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

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
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
Individual Visiting Scientists 2026 Sept. 7, 2026 — Sept. 11, 2026 Workshop

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 16. 2026

An Introduction to the Gauged Linear Sigma Model, Lecture 2 Paul Aspinwall (Duke U) Jun 16. 2026, 14:00 - 15:00 Part of The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Toric Geometry: Bridging Mathematics, Computation, and String Theory (Thematic Programme).
Introducing Macaulay2 Michael E. Stillman (Cornell U, Ithaca) Jun 16. 2026, 15:30 - 16:30 Part of The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Toric Geometry: Bridging Mathematics, Computation, and String Theory (Thematic Programme).

Jun 17. 2026

An Introduction to the Gauged Linear Sigma Model, Lecture 3 Paul Aspinwall (Duke U) Jun 17. 2026, 14:00 - 15:00 Part of The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Toric Geometry: Bridging Mathematics, Computation, and String Theory (Thematic Programme).
Calabi-Yau Power Tools: a demo, Lecture 1 Nate MacFadden (Cornell U, Ithaca) Jun 17. 2026, 15:30 - 16:30 Part of The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Toric Geometry: Bridging Mathematics, Computation, and String Theory (Thematic Programme).

Jun 18. 2026

An Introduction to the Gauged Linear Sigma Model, Lecture 4 Paul Aspinwall (Duke U) Jun 18. 2026, 14:00 - 15:00 Part of The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Toric Geometry: Bridging Mathematics, Computation, and String Theory (Thematic Programme).
Calabi-Yau Power Tools: a demo, Lecture 2 Nate MacFadden (Cornell U, Ithaca) Jun 18. 2026, 15:30 - 16:30 Part of The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Toric Geometry: Bridging Mathematics, Computation, and String Theory (Thematic Programme).

Jun 19. 2026

An Introduction to the Gauged Linear Sigma Model, Lecture 5 Paul Aspinwall (Duke U) Jun 19. 2026, 11:00 - 12:00 Part of The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Toric Geometry: Bridging Mathematics, Computation, and String Theory (Thematic Programme).

Jun 22. 2026

Toric basics: fan and quotient constructions Gregory Smith (Queen's U, Kingston) Jun 22. 2026, 14:00 - 15:00 Part of The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Toric Geometry: Bridging Mathematics, Computation, and String Theory (Thematic Programme).

Jun 23. 2026

Toric basics: divisors, polytopes, and positivity Gregory Smith (Queen's U, Kingston) Jun 23. 2026, 14:00 - 15:00 Part of The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Toric Geometry: Bridging Mathematics, Computation, and String Theory (Thematic Programme).

Jun 25. 2026

Toric basics: sheaves and cohomology Gregory Smith (Queen's U, Kingston) Jun 25. 2026, 14:00 - 15:00 Part of The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Toric Geometry: Bridging Mathematics, Computation, and String Theory (Thematic Programme).