The GMM (VDE/VDI-Society Microelectronics, Microsystems and Precision Engineering)  annually awards one or two best papers. This year, Michael Eick, Martin Strasser and Kun Lu receive this award for their paper:

M. Eick, M. Strasser, Kun Lu, U. Schlichtmann and H. Graeb: Comprehensive Generation of Hierarchical Placement Rules for Analog Integrated Circuits, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits (TCAD), 2011.

GMM is a society of the VDE, the Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies, one of the largest technical and scientific associations in Europe with more than 34,000 members.