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.
- External workshops, courses, seminars
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
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
Unterwachen und Schlafen. Anthropophile Medien nach dem Interface - 2015
Dawid Kasprowicz (Speaker)
31.01.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Workshop Grey Zones of Simulation - 2015
Dawid Kasprowicz (Speaker)
26.05.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Workshop "Informatik und die Digital Humanities" 2014
Martin Warnke (Participant)
03.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Workshop „Kulturkontakt und Raumkonzept“ - 2014
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
30.01.2015 → 31.01.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › 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