"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.

…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

@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

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

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!

“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

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

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...

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

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...

Check out Ilse's profile over on Her Maths Story! We think it's really worth a read 👏 #womeninmaths #mathematics #austria #womeninstem

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

Our very own Mihyun from TU Graz has an excellent feature on @hermathsstory.bsky.social Go check it out! 👏

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...

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!

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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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.”

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!

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."

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