Publications

3,591 major publications by members of the MERL staff.


  •  Ozcan, E.C., Giammarino, V., Queeney, J., Paschalidis, I.C., "A Model-Based Approach for Improving Reinforcement Learning Efficiency Leveraging Expert Observations", arXiv, February 2024.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Ozcan2024feb,
    • author = {Ozcan, Erhan Can and Giammarino, Vittorio and Queeney, James and Paschalidis, Ioannis Ch.},
    • title = {A Model-Based Approach for Improving Reinforcement Learning Efficiency Leveraging Expert Observations},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = feb,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.18836}
    • }
  •  Lowy, A., Li, Z., Liu, J., Koike-Akino, T., Parsons, K., Wang, Y., "Why Does Differential Privacy with Large ε Defend Against Practical Membership Inference Attacks?", AAAI Workshop on Privacy-Preserving Artificial Intelligence, February 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-009 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Lowy2024feb2,
    • author = {Lowy, Andrew and Li, Zhuohang and Liu, Jing and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Parsons, Kieran and Wang, Ye},
    • title = {Why Does Differential Privacy with Large ε Defend Against Practical Membership Inference Attacks?},
    • booktitle = {AAAI Workshop on Privacy-Preserving Artificial Intelligence},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = feb,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-009}
    • }
  •  Basu, S., Lohit, S., Brand, M., "G-RepsNet: A Fast and General Construction of Equivariant Networks for Arbitrary Matrix Groups", arXiv, February 2024.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Basu2024feb,
    • author = {Basu, Sourya and Lohit, Suhas and Brand, Matthew},
    • title = {G-RepsNet: A Fast and General Construction of Equivariant Networks for Arbitrary Matrix Groups},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = feb,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.15413}
    • }
  •  Xie, X., Mowlavi, S., Benosman, M., "Smooth and Sparse Latent Dynamics in Operator Learning with Jerk Regularization", arXiv, February 2024.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Xie2024feb,
    • author = {Xie, Xiaoyu and Mowlavi, Saviz and Benosman, Mouhacine},
    • title = {Smooth and Sparse Latent Dynamics in Operator Learning with Jerk Regularization},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = feb,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.15636}
    • }
  •  Kuwabara, A., Osako Yutaro, , Kato, S., Fujihashi, T., Koike-Akino, T., Watanabe, T., "Implicit Neural Representation-based Hybrid Digital-Analog Image Delivery", IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), February 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-007 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Kuwabara2024feb,
    • author = {Kuwabara,Akihiro and Osako Yutaro and Kato, Sorachi and Fujihashi, Takuya and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Watanabe, Takashi},
    • title = {Implicit Neural Representation-based Hybrid Digital-Analog Image Delivery},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = feb,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-007}
    • }
  •  Boeddeker, C., Subramanian, A.S., Wichern, G., Haeb-Umbach, R., Le Roux, J., "TS-SEP: Joint Diarization and Separation Conditioned on Estimated Speaker Embeddings", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, DOI: 10.1109/​TASLP.2024.3350887, Vol. 32, pp. 1185-1197, February 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-006 PDF
    • @article{Boeddeker2024feb,
    • author = {Boeddeker, Christoph and Subramanian, Aswin Shanmugam and Wichern, Gordon and Haeb-Umbach, Reinhold and Le Roux, Jonathan},
    • title = {TS-SEP: Joint Diarization and Separation Conditioned on Estimated Speaker Embeddings},
    • journal = {IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing},
    • year = 2024,
    • volume = 32,
    • pages = {1185--1197},
    • month = feb,
    • doi = {10.1109/TASLP.2024.3350887},
    • issn = {2329-9304},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-006}
    • }
  •  Schperberg, A., Tanaka, Y., Mowlavi, S., Xu, F., Balaji, B., Hong, D., "OptiState: State Estimation of Legged Robots using Gated Networks with Transformer-based Vision and Kalman Filtering", arXiv, January 2024.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Schperberg2024jan,
    • author = {Schperberg, Alexander and Tanaka, Yusuke and Mowlavi, Saviz and Xu, Feng and Balaji, Bharathan and Hong, Dennis},
    • title = {OptiState: State Estimation of Legged Robots using Gated Networks with Transformer-based Vision and Kalman Filtering},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = jan,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.16719}
    • }
  •  Ma, Y., Rapp, J., Boufounos, P.T., Mansour, H., "A model of spatial resolution uncertainty for Compton camera imaging", International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), DOI: 10.1051/​epjconf/​202328810002, January 2024, pp. 10002.
    BibTeX TR2024-005 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Ma2024jan,
    • author = {Ma, Yanting and Rapp, Joshua and Boufounos, Petros T. and Mansour, Hassan},
    • title = {A model of spatial resolution uncertainty for Compton camera imaging},
    • booktitle = {Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA)},
    • year = 2024,
    • pages = 10002,
    • month = jan,
    • publisher = {EPJ Web of Conferences, 288},
    • doi = {10.1051/epjconf/202328810002},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-005}
    • }
  •  Srinivas, N., Vinod, A.P., Di Cairano, S., Weiss, A., "Lunar Landing with Feasible Divert using Controllable Sets", AIAA SciTech, DOI: 10.2514/​6.2024-0324, January 2024, pp. AIAA 2024-0324.
    BibTeX TR2024-004 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Srinivas2024jan,
    • author = {Srinivas, Neeraj and Vinod, Abraham P. and Di Cairano, Stefano and Weiss, Avishai},
    • title = {Lunar Landing with Feasible Divert using Controllable Sets},
    • booktitle = {AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum},
    • year = 2024,
    • pages = {AIAA 2024--0324},
    • month = jan,
    • doi = {10.2514/6.2024-0324},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-004}
    • }
  •  Kitichotkul, R., Rapp, J., Goyal, V.K., "The Role of Detection Times in Reflectivity Estimation with Single-Photon Lidar", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, DOI: 10.1109/​JSTQE.2023.3333834, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 8800114:1-14, January 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-003 PDF
    • @article{Kitichotkul2024jan,
    • author = {Kitichotkul, Ruangrawee and Rapp, Joshua and Goyal, Vivek K},
    • title = {The Role of Detection Times in Reflectivity Estimation with Single-Photon Lidar},
    • journal = {IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics},
    • year = 2024,
    • volume = 30,
    • number = 1,
    • pages = {8800114:1--14},
    • month = jan,
    • doi = {10.1109/JSTQE.2023.3333834},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-003}
    • }
  •  Zhao, G., Jha, D.K., Wang, Y., Zhu, M., "iPolicy: Incremental Policy Algorithms for Feedback Motion Planning", arXiv, January 2024.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Zhao2024jan,
    • author = {Zhao, Guoxiang and Jha, Devesh K. and Wang, Yebin and Zhu, Minghui},
    • title = {iPolicy: Incremental Policy Algorithms for Feedback Motion Planning},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = jan,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.02883}
    • }
  •  Carmichael, Z., Jones, L.S., Cherian, A., Michael J., , Scheirer, W., "Pixel-Grounded Prototypical Part Networks", IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), January 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-002 PDF Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Carmichael2024jan,
    • author = {Carmichael, Zachariah and Jones, Lohit, Suhas and Cherian, Anoop and Michael J. and Scheirer, Walter},
    • title = {Pixel-Grounded Prototypical Part Networks},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = jan,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-002}
    • }
  •  Qiao, H., Kobayashi, T., Laughman, C.R., Bortoff, S.A., "On the Characteristics of One-Dimensional Compressible Flow", International Modelica Conference, Dirk Müller, Antonello Monti, and Andrea Benigni, Eds., DOI: 10.3384/​ecp204327, December 2023, pp. 327-336.
    BibTeX TR2024-001 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Qiao2023dec,
    • author = {Qiao, Hongtao and Kobayashi, Takashi and Laughman, Christopher R. and Bortoff, Scott A.},
    • title = {On the Characteristics of One-Dimensional Compressible Flow},
    • booktitle = {Proceedings of the 15th International Modelica Conference 2023},
    • year = 2023,
    • editor = {Dirk Müller, Antonello Monti, and Andrea Benigni},
    • pages = {327--336},
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.3384/ecp204327},
    • isbn = {978-91-8075-505-4},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-001}
    • }
  •  Liu, X., Paul, S., Chatterjee, M., Cherian, A., "CAVEN: An Embodied Conversational Agent for Efficient Audio-Visual Navigation in Noisy Environments", AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, December 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-154 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Liu2023dec2,
    • author = {Liu, Xiulong and Paul, Sudipta and Chatterjee, Moitreya and Cherian, Anoop},
    • title = {CAVEN: An Embodied Conversational Agent for Efficient Audio-Visual Navigation in Noisy Environments},
    • booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-154}
    • }
  •  Azad, T., Hossain, T., Sikder, B., Xie, Q., Yuan, M., Yagyu, E., Teo, K.H., Palacios, T., Chowdhury, N., "AlGaN/GaN based Multi-Metal Gated High Electron Mobility Transistor with Improved Linearity", IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, December 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-153 PDF
    • @article{Azad2023dec,
    • author = {Azad, Tasnim and Hossain, Toiyob and Sikder, Bejoy and Xie, Qingyun and Yuan, Mengyang and Yagyu, Eiji and Teo, Koon Hoo and Palacios, Tomas and Chowdhury, Nadim},
    • title = {AlGaN/GaN based Multi-Metal Gated High Electron Mobility Transistor with Improved Linearity},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-153}
    • }
  •  Zhu, X., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., Sun, L., Tomizuka, M., Cherian, A., "Multi-level Reasoning for Robotic Assembly: From Sequence Inference to Contact Selection", arXiv, December 2023.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Zhu2023dec,
    • author = {Zhu, Xinghao and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego and Sun, Lingfeng and Tomizuka, Masayoshi and Cherian, Anoop},
    • title = {Multi-level Reasoning for Robotic Assembly: From Sequence Inference to Contact Selection},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.10571}
    • }
  •  Liu, J., Koike-Akino, T., Wang, P., Brand, M., Wang, Y., Parsons, K., "LoDA: Low-Dimensional Adaptation of Large Language Models", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) workshop, December 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-150 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Liu2023dec,
    • author = {Liu, Jing and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Wang, Pu and Brand, Matthew and Wang, Ye and Parsons, Kieran},
    • title = {LoDA: Low-Dimensional Adaptation of Large Language Models},
    • booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) workshop},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-150}
    • }
  •  Pan, Z., Wichern, G., Masuyama, Y., Germain, F.G., Khurana, S., Hori, C., Le Roux, J., "Scenario-Aware Audio-Visual TF-GridNet for Target Speech Extraction", IEEE Workshop on Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding (ASRU), DOI: 10.1109/​ASRU57964.2023.10389618, December 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-152 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Pan2023dec2,
    • author = {Pan, Zexu and Wichern, Gordon and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Germain, François G and Khurana, Sameer and Hori, Chiori and Le Roux, Jonathan},
    • title = {Scenario-Aware Audio-Visual TF-GridNet for Target Speech Extraction},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Workshop on Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding (ASRU)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1109/ASRU57964.2023.10389618},
    • isbn = {979-8-3503-0689-7},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-152}
    • }
  •  Kong, C., Yerazunis, W.S., Nikovski, D., "Stochastic Learning Manipulation of Object Pose With Under-Actuated Impulse Generator Arrays", International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), DOI: 10.1109/​ICMLA58977.2023.00024, December 2023, pp. 112-119.
    BibTeX TR2023-151 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Kong2023dec,
    • author = {Kong, Chuizheng and Yerazunis, William S. and Nikovski, Daniel},
    • title = {Stochastic Learning Manipulation of Object Pose With Under-Actuated Impulse Generator Arrays},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {112--119},
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1109/ICMLA58977.2023.00024},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-151}
    • }
  •  Li, Z., Lowy, A., Liu, J., Koike-Akino, T., Malin, B., Parsons, K., Wang, Y., "Exploring User-level Gradient Inversion with a Diffusion Prior", International Workshop on Federated Learning in the Age of Foundation Models in Conjunction with NeurIPS, December 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-149 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Li2023dec,
    • author = {Li, Zhuohang and Lowy, Andrew and Liu, Jing and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Malin, Bradley and Parsons, Kieran and Wang, Ye},
    • title = {Exploring User-level Gradient Inversion with a Diffusion Prior},
    • booktitle = {International Workshop on Federated Learning in the Age of Foundation Models in Conjunction with NeurIPS},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-149}
    • }
  •  Sun, L., Jha, D.K., Hori, C., Jain, S., Corcodel, R., Zhu, X., Tomizuka, M., Romeres, D., "Interactive Planning Using Large Language Models for Partially Observable Robotics Tasks", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Workshop on Instruction Tuning and Instruction Following, December 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-148 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Sun2023dec,
    • author = {Sun, Lingfeng and Jha, Devesh K. and Hori, Chiori and Jain, Siddarth and Corcodel, Radu and Zhu, Xinghao and Tomizuka, Masayoshi and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {Interactive Planning Using Large Language Models for Partially Observable Robotics Tasks},
    • booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Workshop on Instruction Tuning and Instruction Following},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-148}
    • }
  •  Bonzanini, A.D., Mesbah, A., Di Cairano, S., "Perception-Aware Model Predictive Control for Constrained Control in Unknown Environments", Automatica, DOI: 10.1016/​j.automatica.2023.111418, December 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-147 PDF
    • @article{Bonzanini2023dec,
    • author = {Bonzanini, Angelo Domenico and Mesbah, Ali and Di Cairano, Stefano},
    • title = {Perception-Aware Model Predictive Control for Constrained Control in Unknown Environments},
    • journal = {Automatica},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1016/j.automatica.2023.111418},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-147}
    • }
  •  Mowlavi, S., Benosman, M., "Dual Parametric and State Estimation for Partial Differential Equations", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, DOI: 10.1109/​CDC49753.2023.10384246, December 2023, pp. 8156-8161.
    BibTeX TR2023-145 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Mowlavi2023dec,
    • author = {Mowlavi, Saviz and Benosman, Mouhacine},
    • title = {Dual Parametric and State Estimation for Partial Differential Equations},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {8156--8161},
    • month = dec,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/CDC49753.2023.10384246},
    • issn = {2576-2370},
    • isbn = {979-8-3503-0125-0},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-145}
    • }
  •  Queeney, J., Benosman, M., "Risk-Averse Model Uncertainty for Distributionally Robust Safe Reinforcement Learning", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), A. Oh and T. Neumann and A. Globerson and K. Saenko and M. Hardt and S. Levine, Eds., December 2023, pp. 1659-1680.
    BibTeX TR2023-143 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Queeney2023dec,
    • author = {Queeney, James and Benosman, Mouhacine},
    • title = {Risk-Averse Model Uncertainty for Distributionally Robust Safe Reinforcement Learning},
    • booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
    • year = 2023,
    • editor = {A. Oh and T. Neumann and A. Globerson and K. Saenko and M. Hardt and S. Levine},
    • pages = {1659--1680},
    • month = dec,
    • publisher = {Curran Associates, Inc.},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-143}
    • }
  •  Shao, K., Romeres, D., Chakrabarty, A., Mesbah, A., "Preference-Guided Bayesian Optimization for Control Policy Learning: Application to Personalized Plasma Medicine", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), December 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-146 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Shao2023dec,
    • author = {Shao, Ketong and Romeres, Diego and Chakrabarty, Ankush and Mesbah, Ali},
    • title = {Preference-Guided Bayesian Optimization for Control Policy Learning: Application to Personalized Plasma Medicine},
    • booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-146}
    • }