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.
Crumpled Times. Temporal and Epistemological Depths of Agent-Based Traffic Simulations
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
13.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Crumpled Times: Temporal and epistemological depths of Computer Simulations
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
25.06.2015 → 26.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Das subversive Bild: Intellektuelle und algorithmische Bildordnungen
Martin Warnke (Lecturer)
09.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Dealing with Climate Change. Calculus & Catastrophe in the Age of Simulation - 2015
Isabell Schrickel (Organiser)
25.06.2015 → 26.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Der Stille Ozean: Ozeandynamiken und ihre Visualisierung 1930-2000
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
17.04.2015 → 18.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Der verteilte Blick
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
13.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Deutscher Hochschulverband (External organisation)
Sebastian Vehlken (Member)
2016 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Deutscher Hochschulverband (External organisation)
Sebastian Vehlken (Member)
2014 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
DFG-Round-Table zur Etablierung eines Schwerpunktprogramms „Das digitale Bild“
Martin Warnke (Participant)
19.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Die Junge Akademie (External organisation)
Claus Pias (Member)
2001 → 2006Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer