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.
- 2021
Rechte Ökologien
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
23.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Digitale Archivreisen
Hannah Zindel (Speaker) & Daniela Zetti (Speaker)
29.04.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft (Journal)
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
19.03.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Ilinx. Berliner Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft (Journal)
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
01.03.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Wellengeschehen. Ozeanische Störungspotenziale
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
04.02.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Plastic Oceanography
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker) & Simon Rothöhler (Lecturer)
28.01.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
- 2020
Saubere Autos. Umweltversprechen des autonomen Fahrens und Emissionsforschungen seit den 1950ern
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
05.11.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Kunstrasen und Kuppelsiebe. Unbequeme Oberflächen für komfortablen Wind
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
29.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Springer Nature Switzerland AG (Publisher)
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
19.08.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Die meteorologische Stadt
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
01.07.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Medien und Nichtwissen. Störungen, Gespenster, Computersimulation
Sebastian Vehlken (Oral presentation)
27.05.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Amsterdam University Press (Publisher)
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
15.02.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Social Supercomputing und futurischer Druck: Die vergangene Zukunft der FutureICT EU-Flagship Initiative
Sebastian Vehlken (Oral presentation)
29.01.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
BA-Arbeiten 2020
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2020 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
MA-Arbeiten 2020
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2020 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
- 2019
Workshop: Windkanäle - 2019
Hannah Zindel (Organiser)
06.11.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
Supercomputing und Simulation. Im Grenzbereich einer Philologie des Digitalen
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
28.08.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
Food for Thought. Die Physikalisierung des Essens und das Wissen der Küche
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
13.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK)
Hannah Zindel (Visiting researcher)
06.2019 → …Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Plastik und Plastizität. Treibgut, Abfall und die Modellierung von Ozeandynamiken
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
24.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
On Borders, Boundaries, Clouds, and Globalization. And on China.
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
30.01.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Aerial Alps. Balloon Photography and Mountain Modeling in the 19th Century
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
2019 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
B.A.-Arbeiten 2019
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2019 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
Clouds and Balloons
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
2019 → …Activity: 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
M.A.-Arbeiten 2019
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2019 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
Stadtluft. Die meteorologisch utopische Stadt
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
2019 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Windlestick. Baseball im Grenzschichtwindkanal
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
2019 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2018
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
Switching on the lights inside the black box: How computer simulations observe the unobservable
Martin Warnke (Speaker) & Arianna Borrelli (Speaker)
28.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Alternative Facts‹. Facticity and Factuality in Digital Media
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
10.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
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
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
Crumpled Times. Temporal and Epistemological Depths of Agent-Based Traffic Simulations
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
13.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Der verteilte Blick
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
13.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › 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
China’s Media Epoch 5.0
Martin Warnke (Panel participant)
21.08.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › 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
Floating Utopias
Hannah Zindel (Organiser)
27.04.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
BA-Arbeiten 2018
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2018 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
Google Balloons and Histories of Unmanned Ballooning
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
2018 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
MA-Arbeiten 2018
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2018 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
Schwebende Labore. Ballonreisen und Techniken der Vermessung des Himmels
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
2018 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Techniken der Vermessung des Himmels
Hannah Zindel (Speaker)
2018 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2017
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
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
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