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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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
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
Applications of Tomographic Methods June 8, 2026 — June 12, 2026 Workshop
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Toric Geometry: Bridging Mathematics, Computation, and String Theory June 15, 2026 — July 17, 2026 Thematic Programme

ESI Fellows Activities

Beatrice Balzarotti (U of Milan): Nonlocal-to-local convergence results for Cahn-Hilliard equations 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
Research in Teams: Quivers, VOAs, and Generalised Symmetries June 1, 2026 — Aug. 7, 2026 Research in Teams
Research in Teams: Eliminating (or correcting?) topology violations in dissipative particle Dynamics Aug. 1, 2026 — Sept. 1, 2026 Research in Teams

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Upcoming Talks

Jun 08. 2026

Mathematical Analysis on the Limitation of Bone Density Mineral Measurement by X-Ray Ming Jiang (Peking U) Jun 08. 2026, 10:00 - 10:30 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).
A self-adjoint model for iQuad wavefront sensing in adaptive optics Victoria Laidlaw (JKU, Linz) Jun 08. 2026, 10:40 - 11:10 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).

Jun 09. 2026

MINFLUX for dynamic structural cell biology Jonas Ries (U of Vienna) Jun 09. 2026, 09:00 - 09:30 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).
Faster Sampling for Bayesian Inverse Imaging Problems Andreas Habring (TU Graz) Jun 09. 2026, 09:40 - 10:10 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).
Quantitative passive imaging using cross-correlation data for helioseismology Florian Faucher (Inria) Jun 09. 2026, 14:10 - 14:40 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).
One shot inverse scattering revisited Martin Hanke (U Mainz) Jun 09. 2026, 15:10 - 15:40 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).
Diffraction Tomography with Generalized Incident Fields Noemi Naujoks (U of Vienna) Jun 09. 2026, 16:00 - 16:45 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).

Jun 10. 2026

Flowing Cells, Label-Free 3D Imaging: Progress in Holographic Tomography Pietro Ferraro (CNR - ISASI) Jun 10. 2026, 09:00 - 09:30 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).
Optical Near-field Electron Microscopy (ONEM): Damage-free, label-free super-resolution imaging of interfaces Thomas Juffmann (U of Vienna) Jun 10. 2026, 10:40 - 11:10 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).
Generative Flow Modeling Gabriele Steidl (TU Berlin) Jun 10. 2026, 11:20 - 11:50 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).