Andreas Sudmann
How is Artificial Intelligence Changing Science?
Research in the Era of Learning Algorithms
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PD Dr. Andreas Sudmann
Media Studies
Main Research Area: History of Artificial Intelligence, Media Infrastructures of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Culture, Aesthetics and Politics of Visual Media
Department of Media Studies
Institute for Linguistics, Media and Musicology
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
Lennéstraße 1
53113 Bonn
Germany
Tel: +49 151 23 011 799
For all requests regarding interviews, publications etc. please contact: asudmann@uni-bonn.de
Education
- 2016: Habilitation at Ruhr-University Bochum (Media Studies)
- 2005: Dissertation, Georg August University Göttingen (Media and Communication Studies)
- 2000: Diploma, Hannover University (Social Sciences)
Research Experience
- Since 2020: Coordinator and principal investigator of the research project „How is Artificial Intelligence Changing Science?“
- Since 2019: Director of the project „Media and Infrastructures of Artificial Intelligence. Computer Vision, Transfer Learning, and Artificial Neural Networks as Black Box“, funded by the German Research Foundation (This project is currently on hold and will continue soon)
- 2020-2022: Guest Professor for Spaces of Virtual Communication at University of Regensburg
- 2019: Fellowship, International Research Center for Cultural Studies, University of Art and Design Linz
- 2018/19: Visiting Professor in Media Studies, Philipps University Marburg
- Since 2017: Privatdozent (Adjunct Professor) at Institute for Media Studies in Bochum
- 2017: Fellowship, Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS), Ruhr-University Bochum
- 2016: Fellowship, Spaces of Anthropological Knowledge, Ruhr-University Bochum
- 2013–2016: Post-Doc, Project „Digital Seriality: The Serial Aesthetics and Practice of Digital Games“, John F. Kennedy Institute, Free University, Berlin
- 2004–2013: Assistant Professor (Wiss. Mitarbeiter) at Georg-August University Göttingen and University of Regensburg (2009–2010)
Relevant Publications
- Sudmann, A. (2015). Deep Learning als dokumentarische Praxis. Sprache Und Literatur, 46(1–2), 155–170.
- Sudmann, A. (2019a). On the Media-Political Dimension of Artificial Intelligence. Deep Learning as a Black Box and OpenAI. In A. Sudmann (Ed.), The Democratization of Artificial Intelligence. Net Politics in the Era of Learning Algorithms (pp. 223–244). transcript. https://doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/13536
- Sudmann, A. (2019b, February 8). KI-Phantasien: Kommt jetzt der Terminator mit Pinsel. CCB Magazin. https://www.creative-city-berlin.de/de/ccb-magazin/2019/2/8/andreas-sudmann-ki-forschung
- Sudmann, A. (2020). Künstliche neuronale Netzwerke als Black Box. In P. Klimczak, C. Petersen, & S. Schilling (Eds.), Maschinen der Kommunikation: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf Technik und Gesellschaft im digitalen Zeitalter (pp. 189–199). Springer Fachmedien. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27852-6_10
- Sudmann, A., & Engemann, C. (2018). Zur Einführung. Medien, Infrastrukturen und Technologien des maschinellen Lernens. Transcript.
- Sudmann, A., Ernst, C., Schröter, J., & Kaldrack, I. (Eds.) (2019). Künstliche Intelligenzen. Zeitschrift Für Medienwissenschaft, 21.