Whether in scientific communication or the mediation of art and music – presenting complex things in an uncomplicated way is an ever-present challenge in the information age. In episode 16 of our podcast “Leaps in Thought”, this is faced by a computer scientist, a composer, an industrial engineer and an archaeologist. They discuss how traceability can be conveyed and where it might end. So, how does “understandable” work?
Till Tantau has been Professor of Theoretical Computer Science at the University of Luebeck inside In this still relatively young science, he faces the challenge of providing his students with a transparent insight into current research. He deals a lot with evidence – traceability is the basis of his work. The fact that he is good at communicating scientific topics is shown by the fact that he has already received the teaching award from students in the MINT sections five times, most recently in 2021. The application of new technologies also affects Nicola L. Hein in a special way: The sound artist, from October Professor of “Digital Creation” at the Music Academy in Lübeck, expands his artistic work with AI music systems or augmented reality, for example. As an avant-garde composer, he shares his thoughts on the comprehensibility of music – to what extent can sounds be abstracted or “explained”? And do you have to do that at all, or is it enough if the music touches you without any understanding of the technical aspects? In business, understanding also plays a major role, Nils J. Balke knows that very well: as a professor in the field of controlling, the industrial engineer, who has a doctorate, derives strategies in management consulting from financial contexts. It is important to him to create a transparent basis for corporate decisions. He cooperates with companies and cultural institutions in projects for the further development and implementation of strategic and operational controlling instruments. Traces and relics from another time characterize the work of Manfred Schneider: He is the head of archeology and monument preservation in the Hanseatic City of Lübeck, which means that on the one hand he has to understand what ancient finds tell us and on the other hand he has the task of communicating these findings to society. As a former head of excavations in the merchants’ district of Lübeck and the canons’ cemetery in Münster, among other places, he brings with him one or two anecdotes about curious finds.
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The discussion round in episode 16
Prof. Dr. rer.-nat. Till Tantau has been a professor of theoretical computer science at the University of Lübeck since 2005. He studied mathematics and computer science at the Technical University of Berlin, where he also received his doctorate in 2003. After a one-year research stay in Berkeley (USA), he accepted the call to the University of Lübeck. Here he set new standards with his teaching methods, so it is understandable that his students have already awarded him the “HeliProf” award several times.
Prof. Nicola Leonhard Hein will teach as a professor for “Digital Creation” at the Lübeck University of Music from October 2022. Born in Düsseldorf in 1988, the sound artist, guitarist and composer actively researches music aesthetics and cybernetics. His internationally renowned works are characterized by the dynamic interaction of sound, space, light and movement; he expands his sound installations with new technologies such as AI music systems or augmented reality. Hein presented his research in the field of music aesthetics at Columbia University in New York, among others, as a visiting scholar.
Prof. Dr. oec. publ.Dipl. Engineer Nils J. Balke (M.Sc. (USA)MBR) is Professor for Controlling, Investment and Finance at the TH Lübeck. Before he dedicated himself to teaching and research at the university, the industrial engineer, who has a doctorate, worked for a large corporation in controlling with a focus on corporate planning, company valuation and reporting. At the Lübeck University of Applied Sciences, he heads the “Controlling and Management of Cultural Institutions” project and is a member of the Applied Business Analytics group.
dr Manfred Schneider has been in charge of archeology and monument preservation in the Hanseatic City of Lübeck since 2017, where he has held a managerial position in this field since 2004. Immediately after studying art history, prehistory and early history, folklore; Focusing on medieval archeology and building research in Münster and his doctorate, he was drawn to excavations in Lübeck. So it is only understandable that he ended up back in Lübeck in 2004 after stations at the Westphalian Museum for Archeology and St. Paulus Cathedral in Münster and at the Cultural History Museum of the Hanseatic City of Stralsund.
The moderator Theresia Lichtlein has been Head of Communications at the Technical University of Lübeck since 2016. In addition to the podcast “Gedankensprung” she moderates online and offline events, workshops and panels on science, business and academic life. “Like no other format, the podcast GEDENKENSPRÜNGE shows the different associations that a buzzword can trigger in different people,” she explains. “I find it incredibly fascinating when these perspectives collide and our world view expands. Our guests as well as our listeners can benefit from the perspectives of others and draw inspiration.”