- Buckner, S., Elango, P., "GPU-Accelerated Continuous-Time Successive Convexification for Contact-Implicit Legged Locomotion", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), June 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-068 PDF- @inproceedings{Buckner2026jun,
- author = {Buckner, Samuel and Elango, Purnanand},
- title = {{GPU-Accelerated Continuous-Time Successive Convexification for Contact-Implicit Legged Locomotion}},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
- year = 2026,
- month = jun,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-068}
- }
- Schperberg, A., Wang, Y., Di Cairano, S., "Safe Whole-Body Loco-Manipulation via Combined Model and Learning-based Control", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), June 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-072 PDF Video- @inproceedings{Schperberg2026jun,
- author = {Schperberg, Alexander and Wang, Yeping and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
- title = {{Safe Whole-Body Loco-Manipulation via Combined Model and Learning-based Control}},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
- year = 2026,
- month = jun,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-072}
- }
- 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}
- }
- Leung, J., Di Cairano, S., "Invariant-set motion-planner for unicycle dynamics under closed-loop feedback linearization", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-064 PDF- @inproceedings{Leung2026may2,
- author = {Leung, Jordan and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
- title = {{Invariant-set motion-planner for unicycle dynamics under closed-loop feedback linearization}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2026,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-064}
- }
- Leung, J., Vinod, A.P., "A set-based approach for stable MPC with Minkowski cost functions", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-062 PDF- @inproceedings{Leung2026may,
- author = {Leung, Jordan and Vinod, Abraham P.},
- title = {{A set-based approach for stable MPC with Minkowski cost functions}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2026,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-062}
- }
- Silvestre, D., Vinod, A.P., "Robust Controllable Set Computation using Constrained Convex Generators", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-063 PDF- @inproceedings{Silvestre2026may,
- author = {Silvestre, Daniel and Vinod, Abraham P.},
- title = {{Robust Controllable Set Computation using Constrained Convex Generators}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2026,
- month = may,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-063}
- }
- 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}
- }
- 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}
- }
- 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}
- }
- Ghezzi, A., Nurkanović, A., Weiss, A., Diehl, M., Di Cairano, S., "A Comparative Study of MINLP and MPVC Formulations for Solving Complex Nonlinear Decision-Making Problems in Aerospace Applications", Optimal Control Applications and Methods, February 2026.
BibTeX TR2026-024 PDF- @article{Ghezzi2026feb,
- author = {Ghezzi, Andrea and Nurkanović, Armin and Weiss, Avishai and Diehl, Moritz and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
- title = {{A Comparative Study of MINLP and MPVC Formulations for Solving Complex Nonlinear Decision-Making Problems in Aerospace Applications}},
- journal = {Optimal Control Applications and Methods},
- year = 2026,
- month = feb,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-024}
- }
- Kamath, A., Vinod, A.P., Elango, P., Di Cairano, S., Weiss, A., "Robust Optimal Control for Autonomous Precision Landing via Set-based Dynamic Programming", AIAA SciTech Forum, DOI: 10.2514/6.2026-0970, January 2026, pp. 2026-0970.
BibTeX TR2026-015 PDF- @inproceedings{Kamath2026jan,
- author = {Kamath, Abhinav and Vinod, Abraham P. and Elango, Purnanand and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Weiss, Avishai},
- title = {{Robust Optimal Control for Autonomous Precision Landing via Set-based Dynamic Programming}},
- booktitle = {AIAA SciTech 2026 Forum},
- year = 2026,
- pages = {2026--0970},
- month = jan,
- publisher = {AIAA},
- doi = {10.2514/6.2026-0970},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-015}
- }
- Kento, T., Elango, P., Vinod, A.P., Di Cairano, S., Weiss, A., "Powered Descent Decision Making: A Reachability-Steering Approach", AIAA SciTech Forum, DOI: 10.2514/6.2026-0328, January 2026.
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},
- doi = {10.2514/6.2026-0328},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-014}
- }
- Castroviejo-Fernandez, M., Leung, J., "Relaxed barrier function based model predictive control with hard input constraints", IEEE Control Systems Letters, DOI: 10.1109/LCSYS.2025.3645287, Vol. 9, pp. 2927-2932, December 2025.
BibTeX TR2026-005 PDF- @article{Castroviejo-Fernandez2025dec,
- author = {Castroviejo-Fernandez, Miguel and Leung, Jordan},
- title = {{Relaxed barrier function based model predictive control with hard input constraints}},
- journal = {IEEE Control Systems Letters},
- year = 2025,
- volume = 9,
- pages = {2927--2932},
- month = dec,
- doi = {10.1109/LCSYS.2025.3645287},
- issn = {2475-1456},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-005}
- }
- 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}
- }
- 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}
- }
- 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), DOI: 10.1109/CDC57313.2025.11312593, December 2025, pp. 1769-1776.
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,
- pages = {1769--1776},
- month = dec,
- doi = {10.1109/CDC57313.2025.11312593},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-160}
- }
- 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}
- }
- Lin, C., Ding, Q., Ma, Y., "Application of Optimal Control to Time-Resolution Protocol for Quantum Sensing", Physical Review, DOI: 10.1103/1nsd-2574, Vol. 112, pp. 052608, 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,
- volume = 112,
- pages = 052608,
- month = nov,
- doi = {10.1103/1nsd-2574},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-161}
- }
- Shimane, Y., Ho, K., Weiss, A., "Optimization-Based Phase-Constrained x-Axis Crossing Control for Station-Keeping on Libration Point Orbits", Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, DOI: 10.1007/s40295-025-00543-1, Vol. 72, No. 6, pp. 59, November 2025.
BibTeX TR2026-004 PDF- @article{Shimane2025dec3,
- author = {Shimane, Yuri and Ho, Koki and Weiss, Avishai},
- title = {{Optimization-Based Phase-Constrained x-Axis Crossing Control for Station-Keeping on Libration Point Orbits}},
- journal = {Journal of the Astronautical Sciences},
- year = 2025,
- volume = 72,
- number = 6,
- pages = 59,
- month = dec,
- doi = {10.1007/s40295-025-00543-1},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-004}
- }
- Karumanchi, S., Rokaha, B., Schperberg, A., Vinod, A.P., "Energy-constrained multi-robot exploration for autonomous map building", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), DOI: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247332, October 2025, pp. 9154-9161.
BibTeX TR2025-131 PDF- @inproceedings{Karumanchi2025oct,
- author = {Karumanchi, Sambhu and Rokaha, Bhagawan and Schperberg, Alexander and Vinod, Abraham P.},
- title = {{Energy-constrained multi-robot exploration for autonomous map building}},
- booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
- year = 2025,
- pages = {9154--9161},
- month = oct,
- doi = {10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247332},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-131}
- }
- Schperberg, A., Menner, M., Di Cairano, S., "Energy-Efficient Motion Planner for Legged Robots", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), DOI: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11246509, October 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-151 PDF Video- @inproceedings{Schperberg2025oct,
- author = {Schperberg, Alexander and Menner, Marcel and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
- title = {{Energy-Efficient Motion Planner for Legged Robots}},
- booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
- year = 2025,
- month = oct,
- doi = {10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11246509},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-151}
- }
- Shimane, Y., Di Cairano, S., Ho, K., Weiss, A., "Revolution-Spaced Output-Feedback Model Predictive Control for Station Keeping on Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbits", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2025.3614324, October 2025.
BibTeX TR2026-003 PDF- @article{Shimane2025dec2,
- author = {Shimane, Yuri and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Ho, Koki and Weiss, Avishai},
- title = {{Revolution-Spaced Output-Feedback Model Predictive Control for Station Keeping on Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbits}},
- journal = {IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology},
- year = 2025,
- month = dec,
- doi = {10.1109/TCST.2025.3614324},
- issn = {1063-6536},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-003}
- }
- Hu, Y., Di Cairano, S., Berntorp, K., "Optimal Measurement Projection in GNSS-RTK Factor Graph Optimization", IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), DOI: 10.1109/CCTA53793.2025.11151373, August 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-118 PDF- @inproceedings{Hu2025aug,
- author = {Hu, Yingjie and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Berntorp, Karl},
- title = {{Optimal Measurement Projection in GNSS-RTK Factor Graph Optimization}},
- booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)},
- year = 2025,
- month = aug,
- doi = {10.1109/CCTA53793.2025.11151373},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-118}
- }
- Deshpande, V.M., Vinod, A.P., "Dynamic Sensor Scheduling for Spatio-temporal Monitoring of Water Bodies", IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), DOI: 10.1109/CCTA53793.2025.11151521, August 2025, pp. 673-680.
BibTeX TR2025-117 PDF- @inproceedings{Deshpande2025aug,
- author = {Deshpande, Vedang M. and Vinod, Abraham P.},
- title = {{Dynamic Sensor Scheduling for Spatio-temporal Monitoring of Water Bodies}},
- booktitle = {2025 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)},
- year = 2025,
- pages = {673--680},
- month = aug,
- doi = {10.1109/CCTA53793.2025.11151521},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-117}
- }
- Zhang, X., Mowlavi, S., Benosman, M., Basar, T., "Policy Optimization for PDE Control with a Warm Start", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107977, July 2025, pp. 3539-3544.
BibTeX TR2025-105 PDF- @inproceedings{Zhang2025jul,
- author = {Zhang, Xiangyuan and Mowlavi, Saviz and Benosman, Mouhacine and Basar, Tamer},
- title = {{Policy Optimization for PDE Control with a Warm Start}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2025,
- pages = {3539--3544},
- month = jul,
- publisher = {IEEE},
- doi = {10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107977},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-105}
- }