Publications

4,122 major publications by members of the MERL staff.


  •  Edo, T., Wichern, G., Fujimura, T., Boeddeker, C., Masuyama, Y., Richter, J., Saijo, K., Le Roux, J., "When Speech is Noise: Speech Removal for Machine Anomaly Detection", Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE), October 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-162 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Edo2026oct,
    • author = {Edo, Takahiro and Wichern, Gordon and Fujimura, Takuya and Boeddeker, Christoph and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Richter, Julius and Saijo, Kohei and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
    • title = {{When Speech is Noise: Speech Removal for Machine Anomaly Detection}},
    • booktitle = {Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-162}
    • }
  •  Fujimura, T., Wichern, G., Masuyama, Y., Boeddeker, C., Saijo, K., Richter, J., Edo, T., Le Roux, J., "Anomalous Sound Detection Meets Noise-Aware Self-Supervised Learning", Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE), October 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-165 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Fujimura2026oct,
    • author = {Fujimura, Takuya and Wichern, Gordon and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Boeddeker, Christoph and Saijo, Kohei and Richter, Julius and Edo, Takahiro and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
    • title = {{Anomalous Sound Detection Meets Noise-Aware Self-Supervised Learning}},
    • booktitle = {Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-165}
    • }
  •  Paissan, F., Wichern, G., Masuyama, Y., Le Roux, J., "Explainable Unsupervised Sound Anomaly Detection via Sparse Feature Decomposition", Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE), October 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-166 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Paissan2026oct,
    • author = {Paissan, Francesco and Wichern, Gordon and Masuyama, Yoshiki and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
    • title = {{Explainable Unsupervised Sound Anomaly Detection via Sparse Feature Decomposition}},
    • booktitle = {Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-166}
    • }
  •  Saijo, K., Masuyama, Y., Boeddeker, C., Wichern, G., Richter, J., Edo, T., Le Roux, J., "An S5 System based on Multi-stage Separation and Classification", Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE), October 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-163 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Saijo2026oct,
    • author = {Saijo, Kohei and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Boeddeker, Christoph and Wichern, Gordon and Richter, Julius and Edo, Takahiro and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
    • title = {{An S5 System based on Multi-stage Separation and Classification}},
    • booktitle = {Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-163}
    • }
  •  Sridhar, S., Wichern, G., Masuyama, Y., Cartwright, M., Le Roux, J., "Evaluating Inference-time Algorithms for Semantic Sound Scene Segmentation", Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE), October 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-164 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Sridhar2026oct2,
    • author = {Sridhar, Sripathi and Wichern, Gordon and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Cartwright, Mark and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
    • title = {{Evaluating Inference-time Algorithms for Semantic Sound Scene Segmentation}},
    • booktitle = {Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-164}
    • }
  •  Vats, S., Harithas, S., Akbulut, M., Raghunathan, A., Konidaris, G., "Deliberate Practice: Learning Robot Skills under a Budget", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Workshop, October 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-147 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Vats2026oct,
    • author = {Vats, Shivam and Harithas, Sudarshan and Akbulut, Mete and Raghunathan, Arvind and Konidaris, George},
    • title = {{Deliberate Practice: Learning Robot Skills under a Budget}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Workshop},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-147}
    • }
  •  Chatterjee, S., Taylor, N., Nikovski, D.N., "Self-Supervised Appearance-Based In-Plane Rotation Estimation", 23rd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), October 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-161 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Chatterjee2026oct,
    • author = {Chatterjee, Sreejani and Taylor, Nichols and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {{Self-Supervised Appearance-Based In-Plane Rotation Estimation}},
    • booktitle = {23rd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-161}
    • }
  •  Oral, O., Feuillen, T., Mysore Rama Rao, B.S., Wang, P., "Efficient Direct Near-Field MIMO Radar Imaging via Multiresolution Image Support Refinement", Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers (ACSSC), October 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-160 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Oral2026oct,
    • author = {Oral, Okyanus and Feuillen, Thomas and Mysore Rama Rao, Bhavani Shankar and Wang, Pu},
    • title = {{Efficient Direct Near-Field MIMO Radar Imaging via Multiresolution Image Support Refinement}},
    • booktitle = {Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers (ACSSC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-160}
    • }
  •  Yan, J., Chakrabarty, A., Schmid, N., Lygeros, J., Rupenyan, A., "Meta-Learning for Rapid Adaptation in Reference Tracking of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems", Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), October 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-159 PDF
    • @article{Yan2026oct,
    • author = {Yan, Jiaqi and Chakrabarty, Ankush and Schmid, Niklas and Lygeros, John and Rupenyan, Alisa},
    • title = {{Meta-Learning for Rapid Adaptation in Reference Tracking of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems}},
    • journal = {Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-159}
    • }
  •  Li, Y., Koike-Akino, T., Wang, Y., Yamamoto, T., Sakamoto, Y., Wang, B., "Schema-Guided BERT-LoRA Framework for Continual Surrogate Modeling of Surface Permanent Magnet Motors", IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), October 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-157 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Li2026oct,
    • author = {Li, Yuxiao and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Wang, Ye and Yamamoto, Tatsuya and Sakamoto, Yusuke and Wang, Bingnan},
    • title = {{Schema-Guided BERT-LoRA Framework for Continual Surrogate Modeling of Surface Permanent Magnet Motors}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-157}
    • }
  •  Yang, G., Wang, Y., Liu, D., Lin, C., Wang, B., "Adaptive Observer-Based Detection of Inter-Turn Short-Circuit and Demagnetization Faults in Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors", IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), October 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-158 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Yang2026oct2,
    • author = {Yang, Ge and Wang, Yebin and Liu, Dehong and Lin, Chungwei and Wang, Bingnan},
    • title = {{Adaptive Observer-Based Detection of Inter-Turn Short-Circuit and Demagnetization Faults in Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-158}
    • }
  •  Wang, Z., Romagnoli, R., Mowlavi, S., Nakahira, Y., "Physics-Informed Deep B-Spline Networks", Transactions on Machine Learning Research, October 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-156 PDF
    • @article{Wang2026oct,
    • author = {Wang, Zhuoyuan and Romagnoli, Raffaele and Mowlavi, Saviz and Nakahira, Yorie},
    • title = {{Physics-Informed Deep B-Spline Networks}},
    • journal = {Transactions on Machine Learning Research},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-156}
    • }
  •  Kajiura, Y., Iwawaki, T., Yamagata, K., Wang, Y., Liu, D., "Physics-Informed Machine Learning For Motor Bearing Health Prognosis", IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), October 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-154 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Kajiura2026oct,
    • author = {Kajiura, Yuichi and Iwawaki, Tomoyuki and Yamagata, Kai and Wang, Yebin and Liu, Dehong},
    • title = {{Physics-Informed Machine Learning For Motor Bearing Health Prognosis}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-154}
    • }
  •  Ekanathan, S., Subramanian, A., Smith, O., Ma, Y., Rackauckas, C., Laughman, C.R., "Discontinuity-Aware Solvers for Vapor-Compression Cycles", American Modelica & FMI Conference, October 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-153 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Ekanathan2026oct,
    • author = {Ekanathan, Shreyas and Subramanian, Avinash and Smith, Oscar and Ma, Yingbo and Rackauckas, Chris and Laughman, Christopher R.},
    • title = {{Discontinuity-Aware Solvers for Vapor-Compression Cycles}},
    • booktitle = {American Modelica \& FMI Conference},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-153}
    • }
  •  Dong, Y., Yagyu, E., Matsuda, T., Lin, C., Rakheja, S., "Quantifying the cutoff frequency limits of a fabricated GaN HEMT technology using an experimentally calibrated MIT virtual source GaNFET-RF model", IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, October 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-150 PDF
    • @article{Dong2026oct,
    • author = {Dong, Yicong and Yagyu, Eiji and Matsuda, Takashi and Lin, Chungwei and Rakheja, Shaloo},
    • title = {{Quantifying the cutoff frequency limits of a fabricated GaN HEMT technology using an experimentally calibrated MIT virtual source GaNFET-RF model}},
    • journal = {IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-150}
    • }
  •  Yang, G., Wang, Y., Goldsmith, A., Lin, C., Wang, B., "Demagnetization Fault Detection in PMSMs with Online Inductance Estimation", IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), October 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-152 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Yang2026oct,
    • author = {Yang, Ge and Wang, Yebin and Goldsmith, Abraham and Lin, Chungwei and Wang, Bingnan},
    • title = {{Demagnetization Fault Detection in PMSMs with Online Inductance Estimation}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-152}
    • }
  •  Koike-Akino, T., "RAOA: Alternating-Operator Neural Computation with Programmable Radio Propagation", arXiv, October 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Koike-Akino2026oct,
    • author = {Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
    • title = {{RAOA: Alternating-Operator Neural Computation with Programmable Radio Propagation}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.02683}
    • }
  •  Buyukkocak, A., Di Cairano, S., Vinod, A.P., "Spatio-temporal monitoring using energy-constrained, sensing robots", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE), September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-144 PDF Video
    • @article{Buyukkocak2026sep,
    • author = {Buyukkocak, Ali and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Vinod, Abraham P.},
    • title = {{Spatio-temporal monitoring using energy-constrained, sensing robots}},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-144}
    • }
  •  Zhang, J., Fan, Y., Chatterjee, M., Lohit, S., Egger, B., Marks, T.K., Cherian, A., Gould, S., "AssemblyWorld: Rethinking 3D Assembly with General-Purpose Agents", arXiv, September 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Zhang2026sep,
    • author = {Zhang, Jiahao and Fan, Yeying and Chatterjee, Moitreya and Lohit, Suhas and Egger, Bernhard and Marks, Tim K. and Cherian, Anoop and Gould, Stephen},
    • title = {{AssemblyWorld: Rethinking 3D Assembly with General-Purpose Agents}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.40353}
    • }
  •  Tang, W.-T., Chakrabarty, A., Paulson, J.A., "BEACON: A Bayesian Optimization Inspired Strategy for Efficient Novelty Search", Digital Discovery, DOI: 10.1039/​d6dd00123h, Vol. 5, No. 7, September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-151 PDF
    • @article{Tang2026sep,
    • author = {Tang, Wei-Ting and Chakrabarty, Ankush and Paulson, Joel A.},
    • title = {{BEACON: A Bayesian Optimization Inspired Strategy for Efficient Novelty Search}},
    • journal = {Digital Discovery},
    • year = 2026,
    • volume = 5,
    • number = 7,
    • month = sep,
    • doi = {10.1039/d6dd00123h},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-151}
    • }
  •  Deng, Y., Nikovski, D.N., "ORIGAMI: Object Representation Inferred Geometrically for Articulated ManIpulation", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-141 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Deng2026sep,
    • author = {Deng, Yunfu and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {{ORIGAMI: Object Representation Inferred Geometrically for Articulated ManIpulation}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-141}
    • }
  •  Hu, H., Huang, C.-T., Liu, J., Wang, Y., Suzuki, K., Brand, M., Koike-Akino, T., "ReCoVLA: VLM-Guided Reward Compilation for Failure Recovery in Vision-Language-Action Policies", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Workshop, September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-148 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Hu2026sep,
    • author = {Hu, Haodi and Huang, Chung-Ta and Liu, Jing and Wang, Ye and Suzuki, Kei and Brand, Matthew and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
    • title = {{ReCoVLA: VLM-Guided Reward Compilation for Failure Recovery in Vision-Language-Action Policies}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Workshop},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-148}
    • }
  •  Liu, J., Wang, Y., Suzuki, K., Koike-Akino, T., "Test-Time Attention: Can Robots Better Follow Commands?", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) IARL Workshop, September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-142 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Liu2026sep,
    • author = {Liu, Jing and Wang, Ye and Suzuki, Kei and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
    • title = {{Test-Time Attention: Can Robots Better Follow Commands?}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) IARL Workshop},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-142}
    • }
  •  Shek, C.L., Wang, Y., Liu, J., Suzuki, K., Tokekar, P., Koike-Akino, T., "Read the Manual: Grounding Behavior Tree Synthesis for Multi-Machine Factory Operation", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Workshop, September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-149 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Shek2026sep,
    • author = {Shek, Chak.Lam and Wang, Ye and Liu, Jing and Suzuki, Kei and Tokekar, Pratap and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
    • title = {{Read the Manual: Grounding Behavior Tree Synthesis for Multi-Machine Factory Operation}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Workshop},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-149}
    • }
  •  Singh, H., Suzuki, K., Wang, Y., Liu, J., Cascante-Bonilla, P., Koike-Akino, T., "DYNAMIT: Dynamic Zero-Shot Manipulation via Instruction-Grounded Visual Tracking and Interception in Industrial Conveyor Environments", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Workshop, September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-146 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Singh2026sep,
    • author = {Singh, Harsh and Suzuki, Kei and Wang, Ye and Liu, Jing and Cascante-Bonilla, Paola and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
    • title = {{DYNAMIT: Dynamic Zero-Shot Manipulation via Instruction-Grounded Visual Tracking and Interception in Industrial Conveyor Environments}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Workshop},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-146}
    • }