DFG-Kolleg-Forschergruppe MECS (Medienkulturen der Computersimulation)
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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.
- 2018
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Between the Front Lines: Vocational Training Films, Machine Guns and the Great War
Hoof, F., 09.2018, Cinema's Military Industrial Complex. Wasson, H. & Grieveson, L. (eds.). Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 177-191 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Model and Movement: Studying Cell Movement in Early Morphogenesis, 1900 to the Present.
Wellmann, J., 11.09.2018, In: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 40, 3, p. 59-84 25 p., 59.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Faktizitäten: Einleitung in den Schwerpunkt
Vehlken, S. & Schauerte, E., 10.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 19, 2, p. 10-20 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Virtuelle Städte
Vehlken, S., 15.11.2018, Handbuch Virtualität. Rieger, S. & Kasprowicz, D. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Die Quadratur des Bermudadreiecks
Müggenburg, J. K. & Vehlken, S., 12.2018, In: Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 41, 4, p. 403-408 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gluing life together. Computer simulation in the life sciences: An Introduction
Wellmann, J., 01.12.2018, In: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 40, 4, 10 p., 70.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
- 2019
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California Thinking. Die drei ??? als Medienphilosophen
Vehlken, S., 01.01.2019, 10 Minuten Philosophie. Christoph, J. & Kristin, D. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 155-165 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Der Körper auf Tauchstation: zu einer Wissensgeschichte der Immersion
Kasprowicz, D., 01.01.2019, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 401 p. („Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung“ NEUE FOLGE; vol. 19)Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Ankunft einer Katze: Geschichte und Theorie der ersten Computersimulation eines Lebewesens
Konstantinow, N. N., Velminski, W. (ed.) & Warnke, M. (ed.), 25.02.2019, 1 ed. Berlin: ciconia ciconia Verlag. 143 p. (ciconia ciconia; vol. 23)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Natur als Ereignis in den modernen Lebenswissenschaften
Wellmann, J., 05.2019, Naturalismen: Kunst, Ästhetik und Wissenschaft. Felfe, R. & Sass, M. (eds.). Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 205-213 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Culture, Technology, and Process in “Media Theories”: Toward a shift in the understanding of media in organizational research
Hoof, F. & Boell, S. K., 01.09.2019, In: Organization. 26, 5, p. 636-654 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Practice of Naturalness: A Historical-Philosophical Perspective
Borrelli, A. & Castellani, E., 01.09.2019, In: Foundations of Physics. 49, 9, p. 860-878 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Zootechnologies. A Media History of Swarm Research
Vehlken, S. & Pakis, V., 28.10.2019, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 400 p. (Recursions)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Editorial: #5 Spectres of Artificial Intelligence
spheres Editorial Collective, Apprich, C., Beverungen, A. & Hille, L., 01.11.2019, In: spheres - Journal for Digital Cultures. 5, p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Computer Simulations Then and Now: an Introduction and Historical Reassessment
Borrelli, A. & Wellmann, J., 01.12.2019, In: NTM International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine. 27, 4, p. 407-417 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Programm FAKE: Monte Carlo Eventgeneratoren als Werkzeug der Theorie in der frühen Hochenergiephysik
Borrelli, A., 01.12.2019, In: NTM International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine. 27, 4, p. 479-514 36 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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By Means of Which: Media, Technology, Organisation
Beyes, T., Holt, R. & Pias, C., 12.12.2019, The Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology, and Organization Studies. Beyes, T., Pias, C. & Holt, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 498-514 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research