Curriculum Vitae

General Information

Full Name Cheik Traoré
Languages English, French

Positions

  • 06/2024 - ...
    Postdoctoral researcher
    Machine Learning Genoa Center (MaLGa), UniGe, Italy

Education

  • 11/2020 - 06/2024
    Ph.D. in Mathematics and Applications
    Università degli Studi di Genova (UniGe), Genoa, Italy
    • Thesis:
      • Large-scale convex optimization: parallelization and variance reduction
    • Supervisors:
      • Silvia Villa and Saverio Salzo
  • 2019 - 2020
    Msc in Mathematics, Vision, Learning (MVA)
    ENS Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
    • Relevant courses:
      • statistical learning theory, optimization, computational optimal transport, kernel methods for machine learning, theoretical foundation of deep learning, statistical method for imaging.
    • Thesis:
      • Convergence of the iterates generated by AdaGrad
    • Supervisor:
      • Edouard Pauwels
  • 2016 - 2018
    Msc in Mathematics Sciences
    AIMS Senegal, Mbour, Senegal
    • Relevant courses
      • elliptic curves in cryptography, analytic number theory, numerical problem solving.
  • 2014 - 2015
    Maîtrise in Applied Mathematics
    Université Nazi Boni, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
    • Relevant courses:
      • functional analysis, distribution theory, convex analysis, PDEs, numerical analysis of PDEs, commutative algebra.
  • 2013 - 2014
    Bsc in Fundamental Mathematics
    Université Nazi Boni, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
    • Relevant courses:
      • linear algebra, real analysis, point set topology, measure and integration, probability theory, differential calculus, ODEs, complex analysis, differential geometry, algebra.

Awards and Honors

  • 2016
    • Mastercard Foundation Scholarship
  • 2008
    • Burkina Faso National Scholarship

Research mobilities

  • 04/2023 - 09/2023
    Research secondment
    UCLouvain and N-side, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
    • Worked separately with François Glineur (UCLouvain) and Medhi Madani (N-side)
  • 11/2023 - 02/2023
    Research secondment (online)
    University Politehnica Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
    • Worked with Ion Necoara
  • 04/2020 - 10/2023
    Research intern (mostly online, Covid19)
    Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
    • Worked with Edouard Pauwels

Miscellaneous

  • 02/2018 - 09/2019
    Web developer
    Wutiko SAS, Dakar, Senegal
  • 05/2017 - 10/2017
    Web developer
    Wutiko SAS, Dakar, Senegal
  • 09/2010 - 06/2013
    Temporary mathematics teacher
    Several High Schools, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso