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

    Portal als Experimentalsystem

    Schrape, N., 2015, »The cake is a lie.«: Polyperspektivische Betrachtungen des Computerspiels am Beispiel von »Portal«. Neitzel, B., Nohr, R. & Hensel, T. (eds.). Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 157-177 21 p. (Medien'welten; vol. 26).

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

    Plastilin und Kreisel, Pinsel und Projektor: Julius Ries und die Materialität der seriellen Anschauung

    Wellmann, J., 2017, Serie und Serialität: Konzepte und Analysen in Gestaltung und Wissenschaft. Scholtz, G. (ed.). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag, p. 77-93 17 p.

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

  4. Published

    Planning permanent air raid precautions: architecture, air war and the changing perceptions of British cities in the late 1930s

    Page, A., 01.02.2016, In: Urban History. 43, 1, p. 117-134 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Perverse Bienen: Artificial Life und der Apfel der Erkenntnis

    Schmickl, T., Müggenburg, J. K. & Warnke, M., 01.03.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. 10, 18-1, p. 98-110 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Pervasive Intelligence: The Tempo-Spatiality of Drone Swarms

    Vehlken, S., 22.08.2018, In: Digital Culture & Society. 4, 1, p. 107-132 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Paranoia

    Apprich, C., 2017, Nach der Revolution: Ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen. Beyes, T., Metelmann, J. & Pias, C. (eds.). Berlin: Tempus Corporate GmbH, p. 78-86 9 p. (Duisburger Dialoge).

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

  8. Published

    Optical Diagrams as “Paper Tools”: Della Porta’s Analysis of Biconvex Lenses from De refractione to De telescopio

    Borrelli, A., 2017, The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615). Borrelli, A., Hon, G. & Zik, Y. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature AG, p. 57-96 40 p. (Archimedes; vol. 44).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  9. Published

    Operative communication: project Cybersyn and the intersection of information design, interface design, and interaction design

    Vehlken, S., 09.2022, In: AI and Society. 37, 3, p. 1131-1152 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    On the Spot: The Double Immersion of Virtual Reality

    Warnke, M., 30.10.2015, Immersion in the Visual Arts and Media. Liptay, F. (ed.). Leiden: Rodopi, p. 204 - 213 10 p. ( Studies in Intermediality; vol. 9).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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