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Top maths researchers from 3 leading Austrian universities tackle some of the big mathematical questions of our time. 🔢🎲 Follow for research highlights 🏆 + a world of randomness. 🚀 @univie.ac.at, @tuwien.at, @tugraz.bsky.social, @fwf-at.bsky.social

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Erwin Schrödinger Institute for Mathematics and Physics @esivienna.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BFT26 enters Week 2! ✨ Our Thematic Programme “Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures” continues with Workshop 1: Statistical Mechanics: planar & beyond. 🎥 Rewatch talks: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... 🔗 www.esi.ac.at/events/e589/
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Our tip of the week: Rudolphina Newsletter by @univie.ac.at on tipping points will feature our collab on phase transitions this week. Get all their knowledge straight into your inbox Subscribe in EN rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/newslette... Subcribe in GER rudolphina.univie.ac.at/anmeldung-zu...
subscribe now, all you need to know straight into your inbox, the rudolphina newsletter and a scientist with the word knowledge in front of her
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
ASIACOMB is wrapping up and Mihyun was honoured to be one of the plenary speakers. After the UK, she brought her research on "Phase Transitions in random graphs on surfaces" to South Korea. Thanks for sharing one of random structures central topics with the world! #combinatorics #randomness
picture of mihyun standing on stage at asiacomb presenting her topic as plenary speaker
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Our team member Mihyun Kang gave the prestigious Richard Rado lecture to open the 31st British Combinatorial Conference at @cardiffuniversity.bsky.social, It was a "a great honour". She spoke on phase transitions in random planar graphs, a central topic of our group. 📸 Brit. Comb. Committee
the text "richard rado lecture, mihyun opens bcc, and a picture of her in front of a whiteboard pointing at it while giving her talk with spectators in the lower part of image
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Don't miss the Lévy Lecture at SPA '26 next Thursday! Our very own Nathanaël Berestycki will speak on the spectral geometry of Liouville quantum gravity. #levylecture #spa2026 #newyork
picture of nathanaël quote "I am deeply humbled to be named for this lecture, whose list of previous speakers includes so many figures whom I greatly admire and have so considerably shaped our field. It is particularly nice and maybe even emotional for me that this will take place in Cornell University, where I was a PhD student! And of course, I am excited to be given the opportunity to report on my recent progress concerning the spectral geometry of Liouville quantum gravity, a topic which I find immensely beautiful."
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Summer newsletter is out! Get an update on our group's activities: leavers & joiners, papers, events and media appearances. Find it on our website: sfbrandom.univie.ac.at/news/ Subscribe to the mailing list to get it straight into your inbox. #randomstructures #newsletter #researchupdate
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Time to pr0test! The Austrian gov wants to massively cut uni funding. 1 out of 5 academic staff could lose their jobs! Make your voice heard. Stop the gov from gutting Austria's academia + its future. Save our unis! 📅 Weds, 27 May 2026 ⌚1pm 📍 Main Building of Uni Vienna #unisretten @univie.ac.at
save our unis, demo against budget cuts, women holding placard reading take a stand, 27th may, 1 pm, uni of vienna, universitätsring 1
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
"We are past the age of discovering new land in a literal sense, but [maths] is the equivalent: seeing new things that maybe no one has seen before. That's my main motivation: to explore, to find, and to understand more." Congrats to Marcin on being named Associate Professor of Probability Theory.
a picture of marcin saying congratulations marcin lis named associate professor of probability theory and the quote" what is most satisfying about maths is that you get to understand how things work. That's my main motivation: to explore, to find and to understand more."
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
…and if you watch one thing this Pi Day, make it our team member Marcus introducing his research in tiling enumeration 👇👇👇 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👇👇👇 #tilingenumeration #combinatorics #mathematics #piday
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
@univie.ac.at spoke to our team lead Nathanaël about phase transitions. If you read one thing this Pi Day - this is it 👇 #piday #mathematics #randomness #randomstructures #phasetransitions
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Richard Rado Prize - Submit your nominations NOW! You're a dissertation supervisor + your student: 1️⃣ Has a PhD/nationality from a German-speaking area 2️⃣ Their dissertation in discrete maths was completed in '24/'25 Nominate them! 🚨Deadline: 22nd March, 2026 Details 👉 tinyurl.com/mscuvc78 #prize
a cup on the floor with glittering stars falling out of it aand the words final call for richard rado prize nominations
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Inspire the next generation of female scientists!💡 For the Int’l Day of Women and Girls in Science, @univie.ac.at is offering an opportunity to meet mathematicians up close. 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: ⏰ March 4, 2026 📍 Maths Faculty 🗣️ 🇩🇪 + 🇬🇧 🪙 Free Register 👉 tinyurl.com/38m6z4s3 🔄 Know someone? Forward this!
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Her Maths Story @hermathsstory.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“I feel that many women (…), might not know what (…) a career in maths actually means (…). I believe it is important to tell them that this is an option.” - Nishu Kumari ➡️https://hermathsstory.eu/nishu-kumari/ #HerMathsStory #Academia #Combinatorics #Europe #Postdoc @randomstructures.bsky.social
Portrait of Nishu Kumari, postdoc researcher at the University of Vienna. She has black hair, wears glasses and a red patterned blouse, and sits under a tree against the backdrop of an entrance to a building. The image includes the Her Maths Story logo and her name and title.
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
It's the 100th anniversary of Schrödinger's Equation! Join international experts this week as they cover a century of quantum breakthroughs at ESI Vienna. No registration required! 👉 Find the full program here: www.esi.ac.at/events/e596/ © 📸 ESI/Uni Wien @esivienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
A decade of labour went into this book! Nathanaël received the physical copy of his book Gaussian Free Field and Liouville Quantum Gravity published late last year. He and co-author Ellen Powell were inspired ten years ago in Cambridge. Order here 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
pic of nathanael with his book and the title a book a decade in the making
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Big milestone for our team member Marcus! His first paper just went up on arXiv this week on the 1/4-phenomenon of placement probabilities of tilings in the Aztec diamond. Give him a round of applause 👏 👉 Read the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2512.08377
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Spotlight on publication no. 2 of 2025: A Generalization of Conjugation of Integer Partitions Read the full paper here 👉 www.combinatorics.org/ojs/index.ph...
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Check out Ilse's profile over on Her Maths Story! We think it's really worth a read 👏 #womeninmaths #mathematics #austria #womeninstem
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Our team member Marcus worked with @univie.ac.at for their Future Skills series. We love the result! Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaSB... What future skills do you think we need? #futureproof #maths #stem
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🤓Logisches Denken: Mathematik spielend lernen🎲 | Universität Wien
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Our very own Mihyun from TU Graz has an excellent feature on @hermathsstory.bsky.social Go check it out! 👏
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Our first official publication of 2025: "A bijective look at gapfree partitions: between local and global" by Shane Chern et al. Shane said of this milestone: “A toast to George, my dearest PhD advisor!" Check it out here 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Our 3 unis have placed in the top 25% (ok, since we’re pedantic, the top 24%–28% 😉) of the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2025! 1️⃣ Uni of Vienna → Group 101–150
(+ 31st in maths!) 2️⃣ TU Wien → Group 201–300
 3️⃣ TU Graz → Group 601–700 Congratulations to all unis!
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Our paper on percolated graphs is a compelling example of how combining ideas from combinatorics, probability, and statistical physics can lead to new insights.

 Our approach is based on the initial insight that, in expectation, the problem behaves like the Ising Model. Link in comments 👇
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Fakultät für Mathematik | Faculty of Mathematics (UniVie) @mathematik-univie.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Excited to announce Nathanael has been named a Fellow of the IMS for his contributions to probability theory and mathematical physics. “I couldn't be prouder to have been named a Fellow. The IMS publishes the best journals in the field, making sure these are priced affordably and inclusively.”
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
We hosted Andres Contreras Hip from Chicago for a 2-week research visit in Vienna! He joined us for maths collaboration, talks, and even visited the Budapest-Vienna Seminar. Andres concluded: “Great math, food & music in a superb city.” Swipe to see Vienna & Budapest through his eyes!
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Nathanael just returned from a research trip to China, where he met Prof Sun at PKU. He said: “I was hugely impressed by the scientific level, which is on a strikingly exponential upward trajectory. China is building a world-class scientific environment, and probability community in particular."
Nathanael and Prof Sun on campus at PKUPKU campus in springNathanael at the Institute of Mathematics in BeijingA german quote "We must know, we will know" above the door to a lecture hall at PKU
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Random Structures @randomstructures.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
We're a research cluster uniting experts from @univie.ac.at , @tuwien.at & @tugraz.bsky.social to explore the intersection of #probability and #combinatorics & tackle some of maths' most fascinating problems! Generously funded by @fwf-at.bsky.social #RandomStructures #Mathematics #MathResearch
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