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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Peter Whalley (ETH Zurich): Langevin Monte Carlo methods for Bayesian inference
May 6, 2026, 15:00 — 16:00
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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Research in Teams: Gabor frames in Higher Dimensions
April 6, 2026 — May 5, 2026
Research in Teams
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Research in Teams: Aperiodic Order and Complexity in Substitution Base Systems
April 27, 2026 — May 10, 2026
Research in Teams
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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
Upcoming Talks
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May 05. 2026
- Discrete Poincaré and Bogovskii operators on cochains and Whitney forms Pratyush Potu (Brown U, Providence) May 05. 2026, 10:45 - 11:30 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- The discrete de Rham method for geometric partial differential equations Jia Jia Qian (U of Oxford) May 05. 2026, 11:30 - 12:15 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- Finite Element Complexes with Traces Structures: A unified framework for cohomology and bounded interpolation Yizhou Liang (U of Oxford) May 05. 2026, 14:00 - 14:45 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- Existence and uniqueness of solutions to the generalized wave equation Anouk Wisse (TU Delft) May 05. 2026, 14:45 - 15:30 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- Material-robust finite elements: strong stress symmetry and angular momentum conservation in mixed formulations Umberto Zerbinati (U of Oxford) May 05. 2026, 16:00 - 16:45 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
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May 06. 2026
- Stabilisation of the Navier–Stokes equations by enstrophy preservation Boris Andrews (U of Oxford) May 06. 2026, 09:30 - 10:15 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- Topology-preserving finite element schemes for magnetohydrodynamics Mingdong He (U of Oxford) May 06. 2026, 10:45 - 11:30 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- Design of a Polytopal Stokes--de Rham BGG Diagram and Associated Complexes, with Applications to Plate Models Arax Leroy (Université de Montpellier) May 06. 2026, 11:30 - 12:15 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- Mixed-dimensional modeling of composite elastic structures Jan Martin Nordbotten (U of Bergen) May 06. 2026, 14:00 - 14:45 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- Finite element form-valued forms Kaibo Hu (U of Oxford) May 06. 2026, 14:45 - 15:30 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).