Publications

3,944 major publications by members of the MERL staff.


  •  Yataka, R., Wang, P., Boufounos, P.T., Takahashi, R., "REXO: Indoor Multi-View Radar Object Detection via 3D Bounding Box Diffusion", arXiv, December 2025.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Yataka2025dec,
    • author = {Yataka, Ryoma and Wang, Pu and Boufounos, Petros T. and Takahashi, Ryuhei},
    • title = {{REXO: Indoor Multi-View Radar Object Detection via 3D Bounding Box Diffusion}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.17806}
    • }
  •  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
    • @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 Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-170}
    • }
  •  Vinod, A.P., Kamath, A., Weiss, A., Di Cairano, S., "Set-based lossless convexification for a class of robust nonlinear optimal control problems", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), December 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-160 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Vinod2025dec,
    • author = {Vinod, Abraham P. and Kamath, Abhinav and Weiss, Avishai and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
    • title = {{Set-based lossless convexification for a class of robust nonlinear optimal control problems}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-160}
    • }
  •  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}
    • }
  •  Zhang, Y., Corcodel, R., Hori, C., 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 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}
    • }
  •  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}
    • }
  •  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
    • @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}
    • }
  •  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), 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,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-167}
    • }
  •  Lualdi, C., Rapp, J., Johnson, S., Vayinger, M., Kwiat, P., "Entanglement-Enhanced Quantum Nano-Vibrometry", arXiv, December 2025.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Lualdi2025dec,
    • author = {Lualdi, Colin and Rapp, Joshua and Johnson, Spencer and Vayinger, Michael and Kwiat, Paul},
    • title = {{Entanglement-Enhanced Quantum Nano-Vibrometry}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05961}
    • }
  •  Kogashi, K., Cherian, A., Kuo, M.-Y.J., "MMHOI: Modeling Complex 3D Multi-Human Multi-Object Interactions", arXiv, December 2025.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Kogashi2025dec,
    • author = {Kogashi, Kaen and Cherian, Anoop and Kuo, Meng-Yu Jennifer},
    • title = {{MMHOI: Modeling Complex 3D Multi-Human Multi-Object Interactions}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07828}
    • }
  •  Das, G., Wang, B., Lin, C., "Electric Motor Topology Optimization via Rotated Filter Projection and Adjoint Sensitivities", IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, December 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-164 PDF
    • @article{Das2025dec,
    • author = {Das, Ghanendra and Wang, Bingnan and Lin, Chungwei},
    • title = {{Electric Motor Topology Optimization via Rotated Filter Projection and Adjoint Sensitivities}},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Magnetics},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-164}
    • }
  •  Zhang, R., Raghunathan, A., Shamma, J., Li, N., "Constrained Optimization From a Control Perspective via Feedback Linearization", The Thirty-Ninth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NuerIPS), December 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-165 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Zhang2025dec,
    • author = {Zhang, Runyu and Raghunathan, Arvind and Shamma, Jeff and Li, Na},
    • title = {{Constrained Optimization From a Control Perspective via Feedback Linearization}},
    • booktitle = {The Thirty-Ninth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NuerIPS)},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-165}
    • }
  •  Van der Merwe, M., Jha, D.K., "In-Context Policy Iteration for Dynamic Manipulation", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Workshop on Embodied World Models for Decision Making, December 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-163 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{VanderMerwe2025dec,
    • author = {Van der Merwe, Mark and Jha, Devesh K.},
    • title = {{In-Context Policy Iteration for Dynamic Manipulation}},
    • booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Workshop on Embodied World Models for Decision Making},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-163}
    • }
  •  Shimane, Y., Berntorp, K., Di Cairano, S., Weiss, A., "Autonomous Navigation and Station-Keeping on Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbits", arXiv, December 2025.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Shimane2025dec,
    • author = {Shimane, Yuri and Berntorp, Karl and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Weiss, Avishai},
    • title = {{Autonomous Navigation and Station-Keeping on Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbits}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.01182}
    • }
  •  Xiang, X., Peng, K.-C., Lohit, S., Jones, M.J., Zhang, J., "Towards Open-Vocabulary Multimodal 3D Object Detection with Attributes", British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), November 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-162 PDF Video Data Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Xiang2025nov,
    • author = {{{Xiang, Xinhao and Peng, Kuan-Chuan and Lohit, Suhas and Jones, Michael J. and Zhang, Jiawei}}},
    • title = {{{Towards Open-Vocabulary Multimodal 3D Object Detection with Attributes}}},
    • booktitle = {British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC)},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = nov,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-162}
    • }
  •  Lin, C., Ding, Q., Ma, Y., "Application of Optimal Control to Time-Resolution Protocol for Quantum Sensing", Physical Review, November 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-161 PDF
    • @article{Lin2025nov,
    • author = {Lin, Chungwei and Ding, Qi (Andy) and Ma, Yanting},
    • title = {{Application of Optimal Control to Time-Resolution Protocol for Quantum Sensing}},
    • journal = {Physical Review},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = nov,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-161}
    • }
  •  Aihara, R., Masuyama, Y., Paissan, F., Germain, F.G., Wichern, G., Le Roux, J., "SUNAC: Source-aware Unified Neural Audio Codec", arXiv, November 2025.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Aihara2025nov,
    • 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}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = nov,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.16126}
    • }
  •  Kato, S., Yataka, R., Wang, P., Miraldo, P., Fujihashi, T., Boufounos, P.T., "RAPTR: Radar-based 3D Pose Estimation using Transformer", arXiv, November 2025.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Kato2025nov,
    • 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}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = nov,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.08387}
    • }
  •  Schperberg, A., Tanaka, Y., Di Cairano, S., Hong, D., "MOBIUS: A Multi-Modal Bipedal Robot that can Walk, Crawl, Climb, and Roll", arXiv, November 2025.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Schperberg2025nov,
    • author = {Schperberg, Alexander and Tanaka, Yusuke and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Hong, Dennis},
    • title = {{MOBIUS: A Multi-Modal Bipedal Robot that can Walk, Crawl, Climb, and Roll}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = nov,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01774}
    • }
  •  Gambill, P., Jha, D.K., Krishnamoorthy, B., Raghunathan, A., Yerazunis, W.S., "DamageEst: Accurate Estimation of Damage for Repair using Additive Manufacturing", Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF), November 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-158 PDF Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Gambill2025nov,
    • author = {{{Gambill, Patrick and Jha, Devesh K. and Krishnamoorthy, Bala and Raghunathan, Arvind and Yerazunis, William S.}}},
    • title = {{{DamageEst: Accurate Estimation of Damage for Repair using Additive Manufacturing}}},
    • booktitle = {Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF)},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = nov,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-158}
    • }
  •  Wilkinghoff, K., Fujimura, T., Imoto, K., Le Roux, J., Tan, Z.-H., Toda, T., "Handling Domain Shifts for Anomalous Sound Detection: A Review of DCASE-Related Work", Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE), DOI: 10.5281/​zenodo.17251589, October 2025, pp. 20-24.
    BibTeX TR2025-157 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Wilkinghoff2025oct,
    • author = {Wilkinghoff, Kevin and Fujimura, Takuya and Imoto, Keisuke and {Le Roux}, Jonathan and Tan, Zheng-Hua and Toda, Tomoki},
    • title = {{Handling Domain Shifts for Anomalous Sound Detection: A Review of DCASE-Related Work}},
    • booktitle = {Workshop on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE)},
    • year = 2025,
    • pages = {20--24},
    • month = oct,
    • doi = {10.5281/zenodo.17251589},
    • isbn = {978-84-09-77652-8},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-157}
    • }
  •  Chakrabarty, A., Wichern, G., Deshpande, V.M., Vinod, A.P., Berntorp, K., Laughman, C.R., "Meta-Learning for Physically-Constrained Neural System Identification", Neurocomputing, DOI: 10.1016/​j.neucom.2025.130945, Vol. 651, pp. 130945, October 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-159 PDF
    • @article{Chakrabarty2025nov,
    • author = {Chakrabarty, Ankush and Wichern, Gordon and Deshpande, Vedang M. and Vinod, Abraham P. and Berntorp, Karl and Laughman, Christopher R.},
    • title = {{Meta-Learning for Physically-Constrained Neural System Identification}},
    • journal = {Neurocomputing},
    • year = 2025,
    • volume = 651,
    • pages = 130945,
    • month = nov,
    • doi = {10.1016/j.neucom.2025.130945},
    • issn = {0925-2312},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-159}
    • }
  •  Fujihashi, T., Kuwabara, A., Koike-Akino, T., "QKAN-GS: Quantum-Empowered 3D Gaussian Splatting", ACM Multimedia Workshop, October 2025.
    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,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-156}
    • }
  •  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", arXiv, October 2025.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Masuyama2025oct2,
    • 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}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.21485}
    • }
  •  Nikovski, D.N., "Observation-Based Inverse Kinematics for Visual Servo Control", 22nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), October 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-153 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Nikovski2025oct,
    • author = {Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {{Observation-Based Inverse Kinematics for Visual Servo Control}},
    • booktitle = {22nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO)},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-153}
    • }