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.
Travelling Codes
Isabell Schrickel (Organiser)
30.03.2017 → 31.03.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Simulation of Everything: Social Simulations 1970 | 2010
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
06.07.2015 → 08.07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Techniken der Vermessung des Himmels
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
2018 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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
Swarm Robotics
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
09.11.2016 → 11.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Supercomputing und Simulation. Im Grenzbereich einer Philologie des Digitalen
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
28.08.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Stanford-Leuphana Summer Academy 2019
Timon Beyes (Organiser), Claus Pias (Organiser) & Nelly Yaa Pinkrah (Organiser)
24.06.2019 → 28.06.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Stadtluft. Die meteorologisch utopische Stadt
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
2019 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Springer Nature Switzerland AG (Publisher)
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
19.08.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Social Supercomputing und futurischer Druck: Die vergangene Zukunft der FutureICT EU-Flagship Initiative
Sebastian Vehlken (Oral presentation)
29.01.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research