Professor Evgueni A. Haroutunian, a recognized scientist and respected teacher, Chief 

Researcher of the Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems of the NAS of RA, 

Founder of the Scientific School of Information Theory in Armenia, was the Deputy Editor of 

Transactions of IIAP NAS RA “Mathematical Problems of Computer Science” for many years. 

Professor Haroutunian  achieved great scientific achievements during his long and fruitful 

activity. His contribution to the development of Information Theory and Mathematical 

Statistics is valuable. His scientific results have been repeatedly cited by well-known scientists, 

included in basic monographs on information theory and in university textbooks.  

He had been working in IIAP of NAS of RA since 1958 and leading the department for 

Information Theory and Applied Statistics for 25 years. Professor Haroutunian  conducted 

pedagogical activities in the leading universities of Armenia, making  a significant contribution 

to the training of young high-quality staff. 

For his great service to country and science E. Haroutunian was awarded a gold medal of 

National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, the Medal of Honour of the Republic of Armenia. 

Evgueni Haroutunian achieved the Life Member status, as a sign of his long-term loyal 

membership and support to IEEE. He had also been a member of the International Statistical 

Institute, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical 

Statistics and Probability for many years. 

The Professor always enjoyed the love and respect, as well as the great reputation of the staff   

and students and will remain in their thoughts and memories for long.