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

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

New directorate of the ESI appointed

Published on March 9, 2026

Senior Research Fellow Lecture Course by Prof. Joachim Escher starts on March 3, 2026

Published on Feb. 27, 2026

Thematic Programmes at the ESI in 2027

Published on Feb. 26, 2026

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Current and Upcoming Activities

Benedict Leimkuhler (U of Edinburgh): Langevin Sampling Algorithms April 13, 2026 — May 31, 2026 SRF Course
Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications April 20, 2026 — June 5, 2026 Thematic Programme
Individual Visiting Scientists 2026 April 20, 2026 — May 1, 2026 Workshop
Peter Whalley (ETH Zurich): Langevin Monte Carlo methods for Bayesian inference May 6, 2026, 15:00 — 16:00 Lecture
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

ESI Fellows Activities

Lea Mele (UMONS): Carrollian higher-spin holography March 1, 2026 — April 30, 2026 Junior Research Fellow
Research in Teams: Gabor frames in Higher Dimensions April 6, 2026 — May 5, 2026 Research in Teams
Research in Teams: Aperiodic Order and Complexity in Substitution Base Systems April 27, 2026 — May 10, 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

Apr 30. 2026

The BGG construction IX Kaibo Hu (U of Oxford) Apr 30. 2026, 11:00 - 12:15 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
The BGG construction X Kaibo Hu (U of Oxford) Apr 30. 2026, 14:00 - 15:30 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).

May 04. 2026

Regge metrics with enhanced trace Snorre Christiansen (U Oslo) May 04. 2026, 14:00 - 14:45 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
Finite element methods for isometric embedding of Riemannian manifolds Ganghui Zhang (U of Oxford) May 04. 2026, 14:45 - 15:30 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).

May 05. 2026

The Closed Range Property of the De Rham Complex in Unbounded Domains Dirk Pauly (TU Dresden) May 05. 2026, 09:30 - 10:15 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
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).
An Exterior Calculus Perspective on Kinetic Theory Umberto Zerbinati (U of Oxford) May 05. 2026, 16:00 - 16:45 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).