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

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
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
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

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
Research in Teams: O-Minimality in Interaction May 25, 2026 — July 5, 2026 Research in Teams
Research in Teams: Convergence of Lorentzian Spaces June 1, 2026 — June 30, 2026 Research in Teams

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Upcoming Talks

May 06. 2026

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).
Langevin Monte Carlo methods for Bayesian inference Peter Whalley (ETH Zurich) May 06. 2026, 15:00 - 16:00 Part of Peter Whalley (ETH Zurich): Langevin Monte Carlo methods for Bayesian inference (Lecture).
Computable Bounds for Hodge–Laplacian Eigenvalues Martin Licht (TU Dresden) May 06. 2026, 16:00 - 16:45 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).

May 07. 2026

Compatible Overlapping Subspaces Adaptivity using splines Andrea Bressan (CNR-IMATI, Pavia) May 07. 2026, 09:30 - 10:15 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
Multigrid for FEEC using Mass-Lumping and Transforming Smoothers: Algorithms and Results Radovan Dabetic (ETH Zurich) May 07. 2026, 10:45 - 11:30 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
Finite element antidynamo theorems and generalized Hodge theory Jindong Wang (U of Oxford) May 07. 2026, 11:30 - 12:15 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
Distributional Finite Element Complexes and Applications to Partial Differential Equations Xuehai Huang (SUFE, Shanghai) May 07. 2026, 14:00 - 14:45 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).