Jérôme Nika is a researcher in human-machine musical interaction, and a musician. His work focuses on the mobilization of a "musical memory" in a creative context and has given rise to numerous collaborations in improvised music (Steve Lehman, Bernard Lubat, Benoît Delbecq, Rémi Fox) and contemporary music (Pascal Dusapin). The software instruments he develops with Ircam - Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique have been used in more than sixty productions: Onassis Center, Athens, Ars Electronica, Annenberg Center - Philadelphia, Centre Pompidou, Collège de France, Centquatre, Montreux Jazz Festival, etc.