Program

PROGRAM

Days: Monday, November 2nd Tuesday, November 3rd Wednesday, November 4th

Monday, November 2nd

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08:00-20:00 Session 1: EWDTS 2026 Arrival Day

Tuesday, November 3rd

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09:00-09:30 Session 2: Regular Session (in-person)

Location: Yerevan State University

09:00	Burak Yakup Cakar, Fatih Ugurdag, Abdullah Yildiz and Sezer Goren Lifecycle of an Educational CPU: From RTL to Silicon Validation (abstract) PRESENTER: Burak Yakup Cakar
09:15	Ozan Yurtsever, Ahmad Houraniah and H. Fatih Ugurdag RFCA: Reusing Fused Multiply-Add between the CPU and the Accelerator (abstract)

09:30-09:50 Session 3: EWDTS 2026 Opening

Chair:

Yervant Zorian

Location: Yerevan State University

09:50-10:10 Session 4: Invited paper on Test & Repair Avatar

"Ask the Keynoter Avatar: An End-to-End Multi-Model Artificial Intelligence Architecture for Interactive Conference Engagement", Manali Sharma, Cecilia Metra, Yervant Zorian, IEEE Future Directions

Location: Yerevan State University

10:15-11:30 Session 5: Regular Session (in-person)

Location: Yerevan State University

10:15	Gurgen Grigoryan, Xao Yue, Xuefeng Zheng, Kang Li and Shavarsh Melikyan Operating-Point-Aware Aging Performance Monitoring And Adaptive Compensation For Analog Integrated Circuits (abstract)
10:30	Artur Ghazaryan, Narek Avagyan, Anush Melikyan, Hao Yue, Kang Li, Xuefeng Zheng, Nonna Petrosyan and Anna Vahanyan Routing Optimization with the Use of Modern Machine Learning Algorithms (abstract)
10:45	Gurgen Grigoryan, Xao Yue, Xuefeng Zheng, Kang Li and Shavarsh Melikyan Adaptive Stress Redistribution For Improving The Long-Term Reliability Of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits (abstract)
11:00	Mohammad Moein Joneidi Jafari, Paniz Alamolhoda, Abolfazl Azad, Kiana Faramehr, Kian Hejazi, Zahra Jahanpeima, Maryam Rajabalipanah and Zainalabedin Navabi Hierarchical Power Exploration and Optimization of A RISC-V Processor (abstract)
11:15	Amirali Hajizadeh Moghaddam, Fatemeh Jamali, Parisa Vahida, Mina Mirmohammadi, Amir Abbas Moumeni, Fatemeh Sheikhshoaei, Maryam Rajabalipanah, Zahra Jahanpeima, Alireza Nahvy, Saeed Safari and Zainalabedin Navabi Run-time Configurable CORDIC Accelerator for DSP and ML Applications (abstract)

11:30-12:00 Session 6: Coffee-break

12:00-13:30 Session 7: Regular Session (online)

12:00	Dmytro Petryk, Frank Herzel, Giovanni Di Pietrantonio and Zoya Dyka Role of Power Supply Voltage in Laser-Induced SEL in a 130 nm PLL Circuit (abstract)
12:15	Manikandan Palanichamy, Renate Å. Halvorsen, Szymon T. Rys and Gwendolyn Claire Lin Driving Innovation in Organic Light-Emitting Diode Technology: A Case Study of Strategic Approaches in Advancing OLED Systems (abstract)
12:30	Manikandan Palanichamy, Yin-Shi Weng and Gwendolyn Claire Lin Architectural Innovations and Engineering Strategies in 3D V-NAND Flash Memory: From Planar Scaling Limitations to Advanced Integration (abstract)
12:45	Artur Ghukasyan, Grigor Tshagharyan and Yervant Zorian Comprehensive Analysis of Fault Modeling and Test Strategies for Advanced Die-to-Die Interconnects (abstract)
13:00	Hongliang Zhan, Kang Li, Vazgen Melikyan, Shuo Han, Jiajun Li and Xueyuan Ma PAC-GAT: Physics-Aware Graph Transfer Learning for Data-Efficient Cross-Technology Analog Performance Prediction (abstract)
13:15	Kumarasenthil Muthuvel, Senthil Kumar Subramani, Jothi Ramalingam Balu, Suhas Jangoan, Shanmugapriyaa Damodaran and Vijaya Bhaskara Rao Kotapati Open-Source Formal Equivalence as an Oracle for LLM-Generated RTL – Verdict Anatomy over 8,000 Checks (abstract) PRESENTER: Kumarasenthil Muthuvel

14:00-15:45 Session 8: Regular Session (in-person)

Location: Yerevan State University

14:00	Vazgen Melikyan, Vardan Hovhannisyan, Tigran Khachatryan, Mushegh Grigoryan, Eduard Harutyunyan, Sargis Azizbekyan, Arthur Mkhitaryan, Xuefeng Zheng and Kang Li Real-Time Electro-Optical Object Tracking on NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX: A World-Angle Estimation Architecture for Encoder-Instrumented Pan–Tilt–Zoom Platforms (abstract)
14:15	Tigran Khachatryan, Eduard Harutyunyan, Vazgen Melikyan, Mushegh Grigoryan, Arthur Mkhitaryan, Sargis Azizbekyan, Vardan Hovhannisyan, Xuefeng Zheng and Kang Li Evaluation of Feature Pyramid Fusion Levels for RGB-IR UAV Detection (abstract)
14:30	Artur Ghukasyan, Grigor Tshagharyan and Yervant Zorian Accelerated Memory Fault Modeling and Test Algorithm Generation through Automated Inductive Analysis (abstract)
14:45	Rafayel Khachatryan TSV Assignment in 3DIC Based on SAT Solvers (abstract)
15:00	Shushanna Gevorgyan and Arthur Mkhitaryan Hierarchical Restructuring of Flat Decoder Architectures: Design and Performance Analysis (abstract)
15:15	Elen Ghazaryan Machine Learning-Based Multi-Objective Graph Partitioning for Distributed Simulation of Large-Scale Circuits (abstract)
15:30	Mohammad Yahyapour, Tara Sarpoolaki, Sara Eskandari, Mohammad Khoshroo, Minoo Sanjari, Faezeh Misaghi, Mohammad Moeen Farhadi Jahroodi, Alireza Nahvy, Ehsan Akbari and Zainalabedin Navabi A Hardware Scheduler and Task Dispatcher Forming a Hybrid ML Accelerator (abstract)

15:45-16:15 Session 9: Coffee-break

16:15-17:45 Session 10: Regular Session (online)

Location: Yerevan State University

16:15	Lavrentii Karapetian Physical Modeling and TCAD Simulation of p-GaN Gate HEMT Structures for Microwave Applications (abstract)
16:30	Lavrentii Karapetian Physics Based TCAD Extraction of Breakdown Voltage Limiting Factors in p-GaN Gate HEMTs (abstract)
16:45	Firdavs Ulmasov, Bekzod Davronov, Bustonoy Esankulova and Khabiba Abdiyeva A Multimodal Machine Learning Framework for Personalized Perioperative Risk Prediction in Endometrial Cancer Surgery (abstract)
17:00	Bustonoy Esankulova, Khabiba Abdiyeva, Mukhammad Esankulov, Asliddin Qodirov and Oybarchin Davronova A Multiparametric Machine-Learning Framework for Predicting Complete Cytoreduction and Personalizing Treatment Selection in Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (abstract)
17:15	Shavkat Fazilov, Khabiba Abdiyeva, Ozod Yusupov, Asliddin Qodirov and Christine Fernandez-Maloigne A Lightweight Full-Scale Skip-Connected U-Net with Classification Guidance and a Hybrid Loss for Tumor Region Segmentation in Mammography Images (abstract)
17:30	Smbat Tonoyan and Narek Naltakyan Comparative Evaluation of Offline and Online Authorization for AI Agents under Authorization-Server Failure (abstract) PRESENTER: Smbat Tonoyan

Wednesday, November 4th

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10:00-13:00 Session 11: Keynote talks jointly with MIF

10.20 – 10.40 Keynote: Dr. Yervant Zorian - President, Synopsys Armenia

10.40 – 11.00 Keynote: Artur Jutman - CEO Testonica, Estonia

11.00 – 11.20 Keynote: Prof. Zain Navabi – Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA, "A Unified ML-based Approach for Power Administration from Design-Time to Run-Time"

11.20 – 11.40 Keynote: Dr. Katayoon Basharkhah - Distinguished Technologist, IMEC, Belgium, "Architecting Next-Generation Automotive Compute Platforms: From Virtual Prototyping to System Integration"

Location: Dvin Music Hall

14:00-15:45 Session 12: Regular Session (in-person)

Location: Synopsys Armenia Educational Department

14:00	Andrey Tasmagambetov, Sergey Smirnov, Vladimir Tsarik and Victor Djigan Circular/Cylindrical Adaptive Arrays for Navigation Signal Receivers (abstract)
14:15	Ashot Harutyunyan and Rafayel Khachatryan Efficient Multi-Die 3D IC Routing Tool with Spanning-Graph-Based Obstacle-Avoiding Steiner Tree Construction (abstract)
14:30	Deniz Kurt and H. Fatih Ugurdag Shrinking RISC-V Cores Through Huffman Re-Encoding of Instructions (abstract)
14:45	Nonna Petrosyan Cross-Technology RTL Timing Prediction Using Multilayer Neural Network (abstract)
15:00	Kosar Mahmoudi, Elmira Semsar Parapari, Mahdi Mansoury, Elyar Kord Katool, Ali Fazel Maragheh and Mina Zolfy Lighvan A Hardware-Accelerated Quantized CNN Architecture for MNIST Classification Using RISC-V Customization (abstract)
15:15	Andreas Khachikyan and Narek Naltakyan Parser Faults and Document Faults: Extracting Oncology Data from Armenian Template-Based Discharge Summaries with Rules and a Local LLM (abstract)
15:30	Sevak Ghukasyan THE LEAKAGE MINIMIZATION METHOD FOR THE TRANSMISSION GATE DESIGN WITH THIN OXIDE TRANSISTORS (abstract)

16:00-18:15 Session 13: Regular Session (online)

Location: Synopsys Armenia Educational Department

16:00	Oleksandr Tsymbal, Artem Bronnikov and Igor Nevliudov Path-planning simulation for logistic robotic workspaces (abstract)
16:15	Ran Zhang, Kang Li, Vazgen Melikyan, Zhenglei Huang, Xueyuan Ma and Xueyuan Ma Spatial Index Performance Comparison for Connectivity Tracing in Static VLSI Layouts (abstract) PRESENTER: Ran Zhang
16:30	Areg Grigoryan, Armine Avetisyan, Tatevik Melkonyan, Anna Hovsepyan and Arsen Hovhannisyan Machine Learning-Assisted Design of Electromagnetic Systems (abstract) PRESENTER: Arsen Hovhannisyan
16:45	Areg Grigoryan, Armine Avetisyan and Arsen Hovhannisyan Parametric Analysis of Nonuniform Winding Distribution in a Lifting Electromagnet (abstract) PRESENTER: Arsen Hovhannisyan
17:00	Kumarasenthil Muthuvel, Pinakee Prasad Dhal, Rekha Gajendran, Jawaharbabu Jeyaraman and Shanmugapriyaa Damodaran How Strong Are the Reference Testbenches of VerilogEval v2 and RTLLM v2.0? A Mutation-Based Audit (abstract) PRESENTER: Kumarasenthil Muthuvel
17:15	Mariam Mardoyan and Ashot Avetisyan Probabilistic Spin-Logic Implementations of AES S-Boxes: Enhancing Security Against Differential Power Analysis (abstract)
17:30	Mikheil Donadze and Besik Beridze Automated Detection of Logical Anomalies in Network Access Control Lists: A Set-Theoretic Approach (abstract)
17:45	Zaza Davitadze and Oleg Iremadze A Standalone ESP32-Based NFC Terminal for Platform-Independent Integration: Hardware Architecture, Non-Blocking Firmware, and Field Deployment (abstract)
18:00	Vakhtang Beridze, David Devadze and Guladi Phartenadze Iterative Algorithm for a Nonlocal Contact Problem for the Modified Helmholtz Equation (abstract)

18:15-18:30 Session 14: EWDTS 2026 Closing Session

Location: Synopsys Armenia Educational Department