Publications

4,083 major publications by members of the MERL staff.


  •  Suzuki, K., Liu, J., Wang, Y., Hori, C., Brand, M., Romeres, D., Koike-Akino, T., "Embedding Morphology into Transformers for Cross-Robot Policy Learning", International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop, April 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-048 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Suzuki2026apr,
    • author = {Suzuki, Kei and Liu, Jing and Wang, Ye and Hori, Chiori and Brand, Matthew and Romeres, Diego and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
    • title = {{Embedding Morphology into Transformers for Cross-Robot Policy Learning}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on Efficient Spatial Reasoning},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = apr,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-048}
    • }
  •  Wang, Y., Liu, J., Koike-Akino, T., "Directional Embedding Smoothing for Robust Vision Language Models", International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on Agents in the Wild, April 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-049 PDF Software Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Wang2026apr4,
    • author = {{Wang, Ye and Liu, Jing and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki}},
    • title = {{Directional Embedding Smoothing for Robust Vision Language Models}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on Agents in the Wild},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = apr,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-049}
    • }
  •  Zhang, Y., Corcodel, R., Hori, C., Cherian, A., Zhao, D., "SpinBench: 3D Rotation as a Lens on Spatial Reasoning in VLMs", International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2026, C. Vondrick and B. Hariharan and C. Raffel and L. Pinto and D. Yang and A. Faust, Eds., April 2026, pp. 70072-70141.
    BibTeX TR2026-045 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Zhang2026apr2,
    • author = {Zhang, Yuyou and Corcodel, Radu and Hori, Chiori and Cherian, Anoop and Zhao, Ding},
    • title = {{SpinBench: 3D Rotation as a Lens on Spatial Reasoning in VLMs}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations},
    • year = 2026,
    • editor = {C. Vondrick and B. Hariharan and C. Raffel and L. Pinto and D. Yang and A. Faust},
    • pages = {70072--70141},
    • month = apr,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-045}
    • }
  •  Koike-Akino, T., Liu, J., Wang, Y., "TTQ: Activation-Aware Test-Time Quantization to Accelerate LLM Inference on the Fly", International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop, April 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-044 PDF Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Koike-Akino2026apr,
    • author = {{Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Liu, Jing and Wang, Ye}},
    • title = {{TTQ: Activation-Aware Test-Time Quantization to Accelerate LLM Inference on the Fly}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on Test-Time Updates (TTU)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = apr,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-044}
    • }
  •  Wang, Z., Hu, H., Deng, X., Mowlavi, S., Nakahira, Y., "OpInf-LLM: Parametric PDE Solving with LLMs via Operator Inference", International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on AI and Partial Differential Equations (AI&PDE), April 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-043 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Wang2026apr2,
    • author = {Wang, Zhuoyuan and Hu, Hanjiang and Deng, Xiyu and Mowlavi, Saviz and Nakahira, Yorie},
    • title = {{OpInf-LLM: Parametric PDE Solving with LLMs via Operator Inference}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on AI and Partial Differential Equations (AI\&PDE)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = apr,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-043}
    • }
  •  Wang, Z., Romagnoli, R., Mowlavi, S., Nakahira, Y., "Physics-Informed Deep B-Spline Networks", International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on AI and Partial Differential Equations (AI&PDE), April 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-046 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Wang2026apr3,
    • author = {Wang, Zhuoyuan and Romagnoli, Raffaele and Mowlavi, Saviz and Nakahira, Yorie},
    • title = {{Physics-Informed Deep B-Spline Networks}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on AI and Partial Differential Equations (AI\&PDE)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = apr,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-046}
    • }
  •  Zhai, H., Qiao, H., Mansour, H., Laughman, C.R., "Scalable Physics-Informed Neural Differential Equations and Data-Driven Algorithms for HVAC Systems", arXiv, April 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Zhai2026apr,
    • author = {Zhai, Hanfeng and Qiao, Hongtao and Mansour, Hassan and Laughman, Christopher R.},
    • title = {{Scalable Physics-Informed Neural Differential Equations and Data-Driven Algorithms for HVAC Systems}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = apr,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18438}
    • }
  •  Li, X., Wang, Y., Jiang, Z.-P., "Adaptive Dynamic Programming with Control Barrier Function for Safety-Critical Control Applications", SCIENTIA SINICA Informationis, DOI: 10.1360/​SSI-2025-0475, Vol. 56, No. 5, April 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-104 PDF
    • @article{Li2026apr,
    • author = {Li, Xianning and Wang, Yebin and Jiang, Zhong-Ping},
    • title = {{Adaptive Dynamic Programming with Control Barrier Function for Safety-Critical Control Applications}},
    • journal = {SCIENTIA SINICA Informationis},
    • year = 2026,
    • volume = 56,
    • number = 5,
    • month = apr,
    • doi = {10.1360/SSI-2025-0475},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-104}
    • }
  •  Ryo, H., Wang, Y., Koike-Akino, T., Liu, J., Parsons, K., Hato, J., "Evaluating Security Policy Compliance in Infrastructure as Code Generated by Large Language Models", International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security, DOI: 10.1109/​ISDFS69419.2026.11458930, March 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-036 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Ryo2026mar,
    • author = {Ryo, Hase and Wang, Ye and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Liu, Jing and Parsons, Kieran and Hato, Jumpei},
    • title = {{Evaluating Security Policy Compliance in Infrastructure as Code Generated by Large Language Models}},
    • booktitle = {International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = mar,
    • doi = {10.1109/ISDFS69419.2026.11458930},
    • issn = {2768-1831},
    • isbn = {979-8-3315-7310-2},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-036}
    • }
  •  Koike-Akino, T., Chen, X., Liu, J., Wang, Y., Wang, P., Brand, M., "LatentLLM: Activation-Aware Transform to Multi-Head Latent Attention", AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor, Eds., DOI: 10.1609/​aaai.v40i27.39425, March 2026, vol. 40, pp. 22644-22652.
    BibTeX TR2026-018 PDF Video Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Koike-Akino2026jan,
    • author = {{{Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Chen, Xiangyu and Liu, Jing and Wang, Ye and Wang, Pu and Brand, Matthew}}},
    • title = {{{LatentLLM: Activation-Aware Transform to Multi-Head Latent Attention}}},
    • booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
    • year = 2026,
    • editor = {Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor},
    • volume = 40,
    • number = 27,
    • pages = {22644--22652},
    • month = jan,
    • publisher = {AAAI Press},
    • doi = {10.1609/aaai.v40i27.39425},
    • issn = {2374-3468},
    • isbn = {978-1-57735-906-7},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-018}
    • }
  •  Shenoy, V., Lohit, S., Mansour, H., Chellappa, R., Marks, T.K., "Recovering Pulse Waves from Video Using Deep Unrolling and Deep Equilibrium Models", IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, DOI: 10.1109/​TIP.2026.3671653, Vol. 35, pp. 2755-2770, March 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-031 PDF
    • @article{Shenoy2026mar,
    • author = {Shenoy, Vineet and Lohit, Suhas and Mansour, Hassan and Chellappa, Rama and Marks, Tim K.},
    • title = {{Recovering Pulse Waves from Video Using Deep Unrolling and Deep Equilibrium Models}},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Image Processing},
    • year = 2026,
    • volume = 35,
    • pages = {2755--2770},
    • month = mar,
    • doi = {10.1109/TIP.2026.3671653},
    • issn = {1941-0042},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-031}
    • }
  •  Khattar, V., Rashid, M.R.U., Choudhury, M., Liu, J., Koike-Akino, T., Jin, M., Wang, Y., "Amplification Effects in Test-Time Reinforcement Learning: Safety and Reasoning Vulnerabilities", arXiv, March 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Khattar2026mar,
    • author = {{Khattar, Vanshaj and Rashid, Md Rafi Ur and Choudhury, Moumita and Liu, Jing and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Jin, Ming and Wang, Ye}},
    • title = {{Amplification Effects in Test-Time Reinforcement Learning: Safety and Reasoning Vulnerabilities}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = mar,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.15417}
    • }
  •  Yamamoto, T., Sakamoto, Y., Sun, S., Koike-Akino, T., Wang, Y., Wang, B., "Presentation of Team MELSUR's Achievements in the COMPUMAG 2025 Galileo Ferraris Contest", IEEJ, March 2026.
    BibTeX
    • @inproceedings{Yamamoto2026mar,
    • author = {Yamamoto, Tatsuya and Sakamoto, Yusuke and Sun, Siyuan and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Wang, Ye and Wang, Bingnan},
    • title = {{Presentation of Team MELSUR's Achievements in the COMPUMAG 2025 Galileo Ferraris Contest}},
    • booktitle = {IEEJ},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = mar
    • }
  •  Sohail, M.A., Koike-Akino, T., "Geo-ADAPT-VQE: Quantum Information Metric-Aware Circuit Optimization for Quantum Chemistry Mohammad Aamir Sohail, Toshiaki Koike-Akino", arXiv, March 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Sohail2026mar,
    • author = {Sohail, Mohammad A and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
    • title = {{Geo-ADAPT-VQE: Quantum Information Metric-Aware Circuit Optimization for Quantum Chemistry Mohammad Aamir Sohail, Toshiaki Koike-Akino}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = mar,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.10325}
    • }
  •  Kogashi, K., Cherian, A., Kuo, M.-Y.J., "MMHOI: Modeling Complex 3D Multi-Human Multi-Object Interactions", IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), March 2026, pp. 1512-1521.
    BibTeX TR2026-029 PDF Video Data
    • @inproceedings{Kogashi2026mar,
    • author = {Kogashi, Kaen and Cherian, Anoop and Kuo, Meng-Yu Jennifer},
    • title = {{MMHOI: Modeling Complex 3D Multi-Human Multi-Object Interactions}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV)},
    • year = 2026,
    • pages = {1512--1521},
    • month = mar,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-029}
    • }
  •  Lualdi, C., Rapp, J., Kwiat, P., "Quantum-enhanced sensing of time-varying signals at the nanometer scale", SPIE Photonics West, Shahriar, S. M., Eds., DOI: 10.1117/​12.3079847, March 2026, vol. 13920, pp. 139200I.
    BibTeX TR2026-037 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Lualdi2026mar,
    • author = {Lualdi, Colin and Rapp, Joshua and Kwiat, Paul},
    • title = {{Quantum-enhanced sensing of time-varying signals at the nanometer scale}},
    • booktitle = {Proc. SPIE Quantum Sensing, Imaging, and Precision Metrology IV},
    • year = 2026,
    • editor = {Shahriar, S. M.},
    • volume = 13920,
    • pages = {139200I},
    • month = mar,
    • publisher = {SPIE},
    • doi = {10.1117/12.3079847},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-037}
    • }
  •  Gao, W., Wang, Y., Vamvoudakis, K., "Output-Feedback Learning-based Adaptive Optimal Control of Nonlinear Systems", Automatica, DOI: 10.1016/​j.automatica.2026.112875, Vol. 187, March 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-028 PDF
    • @article{Gao2026mar,
    • author = {Gao, Weinan and Wang, Yebin and Vamvoudakis, Kyriakos},
    • title = {{Output-Feedback Learning-based Adaptive Optimal Control of Nonlinear Systems}},
    • journal = {Automatica},
    • year = 2026,
    • volume = 187,
    • month = mar,
    • doi = {10.1016/j.automatica.2026.112875},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-028}
    • }
  •  Hu, H., Liu, C., Li, N., Wang, Y., "Training Task Reasoning LLM Agents for Multi-turn Task Planning via Single-turn Reinforcement Learning", IEEE Control Systems Letters, DOI: 10.1109/​LCSYS.2025.3642767, Vol. 9, pp. 2879-2884, February 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-026 PDF
    • @article{Hu2026feb,
    • author = {Hu, Hanjiang and Liu, Changliu and Li, Na and Wang, Yebin},
    • title = {{Training Task Reasoning LLM Agents for Multi-turn Task Planning via Single-turn Reinforcement Learning}},
    • journal = {IEEE Control Systems Letters},
    • year = 2026,
    • volume = 9,
    • pages = {2879--2884},
    • month = feb,
    • doi = {10.1109/LCSYS.2025.3642767},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-026}
    • }
  •  Qin, J., Sun, H., Yu, N., Guo, J., Wang, Y., Raghunathan, A., "Temporal Surrogate Lagrangian Decomposition for Operational Hosting Capacity Assessment In Unbalanced Power Distribution Systems", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, DOI: 10.1109/​TII.2025.3650721, February 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-025 PDF
    • @article{Qin2026feb,
    • author = {Qin, Jingtao and Sun, Hongbo and Yu, Nanpeng and Guo, Jianlin and Wang, Ye and Raghunathan, Arvind},
    • title = {{Temporal Surrogate Lagrangian Decomposition for Operational Hosting Capacity Assessment In Unbalanced Power Distribution Systems}},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = feb,
    • doi = {10.1109/TII.2025.3650721},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-025}
    • }
  •  Mumcu, F., Jones, M.J., Yilmaz, Y., Cherian, A., "Leveraging Multimodal LLM Descriptions of Activity for Explainable Semi-Supervised Video Anomaly Detection", Transactions on Machine Learning Research, DOI: 10.48550/​arXiv.2510.14896, February 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-027 PDF
    • @article{Mumcu2026feb2,
    • author = {Mumcu, Furkan and Jones, Michael J. and Yilmaz, Yasin and Cherian, Anoop},
    • title = {{Leveraging Multimodal LLM Descriptions of Activity for Explainable Semi-Supervised Video Anomaly Detection}},
    • journal = {Transactions on Machine Learning Research},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = feb,
    • doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2510.14896},
    • issn = {2835-8856},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-027}
    • }
  •  Dirnfeld, D., Delattre, F., Miraldo, P., Learned-Miller, E., "FLIGHT: Fibonacci Lattice-based Inference for Geometric Heading in real-Time", arXiv, February 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Dirnfeld2026feb,
    • author = {Dirnfeld, David and Delattre, Fabien and Miraldo, Pedro and Learned-Miller, Erik},
    • title = {{FLIGHT: Fibonacci Lattice-based Inference for Geometric Heading in real-Time}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = feb,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.23115}
    • }
  •  Wilkinghoff, K., Wichern, G., Le Roux, J., Tan, Z.-H., "Mind the Gap: Detecting Cluster Exits for Robust Local Density-Based Score Normalization in Anomalous Sound Detection", arXiv, February 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Wilkinghoff2026feb,
    • author = {Wilkinghoff, Kevin and Wichern, Gordon and {Le Roux}, Jonathan and Tan, Zheng-Hua},
    • title = {{Mind the Gap: Detecting Cluster Exits for Robust Local Density-Based Score Normalization in Anomalous Sound Detection}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = feb,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.18777}
    • }
  •  Ghezzi, A., Nurkanović, A., Weiss, A., Diehl, M., Di Cairano, S., "A Comparative Study of MINLP and MPVC Formulations for Solving Complex Nonlinear Decision-Making Problems in Aerospace Applications", Optimal Control Applications and Methods, DOI: 10.1002/​oca.70033, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 4-23, February 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-024 PDF
    • @article{Ghezzi2026feb,
    • author = {Ghezzi, Andrea and Nurkanović, Armin and Weiss, Avishai and Diehl, Moritz and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
    • title = {{A Comparative Study of MINLP and MPVC Formulations for Solving Complex Nonlinear Decision-Making Problems in Aerospace Applications}},
    • journal = {Optimal Control Applications and Methods},
    • year = 2026,
    • volume = 47,
    • number = 1,
    • pages = {4--23},
    • month = feb,
    • doi = {10.1002/oca.70033},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-024}
    • }
  •  Chen, X., Ren, Z., "Accelerating Single-Point Zeroth-Order Optimization with Regression-Based Gradient Surrogates", arXiv, February 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Chen2026feb,
    • author = {Chen, Xin and Ren, Zhaolin},
    • title = {{Accelerating Single-Point Zeroth-Order Optimization with Regression-Based Gradient Surrogates}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = feb,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04223v2}
    • }
  •  Mumcu, F., Bekit, L., Jones, M.J., Cherian, A., Yilmaz, Y., "Agentic AI-Empowered Dynamic Survey Framework", arXiv, February 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Mumcu2026feb,
    • author = {Mumcu, Furkan and Bekit, Lokman and Jones, Michael J. and Cherian, Anoop and Yilmaz, Yasin},
    • title = {{Agentic AI-Empowered Dynamic Survey Framework}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = feb,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.04071}
    • }