Ibra Dioum was born in Thiès, Senegal. After graduating with a DEUG (Diplôme d'Etudes Universitaires Générales) in Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science (MPI) in 2002, he obtained an Engineering Diploma in Telecommunications and Electronics from the Gaston Berger University of Saint Louis, Senegal in 2005. In 2007, he entered the Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique to do the Engineering Sciences research Master in Simulation and Modeling of Complex Systems, graduating the same year.
He prepared his doctorate in the LEAT (Electronics, Antennas and Telecommunications Laboratory) at the Nice Sophia Antipolis University in France and LIRT (Computer Science, Networks and Telecommunications Laboratory) at the Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique of Dakar in Senegal. His thesis is entitled "Design of multi-antenna systems for diversity and MIMO techniques: application to small communicating mobile objects" and was supervised by Professor Cyril Luxey. He received the French National Diploma of Doctor in Electronics from the University Nice Sophia Antipolis, France and the the Diploma of Doctor in Telecommunications from the University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Senegal in 2013.
In 2008, he was recruited as an assistant in the Computer Engineering Department of Polytech School of Dakar. Since 2022, he has been Full Professor in Electronics and Telecommunications at Polytech School of Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal. He is also Deputy Head of the Computer Science, Telecommunications and Applications Laboratory (LITA) at Polytech School of Dakar and Pedagogical Head of the Masters M1 in Systems Networks and Telecommunications and M1 Software Engineering and Information Systems in the Computer Engineering Department of the Polytech School of Dakar.
His current research focuses on the design and modeling of antennas for small communicating objects (MIMO antennas, reconfigurable antennas, miniature antennas, etc.), RFID, wireless power transfer, indoor localization, optical wireless communication, the Internet of Things and Mobile Networks.