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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

The ESI Medal 2025 goes to Michele Parrinello

Published on May 6, 2025

Thematic Programmes at the ESI in 2026

Published on April 17, 2025

Call for CECAM-ESI Workshops

Published on March 17, 2025

New CECAM/ESI Collaboration

Published on Feb. 3, 2025

Workshops at the ESI in 2025

Published on Jan. 14, 2025

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Current and Upcoming Activities

Reverse Mathematics June 23, 2025 — Aug. 29, 2025 Thematic Programme

Eisenstein Series, Spaces of Automorphic Forms, and Applications Sept. 1, 2025 — Sept. 5, 2025 Workshop

Charged Soft Matter: Bridging Theory and Experiment Sept. 8, 2025 — Sept. 12, 2025 Workshop

Individual Visiting Scientists 2025 Sept. 9, 2025 — Oct. 17, 2025 Individual Scientists

Research in Teams: Waves interacting with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current Sept. 15, 2025 — Sept. 26, 2025 Research in Teams

Putting the Cosmic Large-scale Structure on the Map: Theory Meets Numerics Sept. 22, 2025 — Sept. 26, 2025 Workshop

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

Fufa Beyene (Kotebe U of Education): The Cyclic Sieving Phenomenon (CSP) Oct. 1, 2025 — Nov. 30, 2025 Junior Research Fellow

IMO 2025 Oct. 25, 2025 — Oct. 31, 2025 Graduate School

Yoshihiro Tonegawa (Inst. of Science Tokyo): Introduction to Brakke's Mean Curvature Flow Oct. 26, 2025 — Nov. 15, 2025 SRF Course

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Upcoming Talks

Aug 20. 2025

Strict Reverse Mathematics - part I Harvey Friedman (Ohio State U, Columbus) Aug 20. 2025, 15:00 - 16:00 Part of Reverse Mathematics (Thematic Programme).

Aug 22. 2025

Strict Reverse Mathematics - part II Harvey Friedman (Ohio State U, Columbus) Aug 22. 2025, 15:00 - 16:00 Part of Reverse Mathematics (Thematic Programme).

Aug 26. 2025

Logical analysis of proofs in non-smooth optimization using set-valued monotone operators Ulrich Kohlenbach (TU Darmstadt) Aug 26. 2025, 10:00 - 11:00 Part of Reverse Mathematics (Thematic Programme).

The Reverse Mathematics of the Mountain Pass Theorem Miguel Aguilar (TU Wien) Aug 26. 2025, 11:30 - 12:30 Part of Reverse Mathematics (Thematic Programme).

Sep 08. 2025

Exploring charge effects in soft matter: responsive particles, shape anisotropy and the role of charge patches Peter Schurtenberger (Lund U) Sep 08. 2025, 14:15 - 14:45 Part of Charged Soft Matter: Bridging Theory and Experiment (Workshop).

On Complex(ed) Relations: the Power and Peculiarities of Nanoscopic Polyelectrolyte-based Particles Ilja Voets (TU Eindhoven) Sep 08. 2025, 14:45 - 15:15 Part of Charged Soft Matter: Bridging Theory and Experiment (Workshop).

From Wiggles to Flow: Multiscale Dynamics of Charged Protein Condensates Jeetain Mittal (TAMU, College Station) Sep 08. 2025, 15:15 - 15:45 Part of Charged Soft Matter: Bridging Theory and Experiment (Workshop).

Sep 09. 2025

Remembering Rudi Podgornik: Charged liquids, electrified interfaces and more David Andelman (Tel Aviv U) Sep 09. 2025, 09:00 - 09:30 Part of Charged Soft Matter: Bridging Theory and Experiment (Workshop).

Evolutionary changes in charge on spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 Anže Božič‬ (Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana) Sep 09. 2025, 09:30 - 10:00 Part of Charged Soft Matter: Bridging Theory and Experiment (Workshop).

Field-theoretic approach to charged Janus colloids beyond mean field Nataša Adžić (IPB) Sep 09. 2025, 10:00 - 10:30 Part of Charged Soft Matter: Bridging Theory and Experiment (Workshop).