Free Boundary Problems

Free Boundary Problems are ubiquitous in applications. Their mathematical treatment is a mainstay in applied mathematics and has inspired a large international community. This Thematic Program is designed to offer a platform for exchange and collaboration. Rhree workshops are planned, namely:

Workshop 1, Sept. 29 -Oct. 3, 2025: Regularity of free boundary problems;

Workshop 2, Nov. 10 -  Nov. 14, 2025: Geometric variational problems;

Workshop 3, Dec. 9 - Dec.12, 2025: Free boundaries and growth.

In addition, we will series of lectures and seminars, including

Jose' A. Carrillo (Oxford): Global minimizers of interaction energies, 3h, Oct. 8-9, 2025.

Yoshihiro Tonegawa (Tokyo Inst. Technology): Introduction to Brakke's mean curvature flow, 12h, Oct. 27 - Nov. 7, 2025.

Inwon Kim (UCLA): Interface motions and OT, 3h, Nov. 17 -  Nov. 21, 2025

Please note that participation into the Thematic Program is by invitation only.

Partial support is acknowledged from the SFB 65 Project Taming Complexity in Partial Differential Systems, financed through a grant by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

 

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Organizers

Name Affiliation
Serena Dipierro University of Western Australia
Julian Fischer Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Matteo Novaga University of Pisa
Elisabetta Rocca University of Pavia
Xavier Ros-Oton University of Barcelona
Ulisse Stefanelli University of Vienna
Enrico Valdinoci University of Western Australia

Attendees

Name Affiliation
Helmut Abels University of Regensburg
Abramo Agosti Universita degli Studi (Pavia)
Goro Akagi Tohoku University
Ferdinando Auricchio University of Pavia
Alberto Bressan The Pennsylvania State University
Claudia Bucur Università degli Studi di Milano
Michele Caselli Scuola Normale Superiore
Giulia Cavalleri University of Pavia
Cecilia Cavaterra Università degli Studi di Milano
Annalisa Cesaroni University of Padova
Antonin Chambolle CEREMADE University Paris Dauphine
Andrea Chiesa University of Vienna
Pierluigi Colli University of Pavia
Anna Dall'Acqua University of Ulm
Elisa Davoli Technical University of Vienna
Pierre Degond Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse
Antonio De Rosa Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
Max Fathi Université Paris Cité
William Feldman University of Utah
Xavier Fernandez-Real EPFL, Lausanne
Alessio Figalli ETH Zürich
Enric Florit-Simon ETH Zürich
Irene Fonseca Carnegie Mellon University
Matteo Fornoni University of Pavia
Federico Franceschini Institute for Advanced Study
Takeshi Fukao Ryukoku University
Harald Garcke University of Regensburg
Rossella Giorgio Technical University of Vienna
Maurizio Grasselli Politecnico di Milano
Andre Guerra University of Cambridge
Sebastian Hensel Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, University of Bonn
Ansgar Jüngel Technical University of Vienna
Shokhrukh Kholmatov University of Vienna
Anna Kubin TU Wien
Kota Kumazaki Kyoto University of Education
Kei Fong Andrew Lam Hong Kong Baptist University
Robert Lasarzik Weierstrass Institute Berlin
Luca Lombardini University of Vienna
Jan Maas Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Alice Marveggio Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, University of Bonn
Sara Merino-Aceituno University of Vienna
Alain Miranville Université Le Havre Normandie
Tatsuya Miura Kyoto University
Mihalis Mourgoglou Universidad del País Vasco
Francesco Nobili University of Pisa
Andrea Poiatti University of Vienna
Marco Pozzetta Politecnico di Milano
Paola Pozzi University of Duisburg-Essen
Mariya Ptashnyk Heriot-Watt University
Filippo Quattrocchi Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Samuele Riccò Technical University of Vienna
Tomàś Roubíček Charles University Prague
Fabian Rupp University of Vienna
Luca Scarpa Politecnico di Milano
Felix Schulze University of Warwick
Lauro Silini Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Maria Soria-Carro Rutgers University
Jack Thompson University of Western Australia
Yoshihiro Tonegawa Institute of Science Tokyo
Tobias Unterberger TU Wien
Mary Vaughan University of Western Australia
Marvin Weidner University of Barcelona
Hao Wu Fudan University
At a glance
Type:
Thematic Programme
When:
Sept. 29, 2025 — Dec. 19, 2025
Where:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Organizer(s):
Serena Dipierro (UWA, Perth)
Julian Fischer (ISTA, Klosterneuburg)
Matteo Novaga (U Pisa)
Elisabetta Rocca (U of Pavia)
Xavier Ros-Oton (U of Barcelona)
Ulisse Stefanelli (U of Vienna)
Enrico Valdinoci (UWA, Perth)