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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Individual Visiting Scientists 2026
April 20, 2026 — May 1, 2026
Workshop
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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
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Applications of Tomographic Methods
June 8, 2026 — June 12, 2026
Workshop
ESI Fellows Activities
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Lea Mele (UMONS): Carrollian higher-spin holography
March 1, 2026 — April 30, 2026
Junior Research Fellow
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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
Upcoming Talks
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Apr 27. 2026
- Superintegrable Systems and Tractors Simon Goodwin (U of Auckland) Apr 27. 2026, 14:00 - 14:45 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- Pansu pullback and spectral complexes on Carnot groups Filippa Lo Biundo (U Leeds) Apr 27. 2026, 14:45 - 15:30 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
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Apr 29. 2026
- Commuting projections preserving discrete boundary data Johnny Guzman (Brown U, Providence) Apr 29. 2026, 14:00 - 14:45 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
- Towards a de-Rahm like Complex for Hyperbolic Problems Michael Reichelt (TU Graz) Apr 29. 2026, 14:45 - 15:30 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
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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).
- A Minimal-Deformation-Rate Framework for Surface Evolution: From Curvature Flows to Shape Optimization Rong Tang (PolyU, Hong Kong) May 04. 2026, 16:00 - 16:45 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).
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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).