Publications

4,090 major publications by members of the MERL staff.


  •  Koike-Akino, T., "Near-Lower-Bound Approximate Quantum State Preparation with Hardware-Efficient Circuits", IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-131 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Koike-Akino2026sep2,
    • author = {Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
    • title = {{Near-Lower-Bound Approximate Quantum State Preparation with Hardware-Efficient Circuits}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-131}
    • }
  •  Nourozi, V., Koike-Akino, T., Mitchell, D., "Reinforcement-Learning-Guided Multi-Branch Decoding of Quantum LDPC Codes", IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-130 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Nourozi2026sep2,
    • author = {Nourozi, Vahid and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Mitchell, David},
    • title = {{Reinforcement-Learning-Guided Multi-Branch Decoding of Quantum LDPC Codes}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-130}
    • }
  •  Nourozi, V., Mitchell, D., Koike-Akino, T., "Net-Voltage Screening of Bivariate-Bicycle Tanner-Graph Covers", IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-133 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Nourozi2026sep4,
    • author = {Nourozi, Vahid and Mitchell, David and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
    • title = {{Net-Voltage Screening of Bivariate-Bicycle Tanner-Graph Covers}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-133}
    • }
  •  Nourozi, V., Mitchell, D., Koike-Akino, T., "Q-Learning Base Search Voltage-Labeled Covers for Weight-Six Bivariate-Bicycle Quantum LDPC Codes", IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-132 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Nourozi2026sep3,
    • author = {Nourozi, Vahid and Mitchell, David and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
    • title = {{Q-Learning Base Search Voltage-Labeled Covers for Weight-Six Bivariate-Bicycle Quantum LDPC Codes}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-132}
    • }
  •  Nourozi, V., Mitchell, D., Koike-Akino, T., "Base-Preserving APM/Voltage Lifts of Bivariate Bicycle Quantum LDPC Codes", IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-129 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Nourozi2026sep,
    • author = {Nourozi, Vahid and Mitchell, David and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
    • title = {{Base-Preserving APM/Voltage Lifts of Bivariate Bicycle Quantum LDPC Codes}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-129}
    • }
  •  Terada, T., Mansour, H., Boufounos, P.T., Takahashi, R., "Deep-Unfolded Autofocus Imaging for Distributed MIMO Radar", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), September 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-128 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Terada2026sep,
    • author = {Terada, Tsubasa and Mansour, Hassan and Boufounos, Petros T. and Takahashi, Ryuhei},
    • title = {{Deep-Unfolded Autofocus Imaging for Distributed MIMO Radar}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-128}
    • }
  •  Koike-Akino, T., Blaykhman, V., Wang, Y., Liu, J., Vinokur, G.V., "Vibe Patenting: Evaluating LLM Judges for Professional Patent-Drafting Agents", arXiv, September 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Koike-Akino2026sep,
    • author = {{Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Blaykhman, Vlad and Wang, Ye and Liu, Jing and Vinokur, Gennadiy V.}},
    • title = {{Vibe Patenting: Evaluating LLM Judges for Professional Patent-Drafting Agents}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.13422}
    • }
  •  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}
    • }