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.
1. Symposium "Digitalität - Theorien und Praktiken des Digitalen in den Geisteswissenschaften"
Martin Warnke (presenter)
26.05.2016 → 29.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
22nd International Symposium on Electronic Art
Martin Warnke (Chair)
15.05.2016 → 18.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
2nd EqUIP Symposium 2016
Martin Warnke (Participant)
05.05.2016 → 07.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3. Medienwissenschaftlichen Symposion der DFG - 2015
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
19.08.2015 → 22.08.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Aby Warburg 150. Work. Legacy. Promise.
Martin Warnke (Participant)
13.06.2016 → 15.06.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Aerial Alps. Balloon Photography and Mountain Modeling in the 19th Century
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
2019 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Agent Cultures and Zombielands 2016
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
23.06.2016 → 25.06.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
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
Amsterdam University Press (Publisher)
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
15.02.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Annäherung an die Natur
Jan Müggenburg (Organiser)
31.01.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
BA-Arbeiten 2016
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2016 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
BA-Arbeiten 2018
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2018 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
B.A.-Arbeiten 2019
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2019 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
BA-Arbeiten 2020
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2020 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
Bauhaus University of Weimar
Claus Pias (Visiting researcher)
10.2008 → 04.2009Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Transfer
Bauhaus University of Weimar (External organisation)
Sebastian Vehlken (Member)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Bauhaus University of Weimar (External organisation)
Claus Pias (Member)
2004 → 2011Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
China’s Media Epoch 5.0
Martin Warnke (Panel participant)
21.08.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Clouds and Balloons
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
2019 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › 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
Computersimulation und Super-GAU
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
04.10.2016 → 05.10.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Conference Fiction and Simulation. Theories, Methods, Practices - 2015
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
27.04.2015 → 30.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Contagious Agents: From Generative Social Science to the Computer Simulation of Epidemics
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
28.05.2015 → 29.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
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
Die Kunst der Soziologie
Martin Warnke (Moderator)
03.06.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Die meteorologische Stadt
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
01.07.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Die Unmöglichkeit einer Insel
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
30.09.2015 → 03.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Digitale Archivreisen
Hannah Zindel (Speaker) & Daniela Zetti (Speaker)
29.04.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Digitale Quellen: Praktiken, Geschichten, Epistemologien
Jan Müggenburg (Organiser), Koch Matthias (Organiser), Monique Miggelbrink (Organiser) & Christian Köhler (Organiser)
13.12.2017 → 14.12.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
Festakt zum 15-jährigen Bestehen von prometheus (Festredner)
Martin Warnke (Lecturer)
13.10.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Fish & Chips. Mediengeschichten der Swarm Intelligence zwischen Ozean und Computer
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
27.10.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Floating Utopias
Hannah Zindel (Organiser)
27.04.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Food for Thought. Die Physikalisierung des Essens und das Wissen der Küche
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
13.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Martin Warnke (Visiting researcher)
11.11.2015 → 12.11.2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Freie Universität Berlin
Claus Pias (Visiting researcher)
10.2016 → 04.2017Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Transfer
Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Sebastian Vehlken (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Google Balloons and Histories of Unmanned Ballooning
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
2018 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Graduiertenkolleg »Lose Verbindungen« (External organisation)
Claus Pias (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Gutachter des Antrags auf Fortsetzung des DFG-Graduiertenkollegs GRK1769 „Locating Media“ der Universität Siegen
Martin Warnke (Reviewer)
05.07.2016 → 06.07.2016Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Humboldt University Berlin
Martin Warnke (Visiting researcher)
16.11.2015 → 20.11.2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
HyperKult XXI 2012
Martin Warnke (Organiser) & Rolf Großmann (Organiser)
14.07.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Hyperkult XXV - 2015
Martin Warnke (Organiser) & Rolf Großmann (Organiser)
09.07.2015 → 11.07.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers - HCC12 2016
Martin Warnke (Organiser)
07.09.2016 → 09.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Ilinx. Berliner Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft (Journal)
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
01.03.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Immersion – Transition – Figuration
Dawid Kasprowicz (Speaker)
01.12.2016 → 02.12.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Institute for Advanced Study Berlin e.V.
Claus Pias (Visiting researcher)
2009 → 2010Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Transfer
Interferences | Events
Martin Warnke (Organiser)
20.01.2016 → 21.01.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
Jahrbuch Technikphilosophie (Journal)
Martin Warnke (Reviewer)
04.2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Keeping it cool. Hypothetical Accident Analysis in Fast Breeder R&D Around 1970
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
07.12.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Klimatechniken des Städtebaus
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
2019 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Kolloquium ,,Medien, die wir meinen''
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
01.12.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Kunstrasen und Kuppelsiebe. Unbequeme Oberflächen für komfortablen Wind
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
29.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Lemistik
Martin Warnke (Lecturer)
18.01.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (External organisation)
Martin Warnke (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
MA-Arbeit 2017
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2017 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
MA-Arbeiten 2016
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2016 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
MA-Arbeiten 2018
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2018 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
M.A.-Arbeiten 2019
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2019 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
MA-Arbeiten 2020
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2020 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
Making Sense(s) - 2019
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
12.06.2019 → 13.06.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
"Matter of Typography" Workshop am Exzellencluster "Bild Wissen Gestaltung" - 2015
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
09.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
MECS Summer School 2016
Dawid Kasprowicz (Speaker)
25.09.2016 → 30.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
MECS Workshop "Cultural Analytics, Information Aesthetics, and Distant Readings"
Isabell Schrickel (Organiser)
04.07.2015 → 05.07.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Medien und Nichtwissen. Störungen, Gespenster, Computersimulation
Sebastian Vehlken (Oral presentation)
27.05.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Mitglied des IFIP-Beirats, Sitzung des IFIP-Beirats
Martin Warnke (Reviewer)
26.02.2016Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Mitglied des Review Panel „Mixed Methods’ in the Humanities? – Support for Projects Combining and Synergizing Qualitative-hermeneutical and Digital Approaches“
Martin Warnke (Reviewer)
18.07.2016Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Modeling the Pacific - 2019
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
10.10.2019 → 12.10.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Niklas Luhmann am OVG Lüneburg.
Martin Warnke (Organiser)
05.12.2017 → 06.12.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
On Borders, Boundaries, Clouds, and Globalization. And on China.
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
30.01.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
On the sovereignty over one’s personal data
Martin Warnke (Lecturer)
12.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Peplospheric Simulation. Surface Wind Models in Urban Climate Studies
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
23.05.2018 → 25.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Plastic Oceanography
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker) & Simon Rothöhler (Lecturer)
28.01.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Plastik und Plastizität. Treibgut, Abfall und die Modellierung von Ozeandynamiken
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
24.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Prestigeverlust. Szenen des Austricksens zwischen Magie und Medientechnik
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
01.10.2009 → 03.10.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Princeton University
Claus Pias (Visiting researcher)
2017Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Education
Projektvorstellung im Cluster "Informatik und Text": Relationen im Raum - Visualisierung topographischer Klein(st)strukturen
Martin Warnke (presenter)
25.03.2014 → 28.03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Rechte Ökologien
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
23.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
REST in Peace. Floating Tanks zwischen Bewusstseinserweiterung und Wellness-Technologie
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
22.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Round-Table „Objekte in Raum und Zeit“ - RiR 2015
Martin Warnke (Participant)
28.01.2015 → 29.01.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Saubere Autos. Umweltversprechen des autonomen Fahrens und Emissionsforschungen seit den 1950ern
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
05.11.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Schwebende Labore. Ballonreisen und Techniken der Vermessung des Himmels
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
2018 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Science and Art of Simulation Workshop - SAS 2015
Martin Warnke (Participant)
12.10.2015 → 13.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
