The Hans Schneider Prize in Linear Algebra is awarded every three years by the

International Linear Algebra Society The International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS) is a professional mathematical society organized to promote research and education in linear algebra, matrix theory and matrix computation. It serves the international community through conferences ...

. It recognizes research, contributions, and achievements at the highest level of

linear algebra Linear algebra is the branch of mathematics concerning linear equations such as :a_1x_1+\cdots +a_nx_n=b, linear maps such as :(x_1, \ldots, x_n) \mapsto a_1x_1+\cdots +a_nx_n, and their representations in vector spaces and through matrix (mathemat ...

and was first awarded in 1993. It may be awarded for an outstanding scientific achievement or for lifetime contributions and may be awarded to more than one recipient. The award honors Hans Schneider, "one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th Century in the field of linear algebra and matrix analysis.” The prize includes a plaque, certificate and/or a monetary award.

Recipients

The recipients of the Hans Schneider Prize in Linear Algebra are: * 1993: Miroslav Fiedler * 1993: Shmuel Friedland * 1993:

Israel Gohberg Israel Gohberg (; ; 23 August 1928 – 12 October 2009) was a Bessarabian-born Soviet and Israeli mathematician, most known for his work in operator theory and functional analysis, in particular linear operators and integral equations. Biograph ...

* 1996: Mike Boyle * 1996: David Handelman * 1996: Robert C. Thompson * 1999: * 2002: Tsuyoshi Ando * 2002:

Peter Lancaster Peter Lancaster (born 14 November 1929) is a British–Canadian mathematician. He is professor emeritus at the University of Calgary, where he has worked since 1962. His research focuses on matrix analysis and related fields, motivated by probl ...

* 2005: Richard A. Brualdi * 2005: Richard S. Varga * 2010:

Cleve Moler Cleve Barry Moler (born August 17, 1939) is an American mathematician and computer programmer specializing in numerical analysis. In the mid to late 1970s, he was one of the authors of LINPACK and EISPACK, Fortran libraries for numerical compu ...

* 2010: Beresford Parlett * 2013: Thomas J. Laffey * 2016: Rajendra Bhatia * 2016: * 2019:

Lek-Heng Lim Lek-Heng Lim () is a Singaporean mathematician. Lim earned a bachelor's degree at the National University of Singapore, studied for his master's at Cornell University and the University of Cambridge, and completed a doctorate at Stanford University ...

* 2019:

Volker Mehrmann Volker Ludwig Mehrmann (born 1955) is a German mathematician. Education and career At Bielefeld University he completed his PhD in 1982 under Ludwig Elsner and his Habilitation in 1987 with a dissertation on control theory. Mehrmann was from 19 ...

* 2022:

Pauline van den Driessche Pauline van den Driessche (born 1941) is a British and Canadian applied mathematician who is a professor emerita in the department of mathematics and statistics at the University of Victoria, where she has also held an affiliation in the departm ...

* 2022:

Nicholas Higham Nicholas John Higham FRS (25 December 1961 – 20 January 2024) was a British numerical analyst. He was Royal Society Research Professor and Richardson Professor of Applied Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at the University of ...

* 2025: Chi-Kwong Li * 2025: Dario Bini

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