Internship at MERL

MERL's internship program gives students excellent opportunities to work in an industrial research lab environment side-by-side with world-class researchers.



Program Overview

The internship program at MERL emphasizes close collaboration with a particular researcher or members of a small team. Primary areas of work include:

  1. Artificial Intelligence including:
    1. Machine Learning
    2. Computer Vision
    3. Speech Recognition
    4. Acoustic Analysis
    5. Data Analytics
  2. Cyber-Physical Systems including:
    1. Signal Processing
    2. Digital & Optical Communications
    3. Multi-Physical Modeling
    4. Planning, Optimization & Control
    5. Dynamical Systems
  3. Design of Algorithms and Semiconductor Devices

The primary intent of MERL's internship program is to provide interns with experiences that help them enhance and accelerate their professional career, while contributing to new or ongoing initiatives at MERL. Interns are exposed to relevant industrial problems ranging from speculative and exploratory research to more practical engineering tasks. Interns have a chance to become familiar with the open research culture at MERL, produce publishable work, and develop an appreciation for how breakthrough research makes an impact on future products.

MERL considers graduate students from all over the world. As many of our projects benefit from specialized knowledge in a given field, graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. typically fill the majority of internship openings.

The duration of a typical internship varies from 3 months to 1 year, with the majority of interns being employed during the summer months. As the summer is a very busy time, we encourage applications for non-summer internships and also prefer early applications for summer internships. Hiring decisions for the summer are typically made around January/February to allow enough time for any necessary paperwork (such as visa applications or other work eligibility forms) to be completed.

Boston is a fantastic city with one of the largest student populations of any city in the US. There are many social and leisure activities to get involved in, and no shortage of things to do during your stay. With close proximity to major universities such as MIT and Harvard, there are also many chances to attend seminars and lectures by well-known experts in various fields. During the summer, MERL organizes a number of social activities for interns. Some past activities included BBQ outings, whale watching and movie nights.

The key benefits of interning at MERL:

  1. Experience: At MERL, you work closely with top researchers and participate in a lab-wide R&D culture with a unique mix of curiosity-driven research and market-oriented prototyping.
  2. Publication: MERL is an open research lab with a strong tradition of publication in high-impact peer-reviewed venues. Internships typically aim at producing publication-worthy results and interns are co-authors on many papers each year.
  3. Compensation: MERL offers competitive salaries based on relevant education, skills, and work experience.
  4. Perks: MERL provides relocation assistance including travel costs; subsidies for commuting costs; and entertainment events for interns to get to know Boston and each other.
  5. Networking: Interns are encouraged to network with MERL's research staff, fellow interns, and faculty at local universities. Weekly socials and seminars provide many venues.
  6. Opportunity: Many MERL interns have gone on to distinguished careers at MERL. MERL research hosts have often provided letters of reference supporting their ex-interns' candidacies for jobs, fellowships, and tenure.
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  • Recent Publications with MERL Interns

    Publications are an important output of MERL's research, and internships often lead to one or more publications. Below is a sample listing of some recent publications that include interns as co-authors. Please visit our publications page for a complete listing of MERL papers.

    •  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}
      • }
    •  Li, D., Zhang, J., Egger, B., Chatterjee, M., Lohit, S., Marks, T.K., Cherian, A., "AssemblyBench: Physics-Aware Assembly of Complex Industrial Objects", IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), June 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-076 PDF Video Data Software
      • @inproceedings{Li2026jun,
      • author = {Li, Danrui and Zhang, Jiahao and Egger, Bernhard and Chatterjee, Moitreya and Lohit, Suhas and Marks, Tim K. and Cherian, Anoop},
      • title = {{AssemblyBench: Physics-Aware Assembly of Complex Industrial Objects}},
      • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = jun,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-076}
      • }
    •  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}
      • }
    •  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}
      • }
    •  Jain, S., Choi, H.J., "Robotic manipulators excel in structured envi- ronments but face substantial challenges in unstructured and dynamic settings. This paper presents SplatCtrl, a unified framework for real-time scene reconstruction and reactive robot motion generation to enable collision-free robotic arm control in previously unseen and continuously changing environments. Building on 3D Gaussian Splatting (3D-GS), we introduce a hybrid voxel-based filtering and dynamic Gaussian relocation strategy that supports efficient scene reconstruction from RGB- D streams while accommodating environmental changes. For safe and reactive control, we further propose a method for deriving continuous signed distance functions from isotropic Gaussians, providing stable and differentiable collision prob- ability estimates that bridge classical distance fields with the modern implicit representation. These continuous distance met- rics are incorporated into control barrier functions, resulting in a unified perception–action coupling framework that supports smooth and reliable real-time motion generation in response to scene changes. Experimental validation in simulation, on physical robot, and within shared human–robot workspace demonstrates the framework’s effectiveness, achieving inte- grated scene reconstruction and reactive control in uncertain, and dynamic environments.", 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA), June 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-069 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Jain2026jun,
      • author = {Jain, Siddarth and Choi, Ho Jin},
      • title = {{Robotic manipulators excel in structured envi- ronments but face substantial challenges in unstructured and dynamic settings. This paper presents SplatCtrl, a unified framework for real-time scene reconstruction and reactive robot motion generation to enable collision-free robotic arm control in previously unseen and continuously changing environments. Building on 3D Gaussian Splatting (3D-GS), we introduce a hybrid voxel-based filtering and dynamic Gaussian relocation strategy that supports efficient scene reconstruction from RGB- D streams while accommodating environmental changes. For safe and reactive control, we further propose a method for deriving continuous signed distance functions from isotropic Gaussians, providing stable and differentiable collision prob- ability estimates that bridge classical distance fields with the modern implicit representation. These continuous distance met- rics are incorporated into control barrier functions, resulting in a unified perception–action coupling framework that supports smooth and reliable real-time motion generation in response to scene changes. Experimental validation in simulation, on physical robot, and within shared human–robot workspace demonstrates the framework’s effectiveness, achieving inte- grated scene reconstruction and reactive control in uncertain, and dynamic environments.}},
      • 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}
      • }
    •  Oller, M., Qian, Q., Corcodel, R., Jain, S., "M-VTOP: Modular Visuo-Tactile Object Pose Estimation for High-Precision Robotic Manipulation", 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA), June 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-070 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Oller2026jun,
      • author = {Oller, Miquel and Qian, Qiyang and Corcodel, Radu and Jain, Siddarth},
      • title = {{M-VTOP: Modular Visuo-Tactile Object Pose Estimation for High-Precision Robotic Manipulation}},
      • booktitle = {2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics \& Automation (ICRA)},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = jun,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-070}
      • }
    •  Velentzas, I.G., Kento, T., "LIDIA: Localizing In the Dark with Illumination-Awareness toward Perception-Aware Planning", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), June 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-071 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Velentzas2026jun,
      • author = {Velentzas, Iason, G and Kento, Tomita},
      • title = {{LIDIA: Localizing In the Dark with Illumination-Awareness toward Perception-Aware Planning}},
      • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = jun,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-071}
      • }
    •  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}
      • }
    •  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}
      • }
    •  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}
      • }
    •  Bortoff, S.A., Quah, T., Rawlings, J.B., "A Comparison of MPC Architectures for a Heat Pump", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-060 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Bortoff2026may,
      • author = {Bortoff, Scott A. and Quah, Titus and Rawlings, James B.},
      • title = {{A Comparison of MPC Architectures for a Heat Pump}},
      • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = may,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-060}
      • }
    •  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}
      • }
    •  Lakha, B., Guo, J., Parsons, K., Sumi, T., Nagai, Y., Serra, E., "Multi-Hop IoT Network Fault Detection Using Spatio-Temporal Graph Neural Network", IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC), May 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-059 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Lakha2026may,
      • author = {Lakha, Bishal and Guo, Jianlin and Parsons, Kieran and Sumi, Takenori and Nagai, Yukimasa and Serra, Edoardo},
      • title = {{Multi-Hop IoT Network Fault Detection Using Spatio-Temporal Graph Neural Network}},
      • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC)},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = may,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-059}
      • }
    •  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}
      • }
    •  Hu, H., Liu, C., Wang, Y., "Verified Task-Space Motion Planning Under Joint-Space Constraints", arXiv, May 2026.
      BibTeX arXiv
      • @article{Hu2026may,
      • author = {Hu, Hanjiang and Liu, Changliu and Wang, Yebin},
      • title = {{Verified Task-Space Motion Planning Under Joint-Space Constraints}},
      • journal = {arXiv},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = may,
      • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22991}
      • }
    •  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}
      • }
    •  Ding, T., Xie, Y., Liang, Y., Chatterjee, M., Miraldo, P., Jiang, H., "LASER: Layer-wise Scale Alignment for Training-Free Streaming 4D Reconstruction", IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), May 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-055 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Ding2026may,
      • author = {Ding, Tianye and Xie, Yiming and Liang, Yiqing and Chatterjee, Moitreya and Miraldo, Pedro and Jiang, Huaizu},
      • title = {{LASER: Layer-wise Scale Alignment for Training-Free Streaming 4D Reconstruction}},
      • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = may,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-055}
      • }
    •  Wang, Y., Liu, J., Koike-Akino, T., "Temper and Tilt Lead to SLOP: Reward Hacking Mitigation with Inference-Time Alignment", arXiv, May 2026.
      BibTeX arXiv
      • @article{Wang2026may,
      • author = {Wang, Ye and Liu, Jing and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
      • title = {{Temper and Tilt Lead to SLOP: Reward Hacking Mitigation with Inference-Time Alignment}},
      • journal = {arXiv},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = may,
      • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.13537}
      • }
    •  Mumcu, F., Jones, M.J., Cherian, A., Yilmaz, Y., "Is Video Anomaly Detection Misframed? Evidence from LLM-Based and Multi-Scene Models", arXiv, May 2026.
      BibTeX arXiv
      • @article{Mumcu2026may,
      • author = {Mumcu, Furkan and Jones, Michael J. and Cherian, Anoop and Yilmaz, Yasin},
      • title = {{Is Video Anomaly Detection Misframed? Evidence from LLM-Based and Multi-Scene Models}},
      • journal = {arXiv},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = may,
      • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12725}
      • }
    •  Richter, J., Masuyama, Y., Boeddeker, C., Edo, T., Wichern, G., Le Roux, J., "Predictive-Generative Drift Decomposition for Speech Enhancement and Separation", arXiv, May 2026.
      BibTeX arXiv
      • @article{Richter2026may,
      • author = {{Richter, Julius and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Boeddeker, Christoph and Edo, Takahiro and Wichern, Gordon and Le Roux, Jonathan}},
      • title = {{Predictive-Generative Drift Decomposition for Speech Enhancement and Separation}},
      • journal = {arXiv},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = may,
      • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.06189}
      • }
    •  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}
      • }
    •  Masuyama, Y., Saijo, K., Paissan, F., Han, J., Delcroix, M., Aihara, R., Germain, F.G., Wichern, G., Le Roux, J., "FlexIO: Flexible Single- and Multi-Channel Speech Separation and Enhancement", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), May 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-034 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Masuyama2026may2,
      • author = {Masuyama, Yoshiki and Saijo, Kohei and Paissan, Francesco and Han, Jiangyu and Delcroix, Marc and Aihara, Ryo and Germain, François G and Wichern, Gordon and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
      • title = {{FlexIO: Flexible Single- and Multi-Channel Speech Separation and Enhancement}},
      • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = may,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-034}
      • }
    •  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), May 2026.
      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,
      • month = may,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-041}
      • }
    •  Masuyama, Y., Germain, F.G., Wichern, G., Hori, C., Le Roux, J., "Velocity Potential Neural Field for Efficient Ambisonics Impulse Response Modeling", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), May 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-033 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Masuyama2026may,
      • author = {Masuyama, Yoshiki and Germain, François G and Wichern, Gordon and Hori, Chiori and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
      • title = {{Velocity Potential Neural Field for Efficient Ambisonics Impulse Response Modeling}},
      • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = may,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-033}
      • }
    •  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), May 2026.
      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,
      • month = may,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-035}
      • }
    •  Han, J., Wang, R., Masuyama, Y., Delcroix, M., Rohdin, J., Du, J., Burget, L., "Spatially Aware Self-Supervised Models for Multi-Channel Neural Speaker Diarization", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), May 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-047 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Han2026may,
      • author = {Han, Jiangyu and Wang, Ruoyu and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Delcroix, Marc and Rohdin, Johan and Du, Jun and Burget, Lukáš},
      • title = {{Spatially Aware Self-Supervised Models for Multi-Channel Neural Speaker Diarization}},
      • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = may,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-047}
      • }
    •  Kitichotkul, R., Rapp, J., Ma, Y., Mansour, H., "Unambiguous Range Extension for1 Doppler Single-Photon Lidar", Optics Express, DOI: 10.1364/​OE.592528, Vol. 34, No. 9, pp. 15933-15952, May 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-050 PDF
      • @article{Kitichotkul2026apr,
      • author = {Kitichotkul, Ruangrawee and Rapp, Joshua and Ma, Yanting and Mansour, Hassan},
      • title = {{Unambiguous range extension for Doppler single-photon lidar}},
      • journal = {Optics Express},
      • year = 2026,
      • volume = 34,
      • number = 9,
      • pages = {15933--15952},
      • month = apr,
      • doi = {10.1364/OE.592528},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-050}
      • }
    •  Aihara, R., Masuyama, Y., Paissan, F., Germain, F.G., Wichern, G., Le Roux, J., "SUNAC: Source-aware Unified Neural Audio Codec", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), May 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-032 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Aihara2026may,
      • author = {Aihara, Ryo and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Paissan, Francesco and Germain, François G and Wichern, Gordon and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
      • title = {{SUNAC: Source-aware Unified Neural Audio Codec}},
      • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = may,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-032}
      • }
    •  Kato, S., Wang, P., Fujihashi, T., Markham, A., "Heatmap-to-SMPL Multi-View Radar Transformer for Multi-Person 3D Pose Estimation", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), May 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-040 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Kato2026may,
      • author = {Kato, Sorachi and Wang, Pu and Fujihashi, Takuya and Markham, Andrew},
      • title = {{Heatmap-to-SMPL Multi-View Radar Transformer for Multi-Person 3D Pose Estimation}},
      • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = may,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-040}
      • }
    •  Rapp, J., Kitichotkul, R., Ma, Y., Mansour, H., "Velocity estimation with single-photon lidar", SPIE Conference on Advanced Photon Counting Techniques, April 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-051 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Rapp2026apr,
      • author = {Rapp, Joshua and Kitichotkul, Ruangrawee and Ma, Yanting and Mansour, Hassan},
      • title = {{Velocity estimation with single-photon lidar}},
      • booktitle = {SPIE Conference on Advanced Photon Counting Techniques},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = apr,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-051}
      • }
    •  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},
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      • }
    •  Wang, Y., Liu, J., Koike-Akino, T., "Directional Embedding Smoothing for Robust Vision Language Models", International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on Agents in the Wild, April 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-049 PDF Presentation
      • @inproceedings{Wang2026apr4,
      • author = {{Wang, Ye and Liu, Jing and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki}},
      • title = {{Directional Embedding Smoothing for Robust Vision Language Models}},
      • booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on Agents in the Wild},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = apr,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-049}
      • }
    •  Suzuki, K., Liu, J., Wang, Y., Hori, C., Brand, M., Romeres, D., Koike-Akino, T., "Embedding Morphology into Transformers for Cross-Robot Policy Learning", International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop, April 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-048 PDF
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      • author = {Suzuki, Kei and Liu, Jing and Wang, Ye and Hori, Chiori and Brand, Matthew and Romeres, Diego and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
      • title = {{Embedding Morphology into Transformers for Cross-Robot Policy Learning}},
      • booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on Efficient Spatial Reasoning},
      • year = 2026,
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      • }
    •  Koike-Akino, T., Liu, J., Wang, Y., "TTQ: Activation-Aware Test-Time Quantization to Accelerate LLM Inference on the Fly", International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop, April 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-044 PDF Presentation
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      • author = {{Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Liu, Jing and Wang, Ye}},
      • title = {{TTQ: Activation-Aware Test-Time Quantization to Accelerate LLM Inference on the Fly}},
      • booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on Test-Time Updates (TTU)},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = apr,
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      • }
    •  Zhang, Y., Corcodel, R., Hori, C., Cherian, A., Zhao, D., "SpinBench: 3D Rotation as a Lens on Spatial Reasoning in VLMs", International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2026, April 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-045 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Zhang2026apr2,
      • author = {Zhang, Yuyou and Corcodel, Radu and Hori, Chiori and Cherian, Anoop and Zhao, Ding},
      • title = {{SpinBench: 3D Rotation as a Lens on Spatial Reasoning in VLMs}},
      • booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2026},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = apr,
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      • }
    •  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,
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      • }
    •  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}
      • }
    •  Zhai, H., Qiao, H., Mansour, H., Laughman, C.R., "Scalable Physics-Informed Neural Differential Equations and Data-Driven Algorithms for HVAC Systems", arXiv, April 2026.
      BibTeX arXiv
      • @article{Zhai2026apr,
      • author = {Zhai, Hanfeng and Qiao, Hongtao and Mansour, Hassan and Laughman, Christopher R.},
      • title = {{Scalable Physics-Informed Neural Differential Equations and Data-Driven Algorithms for HVAC Systems}},
      • journal = {arXiv},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = apr,
      • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18438}
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    •  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,
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      • issn = {2768-1831},
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      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-036}
      • }
    •  Koike-Akino, T., Chen, X., Liu, J., Wang, Y., Wang, P., Brand, M., "LatentLLM: Activation-Aware Transform to Multi-Head Latent Attention", AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor, Eds., DOI: 10.1609/​aaai.v40i27.39425, March 2026, vol. 40, pp. 22644-22652.
      BibTeX TR2026-018 PDF Video Presentation
      • @inproceedings{Koike-Akino2026jan,
      • author = {{{Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Chen, Xiangyu and Liu, Jing and Wang, Ye and Wang, Pu and Brand, Matthew}}},
      • title = {{{LatentLLM: Activation-Aware Transform to Multi-Head Latent Attention}}},
      • booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
      • year = 2026,
      • editor = {Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor},
      • volume = 40,
      • number = 27,
      • pages = {22644--22652},
      • month = jan,
      • publisher = {AAAI Press},
      • doi = {10.1609/aaai.v40i27.39425},
      • issn = {2374-3468},
      • isbn = {978-1-57735-906-7},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-018}
      • }
    •  Shenoy, V., Lohit, S., Mansour, H., Chellappa, R., Marks, T.K., "Recovering Pulse Waves from Video Using Deep Unrolling and Deep Equilibrium Models", IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, DOI: 10.1109/​TIP.2026.3671653, Vol. 35, pp. 2755-2770, March 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-031 PDF
      • @article{Shenoy2026mar,
      • author = {Shenoy, Vineet and Lohit, Suhas and Mansour, Hassan and Chellappa, Rama and Marks, Tim K.},
      • title = {{Recovering Pulse Waves from Video Using Deep Unrolling and Deep Equilibrium Models}},
      • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Image Processing},
      • year = 2026,
      • volume = 35,
      • pages = {2755--2770},
      • month = mar,
      • doi = {10.1109/TIP.2026.3671653},
      • issn = {1941-0042},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-031}
      • }
    •  Yamamoto, T., Sakamoto, Y., Sun, S., Koike-Akino, T., Wang, Y., Wang, B., "Presentation of Team MELSUR's Achievements in the COMPUMAG 2025 Galileo Ferraris Contest", IEEJ, March 2026.
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      • author = {Yamamoto, Tatsuya and Sakamoto, Yusuke and Sun, Siyuan and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Wang, Ye and Wang, Bingnan},
      • title = {{Presentation of Team MELSUR's Achievements in the COMPUMAG 2025 Galileo Ferraris Contest}},
      • booktitle = {IEEJ},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = mar
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    •  Khattar, V., Rashid, M.R.U., Choudhury, M., Liu, J., Koike-Akino, T., Jin, M., Wang, Y., "Amplification Effects in Test-Time Reinforcement Learning: Safety and Reasoning Vulnerabilities", arXiv, March 2026.
      BibTeX arXiv
      • @article{Khattar2026mar,
      • author = {{Khattar, Vanshaj and Rashid, Md Rafi Ur and Choudhury, Moumita and Liu, Jing and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Jin, Ming and Wang, Ye}},
      • title = {{Amplification Effects in Test-Time Reinforcement Learning: Safety and Reasoning Vulnerabilities}},
      • journal = {arXiv},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = mar,
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      • }
    •  Sohail, M.A., Koike-Akino, T., "Geo-ADAPT-VQE: Quantum Information Metric-Aware Circuit Optimization for Quantum Chemistry Mohammad Aamir Sohail, Toshiaki Koike-Akino", arXiv, March 2026.
      BibTeX arXiv
      • @article{Sohail2026mar,
      • author = {Sohail, Mohammad A and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
      • title = {{Geo-ADAPT-VQE: Quantum Information Metric-Aware Circuit Optimization for Quantum Chemistry Mohammad Aamir Sohail, Toshiaki Koike-Akino}},
      • journal = {arXiv},
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      • month = mar,
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    •  Hu, H., Liu, C., Li, N., Wang, Y., "Training Task Reasoning LLM Agents for Multi-turn Task Planning via Single-turn Reinforcement Learning", IEEE Control Systems Letters, DOI: 10.1109/​LCSYS.2025.3642767, Vol. 9, pp. 2879-2884, February 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-026 PDF
      • @article{Hu2026feb,
      • author = {Hu, Hanjiang and Liu, Changliu and Li, Na and Wang, Yebin},
      • title = {{Training Task Reasoning LLM Agents for Multi-turn Task Planning via Single-turn Reinforcement Learning}},
      • journal = {IEEE Control Systems Letters},
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      • volume = 9,
      • pages = {2879--2884},
      • month = feb,
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      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-026}
      • }
    •  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}
      • }
    •  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, 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,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-027}
      • }
    •  Dirnfeld, D., Delattre, F., Miraldo, P., Learned-Miller, E., "FLIGHT: Fibonacci Lattice-based Inference for Geometric Heading in real-Time", arXiv, February 2026.
      BibTeX arXiv
      • @article{Dirnfeld2026feb,
      • author = {Dirnfeld, David and Delattre, Fabien and Miraldo, Pedro and Learned-Miller, Erik},
      • title = {{FLIGHT: Fibonacci Lattice-based Inference for Geometric Heading in real-Time}},
      • journal = {arXiv},
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      • month = feb,
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    •  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}},
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    •  Moosa, I.M., Lohit, S., Wang, Y., Chatterjee, M., Yin, W., "Understanding Dynamic Compute Allocation in Recurrent Transformers", arXiv, February 2026.
      BibTeX arXiv
      • @article{Moosa2026feb,
      • author = {Moosa, Ibraheem Muhammad and Lohit, Suhas and Wang, Ye and Chatterjee, Moitreya and Yin, Wenpeng},
      • title = {{Understanding Dynamic Compute Allocation in Recurrent Transformers}},
      • journal = {arXiv},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = feb,
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    •  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,
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    •  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}
      • }
    •  Khattar, V., Choudhury, M., Rashid, M.R.U., Liu, J., Koike-Akino, T., Jin, M., Wang, Y., "Amplification Effects in Test-Time Reinforcement Learning: Safety and Reasoning Vulnerabilities", AAAI Workshop on Trust and Control in Agentic AI, January 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-020 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Khattar2026jan,
      • author = {Khattar, Vanshaj and Choudhury, Moumita and Rashid, Md Rafi Ur and Liu, Jing and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Jin, Ming and Wang, Ye},
      • title = {{Amplification Effects in Test-Time Reinforcement Learning: Safety and Reasoning Vulnerabilities}},
      • booktitle = {AAAI Workshop on Trust and Control in Agentic AI},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = jan,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-020}
      • }
    •  Fujihashi, T., Koike-Akino, T., "Quantum Implicit Neural Compression", Springer Nature, DOI: 10.1007/​978-3-032-15931-1, Vol. 2813, pp. 60-69, January 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-022 PDF
      • @article{Fujihashi2026jan,
      • author = {Fujihashi, Takuya and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
      • title = {{Quantum Implicit Neural Compression}},
      • journal = {Springer Nature},
      • year = 2026,
      • volume = 2813,
      • pages = {60--69},
      • month = jan,
      • doi = {10.1007/978-3-032-15931-1},
      • issn = {1865-0937},
      • isbn = {978-3-032-15931-1},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-022}
      • }
    •  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,
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      • month = jan,
      • publisher = {AAAI Press},
      • doi = {10.1609/aaai.v40i44.41122},
      • issn = {2159-5399},
      • isbn = {978-1-57735-906-7},
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      • }
    •  Yataka, R., Wang, P., Boufounos, P.T., Takahashi, R., "Indoor Multi-View Radar Object Detection via 3D Bounding Box Diffusion", AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, DOI: 10.1609/​aaai.v40i22.38939, January 2026, vol. 40, pp. 18710-18718.
      BibTeX TR2026-019 PDF Software
      • @inproceedings{Yataka2026jan,
      • author = {Yataka, Ryoma and Wang, Pu and Boufounos, Petros T. and Takahashi, Ryuhei},
      • title = {IIndoor Multi-View Radar Object Detection via 3D Bounding Box Diffusion},
      • booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
      • year = 2026,
      • volume = 40,
      • number = 22,
      • pages = {18710--18718},
      • month = jan,
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    •  Kuwabara, A., Kato, S., Koike-Akino, T., Fujihashi, T., "Date of publication xxxx 00, 0000, date of current version xxxx 00, 0000. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/ACCESS.2017.DOI Range Image-Based Implicit Neural Compression for LiDAR Point Clouds", IEEE Access, DOI: 10.1109/​ACCESS.2026.3654068, Vol. 14, pp. 10262-10275, January 2026.
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      • @article{Kuwabara2026feb,
      • author = {Kuwabara, Akihiro and Kato, Sorachi and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Fujihashi, Takuya},
      • title = {{Range Image-Based Implicit Neural Compression for LiDAR Point Clouds}},
      • journal = {IEEE Access},
      • year = 2026,
      • volume = 14,
      • pages = {10262--10275},
      • month = feb,
      • doi = {10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3654068},
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    •  Elango, P., Vinod, A.P., Kitamura, K., Acikmese, B., Di Cairano, S., Weiss, A., "Continuous-Time Successive Convexification for Passively-Safe Spacecraft Rendezvous on a Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit", AIAA SciTech Forum 2026, DOI: 10.2514/​6.2026-2446, January 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-016 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Elango2026jan,
      • author = {Elango, Purnanand and Vinod, Abraham P. and Kitamura, Kenji and Acikmese, Behcet and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Weiss, Avishai},
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      • booktitle = {AIAA SciTech Forum 2026},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = jan,
      • publisher = {AIAA},
      • doi = {10.2514/6.2026-2446},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-016}
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      BibTeX TR2026-014 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Kento2026jan,
      • author = {Kento, Tomita and Elango, Purnanand and Vinod, Abraham P. and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Weiss, Avishai},
      • title = {{Powered Descent Decision Making: A Reachability-Steering Approach}},
      • booktitle = {AIAA SciTech Forum},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = jan,
      • publisher = {AIAA},
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      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},
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      • pages = {2026--0970},
      • month = jan,
      • publisher = {AIAA},
      • doi = {10.2514/6.2026-0970},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-015}
      • }
    •  Wiebe, F., Turcato, N., Dalla Libera, A., Seong Bjorn Choe, J., Choi, B., Faust, T.L., Maraqten, H., Aghadavoodi, E., Cali, M., Sinigaglia, A., Giacomuzzo, G., Carli, R., Romeres, D., Kim, J.-K., Susto, G.A., Vyas, S., Mronga, D., Belousov, B., Peters, J., Kirchner, F., Kumar, S., "Reinforcement Learning for Robust Athletic Intelligence: Lessons from the 2nd “AI Olympics with RealAIGym” Competition", IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, January 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-013 PDF
      • @article{Wiebe2026jan,
      • author = {{{Wiebe, Felix and Turcato, Niccolò and Dalla Libera, Alberto and Seong Bjorn Choe, Jean and Choi, Bumkyu and Faust, Tim Lukas and Maraqten, Habib and Aghadavoodi, Erfan and Cali, Marco and Sinigaglia, Alberto and Giacomuzzo, Giulio and Carli, Ruggero and Romeres, Diego and Kim, Jong-kook and Susto, Gian Antonio and Vyas, Shubham and Mronga, Dennis and Belousov, Boris and Peters, Jan and Kirchner, Frank and Kumar, Shivesh}}},
      • title = {{{Reinforcement Learning for Robust Athletic Intelligence: Lessons from the 2nd “AI Olympics with RealAIGym” Competition}}},
      • journal = {IEEE Robotics \& Automation Magazine},
      • year = 2026,
      • month = jan,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-013}
      • }
    •  Jeon, C.-B., Wichern, G., Germain, F.G., Le Roux, J., "Embracing Cacophony: Explaining and Improving Random Mixing in Music Source Separation", IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, DOI: 10.1109/​OJSP.2025.3633567, Vol. 6, pp. 1179-1192, January 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-012 PDF Software
      • @article{Jeon2026jan,
      • author = {Jeon, Chang-Bin and Wichern, Gordon and Germain, François G and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
      • title = {{Embracing Cacophony: Explaining and Improving Random Mixing in Music Source Separation}},
      • journal = {IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing},
      • year = 2026,
      • volume = 6,
      • pages = {1179--1192},
      • month = jan,
      • doi = {10.1109/OJSP.2025.3633567},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-012}
      • }
    •  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}
      • }
    •  Wilkinghoff, K., Yang, H., Ebbers, J., Germain, F.G., Wichern, G., Le Roux, J., "Local Density-Based Anomaly Score Normalization for Domain Generalization", IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, DOI: 10.1109/​TASLPRO.2025.3629236, Vol. 33, pp. 4642-4652, January 2026.
      BibTeX TR2026-010 PDF Software
      • @article{Wilkinghoff2026jan,
      • author = {Wilkinghoff, Kevin and Yang, Haici and Ebbers, Janek and Germain, François G and Wichern, Gordon and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
      • title = {{Local Density-Based Anomaly Score Normalization for Domain Generalization}},
      • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing},
      • year = 2026,
      • volume = 33,
      • pages = {4642--4652},
      • month = jan,
      • doi = {10.1109/TASLPRO.2025.3629236},
      • issn = {2998-4173},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-010}
      • }
    •  Masuyama, Y., Wichern, G., Germain, F.G., Ick, C., Le Roux, J., "RANF: Neural Field-Based HRTF Spatial Upsampling with Retrieval Augmentation and Parameter Efficient Fine-Tuning", IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, DOI: 10.1109/​OJSP.2025.3640517, Vol. 7, pp. 32-41, December 2025.
      BibTeX TR2026-007 PDF Software
      • @article{Masuyama2025dec,
      • author = {Masuyama, Yoshiki and Wichern, Gordon and Germain, François G and Ick, Christopher and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
      • title = {{RANF: Neural Field-Based HRTF Spatial Upsampling with Retrieval Augmentation and Parameter Efficient Fine-Tuning}},
      • journal = {IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing},
      • year = 2025,
      • volume = 7,
      • pages = {32--41},
      • month = dec,
      • doi = {10.1109/OJSP.2025.3640517},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-007}
      • }
    •  Masuyama, Y., Wichern, G., Germain, F.G., Ick, C., Le Roux, J., "SuDaField: Subject- and Dataset-Aware Neural Field for HRTF Modeling", IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, DOI: 10.1109/​OJSP.2025.3627073, Vol. 6, pp. 1169-1178, December 2025.
      BibTeX TR2026-009 PDF Software
      • @article{Masuyama2025dec2,
      • author = {Masuyama, Yoshiki and Wichern, Gordon and Germain, François G and Ick, Christopher and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
      • title = {{SuDaField: Subject- and Dataset-Aware Neural Field for HRTF Modeling}},
      • journal = {IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing},
      • year = 2025,
      • volume = 6,
      • pages = {1169--1178},
      • month = dec,
      • doi = {10.1109/OJSP.2025.3627073},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-009}
      • }
    •  Cornell, S., Boeddeker, C., Park, T., Huang, H., Raj, D., Wiesner, M., Masuyama, Y., Chang, X., Wang, Z.-Q., Squartini, S., Garcia, P., Watanabe, S., "Recent Trends in Distant Conversational Speech Recognition: A Review of CHiME-7 and 8 DASR Challenges", Computer Speech & Language, DOI: 10.1016/​j.csl.2025.101901, Vol. 97, pp. 101901, December 2025.
      BibTeX TR2026-008 PDF
      • @article{Cornell2025dec,
      • author = {Cornell, Samuele and Boeddeker, Christoph and Park, Taejin and Huang, He and Raj, Desh and Wiesner, Matthew and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Chang, Xuankai and Wang, Zhong-Qiu and Squartini, Stefano and Garcia, Paola and Watanabe, Shinji},
      • title = {{Recent Trends in Distant Conversational Speech Recognition: A Review of CHiME-7 and 8 DASR Challenges}},
      • journal = {Computer Speech \& Language},
      • year = 2025,
      • volume = 97,
      • pages = 101901,
      • month = dec,
      • doi = {10.1016/j.csl.2025.101901},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-008}
      • }
    •  Kato, S., Yataka, R., Wang, P., Miraldo, P., Fujihashi, T., Boufounos, P.T., "RAPTR: Radar-based 3D Pose Estimation using Transformer", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), December 2025.
      BibTeX TR2026-006 PDF Software
      • @inproceedings{Kato2025dec,
      • author = {Kato, Sorachi and Yataka, Ryoma and Wang, Pu and Miraldo, Pedro and Fujihashi, Takuya and Boufounos, Petros T.},
      • title = {{RAPTR: Radar-based 3D Pose Estimation using Transformer}},
      • booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
      • year = 2025,
      • month = dec,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-006}
      • }
    •  Zhang, H., Peng, K.-C., Lohit, S., Yeh, R., "Auto-Vocabulary 3D Object Detection", arXiv, December 2025.
      BibTeX arXiv
      • @article{Zhang2025dec3,
      • author = {Zhang, Haomeng and Peng, Kuan-Chuan and Lohit, Suhas and Yeh, Raymond},
      • title = {{Auto-Vocabulary 3D Object Detection}},
      • journal = {arXiv},
      • year = 2025,
      • month = dec,
      • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.16077}
      • }
    •  De Lazzari, D., Terreran, M., Giacomuzzo, G., Jain, S., Falco, P., Carli, R., Ghidoni, S., Romeres, D., "Real-time Human Progress Estimation with Online Dynamic Time Warping for Collaborative Robotics", Frontiers, December 2025.
      BibTeX TR2025-173 PDF
      • @article{DeLazzari2025dec,
      • author = {De Lazzari, Davide and Terreran, Matteo and Giacomuzzo, Giulio and Jain, Siddarth and Falco, Pietro and Carli, Ruggero and Ghidoni, Stefano and Romeres, Diego},
      • title = {{Real-time Human Progress Estimation with Online Dynamic Time Warping for Collaborative Robotics}},
      • journal = {Frontiers},
      • year = 2025,
      • month = dec,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-173}
      • }
    •  Van der Merwe, M., Ota, K., Berenson, D., Fazeli, N., Jha, D.K., "Simultaneous Extrinsic Contact and In-Hand Pose Estimation via Distributed Tactile Sensing", IEEE RA-L, DOI: 10.1109/​LRA.2026.3653324, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 2394-2401, December 2025.
      BibTeX TR2026-002 PDF
      • @article{VanderMerwe2025dec2,
      • author = {Van der Merwe, Mark and Ota, Kei and Berenson, Dmitry and Fazeli, Nima and Jha, Devesh K.},
      • title = {{Simultaneous Extrinsic Contact and In-Hand Pose Estimation via Distributed Tactile Sensing}},
      • journal = {IEEE RA-L},
      • year = 2025,
      • volume = 11,
      • number = 3,
      • pages = {2394--2401},
      • month = dec,
      • doi = {10.1109/LRA.2026.3653324},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-002}
      • }
    •  Joshi, A., Mowlavi, S., Benosman, M., "A dual ensemble Kalman filter approach to robust control of nonlinear systems: An application to partial differential equations", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), DOI: 10.1109/​CDC57313.2025.11312835, December 2025.
      BibTeX TR2025-172 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Joshi2025dec,
      • author = {Joshi, Anant and Mowlavi, Saviz and Benosman, Mouhacine},
      • title = {{A dual ensemble Kalman filter approach to robust control of nonlinear systems: An application to partial differential equations}},
      • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
      • year = 2025,
      • month = dec,
      • publisher = {IEEE},
      • doi = {10.1109/CDC57313.2025.11312835},
      • issn = {2576-2370},
      • isbn = {979-8-3315-2627-6},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-172}
      • }
    •  Taguchi, M., Koike-Akino, T., Kojima, K., "Polarization-Based Data Reuploading", The IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), December 2025.
      BibTeX TR2026-021 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Taguchi2025dec,
      • author = {Taguchi, Mari and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Kojima, Keisuke},
      • title = {{Polarization-Based Data Reuploading}},
      • booktitle = {The IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)},
      • year = 2025,
      • month = dec,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-021}
      • }
    •  Uzun, S., Acikmese, B., Di Cairano, S., "Motion Planning for Information Acquisition via Continuous-time Successive Convexification", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), December 2025.
      BibTeX TR2025-170 PDF Video
      • @inproceedings{Uzun2025dec,
      • author = {Uzun, Samet and Acikmese, Behcet and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
      • title = {{Motion Planning for Information Acquisition via Continuous-time Successive Convexification}},
      • booktitle = {IEEE Control Systems Letters},
      • year = 2025,
      • month = dec,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-170}
      • }
    •  Hutchinson, S., Vinod, A.P., Germain, F.G., Di Cairano, S., Laughman, C.R., Chakrabarty, A., "Quantile-SMPC for Grid-Interactive Buildings with Multivariate Temporal Fusion Transformers", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Workshop on UrbanAI, December 2025.
      BibTeX TR2026-001 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Hutchinson2025dec,
      • author = {{{Hutchinson, Spencer and Vinod, Abraham P. and Germain, François G and Di Cairano, Stefano and Laughman, Christopher R. and Chakrabarty, Ankush}}},
      • title = {{{Quantile-SMPC for Grid-Interactive Buildings with Multivariate Temporal Fusion Transformers}}},
      • booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Workshop on UrbanAI},
      • year = 2025,
      • month = dec,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-001}
      • }
    •  Kamath, A.G., Vinod, A.P., Elango, P., Di Cairano, S., Weiss, A., "Set-based Optimal, Robust, and Resilient Control with Applications to Autonomous Precision Landing", arXiv, December 2025.
      BibTeX arXiv
      • @article{Kamath2025dec,
      • author = {Kamath, Abhinav G. and Vinod, Abraham P. and Elango, Purnanand and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Weiss, Avishai},
      • title = {{Set-based Optimal, Robust, and Resilient Control with Applications to Autonomous Precision Landing}},
      • journal = {arXiv},
      • year = 2025,
      • month = dec,
      • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07043}
      • }
    •  Xie, X., Mowlavi, S., Benosman, M., "Smooth and Sparse Latent Dynamics in Operator Learning with Jerk Regularization", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) workshop on Machine Learning and the Physical Sciences (ML4PS), December 2025.
      BibTeX TR2025-166 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Xie2025dec,
      • author = {{{Xie, Xiaoyu and Mowlavi, Saviz and Benosman, Mouhacine}}},
      • title = {{{Smooth and Sparse Latent Dynamics in Operator Learning with Jerk Regularization}}},
      • booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) workshop on Machine Learning and the Physical Sciences (ML4PS)},
      • year = 2025,
      • month = dec,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-166}
      • }
    •  Hori, C., Masuyama, Y., Jain, S., Corcodel, R., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., Le Roux, J., "Robot Confirmation Generation and Action Planning Using Long-context Q-Former Integrated with Multimodal LLM", IEEE Workshop on Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding (ASRU), DOI: 10.1109/​ASRU65441.2025.11434641, December 2025.
      BibTeX TR2025-167 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Hori2025dec,
      • author = {Hori, Chiori and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Jain, Siddarth and Corcodel, Radu and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
      • title = {{Robot Confirmation Generation and Action Planning Using Long-context Q-Former Integrated with Multimodal LLM}},
      • booktitle = {IEEE Workshop on Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding (ASRU)},
      • year = 2025,
      • month = dec,
      • doi = {10.1109/ASRU65441.2025.11434641},
      • issn = {2997-6995},
      • isbn = {979-8-3315-4426-3},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-167}
      • }
    •  Zhang, Y., Corcodel, R., Hori, C., Cherian, A., Zhao, D., "AxisBench: What Can Go Wrong in VLMs’ Spatial Reasoning?", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) workshop, December 2025.
      BibTeX TR2025-168 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Zhang2025dec2,
      • author = {{{Zhang, Yuyou and Corcodel, Radu and Hori, Chiori and Cherian, Anoop and Zhao, Ding}}},
      • title = {{{AxisBench: What Can Go Wrong in VLMs’ Spatial Reasoning?}}},
      • booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) workshop},
      • year = 2025,
      • month = dec,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-168}
      • }
    •  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}
      • }
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