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The Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI) is a programme-oriented research institute for mathematics and physics at the University of Vienna. Since its opening in 1993 it has been the mission of the ESI to advance research in mathematics and physics through fruitful interaction between scientists from these disciplines. [more]

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News

ESI Medal Award Ceremony 2025 Pictures

Published on Nov. 18, 2025

Interview with Magdalena Gronau available at the Ö1 podcast

Published on Nov. 14, 2025

Erwin Schrödinger Lecture by Magdalena und Martin Gronau (ZfL, Berlin), Nov 12, 2025

Published on Oct. 15, 2025

ESI Medal Award Ceremony 2025 will take place on November 7

Published on Oct. 1, 2025

The ESI Medal 2025 goes to Michele Parrinello

Published on May 6, 2025

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Current and Upcoming Activities

Free Boundary Problems Sept. 29, 2025 — Dec. 19, 2025 Thematic Programme

Hyperboloidal Foliations and their Application Jan. 12, 2026 — Jan. 16, 2026 Workshop

The World in One Line – Schrödinger’s Equation Turns 100 Jan. 22, 2026 — Jan. 23, 2026 Symposium

Modelling Diffusive Systems: Theory & Biological Applications (MoDiS) Jan. 26, 2026 — Jan. 30, 2026 Workshop

Probabilistic Mass Transport - from Schrödinger to Stochastic Analysis Feb. 9, 2026 — Feb. 13, 2026 Workshop

ESI Fellows Activities

Fufa Beyene (Kotebe U of Education): The Cyclic Sieving Phenomenon (CSP) Oct. 10, 2025 — Dec. 8, 2025 Junior Research Fellow

Research in Teams: Waves interacting with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current Dec. 8, 2025 — Dec. 12, 2025 Research in Teams

Research in Teams: Towards q-characters for quantum affine symmetric pairs Jan. 11, 2026 — Jan. 24, 2026 Research in Teams

Research in Teams: Aperiodic Order and Complexity in Substitution Base Systems March 9, 2026 — May 10, 2026 Research in Teams

Research in Teams: Gabor frames in Higher Dimensions April 6, 2026 — May 5, 2026 Research in Teams

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Upcoming Talks

Dec 09. 2025

Optimal shapes of tree roots and branches. A mathematical perspective. Alberto Bressan (Penn State U) Dec 09. 2025, 09:30 - 10:00 Part of Free Boundary Problems (Thematic Programme).

Convergence to equilibrium of weak solutions to Cahn-Hilliard equations Maurizio Grasselli (Politecnico Milano) Dec 09. 2025, 10:00 - 10:30 Part of Free Boundary Problems (Thematic Programme).

Convex integration for the Monge-Ampere system and the system of isometric immersion Marta Lewicka (U Pittsburgh) Dec 09. 2025, 10:30 - 11:00 Part of Free Boundary Problems (Thematic Programme).

Inverse and constrained optimization problems with applications to personalized medicine Abramo Agosti (U of Pavia) Dec 09. 2025, 11:30 - 12:00 Part of Free Boundary Problems (Thematic Programme).

Diffuse interface models of active living matter Pasquale Ciarletta (Politecnico Milano) Dec 09. 2025, 12:00 - 12:30 Part of Free Boundary Problems (Thematic Programme).

Micro-displacement tensor Giuseppe Zurlo (NUI Galway) Dec 09. 2025, 14:00 - 14:30 Part of Free Boundary Problems (Thematic Programme).

The effects of pressure loads in the dimension reduction of elasticity models Martin Kružík (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague) Dec 09. 2025, 14:30 - 15:00 Part of Free Boundary Problems (Thematic Programme).

Uniqueness by noise and doubly nonlinear evolution equations Luca Scarpa (Politecnico Milano) Dec 09. 2025, 15:30 - 16:00 Part of Free Boundary Problems (Thematic Programme).

Using stochastic thermodynamics with internal variables to model spreading of cell orientation under cyclic stretch Giuseppe Tomassetti (U Roma Tre) Dec 09. 2025, 16:00 - 16:30 Part of Free Boundary Problems (Thematic Programme).

Dec 10. 2025

Accretive growth for elastic solids Elisa Davoli (TU Vienna) Dec 10. 2025, 09:00 - 09:30 Part of Free Boundary Problems (Thematic Programme).