Publications

3,813 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, DOI: 10.1109/​TCST.2024.3433229, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 2492-2499, 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,
    • volume = 32,
    • number = 6,
    • pages = {2492--2499},
    • month = jan,
    • doi = {10.1109/TCST.2024.3433229},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-136}
    • }
  •  Sikder, B., Hossain, T., Xie, Q., Niroula, J., Rajput, N.S., Teo, K.H., Amano, H., Palacios, T., Chowdhury, N., "Hole transport mechanism at high temperatures in p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN Heterostructure", Applied Physics Letters, DOI: 10.1063/​5.0203344, January 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-014 PDF
    • @article{Sikder2025jan,
    • author = {Sikder, Bejoy and Hossain, Toiyob and Xie, Qingyun and Niroula, john and Rajput, Nitul S. and Teo, Koon Hoo and Amano, Hiroshi and Palacios, Tomas and Chowdhury, Nadim},
    • title = {{Hole transport mechanism at high temperatures in p-GaN/AlGaN/GaN Heterostructure}},
    • journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = jan,
    • doi = {10.1063/5.0203344},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-014}
    • }
  •  Koike-Akino, T., Kojima, K., Taguchi, M., "Enhancement of data reuploading for photonic neural computing without nonliear optical components", SPIE Photonics West, DOI: 10.1117/​12.3042431, January 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-013 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Koike-Akino2025jan,
    • author = {Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Kojima, Keisuke and Taguchi, Mari},
    • title = {{Enhancement of data reuploading for photonic neural computing without nonliear optical components}},
    • booktitle = {SPIE Photonics West},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = jan,
    • publisher = {SPIE},
    • doi = {10.1117/12.3042431},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-013}
    • }
  •  Kamath, A., Elango, P., Açıkmeşe, B., "Optimal Preconditioning for Online Quadratic Cone Programming", arXiv, January 2025.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Kamath2025jan,
    • author = {Kamath, Abhinav and Elango, Purnanand and Açıkmeşe, Behçet},
    • title = {{Optimal Preconditioning for Online Quadratic Cone Programming}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = jan,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.14191}
    • }
  •  Koo, J., Wichern, G., Germain, F.G., Khurana, S., Le Roux, J., "SMITIN: Self-Monitored Inference-Time INtervention for Generative Music Transformers", IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, DOI: 10.1109/​OJSP.2025.3534686, Vol. 6, pp. 266-275, January 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-012 PDF Software
    • @article{Koo2025jan,
    • author = {Koo, Junghyun and Wichern, Gordon and Germain, François G and Khurana, Sameer and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
    • title = {{SMITIN: Self-Monitored Inference-Time INtervention for Generative Music Transformers}},
    • journal = {IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing},
    • year = 2025,
    • volume = 6,
    • pages = {266--275},
    • month = jan,
    • doi = {10.1109/OJSP.2025.3534686},
    • issn = {2644-1322},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-012}
    • }
  •  Chen, Y., Jha, D.K., Tomizuka, M., Romeres, D., "FDPP: Fine-tune Diffusion Policy with Human Preference", arXiv, January 2025.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Chen2025jan,
    • author = {Chen, Yuxin and Jha, Devesh K. and Tomizuka, Masayoshi and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {{FDPP: Fine-tune Diffusion Policy with Human Preference}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = jan,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.08259}
    • }
  •  Lin, X., Nayak, S., Di Cairano, S., Vinod, A.P., "Data-driven Spatial Classification using Multi-Arm Bandits for Monitoring with Energy-Constrained Mobile Robots", arXiv, January 2025.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Lin2025jan,
    • author = {Lin, Xiaoshan and Nayak, Siddharth and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Vinod, Abraham P.},
    • title = {{Data-driven Spatial Classification using Multi-Arm Bandits for Monitoring with Energy-Constrained Mobile Robots}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = jan,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.08222}
    • }
  •  Chakrabarty, A., Wichern, G., Deshpande, V.M., Vinod, A.P., Berntorp, K., Laughman, C.R., "Meta-Learning for Physically-Constrained Neural System Identification", arXiv, January 2025.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Chakrabarty2025jan,
    • author = {Chakrabarty, Ankush and Wichern, Gordon and Deshpande, Vedang M. and Vinod, Abraham P. and Berntorp, Karl and Laughman, Christopher R.},
    • title = {{Meta-Learning for Physically-Constrained Neural System Identification}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = jan,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.06167v1}
    • }
  •  Greiff, M., Sinhmar, H., Weiss, A., Berntorp, K., Di Cairano, S., "Invariant Set Planning for Quadrotors: Design, Analysis, Experiments", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, DOI: 10.1109/​TCST.2024.3492813, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 449-462, January 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-010 PDF
    • @article{Greiff2025jan,
    • author = {Greiff, Marcus and Sinhmar, Himani and Weiss, Avishai and Berntorp, Karl and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
    • title = {{Invariant Set Planning for Quadrotors: Design, Analysis, Experiments}},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology},
    • year = 2025,
    • volume = 33,
    • number = 2,
    • pages = {449--462},
    • month = jan,
    • doi = {10.1109/TCST.2024.3492813},
    • issn = {1063-6536},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-010}
    • }
  •  Elango, P., Vinod, A.P., Di Cairano, S., Weiss, A., "Continuous-Time Successive Convexification for Passively-Safe Six-Degree-of-Freedom Powered-Descent Guidance", AIAA SciTech, DOI: 10.2514/​6.2025-1894, January 2025, pp. 1-13.
    BibTeX TR2025-008 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Elango2025jan,
    • author = {Elango, Purnanand and Vinod, Abraham P. and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Weiss, Avishai},
    • title = {{Continuous-Time Successive Convexification for Passively-Safe Six-Degree-of-Freedom Powered-Descent Guidance}},
    • booktitle = {AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum},
    • year = 2025,
    • pages = {1--13},
    • month = jan,
    • publisher = {AIAA},
    • doi = {10.2514/6.2025-1894},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-008}
    • }
  •  Lohit, S., Marks, T.K., "Rotation-Equivariant Neural Networks for Cloud Removal from Satellite Images", Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers (ACSSC), DOI: 10.1109/​IEEECONF60004.2024.10942613, January 2025, pp. 1360-1365.
    BibTeX TR2025-009 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Lohit2025jan,
    • author = {Lohit, Suhas and Marks, Tim K.},
    • title = {{Rotation-Equivariant Neural Networks for Cloud Removal from Satellite Images}},
    • booktitle = {2024 58th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers (ACSSC)},
    • year = 2025,
    • pages = {1360--1365},
    • month = jan,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/IEEECONF60004.2024.10942613},
    • issn = {2576-2303},
    • isbn = {979-8-3503-5405-8},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-009}
    • }
  •  Lu, Z., Zhang, T., Wang, Y., "Torque Constraint Modeling and Reference Shaping for Servo Systems", IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS), DOI: 10.1109/​LCSYS.2024.3509495, Vol. 8, pp. 2637-2642, December 2024.
    BibTeX TR2025-006 PDF
    • @article{Lu2024dec2,
    • author = {Lu, Zehui and Zhang, Tianpeng and Wang, Yebin},
    • title = {{Torque Constraint Modeling and Reference Shaping for Servo Systems}},
    • journal = {IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS)},
    • year = 2024,
    • volume = 8,
    • pages = {2637--2642},
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1109/LCSYS.2024.3509495},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-006}
    • }
  •  Lu, Z., Tu, H., Fang, H., Wang, Y., Mou, S., "Integrated Optimal Control for Fast Charging and Active Thermal Management of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Extreme Ambient Temperatures", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, DOI: 10.1109/​TCST.2024.3498812, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 714-728, December 2024.
    BibTeX TR2025-005 PDF
    • @article{Lu2024dec,
    • author = {Lu, Zehui and Tu, Hao and Fang, Huazhen and Wang, Yebin and Mou, Shaoshuai},
    • title = {{Integrated Optimal Control for Fast Charging and Active Thermal Management of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Extreme Ambient Temperatures}},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology},
    • year = 2024,
    • volume = 33,
    • number = 2,
    • pages = {714--728},
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1109/TCST.2024.3498812},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-005}
    • }
  •  Manchiraju, C., Dawande, M., Janakiraman, G., Raghunathan, A., "Dynamic Pricing and Capacity Optimization in Railways", Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, DOI: 10.1287/​msom.2022.0246, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 350-369, December 2024.
    BibTeX TR2025-007 PDF
    • @article{Manchiraju2024dec,
    • author = {Manchiraju, Chandrasekhar and Dawande, Milind and Janakiraman, Ganesh and Raghunathan, Arvind},
    • title = {{Dynamic Pricing and Capacity Optimization in Railways}},
    • journal = {Manufacturing and Service Operations Management},
    • year = 2024,
    • volume = 26,
    • number = 1,
    • pages = {350--369},
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1287/msom.2022.0246},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-007}
    • }
  •  Shirai, Y., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., Romeres, D., "Chance-Constrained Optimization for Contact-rich Systems using Mixed Integer Programming", Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, DOI: 10.1016/​j.nahs.2024.101466, Vol. 52, 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,
    • volume = 52,
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1016/j.nahs.2024.101466},
    • issn = {1751-570X},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-008}
    • }
  •  Raghunathan, A., Linderoth, J., "Stability Analysis of Discrete-Time Linear Complementarity Systems", SIAM Journal on Optimization, December 2024.
    BibTeX TR2025-004 PDF
    • @article{Raghunathan2024dec,
    • author = {Raghunathan, Arvind and Linderoth, Jeffrey},
    • title = {{Stability Analysis of Discrete-Time Linear Complementarity Systems}},
    • journal = {SIAM Journal on Optimization},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-004}
    • }
  •  He, Y., Shin, S., Cherian, A., Trigoni, N., Markham, A., "SoundLoc3D: Invisible 3D Sound Source Localization and Classification Using a Multimodal RGB-D Acoustic Camera", IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), December 2024, pp. 5408-5418.
    BibTeX TR2025-003 PDF
    • @inproceedings{He2024dec2,
    • author = {He, Yuhang and Shin, Sangyun and Cherian, Anoop and Trigoni, Niki and Markham, Andrew},
    • title = {{SoundLoc3D: Invisible 3D Sound Source Localization and Classification Using a Multimodal RGB-D Acoustic Camera}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV)},
    • year = 2024,
    • pages = {5408--5418},
    • month = dec,
    • publisher = {CVF},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-003}
    • }
  •  Zhang, J., Zhang, F., Rodriguez, C., Ben-Shabat, I., Cherian, A., Gould, S., "Temporally Grounding Instructional Diagrams in Unconstrained Videos", IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), December 2024, pp. 8090-8100.
    BibTeX TR2025-002 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Zhang2024dec,
    • author = {Zhang, Jiahao and Zhang, Frederic and Rodriguez, Cristian and Ben-Shabat, Itzik and Cherian, Anoop and Gould, Stephen},
    • title = {{Temporally Grounding Instructional Diagrams in Unconstrained Videos}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV)},
    • year = 2024,
    • pages = {8090--8100},
    • month = dec,
    • publisher = {CVF},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-002}
    • }
  •  Zhong, J., Nikovski, D.N., Yerazunis, W.S., Ando, T., "Learning Time-Optimal Control of Gantry Cranes", International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), December 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-181 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Zhong2024dec,
    • author = {Zhong, Junmin and Nikovski, Daniel N. and Yerazunis, William S. and Ando, Taishi},
    • title = {{Learning Time-Optimal Control of Gantry Cranes}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-181}
    • }
  •  Chakrabarty, A., Deshpande, V.M., Wichern, G., Berntorp, K., "Physics-Constrained Meta-Learning for Online Adaptation and Estimation in Positioning Applications", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), DOI: 10.1109/​CDC56724.2024.10886249, December 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-180 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Chakrabarty2024dec,
    • author = {Chakrabarty, Ankush and Deshpande, Vedang M. and Wichern, Gordon and Berntorp, Karl},
    • title = {{Physics-Constrained Meta-Learning for Online Adaptation and Estimation in Positioning Applications}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10886249},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-180}
    • }
  •  Greiff, M., Di Cairano, S., Berntorp, K., "Bayesian Measurement Masks for GNSS Positioning", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), DOI: 10.1109/​CDC56724.2024.10885938, December 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-172 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Greiff2024dec,
    • author = {Greiff, Marcus and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Berntorp, Karl},
    • title = {{Bayesian Measurement Masks for GNSS Positioning}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10885938},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-172}
    • }
  •  Ozcan, E.C., Giammarino, V., Queeney, J., Paschalidis, I.C., "A Model-Based Approach for Improving Reinforcement Learning Efficiency Leveraging Expert Observations", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), DOI: 10.1109/​CDC56724.2024.10885921, December 2024, pp. 1147-1152.
    BibTeX TR2024-178 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Ozcan2024dec,
    • 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}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
    • year = 2024,
    • pages = {1147--1152},
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10885921},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-178}
    • }
  •  Vinod, A.P., Weiss, A., Di Cairano, S., "Inscribing and separating an ellipsoid and a constrained zonotope: Applications in stochastic control and centering", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), DOI: 10.1109/​CDC56724.2024.10886451, December 2024, pp. 8125-8131.
    BibTeX TR2024-173 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Vinod2024dec,
    • author = {Vinod, Abraham P. and Weiss, Avishai and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
    • title = {{Inscribing and separating an ellipsoid and a constrained zonotope: Applications in stochastic control and centering}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
    • year = 2024,
    • pages = {8125--8131},
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10886451},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-173}
    • }
  •  Lishkova, Y., Vinod, A.P., Di Cairano, S., Weiss, A., "Divert-feasible lunar landing under navigational uncertainty", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), DOI: 10.1109/​CDC56724.2024.10886637, December 2024, pp. 7497-7503.
    BibTeX TR2024-174 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Lishkova2024dec,
    • author = {Lishkova, Yana and Vinod, Abraham P. and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Weiss, Avishai},
    • title = {{Divert-feasible lunar landing under navigational uncertainty}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
    • year = 2024,
    • pages = {7497--7503},
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10886637},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-174}
    • }
  •  Bimbraw, K., Wang, Y., Liu, J., Koike-Akino, T., "GPT Sonograpy: Hand Gesture Decoding from Forearm Ultrasound Images via VLM", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), December 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-175 PDF Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Bimbraw2024dec,
    • author = {Bimbraw, Keshav and Wang, Ye and Liu, Jing and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
    • title = {{GPT Sonograpy: Hand Gesture Decoding from Forearm Ultrasound Images via VLM}},
    • booktitle = {Advancements In Medical Foundation Models: Explainability, Robustness, Security, and Beyond Workshop at Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-175}
    • }