Karim Barkati, born in 1975, is a researcher in Computer Music. He studied both Music as a clarinet player and Computer Science. After a Master of Science at IRCAM, he graduated with a Ph.D. in Computer Music from Université Paris 8 under the direction of Pr. Horacio Vaggione, entitled "Between Real Time and Differed Time - Techniques, Practices and Stakes of Computer Music". He currently works in the Computer Science Research Center (CRI) of MINES ParisTech, France, under the supervision of Pr. Pierre Jouvelot.