponsors are ARKA Agency, Business Express Weekly,
ECOnomika Magazine, Public Radio of Armenia, Yerkir Media TV and 168
Hours Daily.
The winners of the Seventh Annual International Microelectronics
Olympiad of Armenia were awarded with prizes at the Synopsys Gala
Evening held on Oct. 4 at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall in Yerevan.
The winners are:
-First prize Notebook computer from VivaCell-MTS went to Tianyu Ma (China)
-Second prize iPad from Synopsys Armenia went to Mahmoud Hamdy Ibrahim
Ouda (Saudi Arabia)
-Third prize Netbook from Enterprise Incubator Foundation went to
Vache Galstyan (Armenia)
-Third prize Netbook from Unicomp CJSC went to Benjamin Alexander La
Riviere (USA)
-Best Engineering Solution prize from Viasphere Technopark went to
Vardan Grigoryants (Armenia)
-Best Out-of-the-Box Solution prize from Microsoft Armenia went to
Reza Asadpour (Malaysia)
-Most Creative Solution prize from Union of Information Technology
Enterprises went to Samvel Antanyan (Armenia)
-Best Female Participant prize from Partner went to Nelly Khachatryan (Armenia)
-Youngest Participant prize from Arminco CJSC went to Grigor Hakobyan (Armenia)
-Best Result among Participants from Gyumri prize from Union of
Manufacturers and Businessmen of Armenia went to Khoren Tigranyan
(Armenia)
-Best Result from each Country prize from Olympiad Organizing
Committee and INGO Armenia ICJSC went to Vitaly Gavrilyuk (Belarus),
Tianyu Ma (China), Arjun Singhal (Germany), Nikhil Sudhir Upadhyay
(India), Anas Majdi Dahabra (Jordan), Reza Asadpour (Malaysia), Taylan
Daribaev (Russia), Mahmoud Hamdy Ibrahim Ouda (Saudi Arabia), Jelena
Zdravkovic (Serbia), Hebatalla Salah Abdulkarim A Alhamadani (UAE),
Volodymyr Miz (Ukraine), Benjamin Alexander La Riviere (USA)
"Now in its seventh year, the International Microelectronics Olympiad
continues its impressive momentum. Three years ago, the Olympiad took
its first tentative steps toward internationalization, with the
participation of students from Russia and Ukraine. This year, the
Olympiad attracted contestants from 14 countries. Thanks to the
generous sponsorship of our partner VivaCell-MTS, the opportunity to
travel to Yerevan to participate in the Olympiad is proving to be a
very attractive proposition around the world, and is creating an event
in this field that is unprecedented," said Rich Goldman, president of
the organizing committee of the Olympiad, CEO of Synopsys Armenia
CSJC, and vice president of corporate marketing and strategic
alliances at Synopsys. "This year's recognition from IEEE, the world's
most respected professional engineering society, signifies the high
global regard in which the Olympiad is held. The Olympiad also
benefits Armenia by providing an impetus to showcase the country's
developing role as a regional center for microelectronics, and it
serves as a strong basis for developing beneficial relationships for
Armenia around the world."
"The quality of education in Armenia will define our future it is
essential to boosting the country's competitive advantage," said Ralph
Yirikian, general manager of VivaCell-MTS, the general sponsor of the
Olympiad. "Initiatives such as these need to be strongly encouraged.
As Armenia's leading mobile operator and a corporate citizen,
VivaCell-MTS recognizes the importance of supporting initiatives that
lead young people to great discoveries and encourage creativity."
"The increasing participation and support over the years of the
Olympiad of Armenia indicate that it indeed serves its main objectives
to stimulate further development of microelectronics in the region and
to increase the level of knowledge of the Olympiad participants," said
Vazgen Melikyan, president of the program committee of the Olympiad
and director of SAED.
Synopsys is a provider of electronic design automation and semiconductor IC.
October 15, 2012 Monday
Synopsys Recaps International Microelectronics Olympiad of Armenia
Synopsys announced that the final stage of the Seventh Annual
International Microelectronics Olympiad of Armenia took place at the
Synopsys Armenia Education Department, with competitors winning 23
prizes in ten categories.
According to a release, this year's competition was held in
conjunction with Synopsys Week in Armenia 2012. It reflected the
diversity of participants from 14 countries: Armenia, Belarus, China,
Egypt, Germany, India, Jordan, Malaysia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia,
UAE, Ukraine and the USA. Out of the 418 competitors in the Olympiad,
191 were from Armenian universities and IT companies and 227 were from
international universities and organizations.
The Olympiad highlights some of the brightest, most talented engineers
under the age of 30. Olympiad topics for 2012 included Digital IC
Design and Test, Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Design and Test,
Semiconductor Devices and Technology, and Mathematic and Algorithmic
Issues of Electronic Design Automation.
The competition was conducted in two stages. The first stage, held in
the participants' countries during September, involved a test to
establish a baseline. The second stage involved a challenging contest
consisting of advanced engineering tasks requiring complex solutions.
Of 418 participants in the first stage, 34 were qualified to progress
to the second stage, which was held on Oct. 4 in Yerevan at the SAED.
Of these 34 contestants, 14 were from Yerevan, four were from Gyumri,
Armenia and 16 were from a variety of other countries.
This year the event was held in cooperation with the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers Test Technology Technical
Council. The general organizer and sponsor of the Olympiad is Synopsys
Armenia CJSC. VivaCell-MTS is also a general sponsor of the Olympiad.
The Olympiad is also sponsored by Arminco CJSC, Enterprise Incubator
Foundation, INGO Armenia ICJSC, Microsoft Armenia, Partner, Unicomp
CJSC, Union of Information Technology Enterprises, Union of
Manufacturers and Businessmen of Armenia and Viasphere Technopark. The
information sponsors are ARKA Agency, Business Express Weekly,
ECOnomika Magazine, Public Radio of Armenia, Yerkir Media TV and 168
Hours Daily.
The winners of the Seventh Annual International Microelectronics
Olympiad of Armenia were awarded with prizes at the Synopsys Gala
Evening held on Oct. 4 at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall in Yerevan.
The winners are:
-First prize Notebook computer from VivaCell-MTS went to Tianyu Ma (China)
-Second prize iPad from Synopsys Armenia went to Mahmoud Hamdy Ibrahim
Ouda (Saudi Arabia)
-Third prize Netbook from Enterprise Incubator Foundation went to
Vache Galstyan (Armenia)
-Third prize Netbook from Unicomp CJSC went to Benjamin Alexander La
Riviere (USA)
-Best Engineering Solution prize from Viasphere Technopark went to
Vardan Grigoryants (Armenia)
-Best Out-of-the-Box Solution prize from Microsoft Armenia went to
Reza Asadpour (Malaysia)
-Most Creative Solution prize from Union of Information Technology
Enterprises went to Samvel Antanyan (Armenia)
-Best Female Participant prize from Partner went to Nelly Khachatryan (Armenia)
-Youngest Participant prize from Arminco CJSC went to Grigor Hakobyan (Armenia)
-Best Result among Participants from Gyumri prize from Union of
Manufacturers and Businessmen of Armenia went to Khoren Tigranyan
(Armenia)
-Best Result from each Country prize from Olympiad Organizing
Committee and INGO Armenia ICJSC went to Vitaly Gavrilyuk (Belarus),
Tianyu Ma (China), Arjun Singhal (Germany), Nikhil Sudhir Upadhyay
(India), Anas Majdi Dahabra (Jordan), Reza Asadpour (Malaysia), Taylan
Daribaev (Russia), Mahmoud Hamdy Ibrahim Ouda (Saudi Arabia), Jelena
Zdravkovic (Serbia), Hebatalla Salah Abdulkarim A Alhamadani (UAE),
Volodymyr Miz (Ukraine), Benjamin Alexander La Riviere (USA)
"Now in its seventh year, the International Microelectronics Olympiad
continues its impressive momentum. Three years ago, the Olympiad took
its first tentative steps toward internationalization, with the
participation of students from Russia and Ukraine. This year, the
Olympiad attracted contestants from 14 countries. Thanks to the
generous sponsorship of our partner VivaCell-MTS, the opportunity to
travel to Yerevan to participate in the Olympiad is proving to be a
very attractive proposition around the world, and is creating an event
in this field that is unprecedented," said Rich Goldman, president of
the organizing committee of the Olympiad, CEO of Synopsys Armenia
CSJC, and vice president of corporate marketing and strategic
alliances at Synopsys. "This year's recognition from IEEE, the world's
most respected professional engineering society, signifies the high
global regard in which the Olympiad is held. The Olympiad also
benefits Armenia by providing an impetus to showcase the country's
developing role as a regional center for microelectronics, and it
serves as a strong basis for developing beneficial relationships for
Armenia around the world."
"The quality of education in Armenia will define our future it is
essential to boosting the country's competitive advantage," said Ralph
Yirikian, general manager of VivaCell-MTS, the general sponsor of the
Olympiad. "Initiatives such as these need to be strongly encouraged.
As Armenia's leading mobile operator and a corporate citizen,
VivaCell-MTS recognizes the importance of supporting initiatives that
lead young people to great discoveries and encourage creativity."
"The increasing participation and support over the years of the
Olympiad of Armenia indicate that it indeed serves its main objectives
to stimulate further development of microelectronics in the region and
to increase the level of knowledge of the Olympiad participants," said
Vazgen Melikyan, president of the program committee of the Olympiad
and director of SAED.
Synopsys is a provider of electronic design automation and semiconductor IC.