The Israel Halperin Prize is awarded every five years by the Canadian Annual Symposium on Operator Theory and Operator Algebras to a member of the Canadian mathematical community who has recently obtained a doctorate and has made contributions to operator theory or operator algebras. It honors Israel Halperin, the founder of a group of researchers in operator algebras and operator theory at the University of Toronto who strongly influenced the field across Canada. First awarded in 1980.
Recipients The recipients of the award are:
1980: Man-Duen Choi 1985: Kenneth R. Davidson, David Handelman 1990: Ian F. Putnam 1995: Nigel Higson 2000: Guihua Gong, Alexandru Nica 2010: Andrew Toms 2015: Serban Belinschi, Zhuang Niu 2020: Matthew Kennedy, Aaron Tikuisis 2025: Michael Hartz, Christopher Schafhauser
See also List of mathematics awards
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