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]

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

Individual Visiting Scientists 2025 May 15, 2025 — July 19, 2025 Individual Scientists
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
Research in Teams: Waves interacting with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current July 5, 2025 — July 25, 2025 Research in Teams
ISAPP2025: Gravitational Waves: From Theory to Detection July 7, 2025 — July 18, 2025 Graduate School
Eisenstein Series, Spaces of Automorphic Forms, and Applications Sept. 1, 2025 — Sept. 5, 2025 Workshop
Charged Soft Matter: Bridging Theory and Experiment Sept. 8, 2025 — Sept. 12, 2025 Workshop
Putting the Cosmic Large-scale Structure on the Map: Theory Meets Numerics Sept. 22, 2025 — Sept. 26, 2025 Workshop
Free Boundary Problems Sept. 29, 2025 — Dec. 19, 2025 Thematic Programme
Yoshihiro Tonegawa (Inst. of Science Tokyo): Introduction to Brakke's Mean Curvature Flow Oct. 26, 2025 — Nov. 15, 2025 SRF Course

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Upcoming Talks

Jul 14. 2025

Gravitational Wave Cosmology, Lecture 1 Angelo Ricciardone (U Pisa) Jul 14. 2025, 09:00 - 10:20 Part of ISAPP2025: Gravitational Waves: From Theory to Detection (Graduate School).
Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background, Lecture 1 Tania Regimbau (LAPP Annecy) Jul 14. 2025, 10:50 - 12:10 Part of ISAPP2025: Gravitational Waves: From Theory to Detection (Graduate School).

Jul 15. 2025

Gravitational Wave Cosmology, Lecture 2 Angelo Ricciardone (U Pisa) Jul 15. 2025, 09:00 - 10:20 Part of ISAPP2025: Gravitational Waves: From Theory to Detection (Graduate School).
Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background, Lecture 2 Tania Regimbau (LAPP Annecy) Jul 15. 2025, 10:50 - 12:10 Part of ISAPP2025: Gravitational Waves: From Theory to Detection (Graduate School).

Jul 16. 2025

Sources of Gravitational Waves, Lecture 1 Michela Mapelli (U Heidelberg) Jul 16. 2025, 09:00 - 10:20 Part of ISAPP2025: Gravitational Waves: From Theory to Detection (Graduate School).
Quantum Sensing in Gravitational Wave Detection, Lecture 1 Jan Harms (Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila) Jul 16. 2025, 10:50 - 12:10 Part of ISAPP2025: Gravitational Waves: From Theory to Detection (Graduate School).

Jul 17. 2025

Sources of Gravitational Waves, Lecture 2 Michela Mapelli (U Heidelberg) Jul 17. 2025, 09:00 - 10:20 Part of ISAPP2025: Gravitational Waves: From Theory to Detection (Graduate School).
Quantum Sensing in Gravitational Wave Detection, Lecture 2 Jan Harms (Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila) Jul 17. 2025, 10:50 - 12:10 Part of ISAPP2025: Gravitational Waves: From Theory to Detection (Graduate School).

Jul 18. 2025

Gravitational Wave Probes of Fundamental Physics Costantino Pacilio (U Milano-Bicocca) Jul 18. 2025, 09:00 - 10:20 Part of ISAPP2025: Gravitational Waves: From Theory to Detection (Graduate School).
Public Outreach and Education Gideon Koekoek (U of Maastricht) Jul 18. 2025, 10:50 - 12:10 Part of ISAPP2025: Gravitational Waves: From Theory to Detection (Graduate School).