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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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
Applications of Tomographic Methods June 8, 2026 — June 12, 2026 Workshop
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

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 09. 2026

MINFLUX for dynamic structural cell biology Jonas Ries (U of Vienna) Jun 09. 2026, 09:00 - 09:30 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).
Faster Sampling for Bayesian Inverse Imaging Problems Andreas Habring (TU Graz) Jun 09. 2026, 09:40 - 10:10 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).
Maximizing Generalized Rayleigh Quotients via Adjoint-Free Stochastic Zeroth-Order Method Oleh Melnyk (TU Berlin) Jun 09. 2026, 11:20 - 11:50 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).
Quantitative passive imaging using cross-correlation data for helioseismology Florian Faucher (Inria) Jun 09. 2026, 14:10 - 14:40 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).
One shot inverse scattering revisited Martin Hanke (U Mainz) Jun 09. 2026, 15:10 - 15:40 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).
Diffraction Tomography with Generalized Incident Fields Noemi Naujoks (U of Vienna) Jun 09. 2026, 16:00 - 16:45 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).

Jun 10. 2026

Flowing Cells, Label-Free 3D Imaging: Progress in Holographic Tomography Pietro Ferraro (CNR - ISASI) Jun 10. 2026, 09:00 - 09:30 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).
Optical Near-field Electron Microscopy (ONEM): Damage-free, label-free super-resolution imaging of interfaces Thomas Juffmann (U of Vienna) Jun 10. 2026, 10:40 - 11:10 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).
Microlocal Analysis in Tomography Todd Quinto (Tufts University) Jun 10. 2026, 15:10 - 15:40 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).

Jun 11. 2026

PSF reconstruction for the Extremely Large Telescope Sebastian Kamann (LJMU, Liverpool) Jun 11. 2026, 09:00 - 09:30 Part of Applications of Tomographic Methods (Workshop).