Publications

3,713 major publications by members of the MERL staff.


  •  Vinod, A.P., Safaoui, S., Summers, T., Yoshikawa, N., Di Cairano, S., "Decentralized, Safe, Multi-agent Motion Planning for Drones Under Uncertainty via Filtered Reinforcement Learning", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, January 2025.
    BibTeX TR2024-136 PDF
    • @article{Vinod2025jan,
    • author = {Vinod, Abraham P. and Safaoui, Sleiman and Summers, Tyler and Yoshikawa, Nobuyuki and Di Cairano, Stefano}},
    • title = {Decentralized, Safe, Multi-agent Motion Planning for Drones Under Uncertainty via Filtered Reinforcement Learning},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = jan,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-136}
    • }
  •  Shirai, Y., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., Romeres, D., "Chance-Constrained Optimization for Contact-rich Systems using Mixed Integer Programming", Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, December 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-008 PDF
    • @article{Shirai2024dec,
    • author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {Chance-Constrained Optimization for Contact-rich Systems using Mixed Integer Programming},
    • journal = {Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-008}
    • }
  •  Chang, H., Boularias, A., Jain, S., "Insert-One: One-Shot Robust Visual-Force Servoing for Novel Object Insertion with 6-DoF Tracking", 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2024), October 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-137 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Chang2024oct,
    • author = {Chang, Haonan and Boularias, Abdeslam and Jain, Siddarth}},
    • title = {Insert-One: One-Shot Robust Visual-Force Servoing for Novel Object Insertion with 6-DoF Tracking},
    • booktitle = {2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2024)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-137}
    • }
  •  Suresh, P., Jain, S., Doshi, P., Romeres, D., "Open Human-Robot Collaboration using Decentralized Inverse Reinforcement Learning", 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2024), October 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-135 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Suresh2024oct,
    • author = {Suresh, Prasanth and Jain, Siddarth and Doshi, Prashant and Romeres, Diego}},
    • title = {Open Human-Robot Collaboration using Decentralized Inverse Reinforcement Learning},
    • booktitle = {2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2024)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-135}
    • }
  •  Giacomuzzo, G., Terreran, M., Jain, S., Romeres, D., "DECAF: a Discrete-Event based Collaborative Human-Robot Framework for Furniture Assembly", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), October 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-138 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Giacomuzzo2024oct,
    • author = {Giacomuzzo, Giulio and Terreran, Matteo and Jain, Siddarth and Romeres, Diego}},
    • title = {DECAF: a Discrete-Event based Collaborative Human-Robot Framework for Furniture Assembly},
    • booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-138}
    • }
  •  Vanfretti, L., Laughman, C.R., Chakrabarty, A., "Integrating Generative Machine Learning Models and Physics-Based Models for Building Energy Simulation", American Modelica Conference, October 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-140 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Vanfretti2024oct,
    • author = {Vanfretti, Luigi and Laughman, Christopher R. and Chakrabarty, Ankush}},
    • title = {Integrating Generative Machine Learning Models and Physics-Based Models for Building Energy Simulation},
    • booktitle = {American Modelica Conference},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-140}
    • }
  •  Shimane, Y., Ho, K., Weiss, A., "Autonomous Horizon-Based Optical Navigation on Near-Planar Cislunar Libration Point Orbits", 4th Space Imaging Workshop, October 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-139 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Shimane2024oct,
    • author = {Shimane, Yuri and Ho, Koki and Weiss, Avishai}},
    • title = {Autonomous Horizon-Based Optical Navigation on Near-Planar Cislunar Libration Point Orbits},
    • booktitle = {4th Space Imaging Workshop},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-139}
    • }
  •  Ota, K., Jha, D.K., Jain, S., Yerazunis, W.S., Corcodel, R., Shukla, Y., Bronars, A., Romeres, D., "Autonomous Robotic Assembly: From Part Singulation to Precise Assembly", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems., October 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-133 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Ota2024oct,
    • author = {Ota, Kei and Jha, Devesh K. and Jain, Siddarth and Yerazunis, William S. and Corcodel, Radu and Shukla, Yash and Bronars, Antonia and Romeres, Diego}},
    • title = {Autonomous Robotic Assembly: From Part Singulation to Precise Assembly},
    • booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems.},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-133}
    • }
  •  Mowlavi, S., Benosman, M., "Reinforcement Learning-Based Estimation for Spatio-Temporal Systems", Nature Scientific Reports, DOI: 10.1038/​s41598-024-72055-1, Vol. 14, pp. 22464, October 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-134 PDF
    • @article{Mowlavi2024oct,
    • author = {Mowlavi, Saviz and Benosman, Mouhacine}},
    • title = {Reinforcement Learning-Based Estimation for Spatio-Temporal Systems},
    • journal = {Nature Scientific Reports},
    • year = 2024,
    • volume = 14,
    • pages = 22464,
    • month = oct,
    • doi = {10.1038/s41598-024-72055-1},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-134}
    • }
  •  Romero, O., Benosman, M., Pappas, G., "From Convexity to Strong Convexity and Beyond: Bridging The Gap In Convergence Rates", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), September 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-131 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Romero2024sep,
    • author = {Romero, Orlando and Benosman, Mouhacine and Pappas, George}},
    • title = {From Convexity to Strong Convexity and Beyond: Bridging The Gap In Convergence Rates},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-131}
    • }
  •  Cao, W., Gao, J., Ma, T., Ma, R., Benosman, M., Zhang, X., "ROSE-Opt: Robust and Efficient Analog Circuit Parameter Optimization with Knowledge-infused Reinforcement Learning", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, September 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-132 PDF
    • @article{Cao2024sep,
    • author = {Cao, Weidong and Gao, Jian and Ma, Tianrui and Ma, Rui and Benosman, Mouhacine and Zhang, Xuan}},
    • title = {ROSE-Opt: Robust and Efficient Analog Circuit Parameter Optimization with Knowledge-infused Reinforcement Learning},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-132}
    • }
  •  Saijo, K., Ebbers, J., Germain, F.G., Khurana, S., Wichern, G., Le Roux, J., "Leveraging Audio-Only Data for Text-Queried Target Sound Extraction", arXiv, September 2024.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Saijo2024sep3,
    • author = {{Saijo, Kohei and Ebbers, Janek and Germain, François G and Khurana, Sameer and Wichern, Gordon and Le Roux, Jonathan}},
    • title = {Leveraging Audio-Only Data for Text-Queried Target Sound Extraction},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.13152v1}
    • }
  •  Hegde, D., Lohit, S., Peng, K.-C., Jones, M.J., Patel, V.M., "Equivariant Spatio-Temporal Self-Supervision for LiDAR Object Detection", European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), September 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-130 PDF Video Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Hegde2024sep,
    • author = {{Hegde, Deepti and Lohit, Suhas and Peng, Kuan-Chuan and Jones, Michael J. and Patel, Vishal M.}},
    • title = {Equivariant Spatio-Temporal Self-Supervision for LiDAR Object Detection},
    • booktitle = {European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-130}
    • }
  •  Pais, G., Piedade, V., Chatterjee, M., Greiff, M., Miraldo, P., "A Probability-guided Sampler for Neural Implicit Surface Rendering", European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), September 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-129 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Pais2024sep,
    • author = {Pais, Goncalo and Piedade, Valter and Chatterjee, Moitreya and Greiff, Marcus and Miraldo, Pedro}},
    • title = {A Probability-guided Sampler for Neural Implicit Surface Rendering},
    • booktitle = {European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-129}
    • }
  •  Saijo, K., Wichern, G., Germain, F.G., Pan, Z., Le Roux, J., "TF-Locoformer: Transformer with Local Modeling by Convolution for Speech Separation and Enhancement", International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC), September 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-126 PDF Software
    • @inproceedings{Saijo2024sep2,
    • author = {Saijo, Kohei and Wichern, Gordon and Germain, François G and Pan, Zexu and Le Roux, Jonathan}},
    • title = {TF-Locoformer: Transformer with Local Modeling by Convolution for Speech Separation and Enhancement},
    • booktitle = {International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-126}
    • }
  •  Turcato, N., Dalla Libera, A., Giacomuzzo, G., Carli, R., Romeres, D., "Learning control of underactuated double pendulum with Model-Based Reinforcement Learning", arXiv, September 2024.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Turcato2024sep,
    • author = {Turcato, Niccolò and Dalla Libera, Alberto and Giacomuzzo, Giulio and Carli, Ruggero and Romeres, Diego}},
    • title = {Learning control of underactuated double pendulum with Model-Based Reinforcement Learning},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05811}
    • }
  •  Cherian, A., Jain, S., Marks, T.K., "Few-shot Transparent Instance Segmentation for Bin Picking", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), September 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-127 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Cherian2024sep,
    • author = {Cherian, Anoop and Jain, Siddarth and Marks, Tim K.}},
    • title = {Few-shot Transparent Instance Segmentation for Bin Picking},
    • booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-127}
    • }
  •  Yin, J., Luo, A., Du, Y., Cherian, A., Marks, T.K., Le Roux, J., Gan, C., "Disentangled Acoustic Fields For Multimodal Physical Scene Understanding", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), September 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-125 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Yin2024sep,
    • author = {Yin, Jie and Luo, Andrew and Du, Yilun and Cherian, Anoop and Marks, Tim K. and Le Roux, Jonathan and Gan, Chuang}},
    • title = {Disentangled Acoustic Fields For Multimodal Physical Scene Understanding},
    • booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-125}
    • }
  •  Cai, X., Queeney, J., Xu, T., Datar, A., Pan, C., Miller, M., Flather, A., Osteen, P.R., Roy, N., Xiao, X., How, J.P., "PIETRA: Physics-Informed Evidential Learning for Traversing Out-of-Distribution Terrain", arXiv, September 2024.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Cai2024sep,
    • author = {Cai, Xiaoyi and Queeney, James and Xu, Tong and Datar, Aniket and Pan, Chenhui and Miller, Max and Flather, Ashton and Osteen, Philip R. and Roy, Nicholas and Xiao, Xuesu and How, Jonathan P.}},
    • title = {PIETRA: Physics-Informed Evidential Learning for Traversing Out-of-Distribution Terrain},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2409.03005}
    • }
  •  Quirynen, R., Safaoui, S., Di Cairano, S., "Real-time Mixed-Integer Quadratic Programming for Vehicle Decision Making and Motion Planning", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, September 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-123 PDF
    • @article{Quirynen2024sep,
    • author = {Quirynen, Rien and Safaoui, Sleiman and Di Cairano, Stefano}},
    • title = {Real-time Mixed-Integer Quadratic Programming for Vehicle Decision Making and Motion Planning},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-123}
    • }
  •  Liu, D., Shinya, T., "ROBUST SLOT HARMONIC EXTRACTION IN VARYING SPEED OPERATIONS", 26TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRICAL MACHINES ICEM 2024, September 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-119 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Liu2024sep,
    • author = {Liu, Dehong and Shinya, Tsurutashin}},
    • title = {ROBUST SLOT HARMONIC EXTRACTION IN VARYING SPEED OPERATIONS},
    • booktitle = {26TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRICAL MACHINES ICEM 2024},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-119}
    • }
  •  Rahman, M., Yataka, R., Kato, S., Wang, P., Li, P., Cardace, A., Boufounos, P.T., "MMVR: Millimeter-wave Multi-View Radar Dataset and Benchmark for Indoor Perception", European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), September 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-117 PDF Data
    • @inproceedings{Rahman2024sep,
    • author = {Rahman, Mahbub and Yataka, Ryoma and Kato, Sorachi and Wang, Pu and Li, Peizhao and Cardace, Adriano and Boufounos, Petros T.}},
    • title = {MMVR: Millimeter-wave Multi-View Radar Dataset and Benchmark for Indoor Perception},
    • booktitle = {European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-117}
    • }
  •  Zhang, H., Wang, B., "Supervised Contrastive Learning for Electric Motor Bearing Fault Detection", International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), September 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-120 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Zhang2024sep,
    • author = {Zhang, Hengrui and Wang, Bingnan}},
    • title = {Supervised Contrastive Learning for Electric Motor Bearing Fault Detection},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-120}
    • }
  •  Bahrman, L., Fontaine, M., Le Roux, J., Richard, G., "Speech Dereverberation Constrained on Room Impulse Response Characteristics", Interspeech, DOI: 10.21437/​Interspeech.2024-1173, September 2024, pp. 622-626.
    BibTeX TR2024-121 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Bahrman2024sep,
    • author = {Bahrman, Louis and Fontaine, Mathieu and Le Roux, Jonathan and Richard, Gaël}},
    • title = {Speech Dereverberation Constrained on Room Impulse Response Characteristics},
    • booktitle = {Interspeech},
    • year = 2024,
    • pages = {622--626},
    • month = sep,
    • doi = {10.21437/Interspeech.2024-1173},
    • issn = {2958-1796},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-121}
    • }
  •  Ebbers, J., Germain, F.G., Wichern, G., Le Roux, J., "Sound Event Bounding Boxes", Interspeech, DOI: 10.21437/​Interspeech.2024-2075, September 2024, pp. 562-566.
    BibTeX TR2024-118 PDF Software
    • @inproceedings{Ebbers2024sep,
    • author = {Ebbers, Janek and Germain, François G and Wichern, Gordon and Le Roux, Jonathan}},
    • title = {Sound Event Bounding Boxes},
    • booktitle = {Interspeech},
    • year = 2024,
    • pages = {562--566},
    • month = sep,
    • doi = {10.21437/Interspeech.2024-2075},
    • issn = {2958-1796},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-118}
    • }