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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 World in One Line – Schrödinger’s Equation Turns 100: Symposium January 22 & 23, 2026

Published on Dec. 16, 2025

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

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Current and Upcoming Activities

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

Amplitudes and Algebraic Geometry Feb. 16, 2026 — March 27, 2026 Thematic Programme

ESI Fellows Activities

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

Lea Mele (UMONS): Carrollian higher-spin holography March 1, 2026 — April 30, 2026 Junior Research Fellow

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

Priyadarshini Pandit (TIFR): Boundary Carrollian Symmetries and Null Open Strings May 1, 2026 — June 30, 2026 Junior Research Fellow

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Upcoming Talks

Jan 12. 2026

The asymptotic structure of spacetimes and hyperbolic formulations of the conformal Einstein equations István Rácz (WIGNER RCP, Budapest) Jan 12. 2026, 09:30 - 10:00 Part of Hyperboloidal Foliations and their Application (Workshop).

Space-like Infinity and Energy Densities in GR Salvatore Vultaggio (U of Otago) Jan 12. 2026, 10:30 - 11:00 Part of Hyperboloidal Foliations and their Application (Workshop).

A Melrosian perspective of Friedrich's cylinder at spatial infinity Jordan Marajh (QMU London) Jan 12. 2026, 11:00 - 11:30 Part of Hyperboloidal Foliations and their Application (Workshop).

From Penrose to Melrose: Computing Scattering Amplitudes at Infinity Anil Colpan Zenginoglu (U of Maryland) Jan 12. 2026, 11:30 - 12:00 Part of Hyperboloidal Foliations and their Application (Workshop).

The geometry of null-infinity Joerg Frauendiener (U of Otago) Jan 12. 2026, 14:00 - 14:30 Part of Hyperboloidal Foliations and their Application (Workshop).

Coordinates near the horizon and null infinity in the Kerr spacetime Alexander Grant (U Southampton) Jan 12. 2026, 14:30 - 15:00 Part of Hyperboloidal Foliations and their Application (Workshop).

Hyperboloidal foliations for the self-consistent evolution of semiclassical black holes Valentin Boyanov (IST Lisboa) Jan 12. 2026, 15:00 - 15:30 Part of Hyperboloidal Foliations and their Application (Workshop).

Hyperboloidal Foliations and their Application David Hilditch (IST Lisboa) Jan 12. 2026, 16:00 - 16:30 Part of Hyperboloidal Foliations and their Application (Workshop).

Jan 13. 2026

Gravitational self-force with hyperboloidal slicing Benjamin Leather (U Southampton) Jan 13. 2026, 09:00 - 09:30 Part of Hyperboloidal Foliations and their Application (Workshop).

Hyperboloidal foliations in perturbation theory: The binary black hole mergers lab and gravitational-wave extraction Sebastiano Bernuzzi (U of Jena) Jan 13. 2026, 09:30 - 10:00 Part of Hyperboloidal Foliations and their Application (Workshop).