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Senik Mkrtchyan

Senik Hovhannesi Mkrtchyan, PhD (January 2, 1935, Nor Armavir, Armenian SSR, USSR – December 24, 2012, Armenia) is Soviet Armenian scientist in the field of Computer Science and Microelectronics. Doctor of Technical Sciences (1976), Professor (1979). Member of Armenian Engineering Academy (1994), International Engineering Academy (1997). Honoured Inventor of Armenia (1996)

Biography

Senik Mkrtchyan was born in 1935 in the village of Nor Armavir (Hoktemberyan region of Armenian SSR). In 1957 he graduated from Yerevan State University, Department of Physics. Same year he began working career in newly established Yerevan Scientific Research Institute of Mathematical Machinery (also known as Mergelyan institute). From 1957 to 1962 he took part in complex development of “Yerevan”, “Hrazdan-2”, “Nairi” electronic-calculating machines (computers), which later found implementation in different manufacturing and production facilities in USSR.

In 1965 he completed his graduate studies with merits at the Moscow Institute of Aviation. His field of specialization was neural networks and their schematic design, neural logic development in circuitry.

In 1969-1971 he orchestrated and led testing of “Nairi-4” – another flagman of Soviet computers of that era, holding position of Deputy Chief Designer of “Nairi-4” at YERNIIMM/Mergelyan Institute.

In 1975 Senik Mkrtchyan was awarded Doctor of Technical Sciences (PhD) title.

1977 marked his joining Yerevan Polytechnic Institute (later State Engineering University of Armenia) by election to the Head of Chair of Microelectronics and Semiconductor Devices at the Department of Technical Cybernetics. In 1988 – 1992 he also served as Dean of the Department of Technical Cybernetics of SEUA. In 2003, for his merits and long-term serving in the University Senik Mkrtchyan was awarded the Anania Shirakatsi medal by the president of Armenia for inventions and prominent career in the field(s) of Economy, Engineering and Technical Science.

Senik Mkrtchyan’s works are related to the issues of Computer Science, elements of automatization, schematechnics, micro- and nanotechnologies. He was directly involved in creation of first computers (a k a electronic computing machines) in Armenia. Senik Mkrtchyan developed models of elements with neural logic, both in theory and in practice. Senik Mkrtchyan dedicated later part of his scientific career to the issues he started researching in his student years- particularly the development of new generation computers, based on neural elements and neural networks. He issued numerous scientific works and articles dedicated to neurocomputers. Senik Mkrtchyan’s theories of new generation computing is close to what modern day super-computers are based on.

As scientific leader and mentor, Senik Mkrtchyan’s contribution to his students and growing of new scientists is hard to overstate. He guided scientific works of hundreds of his scholars, dozens of whom were awarded technical degrees under his guidance, including 4 PhDs. Co-authored numerous scientific publications and textbooks, mostly with his scholars.

Works

• Нейроны и нейронные сети. Энергия, Moscow, 1971, 230 pages.^[5][6]
• Преобразователи уровней логических элементов, 1982, 64 pages.^[7]
• Photo-receivers: Past, Present and Future. Yerevan, 1986
• Microcircuitry, Digital Integral Circuits and Generic Cascades. Textbook, Yerevan, YPI, 1986
• Microcircuitry: Logic Devices built of digital integral circuits. Textbook, Yerevan, YPI, 1987
• Microcircuitry and Neuro-circuitry. Yerevan, SEUA, 1999
• Traces of Thoughts (Philosophical, instructive, satirical and lyrical thoughts, expressed in prose fiction) 2001.  Մտքերի հետքեր (Խոհական, խրատական, երգիծական և լիրիկական մտքեր, որոնց հետքերը արտահայտված են չափածո խոսքով)։ Երևան, ՀՊՃՀ, 2001։