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Romain Jacob is a researcher specializing in the intersection of wireless networking and control systems, with a particular focus on enabling reliable, low-latency feedback control over low-power multi-hop wireless networks. His most influential work addresses a fundamental challenge in cyber-physical systems: how to close feedback loops quickly and reliably across long distances using energy-efficient wireless technology — a critical requirement for applications such as robot motion control and swarm coordination, which demand update intervals in the range of tens of milliseconds. Jacob's most cited contribution, "Feedback Control Goes Wireless" (2019), has accumulated 47 citations and represents a significant step forward in demonstrating that stability guarantees can be maintained even under the constraints of low-power wireless communication. His research bridges the traditionally separate disciplines of control theory and networked embedded systems, offering formal stability guarantees while accommodating real-world network dynamics, including mode changes and multi-hop topologies. Through a cohesive body of work spanning multiple publication venues, Jacob has helped establish rigorous foundations for wireless cyber-physical systems, making him a notable contributor to the growing field of networked control — an area of increasing importance as autonomous systems and industrial IoT applications continue to expand.