See “Creation” for the artistic events: concerts, installations, etc.
Duo seminar with Alexandros Markeas @ Ircam
🗣️ Thursday April 3, 2025 6pm – 9pm @ IRCAM “Between writing and improvisation” with Alexandros Markeas and Jérôme Nika. As part of the “Pourquoi écrire la musique” seminars.
presentations @ National music research meetings, MSH Paris Nord
🗣️ National music research meetings, March 19, MSH Paris Nord. 2 presentations: “Lutherie générative et observation participante” and “L’IA comme médiation réflexive pour la réappropriation contemporaine de la musique médiévale” (with Valérie LE PAGE, Xavier Fresquet).
Invited seminar @ Columbia University – Computer Music Center
March 12, 2025 : invited seminar at the Computer Music Center – Columbia University in the City of New York.
Masterclass @ Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse De Paris
Thursday, January 30: A full day of masterclasses and collective improvisations in Alexandros Markeas and Vincent Lê Quang’s Generative Improvisation class at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse.
Best Art Papers Award @ SIGGRAPH 2024
The paper “Critical Climate Machine: A Visual and Musical Exploration of Climate Misinformation Through Machine Learning” written with Gaëtan Robillard won the Best Art Papers Award at SIGGRAPH 2024.
Podcast “IA pour l’audio et la musique” @ “Longueur d’ondes” Festival
The podcast (in French) recorded at the Longueur d’ondes festival last February on sound and AI, with Ludmila Postel, Quentin Bresson and Joel Ronez from BINGE AUDIO, is now online.
SIGGRAPH 2024: Paper & Blog interview
Our paper “Critical Climate Machine” is highlighted on the ACM SIGGRAPH 2024 Denver conference blog: joint interview with Gaëtan Robillard about the process and inspirations.
Dicy2: New Resources and Forum Discussions
This page presents new resources about Dicy2: a video presentation giving an exhaustive overview of its features and links to new sharing rooms for the Dicy2 community.
Video: Dicy2 generative agents in a nutshell
This new video presented among the “Dicy2 News” at the Ircam 2024 Forum, briefly illustrates a few examples of interactions that can be implemented with Dicy2 generative agents: from simple adaptive audio FX to articulated musical duets.
Lecture @ Médiathèque Musicale de Paris
Conference @ Médiathèque Musicale de Paris (As part of NUMOK 2024, digital culture festival organized by the libraries of the City of Paris): Generative “Artificial Instruments”: new lutherie for new musical practices (in French).
Guest Speaker @ AICA Lecture Series, “Composing human-machine musical interaction”
Guest Speaker @ AICA Lecture Series, “Composing human-machine musical interaction”, April 17, 2024 at 05:00 PM , University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (HMTM) and Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences (HM).
Dicy2 for Max & Live: one week software training @ Ircam
Teaching a one week training course on the Dicy2 library @ Ircam. February 26 through Fri 1 March 2024, 10 a.m.- 5:30 p.m.
AI Roundtable @ “Longueur d’ondes” Festival, Brest
Festival Longueur d’ondes: Round table on sound creation and AI moderated by Joel Ronez (Head Binge Audio) with Quentin Bresson, Ludmila Postel and Jérôme Nika. 8/02 at 6pm @ Les Ateliers des Capucins, Brest.
Invited talk @ EHESS, Seminar “Approches pluridisciplinaires du rap” (Multidisciplinary approaches to rap)
Invited talk at the EHESS seminar “Approches pluridisciplinaires du rap” by Valérie Beaudouin and Marc Chemillier (with Nicolas Obin).
Release of Dicy2 for Max and Dicy2 for Live !
Dicy2 is both a package for Max and a plugin for Ableton Live implementing interactive agents using machine-learning to generate musical sequences that can be integrated into musical situations ranging from the production of structured material within a compositional process to the design of autonomous agents for improvised interaction.
Conference, Masterclass & Workshop @ New York University
From October 30 to November 3, I will be at New York University for a conference, a masterclass, a workshop, and a film screening.
Invited talk @ CITI-LAb Lyon (INRIA-INSA)
July 4, 2022 @ CITI-lab Lyon: invited talk “Generative technologies for human-machine musical interactions”.
C’est pour ça, Conference-concert @ La Citadelle d’amiens
Closing of the second edition of “En avant la MIZique!” on June 24, 2022 at the Citadelle, in the Simone Veil amphitheater, with a concert-conference by Jérôme Nika.
“Hi. A. – Hippocampe Artificiel” presentation @ IRCAM with Rémi Fox (video)
June 1, 2022. The presentation of the artistic residency “Hi. A. – Hippocampe Artificiel” (“A. Hi. – Artificial Hippocampus) with Rémi Fox at IRCAM is online.
“Artificial Intelligence and Creativity Day” organized by the French Association for AI
April 7, 2022 @ Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers: I was one of the 6 speakers invited to give a live streamed presentation during the “Artificial Intelligence and Creativity Day” organized by the French Association for Artificial Intelligence (AFIA).
DYCI2: one week software training @ Ircam
Teaching a one week training course on DYCI2 @ Ircam. April 4 through Fri 8 April 2022, 10 a.m.- 5:30 p.m.
“Music and Artificial Instruments (AI)?” invited conference @ “Semaine du Cerveau” Marseille
“Music and Artificial Instruments (AI)?” – Invited conference for the general public in the framework of the Semaine du Cerveau Marseille (Bibliothèque Alcazar) by Jérôme Nika IRCAM, March 16, 2022.
Invited DYCI2 Workshop @ CNSMD Lyon
Invited Workshop to teach DYCI2 @ CNSMD Lyon. Wednesday, September 29th, 2021.
“Music and AI seminar”, Collegium Musicae, Sorbonne Université
Conference and discussion, “Music and AI seminar”, Collegium Musicae, Sorbonne Université. March 24, 2021.
Round table “Artificial intelligence and creation”
(Video in French) Round table “Artificial intelligence and creation”. With Sébastien SERRANO, Lead gameplay programmer at Ubisoft – Jérôme NIKA, Researcher in…
“Good Vibration 2020 – Taïwan Contemporary Lab”
A video summary of our last years of research and creation using generative agents/instruments based on a musical “memory”. In the framework of IRCAM Forum at C-Lab Taipei.
“France Atlanta 2020: Machines of Loving Grace”
Roundtable “Performances with machines” organized by Ircam as part of the seminar “France Atlanta 2020: Machines of Loving Grace”. Animation Jean-Louis Giavitto, with Jérôme Nika (Ircam), Benjamin Levy (Ircam), Grace Leslie (Georgia Tech), Daniele Ghisi (composer), Elaine Chew (CNRS), October 15, 2020.
Invited presentation @ Tokyo University of the Arts
Invited presentation “DYCI2 library: interpreting at the scale of intention, composing at the scale of narrative” (by Skype), Tokyo University of the Arts, Max summer school in Geidai, 6th August 2020.
Centre Pompidou: Video exhibition + “Musical Generativity” roundtable
Video exhibition within “Neurons, simulated intelligence” (26 Feb 2020 – 20 Apr 2020) + “Musical Generativity” roundtable (27 Feb 2020) @ Centre Pompidou
Roundtable discussion “Parcours et Perspectives” @ La Gaîté Lyrique
Roundtable discussion “Parcours et Perspectives” organised by ENS Louis-Lumière @ La Gaîté Lyrique, Wednesday, February 26, 2020.
“Data Day”, French Ministry of the Economy and Finance: Opening conference
Opening conference of the “Data Day” @ Bercy, under the patronage of Cédric O, Secretary of State. November 29, 2019
Residency @ Le Fresnoy: kick-off conference.
Kick-off conference of my research and production residency @ Le Fresnoy. Thursday, October 31, 2019.
Invited Conference & Workshop @ Ars Electronica 2019
Ars Electronica Festival 2019, Linz, Austria: Invited Conference & Workshop September 6 & 8, 2019
Invited Exhibition @ Ars Electronica 2019
Ars Electronica Festival 2019, Linz, Austria: Invited Exhibition September 5-8, 2019
Invited presentation @ Tokyo University of the Arts
Tokyo University of the Arts, 18th June 2019. Invited presentation (by Skype).
Invited Workshop @ Expo 74
Invited presentation by Cycling 74 for the 30 years of Max software, MassMoca, North Adams, United States, April 28, 2019.
Invited Seminar @ CalArts
School of Music, Visiting Artist Session Invited seminar @ California Institute of Arts (CalArts) Los Angeles, United States, April 18, 2019.
Invited Lectures, Music Tech Master @ CalArts
School of Music, Visiting Artist Session Invited lectures, Music Tech Master @ California Institute of Arts (CalArts) Los Angeles, United States, April 18, 2019.
Invited Workshop @ Athens University
Invited Workshop, Athens University, Music Department, 25 – 28 march, 2019.
Invited Workshop and Performance @ Darmstadt Academy
Workshop “Music computing in live electronics and improvisation”, Darmstadt, Germany, July 23 2018.
Invited Workshop @ SMC Conference 2018
Workshop “Music computing in live electronics and improvisation”, Darmstadt, Germany, July 23 2018.
Invited Workshops @ Athens University
Invited Workshop, Athens University, Music Dpt, 28 – 30 june, 2018.
Café-concert-conference @ Babel café, Paris
“Improvisation musicale et technologie” conference, for 20th anniversary of Babel Café, Ménilmontant, Paris, May 24 2018.
Invited Presentation
welcome event for the new CNRS-INS2I researchers 2018, Ircam, March 19 2018.
Workshop – Festival Improtech Paris-Philadelphia 2017
Improtech gathers scholars, technologists, musicians, makers, around the idea of musical improvisation with digital intelligence (IDI), taking notice of the emergence and development of this new creative field.
Workshop @ University of Bordeaux
Workshop on Machine Improvisation organized by the LaBRI, University of Bordeaux, France, July 8 2016.
Concert with Bernard Lubat @ Collège de France
Concert with B. Lubat, M. Chemillier, and G. Assayag, Collège de France, Paris, May 27, 2016.
Invited Lecture @ Collège de France
Video of “Créativité musicale artificielle” with G. Assayag, colloque “Art et sciences, de nouveaux domaines pour l’informatique
Invited Seminar @ Collège de France
Invited talk at Chronos Seminar, Collège de France, Paris, January 6, 2016.
Young Researcher Prize in Science and Music 2015
Invited talk at the “Science/Music Day” & Young Researcher Prize in Science and Music 2015, Rennes, September 25, 2015.
C’est pour ça + Denis Beuret, Performance @Montreux Jazz festival
Concert with Remi Fox and Denis Beuret at Montreux Jazz festival, Switzerland, July 17, 2015.
Invited Seminar @ EHESS
Seminar Complex systems in social sciences, Cams (Center of Analysis and Social Mathematics), EHESS (School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences), Paris, April 3, 2015.
“Atelier inattendu 2” @ Théâtre Le Prato, Lille
Collaboration with IRI and Bernard Stiegler: “Atelier inattendu 2”, Théâtre le Prato, Lille, January 22-24, 2015.
“Atelier inattendu 1” @ La fabrique de Théâtre, Mons
Collaboration with IRI and Bernard Stiegler: “Atelier inattendu 1”, La fabrique de Théâtre, Mons, Belgium, October 23-25, 2014.
Musical Rhythm Workshop @ NYUAD
Musical Rhythm Workshop, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), Abu Dhabi, October 12-15 2014.
Workshop Lisp for Music technology
Workshop Lisp for Music technology, ELS, 7th European Lisp Symposium, Ircam, Paris, May 5-6 2014.
Archives Conferences / Lectures before 2015
Conferences / Lectures before 2015
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