DFG-Kolleg-Forschergruppe MECS (Medienkulturen der Computersimulation)

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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. Published

    Contagious Agents: Epidemics, Networks, Computer Simulations

    Vehlken, S., 16.01.2019, Imitation, Contagion, Suggestion: On Mimesis and Society. Borch, C. (ed.). 1 ed. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Introduction: Modeling the Pacific Ocean

    Vehlken, S., Vagt, C. & Kittler, W., 20.05.2021, In: Media and Environment. 3, 2, 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearch

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    Absorbing the gaze, scattering looks: Klimt’s distinctive style and its two-fold effect on the eye of the beholder

    Miscenà, A., Arato, J. & Rosenberg, R., 06.10.2020, In: Journal of Eye Movement Research. 13, 2, 13 p., 8.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Giovan Battista Della Porta's construction of pneumatic phenomena and his use of recipes as heuristic tools

    Borrelli, A., 01.08.2020, In: Centaurus. 62, 3, p. 406-424 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Towards Computer Simulations of Virtue Ethics

    Lasquety-Reyes, J. A., 26.09.2019, In: Open Philosophy. 2, 1, p. 399-413 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Media of Trust: Visualizing the Pandemic

    Hoof, F., 2020, Pandemic Media: Preliminary Notes Towards an Inventory . Melamed, L., Keidl, P. D., Hediger, V. & Somaini, A. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 231-240 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Ballonflüge: Medientechniken der Atmosphäre

    Zindel, H., 12.2020, JARDIN GLOCAL: Medienökologische Suchbewegung . Fetzner, D. (ed.). Offenburg: Hochschule Offenburg, p. 20–21 2 p. (Schriftenreihe der Hochschule Offenburg; vol. 7).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherTransfer

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    The display makes a difference: A mobile eye tracking study on the perception of art before and after a museum's rearrangement

    Reitstätter, L., Brinkmann, H., Santini, T., Specker, E., Dare, Z., Bakondi, F., Miscená, A., Kasneci, E., Leder, H. & Rosenberg, R., 19.06.2020, In: Journal of Eye Movement Research. 13, 2, 29 p., 6.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review