Prof. Markov's interests are in combinatorial optimization with applications to the design and verification of integrated circuits. Prof. Markov's contributions include the circuit placer Capo and the quantum circuit simulator QuIDDPro.
Prof. Markov co-authored more than 80 publications and is serving on technical program committees at ICCAD, DAC, DATE, ISPD, GLSVLSI, SLIP and IWLS in 2004