Dear colleagues,
The Käte Hamburger Kolleg Aachen: Cultures of Research is pleased to announce its upcoming lecture series “Digital Complexity: Beyond Human Understanding” in the winter term 2025/26. Lectures will take place mostly on Wednesdays from 5:00pm to 6:30pm (CET), starting 22 October. Some lectures are also part of the 8th HaPoC Conference held at RWTH Aachen University, please note their varying dates, time, and venue.
You can find more information on the series on our events webpage.
To attend online or in person please contact events@khk.rwth-aachen.de, either specifying the date of your in-person attendance or to register for online participation for the entire series. We will then send you an email with the zoom link and all the necessary information prior to the individual lectures. The link will stay valid for all talks in the series, also the HaPoC lectures!
Program:
22.10. Gabriele Gramelsberger – Digital Complexity: De-Anthropological Trends in Computing, AI, and Robotics
29.10. Anna Tuschling – Digitality as a Triad: From the Love Letter to Emotion AI
12.11. Ricky Wichum – Computer Science and Computer Use in Public Administration in Switzerland (1960-1984)
26.11. Dirk Baecker – Stochastic Systems
8th HaPoC Conference Aachen:
17.12. 5:00-6:00pm Alexandre Hocquet – A Portrait of the Scientist as a User
18.12. 9:30-10:30am Liesbeth de Mol – What is a Computer Program? Or, How I Liberate(d) Myself as a Computer User
19.12. 9:30-10:30am Robin Hill – Desktop to Discourse: Philosophy Born of Wordstar and VisiCalc
07.01.26 Nathalie Bredella – Reimagining Cities: Computational Thinking in the Post-War Period
21.01. Ulf Hashagen – Did the Computer Drive Science? Hardware Development and Digital Complexity in the 20th Century
11.02. Charlotte Bigg – Digital Complexity in Historical Perspective: Lessons from the Study of Technological Transitions in Data Production and Visualization
Looking forward to seeing you in the (virtual) audience!
—
Dr. Phillip H. Roth,
Postdoctoral Researcher
Coordinator Events
Käte Hamburger Kolleg:
Cultures of Research (c:o/re)
RWTH Aachen University
Theaterstr. 75
52062 Aachen
+49 241 8028404
phillip.roth@khk.rwth-aachen.de
khk.rwth-aachen.de/phroth
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