Digital Complexity in Historical Perspective: Lessons from the Study of Technological Transitions in Data Production and Visualization – Charlotte Bigg (Paris)
This event is part of our winter term 2025/26 Lecture Series Digital Complexity: Beyond Human…
Did the Computer Drive Science? Hardware Development and Digital Complexity in the 20th Century – Ulf Hashagen (Munich)
Abstract: The assumption that economic, technological and scientific development is driven by technological determinism is…
Reimagining Cities: Computational Thinking in the Post War Period – Nathalie Bredella (Hanover)
This event is part of our winter term 2025/26 Lecture Series Digital Complexity: Beyond Human…
Desk to Discourse: Development of the Philosophy of Computing from Wordstar and VisiCalc – Robin Hill (Laramie)
Abstract: While the American Philosophical Association's Committee on Philosophy and Computers started its mission with…
What Is a Computer Program? Or, How I Liberate(d) Myself as a Computer User – Liesbeth De Mol (Lille)
Abstract: The aim of this talk is to present the PROGRAMme project, a collective work…
A Portrait of the Scientist as a User – Alexandre Hocquet (Nancy)
Abstract: Why are computational chemists so peculiar ? The history of their relationship with software…
Stochastic Systems – Dirk Baecker (Friedrichshafen)
Abstract: Digital complexity eludes human understanding not only because it is based on the synchronization…
Computer Science and Computer Use in Public Administration in Switzerland (1960-1984) – Ricky Wichum
Abstract: In my presentation, I examine the digital culture of public administration in Switzerland from…
Digitality as a Triad: From the Love Letter to Emotion AI – Anna Tuschling (Bochum)
Abstract: The lecture presents various historical and contemporary concepts of digitality that highlight the three…
Digital Complexity: De-Anthropological Trends in Computing, AI, and Robotics – Gabriele Gramelsberger (Aachen)
‼️ Unfortunately, tonight's lecture by Gabriele Gramelsberger has to be canceled due to illness. We…