The Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI)
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Welcome to the ESI

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

New Members of the ESI Board 2026

Published on Jan. 26, 2026

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

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Current and Upcoming Activities

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
Joachim Escher (Leibniz U of Hannover): Fluid Mechanics, covering Rotational Water Waves and Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities for Potential Flows March 1, 2026 — June 30, 2026 SRF Course
Benedict Leimkuhler (U of Edinburgh): Langevin Sampling Algorithms April 13, 2026 — May 31, 2026 SRF Course
Random Matrices and Operators April 13, 2026 — April 17, 2026 Workshop

ESI Fellows Activities

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
Beatrice Balzarotti (U of Milan): Nonlocal-to-local convergence results for Cahn-Hilliard equations May 1, 2026 — June 30, 2026 Junior Research Fellow
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

Feb 11. 2026

Bridging Shrödinger and Bass for generative diffusion modeling Nizar Touzi (NYU, New York) Feb 11. 2026, 09:30 - 10:05 Part of Probabilistic Mass Transport - from Schrödinger to Stochastic Analysis (Workshop).
Adapted optimal transport: the Gaussian case Ting-Kam Leonard Wong (U Toronto) Feb 11. 2026, 10:35 - 11:10 Part of Probabilistic Mass Transport - from Schrödinger to Stochastic Analysis (Workshop).
G-causal Optimal Transport Vlad Tuchilus (U of Oxford) Feb 11. 2026, 11:10 - 11:45 Part of Probabilistic Mass Transport - from Schrödinger to Stochastic Analysis (Workshop).

Feb 12. 2026

Hamilton-Jacobi Equations defined in the Wasserstein space Daniela Tonon (U Padua) Feb 12. 2026, 09:30 - 10:05 Part of Probabilistic Mass Transport - from Schrödinger to Stochastic Analysis (Workshop).
Projecting probability measures onto Wasserstein geodesics Elsa Cazelles (U Toulouse) Feb 12. 2026, 10:35 - 11:10 Part of Probabilistic Mass Transport - from Schrödinger to Stochastic Analysis (Workshop).
Regularity of the quadratic Wasserstein projections in the convex order Benjamin Jourdain (ENPC, Paris) Feb 12. 2026, 11:10 - 11:45 Part of Probabilistic Mass Transport - from Schrödinger to Stochastic Analysis (Workshop).
Martingale Sinkhorn Algorithm Jan Obloj (U of Oxford) Feb 12. 2026, 13:40 - 14:15 Part of Probabilistic Mass Transport - from Schrödinger to Stochastic Analysis (Workshop).
Properties of diffusion transport maps via creation of log-semiconcavity along heat flows Katharina Eichinger (INRIA Saclay) Feb 12. 2026, 14:15 - 14:50 Part of Probabilistic Mass Transport - from Schrödinger to Stochastic Analysis (Workshop).
Schrödinger bridge with transport relaxation Yifan Jiang (Imperial College London) Feb 12. 2026, 15:20 - 15:55 Part of Probabilistic Mass Transport - from Schrödinger to Stochastic Analysis (Workshop).
Robust Hedging Gans and Ambiguity-Averse Deep Hedging with Feature Clustering Blanka Horvath (U of Oxford) Feb 12. 2026, 15:55 - 16:30 Part of Probabilistic Mass Transport - from Schrödinger to Stochastic Analysis (Workshop).