Romain Jacob
Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zürich
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolRomain Jacob is a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zürich with eight years of experience in distributed embedded systems, wireless sensor networks, and dependable protocols deployed in both high-alpine field sites and urban monitoring projects. His PhD work blends formal methods, network tomography, synchronization, and energy-harvesting strategies to build predictable, resource-efficient software for safety-critical sensing systems. He has practical robotics and autonomous-vehicle experience from collaborations at UC Berkeley and industrial work on humanoid joints, and co-founded an open-access journal to improve scholarly publishing in systems research. A trained teacher and agrégation laureate, he combines rigorous research with a clear passion for education and science communication. Outside academia he is an avid outdoorsman and traveler, a detail that fuels his interest in real-world deployments and cross-disciplinary problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Industrial Engineering, High honors, Master’s Degree, Industrial Engineering, High honors at École normale supérieure Paris-SaclayLycée Gustave Eiffel - BordeauxDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at ETH Zürich
English, French, Spanish, German
Github Skills (39)
algorithms10
scipy10
python10
scientific-computing10
6lowpan9
contiki9
rpl9
internet8
networking8
contiki-ng8
experimental-design8
compilation7
code-behind7
licensing7
iot7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
romain-jacob/triscale
Mar 2021 - Jun 2022
TriScale software
Contributions:55 commits, 4 PRs, 53 pushes in 1 year 2 months
data-analysisreplicabilitypythonnetworkingexperimental-design
romain-jacob/binder_test
Sep 2019 - Jun 2022
Contributions:1 PR, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
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