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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

There are no events scheduled at this point.

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Upcoming Talks

Oct 08. 2026

m-dependent Markov chains Rebecca Steiner (U Mainz) Oct 08. 2026, 09:30 - 10:00 Part of Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme).

Arctic curves of dimer models with periodic weights Mateusz Piorkowski (KTH, Stockholm) Oct 08. 2026, 10:00 - 10:30 Part of Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme).

An introduction and perspectives on belief propagation Mike Liu (TU Graz) Oct 08. 2026, 10:50 - 11:20 Part of Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme).

Applying Fisher’s strong-disorder renormalisation group: a call for collaboration Orphee Collin (TU Wien) Oct 08. 2026, 11:20 - 11:50 Part of Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme).

Oct 15. 2026

On Romik’s Rationality Conjecture: From Dimers to Critical Percolation Melda Akyazi (Uni Wien) Oct 15. 2026, 15:20 - 15:50 Part of Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme).

Oct 23. 2026

Non-Crossing Diagrammatics of the Okada Algebras Jeanne Scott (U of Minnesota) Oct 23. 2026, 12:30 - 13:30 Part of Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme).

Nov 30. 2026

Non-universality of Jamming in Cellular Monolayers Roberto Cerbino (U of Vienna) Nov 30. 2026, 14:00 - 14:40 Part of New Frontiers in Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics of Glasses (Workshop).

Avalanche statistics in dense active matter Peter Sollich (Georg-August-U, Göttingen) Nov 30. 2026, 16:00 - 16:40 Part of New Frontiers in Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics of Glasses (Workshop).

Dec 01. 2026

First-passage statistics of active dynamics in complex media Christina Kurzthaler (PKS-MPG, Dresden) Dec 01. 2026, 09:00 - 09:40 Part of New Frontiers in Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics of Glasses (Workshop).

Equilibrium and driven dynamics of a Brownian ideal gas in a Gaussian quenched-random potential energy landscape Vincent Krakoviack (ENS de Lyon) Dec 01. 2026, 10:40 - 11:20 Part of New Frontiers in Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics of Glasses (Workshop).