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.
- 2001
Die Junge Akademie (External organisation)
Claus Pias (Member)
2001 → 2006Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
- 2004
Bauhaus University of Weimar (External organisation)
Claus Pias (Member)
2004 → 2011Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
- 2007
University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz
Claus Pias (Visiting researcher)
2007Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Transfer
- 2008
Bauhaus University of Weimar
Claus Pias (Visiting researcher)
10.2008 → 04.2009Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Transfer
- 2009
Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Sebastian Vehlken (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Institute for Advanced Study Berlin e.V.
Claus Pias (Visiting researcher)
2009 → 2010Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Transfer
Prestigeverlust. Szenen des Austricksens zwischen Magie und Medientechnik
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
01.10.2009 → 03.10.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2010
Kolloquium ,,Medien, die wir meinen''
Sebastian Vehlken (Speaker)
01.12.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 2012
HyperKult XXI 2012
Martin Warnke (Organiser) & Rolf Großmann (Organiser)
14.07.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 2014
Deutscher Hochschulverband (External organisation)
Sebastian Vehlken (Member)
2014 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
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
All Surface: Blobs and the Liquefaction of Architecture
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
09.10.2014 → 12.10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
- 2015
Graduiertenkolleg »Lose Verbindungen« (External organisation)
Claus Pias (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (External organisation)
Martin Warnke (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Universität Konstanz
Claus Pias (Visiting researcher)
2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Transfer
Workshop MECS - 2015
Martin Warnke (Organiser)
21.01.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
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
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
Vorlesung und Diskussion: Computersimulation als Erkenntnismehtode
Martin Warnke (Lecturer)
04.02.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Workshop Methoden der Medienwissenschaft - 2015
Martin Warnke (Moderator)
11.03.2015 → 12.03.2015Activity: 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
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
Zombieland: Agent-based Computer Simulation
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
27.04.2015 → 30.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
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
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
Crumpled Times: Temporal and epistemological depths of Computer Simulations
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
25.06.2015 → 26.06.2015Activity: 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
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
The Simulation of Everything: Social Simulations 1970 | 2010
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
06.07.2015 → 08.07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
Zur Zukunft der Vergangenheit – falls es eine geben wird
Martin Warnke (Speaker)
11.07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › 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
Seminar: Media Arts Culture und Digitales Sammlungsmanagement
Martin Warnke (Lecturer)
15.09.2015 → 16.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Die Unmöglichkeit einer Insel
Sebastian Vehlken (Lecturer)
30.09.2015 → 03.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
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
University of Vienna
Martin Warnke (Visiting researcher)
13.10.2015 → 15.10.2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Martin Warnke (Visiting researcher)
11.11.2015 → 12.11.2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Humboldt University Berlin
Martin Warnke (Visiting researcher)
16.11.2015 → 20.11.2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
- 2016
BA-Arbeiten 2016
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2016 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
Deutscher Hochschulverband (External organisation)
Sebastian Vehlken (Member)
2016 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
MA-Arbeiten 2016
Sebastian Vehlken (Reviewer)
2016 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
Interferences | Events
Martin Warnke (Organiser)
20.01.2016 → 21.01.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Simulierte oder gelebte Kollaboration
Dawid Kasprowicz (Organiser)
02.02.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
Mitglied des IFIP-Beirats, Sitzung des IFIP-Beirats
Martin Warnke (Reviewer)
26.02.2016Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Vortrag „Close seeing und Formen der digitalen Annotation“
Martin Warnke (Oral presentation)
26.02.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
