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.
- Academic councils, panels and committees
Bauhaus University of Weimar (External organisation)
Claus Pias (Member)
2004 → 2011Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (External organisation)
Martin Warnke (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
- Guest lectures
All Surface: Blobs and the Liquefaction of Architecture
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
09.10.2014 → 12.10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Alternative Facts‹. Facticity and Factuality in Digital Media
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
10.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Alternative Futures: The Scenario Mode«, Symposium Technospheres x Knowledge
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
13.04.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Computersimulation als Medium der Wissensproduktion in den Naturwissenschaften
Martin Warnke (Lecturer)
02.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Computer Simulation as media of knowledge production in the practice of quantum theory
Martin Warnke (Oral presentation)
03.02.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Computer Simulations in Design. How Social Media meet Computational Methods in Design Processes
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
16.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Computer Simulations in Design. How Social Media meet Computational Methods in Design Processes
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
19.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Computer Simulations in Design. How Social Media meet Computational Methods in Design Processes
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
23.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education