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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ESI Medal 2021 was awarded to Elliott LIebPublished on Nov. 9, 2021
The ESI Medal 2021 goes to Elliott LiebPublished on May 4, 2021
Update concerning Covid-19 pandemicPublished on Dec. 14, 2020
2020 Physics Nobel Prize goes to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea GhezPublished on Oct. 6, 2020
ESI Medal Award Ceremony, September 24Published on Sept. 18, 2020
[All news entries]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.
- Marius A. Oancea (U of Potsdam): Polarization-Dependent Gravitational Lensing Sept. 1, 2021 — Dec. 31, 2021 Junior Research Fellow
- Paola Rioseco (CMM, 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
- Barzegar Hamed (U Vienna): Mathematical Analysis of Dark Matter Oct. 1, 2021 — Nov. 30, 2021 Junior Research Fellow
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Research in Teams Project: From micro-to-macro: testing scale-independent, dynamics-independent laws - postponed
Oct. 1, 2021 — Dec. 21, 2021
Research in Teams
Postponed to 2022 due to Covid-19
- Research in Teams Project: Higher Global Symmetries and Geometry in (non-)relativistic QFTs Nov. 1, 2021 — Dec. 22, 2021 Research in Teams
- Stephan Eckstein (U Hamburg): Numerics of Adapted Transport and Applications to Mathematical Finance Nov. 29, 2021 — Jan. 31, 2022 Junior Research Fellow
- Topology, Disorder, and Hydrodynamics in Non-equilibrium Quantum Matter Nov. 29, 2021 — Dec. 3, 2021 Online Workshop
- Martin Kružík (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague): Lower Semicontinuity of Integral Functionals and Applications Jan. 2, 2022 — Feb. 28, 2022 SRF Course
- Optimal Point Configurations on Manifolds Jan. 10, 2022 — Jan. 21, 2022 Workshop
- Mathematical Perspectives of Gravitation beyond the Vacuum Regime Jan. 31, 2022 — March 11, 2022 Thematic Programme
Upcoming Talks
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Nov 30. 2021
- Influence matrix approach to quantum many-body dynamics Dmitry Abanin (U Genève) Nov 30. 2021, 11:00 - 11:35 Part of Topology, Disorder, and Hydrodynamics in Non-equilibrium Quantum Matter (Online Workshop).
- Observing novel phase transitions with Bosons in optical lattices Ulrich Schneider (U Cambridge) Nov 30. 2021, 11:35 - 12:10 Part of Topology, Disorder, and Hydrodynamics in Non-equilibrium Quantum Matter (Online Workshop).
- Localization beyond convergence of locator expansion in correlated long-range systems Ivan Khaymovich (MPI Dresden) Nov 30. 2021, 14:00 - 14:35 Part of Topology, Disorder, and Hydrodynamics in Non-equilibrium Quantum Matter (Online Workshop).
- Asymptotically exact nonlinear responses in interacting many-body systems (virtual) Siddharth Parameswaran (U Oxford) Nov 30. 2021, 14:35 - 15:10 Part of Topology, Disorder, and Hydrodynamics in Non-equilibrium Quantum Matter (Online Workshop).
- Anomalous transport and operator growth in constrained quantum matter Michael Knap (TU Munich) Nov 30. 2021, 15:30 - 16:05 Part of Topology, Disorder, and Hydrodynamics in Non-equilibrium Quantum Matter (Online Workshop).
- Non-ergodicity and emergent Hilbert-space fragmentation in tilted Fermi-Hubbard chains Monika Aidelsburger (LMU Munich) Nov 30. 2021, 16:05 - 16:40 Part of Topology, Disorder, and Hydrodynamics in Non-equilibrium Quantum Matter (Online Workshop).
- Fracton dynamics Rahul Nandkishore (U of Colorado, Boulder) Nov 30. 2021, 16:40 - 17:15 Part of Topology, Disorder, and Hydrodynamics in Non-equilibrium Quantum Matter (Online Workshop).
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Dec 01. 2021
- Efficient Simulation of Quantum Transport in 1D Frank Pollmann (TU Munich) Dec 01. 2021, 11:00 - 11:35 Part of Topology, Disorder, and Hydrodynamics in Non-equilibrium Quantum Matter (Online Workshop).
- Time-evolution of local information: thermalization dynamics of local observables Jens H Bardarson (KTH Stockholm) Dec 01. 2021, 11:35 - 12:10 Part of Topology, Disorder, and Hydrodynamics in Non-equilibrium Quantum Matter (Online Workshop).
- Non-Hermitian phantoms in random circuits Marko Znidaric (U Ljubljana) Dec 01. 2021, 14:00 - 14:35 Part of Topology, Disorder, and Hydrodynamics in Non-equilibrium Quantum Matter (Online Workshop).