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
Senior Research Fellow Lecture Course by Prof. Benedict Leimkuhler starts on April 16, 2026Published on March 30, 2026
New SAB members in 2026Published on March 27, 2026
New directorate of the ESI appointedPublished on March 9, 2026
Senior Research Fellow Lecture Course by Prof. Joachim Escher starts on March 3, 2026Published on Feb. 27, 2026
Thematic Programmes at the ESI in 2027Published on Feb. 26, 2026
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If you are interested in applying for an ESI activity, please check out the links below:
Current and Upcoming Activities
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Benedict Leimkuhler (U of Edinburgh): Langevin Sampling Algorithms
April 13, 2026 — May 31, 2026
SRF Course
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Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications
April 20, 2026 — June 5, 2026
Thematic Programme
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Prof. Bettina G. Keller (Free U of Berlin): Girsanov reweighting for simulations of underdamped Langevin dynamics
May 22, 2026
Lecture
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Gilles Vilmart (U of Geneva): High-order sampling of the invariant distribution of ergodic stochastic dynamics: preconditioning and postprocessing
May 27, 2026, 15:00 — 16:00
Lecture
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Joachim Escher (Leibniz U of Hannover): Fluid Mechanics, covering Rotational Water Waves and Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities for Potential Flows
June 1, 2026 — June 20, 2026
SRF Course
ESI Fellows Activities
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Beatrice Balzarotti (U of Milan): Nonlocal-to-local convergence results for Cahn-Hilliard equations
May 1, 2026 — June 30, 2026
Junior Research Fellow
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Priyadarshini Pandit (TIFR): Boundary Carrollian Symmetries and Null Open Strings
May 1, 2026 — June 30, 2026
Junior Research Fellow
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Research in Teams: O-Minimality in Interaction
May 25, 2026 — July 5, 2026
Research in Teams
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Research in Teams: Convergence of Lorentzian Spaces
June 1, 2026 — June 30, 2026
Research in Teams
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Research in Teams: Quivers, VOAs, and Generalised Symmetries
June 1, 2026 — Aug. 7, 2026
Research in Teams
Upcoming Talks
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May 19. 2026
- A simple and general framework for the construction of exactly div-curl-grad compatible discontinuous Galerkin finite element schemes on unstructured simplex meshes Michael Dumbser (U of Trento) May 19. 2026, 09:30 - 10:15 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- The Discrete De Rham method Daniele Di Pietro (Université de Montpellier) May 19. 2026, 10:45 - 11:30 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- Continuous vs. fully discrete analysis: principles, and application to Discrete De Rham scheme for Stokes equations Jerome Droniou (CNRS, IMAG) May 19. 2026, 11:30 - 12:15 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- On the approximation properties of neural networks Jinchao Xu (KAUST, Thuwal) May 19. 2026, 14:00 - 14:45 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- Beyond de Rham: Adaptive FEEC and High-Order Complexes Deepesh Toshniwal (TU Delft) May 19. 2026, 14:45 - 15:30 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
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May 20. 2026
- Discrete tensor product BGG sequences Francesca Bonizzoni (Politecnico Milano) May 20. 2026, 09:30 - 10:15 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- Construction of finite element differential complexes by tensor products Guido Kanschat (U Heidelberg) May 20. 2026, 10:45 - 11:30 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- Bernstein-B`ezier techniques for linear differential operators on splines Tatyana Sorokina (Towson U) May 20. 2026, 11:30 - 12:15 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- Conforming Finite Element Gradgrad and Divdiv complexes Jun Hu (Peking U) May 20. 2026, 14:00 - 14:45 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- 2-Complexes of Sobolev Spaces with Second-Order Differential Operators in Three Dimensions Jay Gopalakrishnan (pdx) May 20. 2026, 14:45 - 15:30 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).