- 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}
- }
- 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}
- }
- 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}
- }
- Wang, X., Ren, Z., Li, N., Dong, B., "Scalable Physics-Informed Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Building Energy System Control", Advances in Applied Energy, DOI: 10.1016/j.adapen.2026.100285, Vol. 23, June 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-106 PDF- @article{Wang2026apr5,
- author = {{Wang, Xuezheng and Ren, Zhaolin and Li, Na and Dong, Bing}},
- title = {{Scalable Physics-Informed Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Building Energy System Control}},
- journal = {Advances in Applied Energy},
- year = 2026,
- volume = 23,
- month = jun,
- doi = {10.1016/j.adapen.2026.100285},
- issn = {2666-7924},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-106}
- }
- Liu, X., Miraldo, P., Lohit, S., Jiang, H., Sawada, N., Tai, Y.-W., Tang, C.-K., Chatterjee, M., "Point4Cast: Streaming Dynamic Scene Reconstruction and Forecasting", IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), June 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-077 PDF- @inproceedings{Liu2026jun,
- author = {Liu, Xinhang and Miraldo, Pedro and Lohit, Suhas and Jiang, Huaizu and Sawada, Naoko and Tai, Yu-Wing and Tang, Chi-Keung and Chatterjee, Moitreya},
- title = {{Point4Cast: Streaming Dynamic Scene Reconstruction and Forecasting}},
- booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
- year = 2026,
- month = jun,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-077}
- }
- Jain, S., Choi, H.J., "SplatCtrl: Perception–Action Coupling via Gaussian Scene Representations and Reactive Robot Control", 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA), June 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-069 PDF- @inproceedings{Jain2026jun,
- author = {{Jain, Siddarth and Choi, Ho Jin}},
- title = {{SplatCtrl: Perception–Action Coupling via Gaussian Scene Representations and Reactive Robot Control}},
- booktitle = {2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics \& Automation (ICRA)},
- year = 2026,
- month = jun,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-069}
- }
- Buckner, S., Elango, P., "GPU-Accelerated Continuous-Time Successive Convexification for Contact-Implicit Legged Locomotion", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), June 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-068 PDF- @inproceedings{Buckner2026jun,
- author = {Buckner, Samuel and Elango, Purnanand},
- title = {{GPU-Accelerated Continuous-Time Successive Convexification for Contact-Implicit Legged Locomotion}},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
- year = 2026,
- month = jun,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-068}
- }
- Schperberg, A., Wang, Y., Di Cairano, S., "Safe Whole-Body Loco-Manipulation via Combined Model and Learning-based Control", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), June 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-072 PDF Video- @inproceedings{Schperberg2026jun,
- author = {Schperberg, Alexander and Wang, Yeping and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
- title = {{Safe Whole-Body Loco-Manipulation via Combined Model and Learning-based Control}},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
- year = 2026,
- month = jun,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-072}
- }
- Xu, Z., Shirai, Y., "UNIC: Learning Unified Multimodal Extrinsic Contact Estimation", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-065 PDF Video Data Software- @inproceedings{Xu2026may,
- author = {{Xu, Zhengtong and Shirai, Yuki}},
- title = {{UNIC: Learning Unified Multimodal Extrinsic Contact Estimation}},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
- year = 2026,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-065}
- }
- Singh, D., Sun, H., Kawano, S., Raghunathan, A., Takaguchi, Y., Luo, F., "Adaptive Hybrid Prediction-Correction with Trust-Region and Dynamic Line Search for AC/DC Load Flow", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2026.3664002, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 1192-1203, May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-067 PDF- @article{Singh2026may,
- author = {Singh, Deepi and Sun, Hongbo and Kawano, Shunsuke and Raghunathan, Arvind and Takaguchi, Yusuke and Luo, Fang},
- title = {{Adaptive Hybrid Prediction-Correction with Trust-Region and Dynamic Line Search for AC/DC Load Flow}},
- journal = {IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery},
- year = 2026,
- volume = 41,
- number = 3,
- pages = {1192--1203},
- month = may,
- doi = {10.1109/TPWRD.2026.3664002},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-067}
- }
- Leung, J., Di Cairano, S., "Invariant-set motion-planner for unicycle dynamics under closed-loop feedback linearization", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-064 PDF- @inproceedings{Leung2026may2,
- author = {Leung, Jordan and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
- title = {{Invariant-set motion-planner for unicycle dynamics under closed-loop feedback linearization}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2026,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-064}
- }
- Silvestre, D., Vinod, A.P., "Robust Controllable Set Computation using Constrained Convex Generators", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-063 PDF- @inproceedings{Silvestre2026may,
- author = {Silvestre, Daniel and Vinod, Abraham P.},
- title = {{Robust Controllable Set Computation using Constrained Convex Generators}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2026,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-063}
- }
- Zinage, S., Dixit, V., Chakrabarty, A., Qiao, H., Laughman, C.R., Bilionis, I., Deshpande, V.M., "Sequential Model Calibration of Vapor Compression Cycles using Approximate Bayesian Computation", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-061 PDF- @inproceedings{Zinage2026may,
- author = {Zinage, Shrenik and Dixit, Vaibhav and Chakrabarty, Ankush and Qiao, Hongtao and Laughman, Christopher R. and Bilionis, Ilias and Deshpande, Vedang M.},
- title = {{Sequential Model Calibration of Vapor Compression Cycles using Approximate Bayesian Computation}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2026,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-061}
- }
- Vaziri, A., Qiao, H., Laughman, C.R., Fang, H., "Modular Deep Learning Framework for Vapor-Compression HVAC Systems: Scalable, Efficient, and Physically Consistent Modeling", Applied Thermal Engineering, May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-058 PDF- @article{Vaziri2026may,
- author = {Vaziri, Ali and Qiao, Hongtao and Laughman, Christopher R. and Fang, Huazhen},
- title = {{Modular Deep Learning Framework for Vapor-Compression HVAC Systems: Scalable, Efficient, and Physically Consistent Modeling}},
- journal = {Applied Thermal Engineering},
- year = 2026,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-058}
- }
- Queeney, J., Cai, X., Schperberg, A., Corcodel, R., Benosman, M., How, J., "GRAM: Generalization in Deep RL with a Robust Adaptation Module", IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-057 PDF- @article{Queeney2026may,
- author = {Queeney, James and Cai, Xiaoyi and Schperberg, Alexander and Corcodel, Radu and Benosman, Mouhacine and How, Jonathan},
- title = {{GRAM: Generalization in Deep RL with a Robust Adaptation Module}},
- journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)},
- year = 2026,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-057}
- }
- Ju, R., Zhang, D., Wang, Y., Zhou, M., Cao, Z., "3D-Dynamic Safety Envelope-Based Control Strategy for Hyper-Redundant Manipulator Moving in Confined Space", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2026.3682383, May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-105 PDF- @article{Ju2026may,
- author = {Ju, Renjie and Zhang, Dong and Wang, Yebin and Zhou, Mengchu and Cao, Zhengcai},
- title = {{3D-Dynamic Safety Envelope-Based Control Strategy for Hyper-Redundant Manipulator Moving in Confined Space}},
- journal = {IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics},
- year = 2026,
- month = may,
- doi = {10.1109/TIE.2026.3682383},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-105}
- }
- Cherian, A., Corcodel, R., Jain, S., Romeres, D., "LLMPhy: Parameter-Identifiable Physical Reasoning Combining Large Language Models and Physics Engines", International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-052 PDF Data Software- @inproceedings{Cherian2026may,
- author = {Cherian, Anoop and Corcodel, Radu and Jain, Siddarth and Romeres, Diego},
- title = {{LLMPhy: Parameter-Identifiable Physical Reasoning Combining Large Language Models and Physics Engines}},
- booktitle = {International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS)},
- year = 2026,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-052}
- }
- Tandi, K., Ali, W.H., Rapp, J., Mansour, H., "Single View Camera-Based Dynamic Airflow Sensing", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-038 PDF- @inproceedings{Tandi2026may,
- author = {Tandi, Kevin and Ali, Wael H. and Rapp, Joshua and Mansour, Hassan},
- title = {{Single View Camera-Based Dynamic Airflow Sensing}},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
- year = 2026,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-038}
- }
- Zhang, H., Ma, Y., Kitichotkul, R., Rapp, J., Boufounos, P.T., "ProxiCBO: A Consensus-based Method for Composite Optimization", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), DOI: 10.1109/ICASSP55912.2026.11464733, May 2026, pp. 946-950.
BibTeX TR2026-041 PDF- @inproceedings{Zhang2026may,
- author = {Zhang, Haoyu and Ma, Yanting and Kitichotkul, Ruangrawee and Rapp, Joshua and Boufounos, Petros T.},
- title = {{ProxiCBO: A Consensus-based Method for Composite Optimization}},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
- year = 2026,
- pages = {946--950},
- month = may,
- publisher = {IEEE},
- doi = {10.1109/ICASSP55912.2026.11464733},
- issn = {1520-6149},
- isbn = {979-8-3315-6702-6},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-041}
- }
- Wang, Z., Romagnoli, R., Mowlavi, S., Nakahira, Y., "Physics-Informed Deep B-Spline Networks", International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on AI and Partial Differential Equations (AI&PDE), April 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-046 PDF- @inproceedings{Wang2026apr3,
- author = {Wang, Zhuoyuan and Romagnoli, Raffaele and Mowlavi, Saviz and Nakahira, Yorie},
- title = {{Physics-Informed Deep B-Spline Networks}},
- booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on AI and Partial Differential Equations (AI\&PDE)},
- year = 2026,
- month = apr,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-046}
- }
- Li, X., Wang, Y., Jiang, Z.-P., "Adaptive Dynamic Programming with Control Barrier Function for Safety-Critical Control Applications", SCIENTIA SINICA Informationis, DOI: 10.1360/SSI-2025-0475, Vol. 56, No. 5, April 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-104 PDF- @article{Li2026apr,
- author = {Li, Xianning and Wang, Yebin and Jiang, Zhong-Ping},
- title = {{Adaptive Dynamic Programming with Control Barrier Function for Safety-Critical Control Applications}},
- journal = {SCIENTIA SINICA Informationis},
- year = 2026,
- volume = 56,
- number = 5,
- month = apr,
- doi = {10.1360/SSI-2025-0475},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-104}
- }
- Qin, J., Sun, H., Yu, N., Guo, J., Wang, Y., Raghunathan, A., "Temporal Surrogate Lagrangian Decomposition for Operational Hosting Capacity Assessment In Unbalanced Power Distribution Systems", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, DOI: 10.1109/TII.2025.3650721, February 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-025 PDF- @article{Qin2026feb,
- author = {Qin, Jingtao and Sun, Hongbo and Yu, Nanpeng and Guo, Jianlin and Wang, Ye and Raghunathan, Arvind},
- title = {{Temporal Surrogate Lagrangian Decomposition for Operational Hosting Capacity Assessment In Unbalanced Power Distribution Systems}},
- journal = {IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics},
- year = 2026,
- month = feb,
- doi = {10.1109/TII.2025.3650721},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-025}
- }
- Ghezzi, A., Nurkanović, A., Weiss, A., Diehl, M., Di Cairano, S., "A Comparative Study of MINLP and MPVC Formulations for Solving Complex Nonlinear Decision-Making Problems in Aerospace Applications", Optimal Control Applications and Methods, February 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-024 PDF- @article{Ghezzi2026feb,
- author = {Ghezzi, Andrea and Nurkanović, Armin and Weiss, Avishai and Diehl, Moritz and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
- title = {{A Comparative Study of MINLP and MPVC Formulations for Solving Complex Nonlinear Decision-Making Problems in Aerospace Applications}},
- journal = {Optimal Control Applications and Methods},
- year = 2026,
- month = feb,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-024}
- }
- Mumcu, F., Bekit, L., Jones, M.J., Cherian, A., Yilmaz, Y., "Agentic AI-Empowered Dynamic Survey Framework", arXiv, February 2026.
BibTeX arXiv- @article{Mumcu2026feb,
- author = {Mumcu, Furkan and Bekit, Lokman and Jones, Michael J. and Cherian, Anoop and Yilmaz, Yasin},
- title = {{Agentic AI-Empowered Dynamic Survey Framework}},
- journal = {arXiv},
- year = 2026,
- month = feb,
- url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.04071}
- }
- Kamath, A., Vinod, A.P., Elango, P., Di Cairano, S., Weiss, A., "Robust Optimal Control for Autonomous Precision Landing via Set-based Dynamic Programming", AIAA SciTech Forum, DOI: 10.2514/6.2026-0970, January 2026, pp. 2026-0970.
BibTeX TR2026-015 PDF- @inproceedings{Kamath2026jan,
- author = {Kamath, Abhinav and Vinod, Abraham P. and Elango, Purnanand and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Weiss, Avishai},
- title = {{Robust Optimal Control for Autonomous Precision Landing via Set-based Dynamic Programming}},
- booktitle = {AIAA SciTech 2026 Forum},
- year = 2026,
- pages = {2026--0970},
- month = jan,
- publisher = {AIAA},
- doi = {10.2514/6.2026-0970},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-015}
- }