The Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI)
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Faculty of Mathematics
Faculty of Physics

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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 closed on July 23 and July 26, 2026 due to maintenance works

Published on July 20, 2026

Call for CECAM-ESI-Workshop

Published on June 9, 2026

The ESI Medal 2026 is awarded to Ingrid Daubechies

Published on June 1, 2026

Senior Research Fellow Lecture Course by Prof. Benedict Leimkuhler starts on April 16, 2026

Published on March 30, 2026

New SAB members in 2026

Published on March 27, 2026

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Current and Upcoming Activities

New Paradigms for Harnessing Quantum Field Theory at Colliders July 27, 2026 — Aug. 28, 2026 Thematic Programme
Individual Visiting Scientists 2026 Sept. 7, 2026 — Sept. 11, 2026 Workshop
FLINTA* in Set Theory Sept. 9, 2026 — Sept. 11, 2026 Workshop
Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures Sept. 14, 2026 — Oct. 30, 2026 Thematic Programme
ESI Medal Award Ceremony 2026 Oct. 30, 2026 — Nov. 1, 2026 Workshop

ESI Fellows Activities

Research in Teams: Eliminating (or correcting?) topology violations in dissipative particle Dynamics Aug. 1, 2026 — Sept. 1, 2026 Research in Teams
Priyadarshini Pandit (TIFR): Boundary Carrollian Symmetries and Null Open Strings Oct. 1, 2026 — Nov. 30, 2026 Junior Research Fellow

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Upcoming Talks

Aug 19. 2026

Asymptotic states in weak interactions Axel Maas (U of Graz) Aug 19. 2026, 10:00 - 10:30 Part of New Paradigms for Harnessing Quantum Field Theory at Colliders (Thematic Programme).
TMD Evolution in Nuclear Matter John Terry (Argonne National Laboratory) Aug 19. 2026, 10:40 - 11:10 Part of New Paradigms for Harnessing Quantum Field Theory at Colliders (Thematic Programme).
The Regge Limit of Gravity Ira Rothstein (Carnegie Mellon U, Pittsburgh) Aug 19. 2026, 11:50 - 12:20 Part of New Paradigms for Harnessing Quantum Field Theory at Colliders (Thematic Programme).

Aug 20. 2026

Introduction to Theory Nuisance Parameters Frank Tackmann (DESY Hamburg) Aug 20. 2026, 10:00 - 10:40 Part of New Paradigms for Harnessing Quantum Field Theory at Colliders (Thematic Programme).
Application of TNPs in fitting resummed predictions to data at high precision Giulia Marinelli (DESY Hamburg) Aug 20. 2026, 11:30 - 12:10 Part of New Paradigms for Harnessing Quantum Field Theory at Colliders (Thematic Programme).

Sep 09. 2026

\Sigma_2 variants of Supercompactness and the HOD Conjecture Shoshana Friedman (CUNY, New York) Sep 09. 2026, 09:40 - 10:40 Part of FLINTA* in Set Theory (Workshop).
Breaking Patterns Revisited Sabine Theresia Köszegi (TU Wien) Sep 09. 2026, 11:00 - 12:00 Part of FLINTA* in Set Theory (Workshop).
Menas Theorem and Strong Compactness on \(P_\kappa(\lambda)\) Catalina Torres (U of Barcelona) Sep 09. 2026, 14:00 - 14:30 Part of FLINTA* in Set Theory (Workshop).
Condensed Sets and the Solovay Model Dianthe Basak (Paris Cité U) Sep 09. 2026, 14:30 - 15:00 Part of FLINTA* in Set Theory (Workshop).
A Finite Square Principle Juliette Kennedy (U Helsinki) Sep 09. 2026, 15:30 - 16:30 Part of FLINTA* in Set Theory (Workshop).