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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

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

Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications April 20, 2026 — June 5, 2026 Thematic Programme

Prof. Bettina G. Keller (Free U of Berlin): Girsanov reweighting for simulations of underdamped Langevin dynamics May 22, 2026 Lecture

Gilles Vilmart (U of Geneva): High-order sampling of the invariant distribution of ergodic stochastic dynamics: preconditioning and postprocessing May 27, 2026, 15:00 — 16:00 Lecture

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

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

Priyadarshini Pandit (TIFR): Boundary Carrollian Symmetries and Null Open Strings 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

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Upcoming Talks

May 11. 2026

Part II: Mixed Methods Joachim Schöberl (TU Wien) May 11. 2026, 11:00 - 12:00 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).

Part III: Plates Michael Neunteufel (TU Wien) May 11. 2026, 14:00 - 15:00 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).

May 12. 2026

Part IV: Mapping of Vectorfields Joachim Schöberl (TU Wien) May 12. 2026, 09:30 - 10:45 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).

Part V: Preconditioning Joachim Schöberl (TU Wien) May 12. 2026, 11:00 - 12:00 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).

Part VI: Nonlinear Solids and Shells Michael Neunteufel (TU Wien) May 12. 2026, 14:00 - 15:15 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).

May 13. 2026

Part VII: Extrinsic Curvature Michael Neunteufel (TU Wien) May 13. 2026, 09:30 - 10:45 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).

Part VIII: Riemann Curvature Michael Neunteufel (TU Wien) May 13. 2026, 11:00 - 12:00 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).

Part IX: 2-Complex Joachim Schöberl (TU Wien) May 13. 2026, 14:00 - 15:00 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).

May 18. 2026

The bubble transform, a tool for analyzing finite element methods of high polynomial degree Ragnar Winther (U Oslo) May 18. 2026, 09:30 - 10:15 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).

The TDNNS method in ferroelectric material modeling Astrid Pechstein (JKU, Linz) May 18. 2026, 10:45 - 11:30 Part of Differential Complexes: Theory, Discretization, and Applications (Thematic Programme).