Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ecaterina Sava-Huss
University of Innsbruck, Austria
Department of Mathematics
Current/Upcoming Events:
- Probability seminar at the University of Innsbruck
We have a probability seminar organized by Alexander Glazman and myself. If you want to give a talk or want to visiting our research group, let us know. - Workshop: Heat kernel estimates, potential theory and related topics, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, MAy 11-13, 2026.
- Lattice Path Conference 2026, TU Vienna, Austria, July 20-24, 2026.
- Austrian Stochastics Days 2026, ISTA, Austria, September 28-29, 2026.
About me:
Outreach: I am in charge of the outreach programme at the Department of Mathematics, University of Innsbruck. We have several events for schools and pupils such as: Tag der MIP, Girls' Day, Mathe auf Abruf, Mathe-Cool, Naboj. For more information, visit our outreach webpage, or send an email to mathe-events@uibk.ac.at
I am professor in mathematics at the University of Innsbruck (Austria), Department of Mathematics. Before that I was associate professor and tenure track assistant professor at the same department, and prior to that I was assistant professor (non tenure-track) at Graz University of Technology (Austria) and a visiting assistant professor at Cornell University, USA. I have obtained the Habilitation (venia docendi) in Mathematics at TU Graz (Austria) in February 2020, at the same university where I have received my PhD in December 2010, under the supervision of Wolfgang Woess.
Research Grants:
FWF Research Grant 2025-2029: Sandpiles and walks, Austrian Science Foundation (FWF). Project members: Julia Überbacher (PhD students), Maria Concetta Campailla (postdoc).
FWF Research Grant 2021-2025: Growth models and quasi-random walks, Austrian Science Foundation (FWF). Project number P 34129. Project members: Yuwen Wang (postdoc), Robin Kaiser (PhD student), Nadia Fellin (intership).
Research Interests:
My research area is stochastics, or more precisely random walks. I am interested in the interplay between structural and geometrical properties of infinite state spaces (graphs, groups, fractals) and the behavior of walks (random walks, rotor walks, branching random walks) on these state spaces. I am also working on internal aggregation models (IDLA, rotor-router aggregation, sandpile models).
Press:
- Mitarbeiterin Portrait, Uni Innsbruck, June 2025.
- Frauen in die Wissenschaft, March 8, 2025.
- Neue Gesichter, Universität Innsbruck, May 2024.
- netzwerk tirol. Das regionale Wirtschaftsmagazin.
Februar 2020 Ausgabe: Frauen in Tirol. Wie sie unser Land bewegen. Innsbruck 2020. - 100 Jahre Frauenstudium. TU Graz 2019.
Bachelor and Master Theses:
I am currently supervising Bachelor and Master Theses in the area of probability and stochastic processes at the University of Innsbruck. In order to have a better idea in which direction the thesis can go, you can have a look at the supervised theses in the mentoring section.
Current Teaching: University of Innsbruck
Summer term 2026
- Stochastics (lecture, 4h)
- Subdisciplines of Mathematics (seminar, 2h)
- VU Markov chains (lecture+exercises, 4h)