Interferences Events
20. Jan
// MECS // Symposium // January 20 – 21, 2016 //
Symposium, Jan 20-21, 2016
<Interferences | Events> Epistemic Shifts in Physics through Computer Simulations
Computer simulations become more and more important as scientific medium. In physics research the role of computer simulations varies drastically from a mere means of numerical specification of theory for special experimental setups to computer simulations as a language for expressing fundamental concepts, thus rivaling mathematics as sole language of theory, up to computer simulations as ubiquitous research device, rendering the distinction between signals from nature and computer generated data ever more difficult. This brings about epistemological turbulences: what are their first principles if computer simulations come into play? How to set up criteria for physical truth if mimetic strategies like the Turing Test become common? How to judge the influence of IT infrastructure on physics since supercomputers become the stage for processes in nature? The symposium will shed light on these questions by discussing case studies, historical and philosophical inquiries, and arguments from physics itself.
CONCEPT & ORGANIZATION
Martin Warnke
Anne Dippel
SYMPOSIUM VENUE
Museum Lüneburg
Wandrahmstr. 10
21335 Lüneburg
Germany
REGISTRATION
The symposium is open to the public and free of charge, but registration is required. Please register by sending an e-mail to mecs@leuphana.de
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SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
13:00 WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
Martin Warnke (MECS Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation,
Leuphana University) /
Anne Dippel (MECS Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation,
Leuphana University / Humbold-Universität zu Berlin / Friedrich Schiller University of Jena)
14:00
Kristel Michielsen (MECS Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation,
Leuphana University / Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS), Forschungszentrum Jülich) /
Hans De Raedt (MECS Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation,
Leuphana University / Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen):
Discrete event simulation of quantum physics experiments
15:00
Mira Maiwöger (Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien) /
Lukas Mairhofer (Quantum Nanophysics & Molecular Quantum Optics, University of Vienna):
Observing interference: Simulating patterns, measuring fringes.
16:00 Coffee Break
16:30
Frank Pasemann (Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück):
Is there a Need for New Theories in Physics?
17:30
Eric Winsberg (MECS Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation,
Leuphana University / University of South Florida):
Confirmation in analog and computer simulation.
19.00 Reception and Dinner at MECS
Thursday, January 21, 2016
10:00
Arianna Borrelli (MECS Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation,
Leuphana University / Technische Universität Berlin):
Computer simulations and the history of quantum theory
11:00
Wolfgang Hagen (MECS Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation,
Leuphana University):
Observing vs creating nature – From 19th to 20th century (tbc)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Hans-Jörg Rheinberger (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science /
Technische Universität Berlin):
Computer Simulations and Experimental Systems
13:30 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
joined by Eric Winsberg (MECS Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation, Leuphana University / University of South Florida)
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