Wladimir Velminski

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Wladimir Velminski, born 1976, has been coordinating the research project “Gedankenwürfe. Kybernetische Denksysteme und ihre Zirkulation zwischen Wissenschaft, Politik und Öffentlichkeit” at ETH Zürich since 2011. He studied mathematics, physics as well as media and Slavic studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Lomonosov University in Moscow. From 2002 to 2006, Velminski was a research associate in the project “Bild Schrift Zahl”, directed by Friedrich Kittler, at the Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. From 2006 to 2007, he directed the project “mathesis & graphé. Leonhard Euler – Im Paradies der Gelehrten”, which was part of the research project “Das Technische Bild”, managed by Horst Bredekamp, at the very same university. In 2007, Velminski took a position as researcher and lecturer at the Institut für Slawistik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where he gained his doctorate in 2008 with a dissertation entitled “Form Zahl Symbol. Leonard Eulers Strategien der Anschaulichkeit”. From 2009 to 2011, Velminski worked at the Slavisches Seminar, Universität Zürich, before being appointed as Researcher and Lecturer by ETH Zürich. In 2011, Velminski was awarded a Dilthey-Fellowship by Fritz Thyssen-Foundation, which he partly spent at the Medizinhistorisches Museum at the Charité Berlin. Apart from his academic appointments, Velminski has distinguished himself with two scientific films, among them 'Leonhard Euler. Im Paradies der Gelehrten' (2007), which was nominated as best European scientific film by the European Festival of Educational and Science Films.