Editing Alain Connes (section)

==Awards and honours==

Connes was awarded the [[Peccot Lectures|Peccot-Vimont Prize]] in 1976,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-11 |title=Cours et Prix Claude-Antoine Peccot |trans-title=Claude-Antoine Peccot Lectures and Prizes |url=https://www.college-de-france.fr/fr/prix/cours-et-prix-claude-antoine-peccot |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=[[College de France]] |language=fr}}</ref> the [[Ampère Prize]] in 1980, the [[Fields Medal]] in 1982,<ref name="FieldsMedal00">{{cite web |author1=Albers, Donald J. |author2=Alexanderson, G. L. |author3=Reid, Constance |date=1986 |title=International mathematical congresses. An illustrated history 1893 – 1986 |url=https://www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/IMU/Prizes/Fields/1982/index.html#0x82496a1f_0x0005ea30 |access-date=2018-12-02 |publisher=Springer-Verlag}}</ref><ref name="FieldsMedal01">{{cite web |author=IMU Secretariat |title=Fields Medal – International Mathematical Union (IMU) |url=https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal |access-date=2018-12-02 |publisher=International Mathematical Union}}</ref> the [[Clay Research Award]] in 2000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Research Awards |url=https://www.claymath.org/research |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=[[Clay Mathematics Institute]]}}</ref> and the [[Crafoord Prize]] in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-01-24 |title=Crafoord Prize to one of the world's foremost mathematicians |url=https://www.crafoordprize.se/news/crafoord-prize-to-one-of-the-worlds-foremost-mathematicians/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=[[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="CrafoordPrize00">{{cite web |date=2000 |title=Crafoord Prize Laureates |url=https://www.crafoordprize.se/prize-laureate/alain-connes/ |access-date=2018-12-02 |website=[[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Holden |first=Constance |date=2001 |title=French Mathematician Wins Crafoord Prize |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/french-mathematician-wins-crafoord-prize |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]}}</ref> The [[CNRS|French National Centre for Scientific Research]] granted him the [[CNRS Silver Medal|silver medal]] in 1977<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burgos |first=Valérie |date=2023-01-31 |title=Médailles d'argent du CNRS 1960-2010 |trans-title=Silver medals of the CNRS 1960-2010 |url=https://comihistocnrs.hypotheses.org/2706 |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=Comité pour l'histoire du CNRS |doi=10.58079/n1ag |language=fr-FR}}</ref> and the [[CNRS Gold Medal|gold medal]] in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004 |title=Alain Connes, mathématicien, Médaille d'or du CNRS 2004 |trans-title=Alain Connes, mathematician, Gold Medal of CNRS 2004 |url=https://archives.cnrs.fr/presse/article/582 |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=[[CNRS]] |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2004 |title=Alain Connes, Médaille d'or 2004 du CNRS |trans-title=Alain Connes, 2004 Gold Medal of CNRS |url=http://www2.cnrs.fr/sites/band/fichier/or.pdf |website=[[CNRS]] |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=2005 |title=Alain Connes: indomitable explorer |url=http://www2.cnrs.fr/sites/band/fichier/ra_2004_gb.pdf |journal=A Year at CNRS 2004 |pages=10–11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dumas |first=Cécile |date=2004-11-09 |title=Alain Connes, médaillé d'or du CNRS |trans-title=Alain Connes, gold medal of the CNRS |url=https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/fondamental/alain-connes-medaille-d-or-du-cnrs_22257 |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=[[Sciences et Avenir]] |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2005 |title=Vanderbilt math professor Alain Connes receives prestigious French science award |url=https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2005/02/16/vanderbilt-math-professor-alain-connes-receives-prestigious-french-science-award-59421/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |publisher=[[Vanderbilt University]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

He was an [[invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians|invited speaker]] at the [[International Congress of Mathematicians]] in 1974 at Vancouver and in 1986 at Berkeley, and a plenary speaker at the ICM in 1978 at Helsinki.
[[File:Villeneuve-d'Ascq - IUT A - Alain Connes - 3.jpg|thumb|Alain Connes at a conference in 2012 in [[Villeneuve-d'Ascq]].]]
He was awarded [[honorary degree]]s from [[Queen's University at Kingston]] in 1979,<ref>{{Cite web |title=1858-2011 Honorary Degree Recipients |url=https://www.queensu.ca/registrar/sites/uregwww/files/uploaded_files/pdfs/HDrecipients.pdf |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=[[Queen's University at Kingston]]}}</ref> [[University of Rome Tor Vergata]] in 1997,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lauree Honoris Causa |url=https://web.uniroma2.it/it/contenuto/lauree_honoris_causa |access-date=2023-05-26 |publisher=[[University of Rome Tor Vergata]] |language=it}}</ref> [[University of Oslo]] in 1999,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Æresdoktorer ved UiO 2000-2008 |trans-title=Honorary Doctorates UiO 2000-2008 |url=https://www.uio.no/om/tall-og-fakta/aresdoktorer/tidligere-aresdoktorer/2000-2008/ |publisher=[[Oslo University]] |language=no}}</ref> [[University of Southern Denmark]] in 2009, [[Université libre de Bruxelles]] in 2010<ref>{{Cite web |title=ULB's honorary doctorates |url=https://www.ulb.be/en/about-ulb/ulbs-honorary-doctorates |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=[[Université libre de Bruxelles]] |language=en}}</ref> and [[Fudan University|Shanghai Fudan University]] in 2017.

Since 1982 he is a member of the [[French Academy of Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alain Connes |url=https://www.academie-sciences.fr/fr/Liste-des-membres-de-l-Academie-des-sciences-/-C/alain-connes.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=[[French Academy of Sciences]]}}</ref> He was elected member of several foreign academies and societies, including the [[Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters]] in 1980,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alain Connes |url=https://www.royalacademy.dk/en/Members/Connes-Alain |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=[[Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters]]}}</ref> the [[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]] in 1983,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Utenlandske medlemmer |trans-title=Foreign members |url=https://dnva.no/medlemmer/53 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=[[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]] |language=nb}}</ref> the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1989,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-09 |title=Alain Connes |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/alain-connes |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=[[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] |language=en}}</ref> the [[London Mathematical Society]] in 1994,<ref>{{Cite web |title=London Mathematical Society Honorary Members |url=https://www.lms.ac.uk/sites/default/files/inline-files/HONORARY%20MEMBERS_0.pdf |website=[[London Mathematical Society]]}}</ref> the Canadian Academy of Sciences in 1995 (incorporated since 2002 in the [[Royal Society of Canada]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Member Directory |url=https://rsc-src.ca/en/find-rsc-member/results?combine=&first_name=&last_name=connes&current_employer=&academy_25=All&is_deceased=All |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=[[Royal Society of Canada]]}}</ref> the [[National Academy of Sciences|US National Academy of Sciences]] in 1997,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alain Connes |url=https://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/3003968.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=[[National Academy of Sciences]]}}</ref> the [[Russian Academy of Sciences|Russian Academy of Science]] in 2003<ref>{{Cite web |title=Конн А.. – Общая информация |trans-title=Conn A. – General information |url=https://www.ras.ru/win/db/show_per.asp?P=.id-53787.ln-en |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=[[Russian Academy of Sciences]] |language=ru}}</ref> and the [[Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alain Connes |url=https://academieroyale.be/fr/l-academie-royale-classes-classe-sciences-membres-detail/relations/alain-connes/ |website=[[Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium]] |language=fr}}</ref>

In 2001 he received (together with his co-authors [[André Lichnerowicz]] and [[Marco Schutzenberger]]) the Peano Prize for his work ''Triangle of Thoughts.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-03 |title=Premio Peano {{!}} Associazione Subalpina Mathesis |url=https://www.associazionesubalpinamathesis.it/premio-peano/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |language=it-IT}}</ref>