Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Martin Warnke

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C5.318
Fon +49.4131.677-1202, martin.warnke@leuphana.de
Gastwissenschaftler*in, Institute of Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media

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Vita

born 1955, studied mathematics, and physics at FU Berlin and at Hamburg University, graduated in theoretical physics and started work at Lüneburg University, where he did his Habilitation in 2008. By this he acquired the venia legendi for computer science and digital media. Until 2008 he chaired the section "Computers and Society" in the German "Gesellschaft für Informatik", did a project with Humboldt University funded by the German Ministery for Education and Research and now chairs the project "Meta-Image" in cooperation with Humboldt-University and Cologne University.

Teaching

Since 1983 Martin Warnke has been teaching contiously in Lüneburg, Basel, Klagenfurt and Vienna.

In several projects together with artists and students he has developed and produced artistic works on digital media.

Research Interests

Togehther with Prof Dr. Timon Beyes he heads the project "Hybrid Publishing" in the EU Innovation Incubator at Leuphana. He heads, with Prof. Dr. Claus Pias, the DFG-Kollegforschergruppe "Media Cultures of Computer Simulation". Together with the Steinheim Institute for german-jewish Studies in Essen and the Baukultur Institute at TU Berlin he works in the Project RiR: "Relations in Space".

As researcher he works in the field of orders of knowledge in the digital, analytically and synthetically by software development.

Martin Warnke has successfully completed a number of research projects, e. g. HyperImage, funded by the german BMBF (Ministery for Education and Resaerch). During these projects the XML standard PeTAL (Picture Text Annotation Language) has been developed. It now enters the scientific community. A project recently funded by the DFG (German Research Association) carries on this research.

Together with collegues from Lüneburg, Berlin and Basel he has established the annual „HyperKult“-Workshops and the discourse that evolved with it.

Projects

  1. Scoring - Analysis of the Social Credit System in the PRC and Scoring in the West, Subproject: Data Infrastructure in East and West
    Martin Warnke (Project manager, academic) , Claus Pias (Project manager, academic) , Martin Woesler (Project manager, academic) , David Martin (Project manager, academic) , Yi Song (Project staff) , Christin Nax (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  2. FOR 1927: Media Cultures of Computer Simulation
    Martin Warnke (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  3. DFG-Kolleg-Forschergruppe MECS (Medienkulturen der Computersimulation)
    Martin Warnke (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  4. FOR 1927:  Media Cultures of Computer Simulation
    Martin Warnke (Project manager, academic) , Claus Pias (Project manager, academic) , Sebastian Vehlken (Project manager, academic) , Janina Wellmann (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  5. FOR 1927:  Media Cultures of Computer Simulation
    Claus Pias (Project manager, academic) , Martin Warnke (Project manager, academic) , Sebastian Vehlken (Project manager, academic) , Janina Wellmann (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

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Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. The Depths of Illusion: Knowing Reality Through Computer Simulation
    Martin Warnke (Author) , Anne Dippel (Author) , 2024 1 ed. Berlin , 138 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Book › Research

  2. Sozialkybernetik in statu nascendi: Die Entstehungsgeschichte des chinesischen Sozialkreditsystems
    Martin Warnke (Author) , Martin Woesler (Author) , 2024 1 ed. Berlin , 346 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Book › Research

  3. Arrival of a Kitty: history and theory of the first computer simulation of a living being
    Martin Warnke (Editor) , Nikolai N. Konstantinow (Author) , Kevin McAleer (Translator) , Wladimir Velminski (Editor) , 2022 Berlin , 139 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Book › Research

  4. Tiefen der Täuschung: Computersimulation und Wirklichkeitserzeugung
    Martin Warnke (Author) , Anne Dippel (Author) , 2022 1 ed. Berlin , 172 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Book › Research

  5. Niklas Luhmann am OVG Lüneburg: Zur Entstehung der Systemtheorie
    Timon Beyes (Editor) , Martin Warnke (Editor) , Wolfgang Hagen (†) (Editor) , Claus Pias (Editor) , 2021 Berlin , 136 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

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Journal contributions

  1. Quantum Computing and the Analog/Digital Distinction
    Jens Schröter (Author) , Martin Warnke (Author) , Christoph Ernst (Author) , 23.02.2022 , in: Grey Room, 86 , p. 28-49 , 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. Der Quantencomputer - ein zukünftiger Gegenstand der Medienwissenschaft?
    Martin Warnke (Author) , Christoph Ernst (Author) , Jens Schröter (Author) , 01.01.2020 , in: MEDIENwissenschaft. Rezensionen. Reviews., 38, 2-3 , p. 130-150 , 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. Perverse Bienen: Artificial Life und der Apfel der Erkenntnis
    Jan Klaus Müggenburg (Author) , Martin Warnke (Author) , Thomas Schmickl (Author) , 01.03.2018 , in: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft, 10, 18-1 , p. 98-110 , 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. Krassheiten: Das Ende der Massen und ihrer Medien
    Martin Warnke (Author) , 01.01.2017 , in: Treffpunkte, 2017, 3 , p. 13 – 16 , 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  5. Prometheus meets Meta-Image: Implementations of Aby Warburg's methodical approach in the digital era
    Martin Warnke (Author) , Lisa Dieckmann (Author) , 01.01.2016 , in: Visual Studies, 31, 2 , p. 109-120 , 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Theorie des Quantum Computings
    Martin Warnke (Author) , 15.02.2026

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  2. Das Schützen mit und das Schützen vor dem Digitalen: Erfahrungen mit Bewahrungsstrategien in digitalen Kulturen.
    Martin Warnke (Author) , 28.02.2025 Berlin , p. 113-125 , 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

  3. Protokoll 28: Quatschmaschine macht Quatsch. Oder auch nicht
    Jan Klaus Müggenburg (Author) , Martin Warnke (Author) , Vera Tollmann (Author) , 01.09.2023 , p. 246-254 , 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

  4. Nun brat’ mir doch eine(r) einen Elch!: Oder: zur Kritik der Kochkunst
    Martin Warnke (Author) , 31.05.2023 Paderborn , p. 109-112 , 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  5. Heaven and Earth – Cloud and Territory in the Internet
    Martin Warnke (Author) , 01.01.2020 Cham , p. 117-129 , 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review

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Activities

  1. On Borders, Boundaries, Clouds, and Globalization. And on China.
    Martin Warnke (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  2. Sind Computer kulturfähig?
    Martin Warnke (Speaker)

    Activity: Guest lectures › Research

  3. Connectivity
    Martin Warnke (Speaker)

    Activity: Guest lectures › Education

  4. Switching on the lights inside the black box: How computer simulations observe the unobservable
    Martin Warnke (Speaker) , Arianna Borrelli (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  5. Ein berühmter Lüneburger Nikolaus: Niklas Luhmann
    Martin Warnke (Oral presentation)

    Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research

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Press / Media

  1. Kann AI Kunst? Tipps und Tool zu Bildgenerierung
    1 discussion

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  2. CFP:Cultural Analytics, Information Aesthetics, and Distant Readings
    1 time cited

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  3. Schöne neue Welt dank Supercomputer
    1 time cited

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  4. Leuphana forscht zum Thema Medienkulturen
    1 time cited

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  5. Startschuss für Millionenprojekt
    1 time cited

    Press/Media: Press/Media

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Courses