Israel Halperin Prize
# Israel Halperin Prize

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 are:

* 1980: Man-Duen Choi
* 1985: Kenneth R. Davidson
* 1985: David Handelman
* 1990: Ian F. Putnam
* 1995: Nigel Higson
* 2000: Guihua Gong
* 2000: Alexandru Nica
* 2010: Andrew Toms
* 2015: Serban Belinschi
* 2015: Zhuang Niu
* 2020: Matthew Kennedy
* 2020: Aaron Tikuisis
