Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures

This thematic program will bring together experts for the study of discrete planar structures. Such structures play a prominent role in separate recent developments in combinatorics and probability (especially statistical mechanics) and within this program experts from both communities share their perspectives and aim to initiate new approaches to some of the most important problems at the intersection of these areas.

The program will last 7 weeks and feature an Introductory School and two one-week topical workshops, as well as several weeks with a light program to enable collaborations, reading groups and discussions among the participants.

Schedule:

Week 1, Sep 14-18: Introductory School
Week 2, Sep 21-25: Workshop 1: Statistical Mechanics: planar & beyond (co-organised by Nathanael Berestycki, Marcin Lis and Fabio Toninelli
Week 3: 
Week 4: Oct 9-10: Symposium Discrete Mathematics (Day I at ESI, Day II at SkyLounge, OMP1)
Week 5:
Week 6, Oct 19-23: Workshop 2: Combinatorics & Asymptotics of discrete planar structures (co-organised by Michael Drmota, Ilse Fischer, Benedikt Stufler)
Week 7:

To register your interest to participate we welcome applications (opens new window).

Partial support is acknowledged from the SFB F 1002  "Discrete random structures: enumeration and scaling limits" by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

Sept. 14, 2026
DAY I: Introductory School
Sept. 15, 2026
DAY II: Introductory School
Sept. 16, 2026
DAY III: Introductory School
Sept. 17, 2026
DAY IV: Introductory School
Sept. 18, 2026
DAY V: Introductory School
Sept. 21, 2026
DAY I: Workshop I
Sept. 22, 2026
DAY II: Workshop I
Sept. 23, 2026
DAY III: Workshop I
Sept. 24, 2026
DAY IV: Workshop I
Sept. 25, 2026
DAY V: Workshop I
Oct. 9, 2026
DAY I: Symposium Discrete Mathematics
Oct. 19, 2026
DAY I: Workshop II
Oct. 20, 2026
DAY II: Workshop II
Oct. 21, 2026
DAY III: Workshop III
Oct. 22, 2026
DAY IV: Workshop II
Oct. 23, 2026
DAY V: Workshop II
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At a glance
Type:
Thematic Programme
When:
Sept. 14, 2026 — Oct. 30, 2026
Where:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Organizer(s):
Nathanael Berestycki (U of Vienna)
Michael Drmota (TU Vienna)
Ilse Fischer (U of Vienna)
Mihyun Kang (TU Graz)
Astrid Kollros (U of Vienna)
Christian Krattenthaler (U of Vienna)
Marcin Lis (TU Vienna)
Benedikt Stufler (TU Graz)
Fabio Toninelli (TU Vienna)