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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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News

Submission deadline for proposals for thematic programmes in 2028: October 1, 2026

Published on Sept. 15, 2026

ESI closed on July 23 and July 26, 2026 due to maintenance works

Published on July 20, 2026

Call for CECAM-ESI-Workshop

Published on June 9, 2026

The ESI Medal 2026 is awarded to Ingrid Daubechies

Published on June 1, 2026

Senior Research Fellow Lecture Course by Prof. Benedict Leimkuhler starts on April 16, 2026

Published on March 30, 2026

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Current and Upcoming Activities

Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures Sept. 14, 2026 — Oct. 30, 2026 Thematic Programme

ESI Medal Award Ceremony 2026 - postponed to 2027 Oct. 30, 2026 — Nov. 1, 2026 Workshop

Quantum Probes of Gravity Nov. 9, 2026 — Nov. 13, 2026 Workshop

Microstructures in Materials Nov. 16, 2026 — Nov. 20, 2026 Workshop

New Frontiers in Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics of Glasses Nov. 30, 2026 — Dec. 4, 2026 Workshop

ESI Fellows Activities

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

Sep 22. 2026

Mixing time and cutoff for a lifted lazy TASEP Cristina Toninelli (CEREMADE, Paris) Sep 22. 2026, 09:00 - 09:50 Part of Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme).

Dimers on Speyer crosses-and-wrenches graphs Cedric Boutillier (SU, Paris) Sep 22. 2026, 10:30 - 11:20 Part of Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme).

Scaling limit of simple random walk on 2D critical percolation Yizheng Yuan (Uni Wien) Sep 22. 2026, 11:30 - 12:20 Part of Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme).

From Dimers to Maximal Surfaces in Minkowski Space R^{2,1} Marianna Russkikh (Notre Dame du Lac) Sep 22. 2026, 14:15 - 15:05 Part of Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme).

On reversing the Simon—Lieb inequality in high-dimensional percolation Romain Panis (U Lyon 1) Sep 22. 2026, 15:45 - 16:35 Part of Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme).

Sep 23. 2026

Renormalised two-point functions of CLE_4 gaskets Titus Lupu (SU, Paris) Sep 23. 2026, 09:00 - 09:50 Part of Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme).

Weighted isoperimetry implies percolation Franco Severo (SU, Paris) Sep 23. 2026, 10:30 - 11:20 Part of Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme).

Correlation functions in loop models and global symmetry Jesper Jacobsen (ENS Paris) Sep 23. 2026, 11:30 - 12:20 Part of Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme).

Sep 24. 2026

Macroscopic fluctuations of random lozenge tilings via discrete beta ensembles Vadim Gorin (UC, Berkeley) Sep 24. 2026, 09:00 - 09:50 Part of Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme).

On the scaling limit of interfaces in the critical planar Ising model perturbed by a magnetic field Léonie Papon (TU Wien) Sep 24. 2026, 10:30 - 11:20 Part of Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme).