Publications

4,055 major publications by members of the MERL staff.


  •  Wang, Y., Liu, J., Koike-Akino, T., "Temper and Tilt Lead to SLOP: Reward Hacking Mitigation with Inference-Time Alignment", International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) Workshop on Agents in the Wild: Safety, Security, and Beyond, July 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-094 PDF Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Wang2026jul,
    • author = {{Wang, Ye and Liu, Jing and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki}},
    • title = {{Temper and Tilt Lead to SLOP: Reward Hacking Mitigation with Inference-Time Alignment}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) Workshop on Agents in the Wild: Safety, Security, and Beyond},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-094}
    • }
  •  Koike-Akino, T., Liu, J., Wang, Y., "EinSort: Sorting is All We Need for Tensorizing LLM", International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) Workshop, July 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-093 PDF Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Koike-Akino2026jul,
    • author = {{Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Liu, Jing and Wang, Ye}},
    • title = {{EinSort: Sorting is All We Need for Tensorizing LLM}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) Workshop},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-093}
    • }
  •  Rottman, A., Tonin, F., Wu, Y., Koike-Akino, T., Cevher, V., "Connecting Low-Rank Adapters and Policy Stability in GRPO Fine-Tuning", International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) Workshop, July 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-092 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Rottman2026jul,
    • author = {Rottman, Antonin and Tonin, Francesco and Wu, Yongtao and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Cevher, Volkan},
    • title = {{Connecting Low-Rank Adapters and Policy Stability in GRPO Fine-Tuning}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) Workshop},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-092}
    • }
  •  Bhaskar, A., Tokekar, P., Di Cairano, S., Schperberg, A., "MIRROR: Multisensory Implicit Rejection-sampled RObotic policy", ICML 2026 Workshop on Structured Probabilistic Inference & Generative Modeling, July 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-096 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Bhaskar2026jul,
    • author = {Bhaskar, Amisha and Tokekar, Pratap and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Schperberg, Alexander},
    • title = {{MIRROR: Multisensory Implicit Rejection-sampled RObotic policy}},
    • booktitle = {ICML 2026 Workshop on Structured Probabilistic Inference \& Generative Modeling},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-096}
    • }
  •  Khan, N., Wichern, G., Laughman, C.R., "Reinforced Neural Processes: Memory-Efficient Time-Series Forecasting with a World-Feedback-Trained Memory Policy", ICML Workshop on Reinforcement Learning from World Feedback (RLxF), July 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-095 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Khan2026jul,
    • author = {Khan, Nibraas and Wichern, Gordon and Laughman, Christopher R.},
    • title = {{Reinforced Neural Processes: Memory-Efficient Time-Series Forecasting with a World-Feedback-Trained Memory Policy}},
    • booktitle = {ICML Workshop on Reinforcement Learning from World Feedback (RLxF)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-095}
    • }
  •  Hsieh, Y.-K., Peng, K.-C., Li, X., Chang, M.-C., Tseng, Y.-C., Hsieh, J.-W., "Partial Ring Scan: Revisiting Scan Order in Vision State Space Models", International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), July 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-091 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Hsieh2026jul,
    • author = {Hsieh, Yi-Kuan and Peng, Kuan-Chuan and Li, Xin and Chang, Ming-Ching and Tseng, Yu-Chee and Hsieh, Jun-Wei},
    • title = {{Partial Ring Scan: Revisiting Scan Order in Vision State Space Models}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-091}
    • }
  •  Moosa, I.M., Lohit, S., Wang, Y., Chatterjee, M., Yin, W., "Understanding Dynamic Compute Allocation in Recurrent Transformers", International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), July 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-090 PDF Software Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Moosa2026jul,
    • author = {{Moosa, Ibraheem Muhammad and Lohit, Suhas and Wang, Ye and Chatterjee, Moitreya and Yin, Wenpeng}},
    • title = {{Understanding Dynamic Compute Allocation in Recurrent Transformers}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-090}
    • }
  •  Safarov, S., Park, J., Jung, Y.G., Peng, K.-C., Kim, W., Bang, S., Camps, O., "Memory-Distilled Selection for Noise-Robust Anomaly Detection", International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), July 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-089 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Safarov2026jul,
    • author = {{Safarov, Sirojbek and Park, Jaewoo and Jung, Yoon G. and Peng, Kuan-Chuan and Kim, Wonchul and Bang, Seongdeok and Camps, Octavia}},
    • title = {{Memory-Distilled Selection for Noise-Robust Anomaly Detection}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-089}
    • }
  •  Ma, C., Yang, Y., Corcodel, R., Jain, S., Wu, A., Hori, C., Romeres, D., "FurnitureVLA: Learning Long-Horizon Bimanual Furniture Assembly with Vision-Language-Action Model", arXiv, July 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Ma2026jul,
    • author = {Ma, Chenyang and Yang, Yue and Corcodel, Radu and Jain, Siddarth and Wu, Andrew and Hori, Chiori and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {{FurnitureVLA: Learning Long-Horizon Bimanual Furniture Assembly with Vision-Language-Action Model}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.01212}
    • }
  •  Folorunsho, S., Hayner, C., Di Cairano, S., Vinod, A.P., "Coordinated aerial inspection of infrastructure with heterogeneous drones", World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), July 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-101 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Folorunsho2026jul,
    • author = {Folorunsho, Samuel and Hayner, Christopher and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Vinod, Abraham P.},
    • title = {{Coordinated aerial inspection of infrastructure with heterogeneous drones}},
    • booktitle = {World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-101}
    • }
  •  Fujimura, T., Wichern, G., Masuyama, Y., Boeddeker, C., Saijo, K., Richter, J., Edo, T., Le Roux, J., "The MERL Systems for DCASE 2026 Challenge Task 4," Tech. Rep. TR2026-100, IEEE AASP Challenge on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE Challenge), June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-100 PDF
    • @techreport{Fujimura2026jun,
    • 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 = {{The MERL Systems for DCASE 2026 Challenge Task 2}},
    • institution = {IEEE AASP Challenge on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE Challenge)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-100}
    • }
  •  Saijo, K., Masuyama, Y., Boeddeker, C., Wichern, G., Richter, J., Edo, T., Le Roux, J., "The MERL Systems for DCASE 2026 Challenge Task 4," Tech. Rep. TR2026-098, IEEE AASP Challenge on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE Challenge), June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-098 PDF
    • @techreport{Saijo2026jun,
    • author = {{Saijo, Kohei and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Boeddeker, Christoph and Wichern, Gordon and Richter, Julius and Edo, Takahiro and Le Roux, Jonathan}},
    • title = {{The MERL Systems for DCASE 2026 Challenge Task 4}},
    • institution = {IEEE AASP Challenge on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE Challenge)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-098}
    • }
  •  Yuan, W., Wang, P., Ahmadi, H., Liu, B., "Waveforms in 6G and Beyond", IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-099 PDF
    • @article{Yuan2026jun,
    • author = {{Yuan, Weijie and Wang, Pu and Ahmadi, Hamed and Liu, Bryan}},
    • title = {{Waveforms in 6G and Beyond}},
    • journal = {IEEE Communications Standards Magazine},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-099}
    • }
  •  Shanmuga Sundaram, J.P., Fujart, L., Duon, S., Gabidolla, M., Guo, J., Koike-Akino, T., Wang, P., Parsons, K., Orlik, P.V., Sumi, T., Nagai, Y., Carreira-Perpinan, M.A., Cerpa, A.E., "EDRP: Enhanced Dynamic Relay Point Protocol for Data Dissemination in Multi-hop Wireless IoT Networks", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-087 PDF
    • @article{ShanmugaSundaram2026jun,
    • author = {Shanmuga Sundaram, Jothi Prasanna and Fujart,Luis and Duon, Shaw and Gabidolla, Magzhan and Guo, Jianlin and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Wang, Pu and Parsons, Kieran and Orlik, Philip V. and Sumi, Takenori and Nagai, Yukimasa and Carreira-Perpinan, Miguel A and Cerpa, Alberto E.},
    • title = {{EDRP: Enhanced Dynamic Relay Point Protocol for Data Dissemination in Multi-hop Wireless IoT Networks}},
    • journal = {IEEE Internet of Things Journal},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-087}
    • }
  •  Lin, J.-T., Lu, Z., Wang, Y., "Closed-Loop Co-Design of Motors, Motions, and Feedback Control for Robotic Manipulators", Journal of Artificial Intelligence for Automation, DOI: 10.53941/​jaia.2026.100008, Vol. 1, No. 2, June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-088 PDF
    • @article{Lin2026jun2,
    • author = {Lin, Jue-Te and Lu, Zehui and Wang, Yebin},
    • title = {{Closed-Loop Co-Design of Motors, Motions, and Feedback Control for Robotic Manipulators}},
    • journal = {Journal of Artificial Intelligence for Automation},
    • year = 2026,
    • volume = 1,
    • number = 2,
    • month = jun,
    • doi = {10.53941/jaia.2026.100008},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-088}
    • }
  •  Schperberg, A., Panda, S.K., Vinod, A.P., Jawed, M.K., Di Cairano, S., "RoboAtlas: Contextual Active SLAM", arXiv, June 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Schperberg2026jun2,
    • author = {Schperberg, Alexander and Panda, Shivam K. and Vinod, Abraham P. and Jawed, M. K. and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
    • title = {{RoboAtlas: Contextual Active SLAM}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.26046}
    • }
  •  Cherian, A., Lohit, S., Peng, K.-C., "WISE: Weighted Iterative Society-of-Experts for Multimodal Multi-Agent Debate with Probabilistic Consensus", ICML SCALE AI Workshop, June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-083 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Cherian2026jun,
    • author = {Cherian, Anoop and Lohit, Suhas and Peng, Kuan-Chuan},
    • title = {{WISE: Weighted Iterative Society-of-Experts for Multimodal Multi-Agent Debate with Probabilistic Consensus}},
    • booktitle = {ICML SCALE AI Workshop},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-083}
    • }
  •  Deng, Y., Chatterjee, S., Taylor, N., Nikovski, D.N., "Pose-Based Visual Servocontrol with Keypoint Tracking", The 15th Asian Control Conference (ASCC), June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-082 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Deng2026jun,
    • author = {Deng, Yunfu and Chatterjee, Sreejani and Taylor, Nichols and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {{Pose-Based Visual Servocontrol with Keypoint Tracking}},
    • booktitle = {The 15th Asian Control Conference (ASCC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-082}
    • }
  •  Chen, J., Koike-Akino, T., Wang, Y., Yamamoto, T., Sakamoto, Y., Wang, B., "Model Compression of Vision Transformer for Electric Motor Cogging Torque Prediction", IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-084 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Chen2026jun,
    • author = {Chen, Jian and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Wang, Ye and Yamamoto, Tatsuya and Sakamoto, Yusuke and Wang, Bingnan},
    • title = {{Model Compression of Vision Transformer for Electric Motor Cogging Torque Prediction}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-084}
    • }
  •  Zhou, Q., Gan, C., Cherian, A., "LLawCo: Learning Laws of Cooperation for Modeling Embodied Multi-Agent Behavior", International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-081 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Zhou2026jun,
    • author = {Zhou, Qinhong and Gan, Chuang and Cherian, Anoop},
    • title = {{LLawCo: Learning Laws of Cooperation for Modeling Embodied Multi-Agent Behavior}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-081}
    • }
  •  Liu, D., Iwawaki, T., Hirakida, K., Matsui, Y., Wang, Y., "Robust Current Fault Signature Extraction for Train Traction Motors", 2026 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo, June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-080 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Liu2026jun2,
    • author = {Liu, Dehong and Iwawaki, Tomoyuki and Hirakida, Ken and Matsui, Yoshiki and Wang, Yebin},
    • title = {{Robust Current Fault Signature Extraction for Train Traction Motors}},
    • booktitle = {2026 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference \& Expo},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-080}
    • }
  •  Scope Crafts, E., Villa, U., Mowlavi, S., Ma, Y., Mansour, H., Ali, W.H., "A Stabilized Path-Space Approach to Diffusion-Based Posterior Sampling", arXiv, June 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{ScopeCrafts2026jun,
    • author = {Scope Crafts, Evan and Villa, Umberto and Mowlavi, Saviz and Ma, Yanting and Mansour, Hassan and Ali, Wael H.},
    • title = {{A Stabilized Path-Space Approach to Diffusion-Based Posterior Sampling}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.12710}
    • }
  •  Das, G., Wang, B., Lin, C., "Nonlinear Magnetic and Structural Topology Optimization of SynRM Rotors", Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC), June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-079 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Das2026jun,
    • author = {Das, Ghanendra and Wang, Bingnan and Lin, Chungwei},
    • title = {{Nonlinear Magnetic and Structural Topology Optimization of SynRM Rotors}},
    • booktitle = {Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-079}
    • }
  •  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", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, June 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-078 PDF Video
    • @article{Lin2026jun,
    • 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 = {IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-078}
    • }
  •  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", arXiv, June 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Hu2026jun,
    • 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}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.09630}
    • }