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 foundation in 1992 it has been the mission of the ESI to advance research in mathematics, physics and mathematical physics at the highest international level through fruitful interaction between scientists from these disciplines.

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News

The ESI Medal 2021 goes to Elliott Lieb

Published on May 4, 2021

Update concerning Covid-19 pandemic

Published on Dec. 14, 2020

2020 Physics Nobel Prize goes to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez

Published on Oct. 6, 2020

ESI Medal Award Ceremony, September 24

Published on Sept. 18, 2020

First ESI-Medal goes to Anton Alekseev

Published on June 23, 2020

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Current and Upcoming Activities

Due to Covid-19, many events cannot take place as intended. Click here to view all events which have been cancelled, postponed or rescheduled.

Research in Teams Project: Chaos, Butterflies, and Entanglement in Flat Space - postponed May 1, 2021 — July 31, 2021 Research in Teams

Postponed due to Covid-19 to 2022

Quantum Field Theory at the Frontiers of the Strong Interaction July 19, 2021 — Aug. 20, 2021 Thematic Programme

Cancelled due to Covid-19

Research in Teams Project: Simulability-versus-Noise Tradeoffs for Restricted Quantum Circuits Aug. 8, 2021 — Aug. 22, 2021 Research in Teams

Geometry for Higher Spin Gravity: Conformal Structures, PDEs, and Q-manifolds Aug. 23, 2021 — Sept. 17, 2021 Thematic Programme

Research in Teams Project: Amplitude Evolution I: Initial State Evolution Aug. 23, 2021 — Sept. 17, 2021 Research in Teams

Davide Pradovera (CSQI, EPFL, Lausanne): Model Order Reduction of parametric PDEs with meromorphic structure based on minimal rational approximation Sept. 1, 2021 — Sept. 30, 2021 Junior Research Fellow

Paola Rioseco (ULS, Chile): Dynamics and Stabilities in the Accretion Disk of Relativistic Kinetic Gas Particles in Kerr Geometry Sept. 1, 2021 — Nov. 30, 2021 Junior Research Fellow

Individual Visiting Scientists 2021 Sept. 13, 2021 — Sept. 17, 2021 Individual Scientists

Research in Teams Project: Amplitude Evolution II: Cracking Down on Colour Bases Sept. 13, 2021 — Sept. 24, 2021 Research in Teams

Arithmetic Statistics and Local-Global Principles Sept. 20, 2021 — Sept. 24, 2021 Workshop

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