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

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
FLINTA* in Set Theory Sept. 9, 2026 — Sept. 11, 2026 Workshop
Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures Sept. 14, 2026 — Oct. 30, 2026 Thematic Programme
ESI Medal Award Ceremony 2026 Oct. 30, 2026 — Nov. 1, 2026 Workshop

ESI Fellows Activities

Research in Teams: Eliminating (or correcting?) topology violations in dissipative particle Dynamics Aug. 1, 2026 — Sept. 1, 2026 Research in Teams
Priyadarshini Pandit (TIFR): Boundary Carrollian Symmetries and Null Open Strings Oct. 1, 2026 — Nov. 30, 2026 Junior Research Fellow

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Upcoming Talks

Aug 25. 2026

Threshold Dynamics of Top-Antitop Production at the LHC Emanuele Re (U Milano-Bicocca) Aug 25. 2026, 10:00 - 10:40 Part of New Paradigms for Harnessing Quantum Field Theory at Colliders (Thematic Programme).
Quarkonium production in the TMD framework Marston Copeland (LANL, Los Alamos) Aug 25. 2026, 11:30 - 12:10 Part of New Paradigms for Harnessing Quantum Field Theory at Colliders (Thematic Programme).

Aug 27. 2026

Towards a Quantum Information Theory of Hadronization Rebecca von Kuk (U Bern) Aug 27. 2026, 10:00 - 10:40 Part of New Paradigms for Harnessing Quantum Field Theory at Colliders (Thematic Programme).
Chiral Perturbation Theory for Non-local Matrix Elements at Subleading Power Jack Jenkins (U of Siegen) Aug 27. 2026, 11:30 - 12:10 Part of New Paradigms for Harnessing Quantum Field Theory at Colliders (Thematic Programme).

Sep 09. 2026

\Sigma_2 variants of Supercompactness and the HOD Conjecture Shoshana Friedman (CUNY, New York) Sep 09. 2026, 09:40 - 10:40 Part of FLINTA* in Set Theory (Workshop).
Breaking Patterns Revisited Sabine Theresia Köszegi (TU Wien) Sep 09. 2026, 11:00 - 12:00 Part of FLINTA* in Set Theory (Workshop).
Menas Theorem and Strong Compactness on \(P_\kappa(\lambda)\) Catalina Torres (U of Barcelona) Sep 09. 2026, 14:00 - 14:30 Part of FLINTA* in Set Theory (Workshop).
Condensed Sets and the Solovay Model Dianthe Basak (Paris Cité U) Sep 09. 2026, 14:30 - 15:00 Part of FLINTA* in Set Theory (Workshop).
A Finite Square Principle Juliette Kennedy (U Helsinki) Sep 09. 2026, 15:30 - 16:30 Part of FLINTA* in Set Theory (Workshop).

Sep 10. 2026

Filter extension games with mini supercompactness measures Victoria Gitman (CUNY, New York) Sep 10. 2026, 09:00 - 10:00 Part of FLINTA* in Set Theory (Workshop).