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

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

Wittgenstein-Award for ESI Kollegium Member Adrian Constantin

Published on June 22, 2020

Deadline for submission of ESI Thematic Programmes postponed to October 1

Published on April 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.

Sebastian Falkner (Goethe University of Frankfurt): Heterogeneous cavitation on graphitic surfaces in a Lennard‐Jones fluid and water at negative pressures Aug. 1, 2020 — Nov. 30, 2020 Junior Research Fellow

Alexander Evetts (Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh): Conjugacy growth in finitely generated nilpotent groups Oct. 14, 2020 — Dec. 18, 2020 Junior Research Fellow

Large Deviations, Extremes and Anomalous Transport in Non-equilibrium Systems Oct. 19, 2020 — Nov. 13, 2020 Thematic Programme

Postponed due to Covid-19

Lecture Series: Simon Lentner (U Hamburg) on "Towards a derived Topological Field Theory" Nov. 9, 2020 — Nov. 19, 2020 Lecture

Mathematical Methods for the Study of Self-organization in the Biological Sciences Nov. 16, 2020 — Dec. 11, 2020 Thematic Programme

Postponed to 2022 due to Covid-19

Francesco Cattafi (KU Leuven): Cartan geometries via Pfaffian groupoids Jan. 11, 2021 — May 11, 2021 Junior Research Fellow

Optimal Point Configurations on Manifolds Jan. 11, 2021 — Jan. 22, 2021 Workshop

Hung D. Le (U of Missouri): Feb. 1, 2021 — May 31, 2021 Junior Research Fellow

Mathematical Perspectives of Gravitation beyond the Vacuum Regime Feb. 1, 2021 — March 12, 2021 Thematic Programme

Stochastic Partial Differential Equations Feb. 8, 2021 — Feb. 12, 2021 Workshop

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