Curriculum Vitae
General Information
| Full Name | Cheik Traoré |
| Languages | English, French, Dyula |
Positions
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09/2025 - ... TIRIS Junior Fellow
Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), France - Working with Edouard Pauwels and Jérôme Bolte
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12/2024 - 09/2025 Postdoctoral researcher
Mathematical Optimization for Data Science Group (MOP), Saarland University, Germany - Worked with Peter Ochs
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06/2024 - 11/2024 Postdoctoral researcher
Machine Learning Genoa Center (MaLGa), UniGe, Italy
Education
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11/2020 - 06/2024 Ph.D. in Mathematics and Applications
University of Genoa, Italy - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network, TraDE-OPT
- Supervisors: Silvia Villa (primary), and Saverio Salzo
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2019 - 2020 Msc in Mathematics, Vision, Learning (MVA)
ENS Paris-Saclay, France - Thesis: Convergence of the iterates generated by AdaGrad
- Supervisor: Edouard Pauwels
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2016 - 2018 Msc in Mathematics Sciences
AIMS Senegal, Senegal -
2014 - 2015 Maîtrise in Applied Mathematics
Nazi Boni University, Burkina Faso -
2013 - 2014 Bsc in Fundamental Mathematics
Nazi Boni University, Burkina Faso -
2008 - 2010 DEUG in Mathematics, Physics, Informatics
Nazi Boni University, Burkina Faso
Awards and Honors
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2025 - TIRIS Junior Fellowship
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2016 - Mastercard Foundation Scholarship
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2008 - Burkina Faso National Scholarship
Research mobilities/internships
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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)
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11/2023 - 02/2023 Research secondment (online)
University Politehnica Bucharest, Romania - Worked with Ion Necoara
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04/2020 - 10/2023 Research intern (mostly online, Covid19)
Paul Sabatier University, France - Worked with Edouard Pauwels
Miscellaneous
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02/2018 - 09/2019 Web developer
Wutiko SAS, Senegal -
05/2017 - 10/2017 Web developer
Wutiko SAS, Senegal -
09/2010 - 06/2013 Temporary mathematics teacher
Several High Schools in Burkina Faso