Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories

Applied Physics

From first-principles modeling to device designs.
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Artificial Intelligence

Making machines smarter for improved safety, efficiency and comfort.
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Communications

Wireless and optical communications.
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Computational Sensing

Utilizing computation to improve sensing capabilities.
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Computer Vision

Extracting meaning and building representations of visual objects and events in the world.
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Control

If it moves, we control it.
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Data Analytics

Learning from data for optimal decisions.
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Dynamical Systems

Exploiting nonlinearity and shaping dynamics in creative and deeply mathematical ways.
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Electric Systems

Modeling & optimization of power systems and electromagnetic machines.
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Electronic and Photonic Devices

Pursuing theoretical and experimental research for next generation devices.
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Machine Learning

Data-driven approaches to design intelligent algorithms.
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Multi-Physical Modeling

Optimal design & robust control through multi-physical modeling.
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Optimization

Efficient solutions to large-scale problems.
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Robotics

Where hardware, software and machine intelligence come together.
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Signal Processing

Acquisition and processing of information.
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Speech & Audio

Audio source separation, recognition, and understanding.
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Welcome to MERL

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) is Mitsubishi Electric Corporation's North American research organization.

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MERL does application-motivated basic and applied research and advanced development in physical simulation & modeling, optimization, control, signal processing and Artificial Intelligence. We are an open lab, publishing our results, collaborating with the world-wide research community, and measuring our performance by the impact we have on Mitsubishi Electric and the world.

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Featured Research

Control: If it moves, we control it.

Our expertise in this area covers multivariable, nonlinear, optimal and model-predictive control theory, nonlinear estimation, nonlinear dynamical systems, and mechanical design. We conduct both fundamental and applied research targeting a wide range of applications including autonomous driving, factory automation and HVAC systems. [learn more]

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MERL Seminar Series

TALK [MERL Seminar Series 2024] Di Shi presents talk titled AI-assisted Power Grid Dispatch and Control: Optimization, Safety, and Real-world DemonstrationsDate of TALK: Wednesday, Nov 20, 2024
Speaker: Di Shi, New Mexico State University

This presentation delves into the challenges and advancements in optimizing power system operations through Grid Mind, an innovative, data-driven framework designed to enhance the integration of renewable energy sources. Utilizing advanced learning . . . [read more]
TALK [MERL Seminar Series 2024] Samuel Clarke presents talk titled Audio for Object and Spatial AwarenessDate of TALK: Wednesday, Oct 30, 2024
Speaker: Samuel Clarke, Stanford University

Acoustic perception is invaluable to humans and robots in understanding objects and events in their environments. These sounds are dependent on properties of the source, the environment, and the receiver. Many humans possess remarkable intuition . . . [read more]

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News & Events

NEWS MERL Researchers to Present 2 Conference and 11 Workshop Papers at NeurIPS 2024Released: Dec 5, 2024
MERL researchers will attend and present the following papers at the 2024 Advances in Neural Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Conference and Workshops.

1. "RETR: Multi-View Radar Detection Transformer for Indoor Perception" by Ryoma . . . [read more]
NEWS MERL Researcher Supports Festival of Italian Creativity by introducing Robotics to Middle SchoolersReleased: Dec 2, 2024

Prof. Zunino from the University of Genoa, with support from MERL Researcher Diego Romeres, organized a robotic workshop that introduced 6th-8th grade students from the greater Boston area to the fundamentals of robotics. The workshop provided . . . [read more]
AWARD University of Padua and MERL team wins the AI Olympics with RealAIGym competition at IROS24Released: Oct 25, 2024

The team composed of the control group at the University of Padua and MERL's Optimization and Robotic team ranked 1st out of the 4 finalist teams that arrived to the 2nd AI Olympics with RealAIGym competition at IROS 24, which focused on control of . . . [read more]

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Internship Openings

Year-round openings for graduate students interned in a research internship.

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Employment Openings

We are always on the lookout for exceptional scientists and engineers to join MERL.

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Unique opportunity for early career scientists to pursue their own research agenda.

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Visiting Faculty

University faculty members are invited to spend part or all of their sabbaticals at MERL.

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Applied Physics

From first-principles modeling to device designs.

Artificial Intelligence

Making machines smarter for improved safety, efficiency and comfort.

Communications

Wireless and optical communications.

Computational Sensing

Utilizing computation to improve sensing capabilities.

Computer Vision

Extracting meaning and building representations of visual objects and events in the world.

Control

If it moves, we control it.

Data Analytics

Learning from data for optimal decisions.

Dynamical Systems

Exploiting nonlinearity and shaping dynamics in creative and deeply mathematical ways.

Electric Systems

Modeling & optimization of power systems and electromagnetic machines.

Electronic and Photonic Devices

Pursuing theoretical and experimental research for next generation devices.

Machine Learning

Data-driven approaches to design intelligent algorithms.

Multi-Physical Modeling

Optimal design & robust control through multi-physical modeling.

Optimization

Efficient solutions to large-scale problems.

Robotics

Where hardware, software and machine intelligence come together.

Signal Processing

Acquisition and processing of information.

Speech & Audio

Audio source separation, recognition, and understanding.

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) is Mitsubishi Electric Corporation's North American research organization.

Control: If it moves, we control it.

Internship Openings

Employment Openings

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Visiting Faculty