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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

Call for CECAM-ESI-Workshop

Published on June 9, 2026

The ESI Medal 2026 is awarded to Ingrid Daubechies

Published on June 1, 2026

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

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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 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

Analysis and Applications June 22, 2026 — June 26, 2026 Graduate School

New Paradigms for Harnessing Quantum Field Theory at Colliders July 27, 2026 — Aug. 28, 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 11. 2026

PSF reconstruction for the Extremely Large Telescope Sebastian Kamann (LJMU, Liverpool) Jun 11. 2026, 09:00 - 09:30 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).

Reconstructing the life cycle of galaxies from projected data Iris Breda (U Porto) Jun 11. 2026, 10:40 - 11:10 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).

The SCD semismooth* Newton method for the efficient minimization of Tikhonov functionals Simon Hubmer (JKU, Linz) Jun 11. 2026, 11:20 - 11:50 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).

Simultaneous estimation of initial pressure and speed of sound in photoacoustic tomography Tanja Tarvainen (U of Eastern Finland, Joensuu) Jun 11. 2026, 13:30 - 14:00 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).

Quantitative Multi-Modal Optical Coherence Photoacoustic Elastography with a Hybrid Inversion Algorithm Ekaterina Sherina (U of Vienna) Jun 11. 2026, 14:10 - 14:40 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).

Tomopari: Open-Source AI-based Software for Fast and Easy Optical Projection Tomography Teresa Matias Correia (CCMAR) Jun 11. 2026, 15:10 - 15:40 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).

Jun 12. 2026

Using Machine Learning and Cosmological Simulations to Uncover the Merger Histories of Galaxies Jesús Falcón Barroso (IAC, San Cristóbal de La Laguna) Jun 12. 2026, 09:00 - 09:30 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).

From past satellite orbits to present uncertainty quantification - What can we learn from simulations? Stefanie Reiter (Uni Wien) Jun 12. 2026, 09:40 - 10:10 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).

Jun 15. 2026

Brane Tilings and Toric Geometry Amihay Hanany (Imperial College London) Jun 15. 2026, 13:50 - 15:00 Part of The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Toric Geometry: Bridging Mathematics, Computation, and String Theory (Thematic Programme).

An Introduction to the Gauged Linear Sigma Model Paul Aspinwall (Duke U) Jun 15. 2026, 15:30 - 16:30 Part of The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Toric Geometry: Bridging Mathematics, Computation, and String Theory (Thematic Programme).