Dr. Mamadou Kaba Traoré is a full professor of Computer, Automatic and Signal Engineering at the University of Bordeaux.

He was born in 1965 in Bamako (Mali), where he did all his studies until the A-levels (Math and Physics).

After graduating from a high school, he obtained a scholarship of excellence from the French Government, and he came to the University of Clermont-Ferrand to begin and continue his studies.

After a Bachelor's degree in Math, a Master's degree in Mathematical Engineering and Computer Science, and a Doctorate in Computer Science (in 1992), he has obtained a position as a Lecturer in Computer Science at Blaise Pascal University.

Dr. Mamadou Kaba Traoré has invested a lot in knowledge transfer to Africa, which led him to co-develop several initiatives funded by the European Union and the World Bank, including the TOKTEN (Transfer of Knowledge through Expatriate Nationals) programme in Mali from 2001 to 2011, the EDULINK-RAMSES project in Burkina Faso, Congo and Chad from 2009 to 2012, and the AUST (African University of Science and Technology) initiative sponsored by Nelson Mandela and launched in 2003.

He became a Professor at the AUST in 2012, and served as interim President of this pan-African university from 2012 to 2014.

Since 2019, Dr. Mamadou Kaba Traoré has been Professor of Computer, Automatic and Signal Engineering at the University of Bordeaux. Since 2020, he coordinates the International Master Enterprise Engineering of the Engineering Department of Scholl of Sciences and Technologies, and he is Deputy Director of the IMS laboratory (UMR 5218) since January 2022.