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