DFG-Kolleg-Forschergruppe MECS (Medienkulturen der Computersimulation)
Organisational unit: Projectteam
Organisation profile
Computer simulations have revolutionised the sciences. Their impact left a mark in nearly every possible field of study – from microbiology, to climate research, and even astrophysics.
What new kinds of knowledge arise through computer simulations? How do they change our understanding of the sciences?
At the Institute of Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation (MECS), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), we set out to find answers to these broad questions. We seek to accomplish this in diverse ways: by analysing historical and contemporary case studies , by building an interdisciplinary network of international fellows , and by organising trans-disciplinary lectures, workshops, and conferences .
In an age of computer simulations, MECS is one of the few institutions worldwide specifically focused on understanding their wide-ranging impacts.
- 2018
Floating Utopias
Hannah Zindel (Organiser)
27.04.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Peplospheric Simulation. Surface Wind Models in Urban Climate Studies
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
23.05.2018 → 25.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
China’s Media Epoch 5.0
Martin Warnke (Panel participant)
21.08.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Alexa, schreib mir ein Lied! Wie verändert die Digitalisierung unsere Kultur?
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
01.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Crumpled Times. Temporal and Epistemological Depths of Agent-Based Traffic Simulations
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
13.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Der verteilte Blick
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
13.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Ein berühmter Lüneburger Nikolaus: Niklas Luhmann
Martin Warnke (Oral presentation)
17.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Internationa Conference Digital Cultures
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker) & Timon Beyes (Organiser)
19.09.2018 → 22.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Alternative Facts‹. Facticity and Factuality in Digital Media
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
10.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Switching on the lights inside the black box: How computer simulations observe the unobservable
Martin Warnke (Speaker) & Arianna Borrelli (Speaker)
28.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research