Wahabou Abdou received his MSc degree in computer science (2008) and his PhD degree (2011) from University of Franche-Comté, France. In 2013-2014 he worked on ViSiDiA project at the University of Bordeaux. This project proposes tools for simulating and visualizing distributed algorithms. He is currently an associate professor at ESIREM - University of Burgundy (Engineering College of Material science / Computer science & Electronics). He is the head of ESIREM's international department.

He carries out his research at the LE2I lab. He is particularly interested in efficient communication protocols in wireless networks, distributed algorithms and artificial intelligence techniques. He participates in several research projects related to smart environments (smart buildings, smart cities, etc.)

He coordinates the B3PM project at the LE2I side.