- Hori, C., Korekata, R., Kambara, M., Masuyama, Y., Jain, S., Corcodel, R., Romeres, D., Le Roux, J., "Plan and Double-Check: Streaming Multimodal Q-Former for Online Robot Action Generation", Interspeech, September 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-136 PDF- @inproceedings{Hori2026sep,
- author = {{Hori, Chiori and Korekata, Ryosuke and Kambara, Motonari and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Jain, Siddarth and Corcodel, Radu and Romeres, Diego and Le Roux, Jonathan}},
- title = {{Plan and Double-Check: Streaming Multimodal Q-Former for Online Robot Action Generation}},
- booktitle = {Interspeech},
- year = 2026,
- month = sep,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-136}
- }
- 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}
- }
- 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}
- }
- 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}
- }
- Yao, S., Xing, C., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., "Dexterous Non-prehensile Manipulation using Environment Guided Diffusion Models", ICRA Workshop on Dexterity with Multifingered Hands: Hardware, Sensing, and Skills, June 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-073 PDF- @inproceedings{Yao2026jun,
- author = {{Yao, Shaoxiong and Xing, Chengy and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego}},
- title = {{Dexterous Non-prehensile Manipulation using Environment Guided Diffusion Models}},
- booktitle = {ICRA Workshop on Dexterity with Multifingered Hands: Hardware, Sensing, and Skills},
- year = 2026,
- month = jun,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-073}
- }
- Wang, Z., Jha, D.K., Qureshi, A.H., Romeres, D., "PPGuide: Steering Diffusion Policies with Performance Predictive Guidance", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-066 PDF- @inproceedings{Wang2026may2,
- author = {{Wang, Zixing and Jha, Devesh K. and Qureshi , Ahmed H. and Romeres, Diego}},
- title = {{PPGuide: Steering Diffusion Policies with Performance Predictive Guidance}},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
- year = 2026,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-066}
- }
- Aihara, R., Masuyama, Y., Germain, F.G., Wichern, G., Le Roux, J., "Exploring Disentangled Neural Speech Codecs from Self-Supervised Representations", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Workshops (ICASSPW), DOI: 10.1109/ICASSP55912.2026.11462776, May 2026, pp. 21992-21996.
BibTeX TR2026-035 PDF- @inproceedings{Aihara2026may2,
- author = {Aihara, Ryo and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Germain, François G and Wichern, Gordon and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
- title = {{Exploring Disentangled Neural Speech Codecs from Self-Supervised Representations}},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Workshops (ICASSPW)},
- year = 2026,
- pages = {21992--21996},
- month = may,
- doi = {10.1109/ICASSP55912.2026.11462776},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-035}
- }
- Bimbraw, K., Wang, Y., Liu, J., Koike-Akino, T., "GPT Sonography: Hand Gesture Decoding from Forearm Ultrasound Images via a Large Vision-Language Model", IEEE Access, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3687477, Vol. 14, pp. 70724-70736, April 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-054 PDF- @article{Bimbraw2026may,
- author = {Bimbraw, Keshav and Wang, Ye and Liu, Jing and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
- title = {{GPT Sonography: Hand Gesture Decoding from Forearm Ultrasound Images via a Large Vision-Language Model}},
- journal = {IEEE Access},
- year = 2026,
- volume = 14,
- pages = {70724--70736},
- month = may,
- doi = {10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3687477},
- issn = {2169-3536},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-054}
- }
- Wang, Z., Hu, H., Deng, X., Mowlavi, S., Nakahira, Y., "OpInf-LLM: Parametric PDE Solving with LLMs via Operator Inference", International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on AI and Partial Differential Equations (AI&PDE), April 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-043 PDF- @inproceedings{Wang2026apr2,
- author = {Wang, Zhuoyuan and Hu, Hanjiang and Deng, Xiyu and Mowlavi, Saviz and Nakahira, Yorie},
- title = {{OpInf-LLM: Parametric PDE Solving with LLMs via Operator Inference}},
- 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/TR2026-043}
- }
- Ryo, H., Wang, Y., Koike-Akino, T., Liu, J., Parsons, K., Hato, J., "Evaluating Security Policy Compliance in Infrastructure as Code Generated by Large Language Models", International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security, DOI: 10.1109/ISDFS69419.2026.11458930, March 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-036 PDF- @inproceedings{Ryo2026mar,
- author = {Ryo, Hase and Wang, Ye and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Liu, Jing and Parsons, Kieran and Hato, Jumpei},
- title = {{Evaluating Security Policy Compliance in Infrastructure as Code Generated by Large Language Models}},
- booktitle = {International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security},
- year = 2026,
- month = mar,
- doi = {10.1109/ISDFS69419.2026.11458930},
- issn = {2768-1831},
- isbn = {979-8-3315-7310-2},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-036}
- }
- Kogashi, K., Cherian, A., Kuo, M.-Y.J., "MMHOI: Modeling Complex 3D Multi-Human Multi-Object Interactions", IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV), March 2026, pp. 1512-1521.
BibTeX TR2026-029 PDF Video Data- @inproceedings{Kogashi2026mar,
- author = {Kogashi, Kaen and Cherian, Anoop and Kuo, Meng-Yu Jennifer},
- title = {{MMHOI: Modeling Complex 3D Multi-Human Multi-Object Interactions}},
- booktitle = {IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV)},
- year = 2026,
- pages = {1512--1521},
- month = mar,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-029}
- }
- Mumcu, F., Jones, M.J., Yilmaz, Y., Cherian, A., "Leveraging Multimodal LLM Descriptions of Activity for Explainable Semi-Supervised Video Anomaly Detection", Transactions on Machine Learning Research, DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2510.14896, February 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-027 PDF- @article{Mumcu2026feb2,
- author = {Mumcu, Furkan and Jones, Michael J. and Yilmaz, Yasin and Cherian, Anoop},
- title = {{Leveraging Multimodal LLM Descriptions of Activity for Explainable Semi-Supervised Video Anomaly Detection}},
- journal = {Transactions on Machine Learning Research},
- year = 2026,
- month = feb,
- doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2510.14896},
- issn = {2835-8856},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-027}
- }
- Wang, R., Wang, Y., Liu, J., Koike-Akino, T., "Quantum Diffusion Models for Few-Shot Learning", AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Shaukat Ali, Francisco Chicano, Alberto Moraglio, Eds., DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-15931-1, January 2026, pp. 46-59.
BibTeX TR2025-025 PDF- @inproceedings{Wang2025mar,
- author = {Wang, Ruhan and Wang, Ye and Liu, Jing and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
- title = {Quantum Diffusion Models for Few-Shot Learning},
- booktitle = {Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence: First International Workshop, QC+AI 2025},
- year = 2025,
- editor = {Shaukat Ali, Francisco Chicano, Alberto Moraglio},
- pages = {46--59},
- month = mar,
- publisher = {Springer Cham},
- doi = {10.1007/978-3-032-15931-1},
- issn = {1865-0929},
- isbn = {978-3-032-15931-1},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-025}
- }
- Wang, R., Wang, Y., Liu, J., Koike-Akino, T., "Quantum Diffusion Models for Few-Shot Learning", Springer Nature, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-15931-1, pp. 46-59, January 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-042 PDF- @article{Wang2026apr,
- author = {Wang, Ruhan and Wang, Ye and Liu, Jing and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
- title = {{Quantum Diffusion Models for Few-Shot Learning}},
- journal = {Springer Nature},
- year = 2026,
- pages = {46--59},
- month = apr,
- doi = {10.1007/978-3-032-15931-1},
- issn = {1865-0929},
- isbn = {978-3-032-15931-1},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-042}
- }
- Rashid, M.R.U., Dasu, V.A., Wang, Y., Tan, G.G., Mehnaz, S., "Chain-of-Thought Driven Adversarial Scenario Extrapolation for Robust Language Models", AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor, Eds., DOI: 10.1609/aaai.v40i44.41122, January 2026, vol. 40, pp. 37858-37866.
BibTeX TR2026-017 PDF- @inproceedings{Rashid2026jan,
- author = {Rashid, Md Rafi Ur and Dasu, Vishnu Asutosh and Wang, Ye and Tan, G. Gary and Mehnaz, Shagufta},
- title = {{Chain-of-Thought Driven Adversarial Scenario Extrapolation for Robust Language Models}},
- booktitle = {Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
- year = 2026,
- editor = {Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor},
- volume = 40,
- number = 44,
- pages = {37858--37866},
- month = jan,
- publisher = {AAAI Press},
- doi = {10.1609/aaai.v40i44.41122},
- issn = {2159-5399},
- isbn = {978-1-57735-906-7},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-017}
- }
- Shirai, Y., Ota, K., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., "Learning Non-prehensile Manipulation with Force and Vision Feedback Using Optimization-based Demonstrations", IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, January 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-011 PDF Video- @article{Shirai2026jan,
- author = {Shirai, Yuki and Ota, Kei and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego},
- title = {{Learning Non-prehensile Manipulation with Force and Vision Feedback Using Optimization-based Demonstrations}},
- journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
- year = 2026,
- month = jan,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-011}
- }
- Shirai, Y., Ota, K., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., "Sim-to-Real Contact-Rich Pivoting via Optimization-Guided RL with Vision and Touch", Embodied World Models for Decision Making, NeurIPS Workshop, December 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-169 PDF Video- @inproceedings{Shirai2025dec,
- author = {Shirai, Yuki and Ota, Kei and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego},
- title = {{Sim-to-Real Contact-Rich Pivoting via Optimization-Guided RL with Vision and Touch}},
- booktitle = {NeurIPS 2025 Workshop on Embodied World Models for Decision Making},
- year = 2025,
- month = dec,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-169}
- }
- Fujihashi, T., Kuwabara, A., Koike-Akino, T., "QKAN-GS: Quantum-Empowered 3D Gaussian Splatting", ACM Multimedia Workshop, DOI: 10.1145/3728486.375921, October 2025, pp. 51-55.
BibTeX TR2025-156 PDF- @inproceedings{Fujihashi2025oct,
- author = {Fujihashi, Takuya and Kuwabara, Akihiro and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
- title = {{QKAN-GS: Quantum-Empowered 3D Gaussian Splatting}},
- booktitle = {ACM Multimedia Workshop},
- year = 2025,
- pages = {51--55},
- month = oct,
- publisher = {ACM},
- doi = {10.1145/3728486.375921},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-156}
- }
- Peng, K.-C., "Joint Training of Image Generator and Detector for Road Defect Detection", IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Workshops, October 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-149 PDF Video Presentation- @inproceedings{Peng2025oct,
- author = {{{Peng, Kuan-Chuan}}},
- title = {{{Joint Training of Image Generator and Detector for Road Defect Detection}}},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Workshops},
- year = 2025,
- month = oct,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-149}
- }
- Masuyama, Y., Germain, F.G., Wichern, G., Ick, C., Le Roux, J., "Physics-Informed Direction-Aware Neural Acoustic Fields", IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA), DOI: 10.1109/WASPAA66052.2025.11230918, October 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-142 PDF- @inproceedings{Masuyama2025oct,
- author = {Masuyama, Yoshiki and Germain, François G and Wichern, Gordon and Ick, Christopher and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
- title = {{Physics-Informed Direction-Aware Neural Acoustic Fields}},
- booktitle = {IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA)},
- year = 2025,
- month = oct,
- doi = {10.1109/WASPAA66052.2025.11230918},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-142}
- }
- Ma, J., Dong, Y., Qiao, H., Laughman, C.R., "A physics-constrained deep learning framework for dynamic modeling of vapor compression systems", Applied Energy, DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.123734, Vol. 254, September 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-137 PDF- @article{Ma2025sep,
- author = {Ma, JiaCheng and Dong, Yiyun and Qiao, Hongtao and Laughman, Christopher R.},
- title = {{A physics-constrained deep learning framework for dynamic modeling of vapor compression systems}},
- journal = {Applied Energy},
- year = 2025,
- volume = 254,
- month = sep,
- doi = {10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.123734},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-137}
- }
- Tang, W.-T., Vinod, A.P., Germain, F.G., Paulson, J.A., Laughman, C.R., Chakrabarty, A., "AI-Driven Scenario Discovery: Diffusion Models and Multi-Armed Bandits for Building Control Validation", Energy and Buildings, DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116207, September 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-132 PDF- @article{Tang2025sep,
- author = {Tang, Wei-Ting and Vinod, Abraham P. and Germain, François G and Paulson, Joel A. and Laughman, Christopher R. and Chakrabarty, Ankush},
- title = {{AI-Driven Scenario Discovery: Diffusion Models and Multi-Armed Bandits for Building Control Validation}},
- journal = {Energy and Buildings},
- year = 2025,
- month = sep,
- doi = {10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116207},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-132}
- }
- Chakrabarty, A., Forgione, M., Piga, D., Bemporad, A., Laughman, C.R., "Zero-Shot Parameter Estimation of Modelica Models using Patch Transformer Networks", International Modelica and FMI Conference, September 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-133 PDF- @inproceedings{Chakrabarty2025sep,
- author = {Chakrabarty, Ankush and Forgione, Marco and Piga, Dario and Bemporad, Alberto and Laughman, Christopher R.},
- title = {{Zero-Shot Parameter Estimation of Modelica Models using Patch Transformer Networks}},
- booktitle = {International Modelica and FMI Conference},
- year = 2025,
- month = sep,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-133}
- }
- Lu, Z., Tu, H., Fang, H., Wang, Y., Mou, S., "A Real-time High C-rate Lithium-ion Battery Fast Charging Strategy", IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), DOI: 10.1109/CCTA53793.2025.11151417, August 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-127 PDF- @inproceedings{Lu2025aug,
- author = {Lu, Zehui and Tu, Hao and Fang, Huazhen and Wang, Yebin and Mou, Shaoshuai},
- title = {{A Real-time High C-rate Lithium-ion Battery Fast Charging Strategy}},
- booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)},
- year = 2025,
- month = aug,
- doi = {10.1109/CCTA53793.2025.11151417},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-127}
- }
- Ji, D.-Y., Wang, B., Inoue, H., Kanemaru, M., "Simulation-to-Reality Domain Adaptation for Motor Fault Detection", IEEE International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electric Machines, Power Electronics and Drives (SDEMPED), August 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-126 PDF- @inproceedings{Ji2025aug,
- author = {Ji, Dai-Yan and Wang, Bingnan and Inoue, Hiroshi and Kanemaru, Makoto},
- title = {{Simulation-to-Reality Domain Adaptation for Motor Fault Detection}},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electric Machines, Power Electronics and Drives (SDEMPED)},
- year = 2025,
- month = aug,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-126}
- }