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.
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Does pictorial composition guide the eye? Investigating four centuries of last supper pictures
Sancarlo, R., Arato, J., Dare, Z. & Rosenberg, R., 21.08.2020, In: Journal of Eye Movement Research. 13, 2, 13 p., 7.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Great Pacific Garbage Catch: Müll als Medium einer ›Plastic Oceanography
Vehlken, S., 10.2020, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 23, 2, p. 84-98 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Atomic Animals: Tiere als Medien nuklearer Forschung
Vehlken, S., 26.10.2020, In: Tierstudien. 18, p. 45-56 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Ballons: Medien und Techniken früher Luftfahrten
Zindel, H., 2020, Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. 191 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Warm, lively, rough? Assessing agreement on aesthetic effects of artworks
Specker, E., Forster, M., Brinkmann, H., Boddy, J., Immelmann, B., Goller, J., Pelowski, M., Rosenberg, R. & Leder, H., 13.05.2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 5, 16 p., e0232083.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Schwebende Infrastrukturen: Project Loons extraterritoriale Ballons und die Medien der Stratosphäre
Zindel, H., 2020, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 23, 2, p. 153–167 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Critique and the Digital
Hörl, E. (ed.), Pinkrah, N. Y. (ed.) & Warnsholdt, C. L. (ed.), 2021, Zürich/Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag. 296 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Transfer
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Modeling the Pacific Ocean
Vehlken, S. (ed.), Vagt, C. (ed.) & Kittler, W. (ed.), 2021, Oakland: University of California Press. (Media and Environment; vol. 3, no. 2)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Schwärmen
Vehlken, S., 10.2022, Historisches Wörterbuch des Mediengebrauchs. Christians, H., Bickenbach, M. & Wegmann, N. (eds.). 1 ed. Wien: Böhlau Verlag GmbH, Vol. 3. p. 404-429 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research