Igor L. Markov

15.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
272 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Igor L. Markov is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hardware and Architecture and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Igor L. Markov has authored 272 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 176 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 162 papers in Hardware and Architecture and 74 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Igor L. Markov's work include VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques (118 papers), VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing (105 papers) and Low-power high-performance VLSI design (92 papers). Igor L. Markov is often cited by papers focused on VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques (118 papers), VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing (105 papers) and Low-power high-performance VLSI design (92 papers). Igor L. Markov collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Arab Emirates. Igor L. Markov's co-authors include Jarrod A. Roy, Andrew B. Kahng, Vivek Shende, Saurabh Adya, John P. Hayes, Stephen S. Bullock, Farinaz Koushanfar, Andrew Caldwell, Myungchul Kim and Karem A. Sakallah and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the IEEE and Communications of the ACM.

In The Last Decade

Igor L. Markov

268 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Synthesis of quantum-logic circuits

2006 405 citations Vivek Shende, Stephen S. Bullock et al. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems profile →
Limits on fundamental limits to computation

2014 298 citations Igor L. Markov profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Igor L. Markov United States	52	6.5k	5.0k	3.5k	2.1k	1.0k	272	10.1k
Rolf Drechsler Germany	43	4.5k 0.7×	3.7k 0.7×	3.8k 1.1×	5.2k 2.5×	414 0.4×	907	9.5k
Mehdi B. Tahoori Germany	39	5.6k 0.9×	3.1k 0.6×	987 0.3×	674 0.3×	630 0.6×	491	6.7k
Robert K. Brayton United States	57	7.9k 1.2×	7.7k 1.5×	2.0k 0.6×	5.5k 2.6×	1.3k 1.3×	397	13.9k
John P. Hayes United States	45	4.9k 0.7×	3.2k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	2.6k 2.5×	273	7.6k
Mircea R. Stan United States	45	7.3k 1.1×	5.1k 1.0×	499 0.1×	328 0.2×	3.2k 3.1×	287	9.8k
Sachin S. Sapatnekar United States	53	9.6k 1.5×	4.2k 0.8×	447 0.1×	608 0.3×	1.6k 1.5×	483	10.8k
Jason Cong United States	54	6.9k 1.1×	6.9k 1.4×	1.8k 0.5×	420 0.2×	4.5k 4.3×	404	12.4k
Norman P. Jouppi United States	67	8.0k 1.2×	12.1k 2.4×	1.5k 0.4×	301 0.1×	10.2k 9.8×	191	17.0k
Frederic T. Chong United States	35	1.2k 0.2×	1.8k 0.3×	2.8k 0.8×	462 0.2×	1.5k 1.5×	211	4.5k
Shekhar Borkar United States	56	10.9k 1.7×	6.6k 1.3×	357 0.1×	438 0.2×	4.6k 4.4×	195	13.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Igor L. Markov

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Igor L. Markov

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Qiang, et al.. (2025). Revolution or Hype? Seeking the Limits of Large Models in Hardware Design. 1–9.

Zulehner, Alwin, et al.. (2022). Approximating Decision Diagrams for Quantum Circuit Simulation. 3(4). 1–21. 5 indexed citations

Aly, Mohamed M. Sabry, Tony F. Wu, Gage Hills, et al.. (2018). The N3XT Approach to Energy-Efficient Abundant-Data Computing. Proceedings of the IEEE. 107(1). 19–48. 87 indexed citations

Wang, M., et al.. (2014). SuperPUF: integrating heterogeneous physically unclonable functions. International Conference on Computer Aided Design. 454–461. 2 indexed citations

Sakallah, Karem A., et al.. (2013). Generalized Boolean symmetries through nested partition refinement. International Conference on Computer Aided Design. 763–770. 1 indexed citations

Markov, Igor L., et al.. (2013). ClockPUF: physical unclonable functions based on clock networks. Design, Automation, and Test in Europe. 422–427. 12 indexed citations

Markov, Igor L. & Mehdi Saeedi. (2012). Constant-optimized quantum circuits for modular multiplication and exponentiation. arXiv (Cornell University). 12(5). 361–394. 31 indexed citations

Kim, Myungchul, Jin Hu, Dong‐Jin Lee, & Igor L. Markov. (2011). A SimPLR method for routability-driven placement. International Conference on Computer Aided Design. 67–73. 58 indexed citations

Yamashita, Shigeru & Igor L. Markov. (2010). Fast equivalence-checking for quantum circuits. Quantum Information and Computation. 10(9). 721–734. 6 indexed citations

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Markov, Igor L., et al.. (2010). Large-scale Boolean matching. Design, Automation, and Test in Europe. 771–776. 14 indexed citations

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Lee, Dong‐Jin, Myungchul Kim, & Igor L. Markov. (2010). Low-power clock trees for CPUs. International Conference on Computer Aided Design. 444–451. 27 indexed citations

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Papa, David, Smita Krishnaswamy, & Igor L. Markov. (2010). SPIRE: a retiming-based physical-synthesis transformation system. International Conference on Computer Aided Design. 373–380. 2 indexed citations

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Chang, Kai-Hui, Igor L. Markov, & Valeria Bertacco. (2009). Functional Design Errors in Digital Circuits : Diagnosis, Correction and Repair. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 3 indexed citations

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Shende, Vivek & Igor L. Markov. (2009). On the CNOT-cost of TOFFOLI gates. Quantum Information and Computation. 9(5). 461–486. 71 indexed citations

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Seo, Jae-sun, Igor L. Markov, Dennis Sylvester, & David Blaauw. (2008). On the decreasing significance of large standard cells in technology mapping. International Conference on Computer Aided Design. 116–121. 8 indexed citations

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Shende, Vivek, Stephen S. Bullock, & Igor L. Markov. (2006). Synthesis of quantum-logic circuits. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. 25(6). 1000–1010. 405 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ramani, Arathi, et al.. (2004). ShatterPB: symmetry-breaking for pseudo-Boolean formulas. Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference. 883–886. 9 indexed citations

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Shende, Vivek, Stephen S. Bullock, & Igor L. Markov. (2004). Minimal universal two-qubit controlled-NOT-based circuits (8 pages). Physical Review A. 69(6). 62321–6. 14 indexed citations

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Kahng, Andrew B., Igor L. Markov, & Sherief Reda. (2004). Boosting: min-cut placement with improved signal delay. Design, Automation, and Test in Europe. 2. 21098. 6 indexed citations

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Adya, Saurabh & Igor L. Markov. (2003). Fixed-outline floorplanning: enabling hierarchical design. IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems. 11(6). 1120–1135. 317 indexed citations

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