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.
- Conferences
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
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
Annäherung an die Natur
Jan Müggenburg (Organiser)
31.01.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
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
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