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

    Rethinking Gamification

    Fuchs, M. (ed.), Fizek, S. (ed.), Ruffino, P. (ed.) & Schrape, N. (ed.), 16.06.2014, Lüneburg: meson press. 344 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  2. Published

    Plutonium Worlds: Fast Breeders, Systems Analysis and Computer Simulation in the Age of Hypotheticality

    Vehlken, S., 25.08.2014, In: Communication +1. 3, 1, 23 p., 7.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Computersimulation

    Vehlken, S., Schrickel, I. & Pias, C., 2015, Futurologien: Ein Glossar des Zukunftswissens. Bühler, B. & Willer, S. (eds.). 1 ed. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 181-192 12 p. (TRAJEKTE - Eine Reihe des Zentrums für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  4. Published

    Images of Feasibility: On the Viscourse of Climate Engineering

    Schrickel, I., 04.2014, Image Politics of Climate Change: Visualizations, Imaginations, Documentations. Schneider, B. & Nocke, T. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 363-382 20 p.

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

  5. Published

    Gamification and Governmentality

    Schrape, N., 23.06.2014, Rethinking Gamification. Mathias, F., Fizek, S., Ruffino, P. & Schrape, N. (eds.). Lüneburg: meson press, p. 21-46 26 p.

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

  6. Published

    Das Seufzen der Olimpia

    Warnke, M., 2014, Interventionen: Festschrift für Georg Christoph Tholen. Haase, F. & Heilmann, T. A. (eds.). Marbug: Schüren Verlag, p. 323-331 8 p. (Marburger Schriften zur Medienforschung; vol. 45).

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

  7. Published

    Virtuelle Realität, 3D und Simulation

    Warnke, M., 2014, Bild: Ein interdisziplinäres Handbuch. Günzel, S. & Mersch, D. (eds.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 273-277 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  8. Published

    Relationen im Raum: Visualisierung topographischer Klein(st)strukturen

    Hüttenmeister, N., Kollatz, T., Rütenik, T., Warnke, M., Wedemeyer, C. & Ziai, T., 2013, In: Kalonymos. 16, 4, p. 4-6 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  9. Published

    Agentenspiele. Crowd Management, Sozialsimulation und Big Data

    Vehlken, S. & Pias, C., 01.02.2014, Managementperspektiven für die Zivilgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts: Management als Liberal Art. von Müller, C. & Zinth, C-P. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 167-182 16 p.

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

  10. Published

    Gods of tomorrow?

    Peldszus, R., 15.08.2015, In: New Scientist. 227, 3034, p. 42-43 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  11. Published

    IFIP WG 13.5 workshop on resilience, reliability, safety and human error in system development

    Johnson, C., Feary, M., Martinie, C., Palanque, P. & Peldszus, R., 2015, Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2015: 15th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Bamberg, Germany, September 14-18, 2015, Proceedings, Part IV. Winckler, M., Abascal, J., Palanque, P., Barbosa, S., Fetter, M. & Gross, T. (eds.). Cham: Springer-Verlag Italia, p. 663-664 2 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 9299).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Software and soldier life cycles of recruitment, training, and rehabilitation in the post-9/11 ERA

    Allen, R., 01.01.2015, The War of My Generation: Youth Culture and the War on Terror. Kieran, D. (ed.). Rutgers University Press, p. 144-168 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  13. Published

    Lebenstreue Medien: Von immersierten Körpern zu digitalen Menschmodellen

    Kasprowicz, D., 01.2016, Die mediatisierte Gesellschaft: Leben und arbeiten mit immersiven Medien. Hochscherf, T. (ed.). Marburg: Schüren Verlag, p. 27-39 13 p. (Jahrbuch für immersive Medien; vol. 2015).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  14. Published

    Folding into being: early embryology and the epistemology of rhythm

    Wellmann, J., 01.03.2015, In: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 37, 1, p. 17-33 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Symbol Systems as Cognitive and Performative Hybrids: A Reply to Axel Gelfert

    Gramelsberger, G., 27.08.2015, In: Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. 4, 8, p. 89 - 94 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  16. Published

    Mit allem rechnen: Zur Philosophie der Computersimulation

    Lenhard, J., 03.2015, Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH. 222 p. (Ideen & Argumente)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  17. Published

    A geology of media

    Parikka, J., 01.01.2015, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 224 p. (Electronic mediations; vol. 46)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  18. Published

    Medium, messenger, transmission: an approach to media philosophy

    Krämer, S., 20.03.2015, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 270 p. (Recursions : theories of media, materiality, and cultural techniques)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Ada Lovelace: die Pionierin der Computertechnik und ihre Nachfolgerinnen

    Krämer, S. (ed.), 2015, 1 ed. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. 221 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  20. Published

    Zum Lachen in den Keller: Die Heimbar als Heterotopie

    Vehlken, S., 2015, In: Figurationen. Gender, Literatur, Kultur. 16, 2, p. 45-61 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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