V. Mahalingam	N. Ranganathan	J. E. Harlow

The paper V. Mahalingam, N. Ranganathan, and J. E. Harlow, A Fuzzy Optimization Approach for Variation Aware Power Minimization During Gate Sizing, IEEE Trans. on VLSI Systems, vol. 16, pp. 3571-3581, Aug. 2008, has been has been selected to receive the 2009 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society VLSI Transactions Best Paper Award.

This award involves a certificate and a cash prize for each author and recognizes the best paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems. The award is based on general quality, originality, contributions, subject matter and timeliness.