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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

Joachim Escher (Leibniz U of Hannover): Fluid Mechanics, covering Rotational Water Waves and Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities for Potential Flows March 1, 2026 — June 30, 2026 SRF Course

Benedict Leimkuhler (U of Edinburgh): Langevin Sampling Algorithms April 13, 2026 — May 31, 2026 SRF Course

Random Matrices and Operators April 13, 2026 — April 17, 2026 Workshop

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

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 13. 2026

Flow equations and convergent expansions in quantum field theory Manfred Salmhofer (U Heidelberg) Apr 13. 2026, 15:50 - 16:50 Part of Random Matrices and Operators (Workshop).

Apr 14. 2026

Bernoulli flow and optimal delocalization for Erdös-Rényi graphs Antti Knowles (U of Geneva) Apr 14. 2026, 14:00 - 15:00 Part of Random Matrices and Operators (Workshop).

Apr 16. 2026

A few results on non-Hermitian random matrices Yan Fyodorov (KCL, London) Apr 16. 2026, 09:00 - 10:00 Part of Random Matrices and Operators (Workshop).

Central limit theorems with logarithmic singularities for the spherical ensemble and beyond Yuanyuan Xu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing) Apr 16. 2026, 10:30 - 11:30 Part of Random Matrices and Operators (Workshop).

Characteristic polynomials of non-Hermitian random band matrices Mariya Shcherbina (Institute for Low Temperature Physics) Apr 16. 2026, 14:00 - 15:00 Part of Random Matrices and Operators (Workshop).

Smallest singular value and bottom singular vector of heavy-tailed rectangular matrices Zhigang Bao (U of Hong Kong) Apr 16. 2026, 15:30 - 16:30 Part of Random Matrices and Operators (Workshop).

Apr 17. 2026

Fourier law from Hamiltonian dynamics Domokos Szasz (BME, Budapest) Apr 17. 2026, 09:00 - 10:00 Part of Random Matrices and Operators (Workshop).

Nonlinear Dynamics of Kinks and Vortices Jonas Lührmann (U Cologne) Apr 17. 2026, 10:30 - 11:30 Part of Random Matrices and Operators (Workshop).

Generalized hydrodynamics and random matrix theory Herbert Spohn (TU Munich) Apr 17. 2026, 14:00 - 15:00 Part of Random Matrices and Operators (Workshop).