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

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

The ESI Medal 2025 goes to Michele Parrinello

Published on May 6, 2025

Thematic Programmes at the ESI in 2026

Published on April 17, 2025

Call for CECAM-ESI Workshops

Published on March 17, 2025

New CECAM/ESI Collaboration

Published on Feb. 3, 2025

Workshops at the ESI in 2025

Published on Jan. 14, 2025

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Current and Upcoming Activities

Entanglement in Many-body Quantum Matter: Dynamics, Dissipation, Equilibration May 12, 2025 — June 13, 2025 Thematic Programme
Individual Visiting Scientists 2025 May 15, 2025 — June 30, 2025 Individual Scientists
Research in Teams: On Parabolic Induction for General Linear Groups May 15, 2025 — May 25, 2025 Research in Teams
Research in Teams: Projective Geometry, Combinatorics and Representation Theory from Polytopes May 17, 2025 — June 25, 2025 Research in Teams
Research in Teams: Towards q-characters for quantum affine symmetric pairs June 8, 2025 — June 21, 2025 Research in Teams
Extremal Statistics in Biology June 10, 2025 — June 13, 2025 Workshop
Research in Teams: Exploring the infrared triangle beyond Lorenz Symmetry June 15, 2025 — July 15, 2025 Research in Teams
Reverse Mathematics June 23, 2025 — Aug. 29, 2025 Thematic Programme
IMO 2025 June 30, 2025 — July 4, 2025 Graduate School
Research in Teams: Waves interacting with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current July 5, 2025 — Sept. 26, 2025 Research in Teams

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Upcoming Talks

May 19. 2025

Finite-temperature quantum topological order in three dimensions Curt von Keyserlingk (KCL, London) May 19. 2025, 11:00 - 11:45 Part of Entanglement in Many-body Quantum Matter: Dynamics, Dissipation, Equilibration (Thematic Programme).
Long-range nonstabilizerness and phases of matter Lorenzo Piroli (U Bologna) May 19. 2025, 11:45 - 12:30 Part of Entanglement in Many-body Quantum Matter: Dynamics, Dissipation, Equilibration (Thematic Programme).
TBA Natalia Chepiga (TU Delft) May 19. 2025, 14:30 - 15:15 Part of Entanglement in Many-body Quantum Matter: Dynamics, Dissipation, Equilibration (Thematic Programme).

May 20. 2025

TBA Angela Capel (U of Cambridge) May 20. 2025, 09:30 - 10:15 Part of Entanglement in Many-body Quantum Matter: Dynamics, Dissipation, Equilibration (Thematic Programme).
Metastability in quantum many-body systems Federica Maria Surace (CalTech) May 20. 2025, 11:00 - 12:10 Part of Entanglement in Many-body Quantum Matter: Dynamics, Dissipation, Equilibration (Thematic Programme).
A photon-coupled atomic tweezer array Julian Leonard (ISTA, Klosterneuburg) May 20. 2025, 14:30 - 15:15 Part of Entanglement in Many-body Quantum Matter: Dynamics, Dissipation, Equilibration (Thematic Programme).
New frontiers in quantum simulation and sensing via cavity mediated interactions Ana Maria Rey (U of Colorado, Boulder) May 20. 2025, 15:45 - 16:30 Part of Entanglement in Many-body Quantum Matter: Dynamics, Dissipation, Equilibration (Thematic Programme).

May 21. 2025

Post-measurement Quantum Monte Carlo David Luitz (U Bonn) May 21. 2025, 11:00 - 12:10 Part of Entanglement in Many-body Quantum Matter: Dynamics, Dissipation, Equilibration (Thematic Programme).
A mixed-species atom array for quantum computing and simulation Giulia Semeghini (Harvard U, Cambridge) May 21. 2025, 14:30 - 15:15 Part of Entanglement in Many-body Quantum Matter: Dynamics, Dissipation, Equilibration (Thematic Programme).
Quantum Gas Microscopy of quantum many-body systems out-of-equilibrium Monika Aidelsburger (LMU Munich) May 21. 2025, 15:45 - 16:30 Part of Entanglement in Many-body Quantum Matter: Dynamics, Dissipation, Equilibration (Thematic Programme).