Publications

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


  •  Yu, B.-Y., Peng, K.-C., Hsieh, J.-W., "LEAP-VLA: Latent-Enhanced Action Prototyping via Continuous Residual Latent Spaces for Vision-Language-Action Models", European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-127 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Yu2026sep,
    • author = {Yu, Bo-Yun and Peng, Kuan-Chuan and Hsieh, Jun-Wei},
    • title = {{LEAP-VLA: Latent-Enhanced Action Prototyping via Continuous Residual Latent Spaces for Vision-Language-Action Models}},
    • booktitle = {European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-127}
    • }
  •  Fujimura, T., Masuyama, Y., Wichern, G., Boeddeker, C., Richter, J., Le Roux, J., "NABEATs: Noise-Aware Audio Representation Learning", International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC), September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-124 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Fujimura2026sep,
    • author = {Fujimura, Takuya and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Wichern, Gordon and Boeddeker, Christoph and Richter, Julius and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
    • title = {{NABEATs: Noise-Aware Audio Representation Learning}},
    • booktitle = {International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-124}
    • }
  •  Lin, J., Masuyama, Y., Boeddeker, C., Richter, J., Wichern, G., Kim, M., Le Roux, J., "Few-Shot Room Impulse Response Interpolation in Latent Domains", International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC), September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-125 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Lin2026sep,
    • author = {Lin, Jackie and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Boeddeker, Christoph and Richter, Julius and Wichern, Gordon and Kim, Minje and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
    • title = {{Few-Shot Room Impulse Response Interpolation in Latent Domains}},
    • booktitle = {International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-125}
    • }
  •  Mitsui, Y., Aihara, R., Saito, T., Masuyama, Y., Boeddeker, C., Richter, J., Wichern, G., Le Roux, J., "Downstream-Task-Aware Unified Source Separation", International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC), September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-126 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Mitsui2026sep,
    • author = {Mitsui, Yoshiki and Aihara, Ryo and Saito, Tatsuhiko and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Boeddeker, Christoph and Richter, Julius and Wichern, Gordon and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
    • title = {{Downstream-Task-Aware Unified Source Separation}},
    • booktitle = {International Workshop on Acoustic Signal Enhancement (IWAENC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-126}
    • }
  •  Benninger, M., Wang, B., Inoue, H., "Model Parameter Identification for Induction Motor Fault Diagnosis", International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-122 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Benninger2026sep,
    • author = {Benninger, Moritz and Wang, Bingnan and Inoue, Hiroshi},
    • title = {{Model Parameter Identification for Induction Motor Fault Diagnosis}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-122}
    • }
  •  Patkar, A., Wang, Y., Goldsmith, A., Liu, D., Youcef-Toumi, K., "Compressed-Sensing Approach to Magnetic-Flux Map Acquisition with Experimental Validation", International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-120 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Patkar2026sep,
    • author = {Patkar, Abhishek and Wang, Yebin and Goldsmith, Abraham and Liu, Dehong and Youcef-Toumi, Kamal},
    • title = {{Compressed-Sensing Approach to Magnetic-Flux Map Acquisition with Experimental Validation}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-120}
    • }
  •  Su, H., Liu, D., Inoue, H., Wang, Y., "Interpretable Physics-Informed Multimodal Deep Learning for Eccentricity-Severity Estimation of Induction Machines", International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-121 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Su2026sep,
    • author = {Su, Hanqi and Liu, Dehong and Inoue, Hiroshi and Wang, Yebin},
    • title = {{Interpretable Physics-Informed Multimodal Deep Learning for Eccentricity-Severity Estimation of Induction Machines}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-121}
    • }
  •  Sun, S., Wang, Y., Koike-Akino, T., Yamamoto, T., Sakamoto, Y., Wang, B., "A BERT-Based Surrogate Model for Permanent Magnet Motor Cogging Torque Prediction", International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM), September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-123 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Sun2026sep,
    • author = {{Sun, Siyuan and Wang, Ye and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Yamamoto, Tatsuya and Sakamoto, Yusuke and Wang, Bingnan}},
    • title = {{A BERT-Based Surrogate Model for Permanent Magnet Motor Cogging Torque Prediction}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-123}
    • }
  •  Yang, Y., Romeres, D., Hori, C., Bertasius, G., Szafir, D., Jain, S., "Sensing Which Modality Matters: Evidence-Gated Regularization for Robust VLA Policies", arXiv, September 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Yang2026sep,
    • author = {Yang, Yue and Romeres, Diego and Hori, Chiori and Bertasius, Gedas and Szafir, Daniel and Jain, Siddarth},
    • title = {{Sensing Which Modality Matters: Evidence-Gated Regularization for Robust VLA Policies}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.03142}
    • }
  •  Wang, C., Romeres, D., Schperberg, A., Li, N., Wang, Y., "Constrained Sampling MPC for Safe Contact-Rich Control: From Exploration to Precision via Hybrid Refinement⋆", IFAC World Congress, September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-119 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Wang2026sep,
    • author = {Wang, Chenghao and Romeres, Diego and Schperberg, Alexander and Li, Na and Wang, Yebin},
    • title = {{Constrained Sampling MPC for Safe Contact-Rich Control: From Exploration to Precision via Hybrid Refinement⋆}},
    • booktitle = {IFAC World Congress},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-119}
    • }
  •  Masuyama, Y., Wichern, G., Germain, F.G., Le Roux, J., "Neural Fields for Head-Related Transfer Function Modeling and Beyond", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan, September 2026.
    BibTeX
    • @article{Masuyama2026sep,
    • author = {Masuyama, Yoshiki and Wichern, Gordon and Germain, François G and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
    • title = {{Neural Fields for Head-Related Transfer Function Modeling and Beyond}},
    • journal = {The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep
    • }
  •  Zhou, T., Wang, Y., Umat, A., Tiwari, A., Di Cairano, S., "Fast Adaptive Planning for Autonomous Tractor-Trailer Systems via Iterative LQR Steering", IEEE Conference on Automation and Science Engineering, August 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-118 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Zhou2026aug,
    • author = {Zhou, Tianyu and Wang, Yebin and Umat, Akhil and Tiwari, Astha and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
    • title = {{Fast Adaptive Planning for Autonomous Tractor-Trailer Systems via Iterative LQR Steering}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Automation and Science Engineering},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = aug,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-118}
    • }
  •  Lu, Z., Wang, Y., Sato, G., Fujita, T., "Real-Time Reference Shaping for Servo Systems", arXiv, August 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Lu2026aug,
    • author = {Lu, Zehui and Wang, Yebin and Sato, Go and Fujita, Tomoya},
    • title = {{Real-Time Reference Shaping for Servo Systems}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = aug,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.30825}
    • }
  •  Pavlasek, N., Acikmese, B., Di Cairano, S., Weiss, A., "Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for High-Thrust Geostationary Station Keeping using Averaged Dynamics", World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), August 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-117 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Pavlasek2026aug,
    • author = {Pavlasek, Natalia and Acikmese, Behcet and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Weiss, Avishai},
    • title = {{Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for High-Thrust Geostationary Station Keeping using Averaged Dynamics}},
    • booktitle = {World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = aug,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-117}
    • }
  •  Shimane, Y., Isaji, M., Weiss, A., Di Cairano, S., "Scenario-Based Model Predictive Control for Station Keeping on Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit", World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), August 2026.
    BibTeX
    • @inproceedings{Shimane2026aug,
    • author = {{Shimane, Yuri and Isaji, Masafumi and Weiss, Avishai and Di Cairano, Stefano}},
    • title = {{Scenario-Based Model Predictive Control for Station Keeping on Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit}},
    • booktitle = {World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = aug
    • }
  •  Vats, S., Harithas, S., Akbulut, M., Raghunathan, A., Konidaris, G., "Deliberate Practice: Learning Robot Skills under a Budget", arXiv, August 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Vats2026aug,
    • author = {Vats, Shivam and Harithas, Sudarshan and Akbulut, Mete and Raghunathan, Arvind and Konidaris, George},
    • title = {{Deliberate Practice: Learning Robot Skills under a Budget}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = aug,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.13415}
    • }
  •  Washino, M., Lin, C., Matsuda, T., Seino, S., Nakagawa, T., Kiwa, T., "Effect of Coil Geometry on Sensitivity Distribution in Field-Free Line Magnetic Particle Imaging", Scientific Report, August 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-115 PDF
    • @article{Washino2026aug,
    • author = {Washino, Masaomi and Lin, Chungwei and Matsuda, Tetsuya and Seino, Satoshi and Nakagawa, Takashi and Kiwa, Toshihiko},
    • title = {{Effect of Coil Geometry on Sensitivity Distribution in Field-Free Line Magnetic Particle Imaging}},
    • journal = {Scientific Report},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = aug,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-115}
    • }
  •  Choudhury, M., Khattar, V., Liu, J., Koike-Akino, T., Chakrabarty, A., Zilberstein, S., Wang, Y., "Training Language Models to Cooperate with Inference-Time Controllers", arXiv, July 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Choudhury2026jul,
    • author = {Choudhury, Moumita and Khattar, Vanshaj and Liu, Jing and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Chakrabarty, Ankush and Zilberstein, Shlomo and Wang, Ye},
    • title = {{Training Language Models to Cooperate with Inference-Time Controllers}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.23771}
    • }
  •  Otsu, S., Suzuki, K., Koike-Akino, T., Liu, J., Wang, Y., "Beyond Heavy Log Curation: Perplexity-Based APT Detection via Unsupervised, Context-Augmented Language Models", arXiv, July 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Otsu2026jul,
    • author = {Otsu, Shoya and Suzuki, Kei and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Liu, Jing and Wang, Ye},
    • title = {{Beyond Heavy Log Curation: Perplexity-Based APT Detection via Unsupervised, Context-Augmented Language Models}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.20832}
    • }
  •  Kar, A.S., Sun, H., Raghunathan, A., Guo, J., "Coordinated Energy-Aware Job Scheduling and Flexibility Provisioning in Distributed Data Centers", IEEE PES General Meeting, July 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-113 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Kar2026jul,
    • author = {Kar, Aditya Shankar and Sun, Hongbo and Raghunathan, Arvind and Guo, Jianlin},
    • title = {{Coordinated Energy-Aware Job Scheduling and Flexibility Provisioning in Distributed Data Centers}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE PES General Meeting},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-113}
    • }
  •  Lawson, R., Sun, H., Kawano, S., Raghunathan, A., Takaguchi, Y., "Multi-Conductor Flexible Universal Branch Model for Efficient Hybrid AC/DC Power System Load Flow Computation", IEEE PES General Meeting, July 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-114 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Lawson2026jul,
    • author = {Lawson, Riley and Sun, Hongbo and Kawano, Shunsuke and Raghunathan, Arvind and Takaguchi, Yusuke},
    • title = {{Multi-Conductor Flexible Universal Branch Model for Efficient Hybrid AC/DC Power System Load Flow Computation}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE PES General Meeting},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-114}
    • }
  •  Botvinick-Greenhouse, J., Ali, W.H., Benosman, M., Mowlavi, S., "AB-PINNs: Adaptive-Basis Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Residual-Driven Domain Decomposition", Machine Learning: Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1088/​2632-2153/​ae8638, Vol. 7, No. 045025, July 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-116 PDF Software
    • @article{Botvinick-Greenhouse2026jul,
    • author = {Botvinick-Greenhouse, Jonah and Ali, Wael H. and Benosman, Mouhacine and Mowlavi, Saviz},
    • title = {{AB-PINNs: Adaptive-Basis Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Residual-Driven Domain Decomposition}},
    • journal = {Machine Learning: Science and Technology},
    • year = 2026,
    • volume = 7,
    • number = 045025,
    • month = jul,
    • doi = {10.1088/2632-2153/ae8638},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-116}
    • }
  •  Zhai, H., Qiao, H., Mansour, H., Laughman, C.R., "Scalable DAE-Constrained PINODE Framework for Vapor-Compression HVAC Systems", International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue, July 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-111 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Zhai2026jul,
    • author = {Zhai, Hanfeng and Qiao, Hongtao and Mansour, Hassan and Laughman, Christopher R.},
    • title = {{Scalable DAE-Constrained PINODE Framework for Vapor-Compression HVAC Systems}},
    • booktitle = {International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference at Purdue},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-111}
    • }
  •  Chakrabarty, A., Nikovski, D.N., "Quantifying Similarity Between Nonlinear Systems From Data Using Matrix Profiles", International Conference on Control, Decision, and Information Technologies (CoDIT), July 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-108 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Chakrabarty2026jul,
    • author = {{Chakrabarty, Ankush and Nikovski, Daniel N.}},
    • title = {{Quantifying Similarity Between Nonlinear Systems From Data Using Matrix Profiles}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Control, Decision, and Information Technologies (CoDIT)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-108}
    • }
  •  Deng, Y., Nikovski, D.N., "Learning State Representations of Articulated Robot Arms from Visual Observations", International Conference on Control, Decision, and Information Technologies (CoDIT), July 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-107 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Deng2026jul,
    • author = {{Deng, Yunfu and Nikovski, Daniel N.}},
    • title = {{Learning State Representations of Articulated Robot Arms from Visual Observations}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Control, Decision, and Information Technologies (CoDIT)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-107}
    • }