Publications

3,734 major publications by members of the MERL staff.


  •  Giacomuzzo, G., Romeres, D., "Human-Robot Collaboration for Assembling IKEA Furniture through Reinforcement Learning-Based Planning", Workshop at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), October 2023.
    BibTeX
    • @inproceedings{Giacomuzzo2023oct3,
    • author = {Giacomuzzo, Giulio and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {Human-Robot Collaboration for Assembling IKEA Furniture through Reinforcement Learning-Based Planning},
    • booktitle = {Workshop at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = oct
    • }
  •  Huang, B., Yu, J., Jain, S., "EARL: Eye-on-Hand Reinforcement Learner for Dynamic Grasping with Active Pose Estimation", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), DOI: 10.1109/​IROS55552.2023.10341988, October 2023, pp. 2963-2970.
    BibTeX TR2023-118 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Huang2023oct,
    • author = {{Huang, Baichuan and Yu, Jingjin and Jain, Siddarth}},
    • title = {EARL: Eye-on-Hand Reinforcement Learner for Dynamic Grasping with Active Pose Estimation},
    • booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {2963--2970},
    • month = oct,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/IROS55552.2023.10341988},
    • issn = {2153-0866},
    • isbn = {978-1-6654-9190-7},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-118}
    • }
  •  Qiao, H., Laughman, C.R., "Theoretical analysis of cycling losses in air source heat pump systems", International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR), DOI: 10.18462/​iir.icr.2023.0765, September 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-127 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Qiao2023sep,
    • author = {Qiao, Hongtao and Laughman, Christopher R.},
    • title = {Theoretical analysis of cycling losses in air source heat pump systems},
    • booktitle = {International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = sep,
    • publisher = {INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF REFRIGERATION},
    • doi = {10.18462/iir.icr.2023.0765},
    • issn = {0151-1637},
    • isbn = {978-2-36215-055-5},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-127}
    • }
  •  Paulson, J.A., Sorouifar, F., Laughman, C.R., Chakrabarty, A., "Self-optimizing vapor compression cycles online with Bayesian optimization under local search region constraints", ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurements, and Control, DOI: 10.1115/​1.4064027, September 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-122 PDF
    • @article{Paulson2023sep,
    • author = {Paulson, Joel A. and Sorouifar, Farshud and Laughman, Christopher R. and Chakrabarty, Ankush},
    • title = {Self-optimizing vapor compression cycles online with Bayesian optimization under local search region constraints},
    • journal = {ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurements, and Control},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = sep,
    • doi = {10.1115/1.4064027},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-122}
    • }
  •  Shaw, S., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., Corcodel, R., Romeres, D., Konidaris, G., Nikovski, D., "Constrained Dynamic Movement Primitives for Collision Avoidance in Novel Environments", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), DOI: 10.1109/​IROS55552.2023.10341839, September 2023, pp. 3672-3679.
    BibTeX TR2023-121 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Shaw2023sep,
    • author = {Shaw, Seiji and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind and Corcodel, Radu and Romeres, Diego and Konidaris, George and Nikovski, Daniel},
    • title = {Constrained Dynamic Movement Primitives for Collision Avoidance in Novel Environments},
    • booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {3672--3679},
    • month = sep,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/IROS55552.2023.10341839},
    • issn = {2153-0866},
    • isbn = {978-1-6654-9190-7},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-121}
    • }
  •  Shirai, Y., Jha, D.K., Raghunathan, A., "Contact-Aware Covariance Control of Stochastic Contact-Rich Systems", IROS 2023 Workshop on Leveraging Models for Contact-Rich Manipulation, September 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-120 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Shirai2023sep,
    • author = {Shirai, Yuki and Jha, Devesh K. and Raghunathan, Arvind},
    • title = {Contact-Aware Covariance Control of Stochastic Contact-Rich Systems},
    • booktitle = {IROS 2023 Workshop on Leveraging Models for Contact-Rich Manipulation},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-120}
    • }
  •  Pan, Z., Wichern, G., Germain, F., Subramanian, A., Le Roux, J., "Late Audio-Visual Fusion for In-The-Wild Speaker Diarization", arXiv, DOI: 10.48550/​arXiv.2211.01299, September 2023.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Pan2023sep,
    • author = {Pan, Zexu and Wichern, Gordon and Germain, Francois and Subramanian, Aswin and Le Roux, Jonathan},
    • title = {Late Audio-Visual Fusion for In-The-Wild Speaker Diarization},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = sep,
    • doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2211.01299},
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.01299}
    • }
  •  Ota, K., Jha, D.K., Jatavallabhula, K., Kanezaki, A., Tenenbaum, J.B., "Estimation of Extrinsic Contact Patch for Stable Placement", IEEE IROS 2023 Workshop on Visuo-Tactile Perception, Learning, Control for Manipulation and HRI, September 2023.
    BibTeX TR2024-018 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Ota2023sep2,
    • author = {Ota, Kei and Jha, Devesh K. and Jatavallabhula, Krishna and Kanezaki, Asako and Tenenbaum, Joshua B.},
    • title = {Estimation of Extrinsic Contact Patch for Stable Placement},
    • booktitle = {IEEE IROS 2023 Workshop on Visuo-Tactile Perception, Learning, Control for Manipulation and HRI},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-018}
    • }
  •  Falcon Perez, R., Wichern, G., Germain, F., Le Roux, J., "Location as supervision for weakly supervised multi-channel source separation of machine sounds", IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA), DOI: 10.1109/​WASPAA58266.2023.10248128, September 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-119 PDF Presentation
    • @inproceedings{FalconPerez2023aug,
    • author = {Falcon Perez, Ricardo and Wichern, Gordon and Germain, Francois and Le Roux, Jonathan},
    • title = {Location as supervision for weakly supervised multi-channel source separation of machine sounds},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = sep,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/WASPAA58266.2023.10248128},
    • issn = {1947-1629},
    • isbn = {979-8-3503-2372-6},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-119}
    • }
  •  Germain, F., Wichern, G., Le Roux, J., "Hyperbolic Unsupervised Anomalous Sound Detection", IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA), DOI: 10.1109/​WASPAA58266.2023.10248092, September 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-108 PDF Video Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Germain2023aug,
    • author = {Germain, Francois and Wichern, Gordon and Le Roux, Jonathan},
    • title = {Hyperbolic Unsupervised Anomalous Sound Detection},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = sep,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/WASPAA58266.2023.10248092},
    • issn = {1947-1629},
    • isbn = {979-8-3503-2372-6},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-108}
    • }
  •  Wang, P., Koike-Akino, T., Boufounos, P.T., Tsujita, W., Yamashita, G., "Learning-Based THz Multi-Layer Imaging With Model-Based Masks", International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), DOI: 10.1109/​IRMMW-THz57677.2023.10299043, September 2023.
    BibTeX TR2024-017 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Wang2023sep2,
    • author = {Wang, Pu and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Boufounos, Petros T. and Tsujita, Wataru and Yamashita, Genki},
    • title = {Learning-Based THz Multi-Layer Imaging With Model-Based Masks},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = sep,
    • doi = {10.1109/IRMMW-THz57677.2023.10299043},
    • issn = {2162-2035},
    • isbn = {979-8-3503-3661-0},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-017}
    • }
  •  Liu, D., Anantaram, V., Goldsmith, A., "Extracting Broken-Rotor-Bar Fault Signature of Varying-Speed Induction Motors", Asia Pacific Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society, DOI: 10.36001/​phmap.2023.v4i1.3710, September 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-115 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Liu2023sep,
    • author = {Liu, Dehong and Anantaram, Varatharajan and Goldsmith, Abraham},
    • title = {Extracting Broken-Rotor-Bar Fault Signature of Varying-Speed Induction Motors},
    • booktitle = {Asia Pacific Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = sep,
    • doi = {10.36001/phmap.2023.v4i1.3710},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-115}
    • }
  •  Wang, B., Zhang, S., Inoue, H., Kanemaru, M., "Semi-Supervised Machine Learning for Motor Eccentricity Fault Diagnosis", Asia Pacific Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society, DOI: 10.36001/​phmap.2023.v4i1.3644, September 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-117 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Wang2023sep,
    • author = {Wang, Bingnan and Zhang, Shen and Inoue, Hiroshi and Kanemaru, Makoto},
    • title = {Semi-Supervised Machine Learning for Motor Eccentricity Fault Diagnosis},
    • booktitle = {Asia Pacific Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = sep,
    • publisher = {PHM Society},
    • doi = {10.36001/phmap.2023.v4i1.3644},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-117}
    • }
  •  Zhan, S., Chakrabarty, A., Laughman, C.R., Chong, A., "A Virtual Testbed for Robust and Reproducible Calibration of Building Energy Simulation Models", IBPSA Building Simulation Conference, DOI: 10.26868/​25222708.2023.1482, September 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-114 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Zhan2023sep,
    • author = {{Zhan, Sicheng and Chakrabarty, Ankush and Laughman, Christopher R. and Chong, Adrian}},
    • title = {A Virtual Testbed for Robust and Reproducible Calibration of Building Energy Simulation Models},
    • booktitle = {IBPSA Building Simulation Conference},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = sep,
    • doi = {10.26868/25222708.2023.1482},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-114}
    • }
  •  Shenoy, V., Marks, T.K., Mansour, H., Lohit, S., "Unrolled IPPG: Video Heart Rate Esitmation via Unrolling Proximal Gradient Descent", IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), DOI: 10.1109/​ICIP49359.2023.10222169, September 2023, pp. 2715-2719.
    BibTeX TR2023-116 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Shenoy2023sep,
    • author = {{Shenoy, Vineet and Marks, Tim K. and Mansour, Hassan and Lohit, Suhas}},
    • title = {Unrolled IPPG: Video Heart Rate Esitmation via Unrolling Proximal Gradient Descent},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {2715--2719},
    • month = sep,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICIP49359.2023.10222169},
    • isbn = {978-1-7281-9835-4},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-116}
    • }
  •  Petermann, D., Wichern, G., Subramanian, A.S., Wang, Z.-Q., Le Roux, J., "Tackling the Cocktail Fork Problem for Separation and Transcription of Real-World Soundtracks", IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, DOI: 10.1109/​TASLP.2023.3290428, Vol. 31, pp. 2592-2605, September 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-113 PDF
    • @article{Petermann2023sep,
    • author = {Petermann, Darius and Wichern, Gordon and Subramanian, Aswin Shanmugam and Wang, Zhong-Qiu and Le Roux, Jonathan},
    • title = {Tackling the Cocktail Fork Problem for Separation and Transcription of Real-World Soundtracks},
    • journal = {IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing},
    • year = 2023,
    • volume = 31,
    • pages = {2592--2605},
    • month = sep,
    • doi = {10.1109/TASLP.2023.3290428},
    • issn = {2329-9304},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-113}
    • }
  •  Yoshino, K., Chen, Y.-N., Crook, P., Kottur, S., Li, J., Hedayatnia, B., Moon, S., Fe, Z., Li, Z., Zhang, J., Fen, Y., Zhou, J., Kim, S., Liu, Y., Jin, D., Papangelis, A., Gopalakrishnan, K., Hakkani-Tur, D., Damavandi, B., Geramifard, A., <br /><br /> Hori, C., Shah, A., Zhang, C., Li, H., Sedoc, J., D’Haro, L.F., Banchs, R., Rudnicky, A., "Overview of the Tenth Dialog System Technology Challenge: DSTC10", IEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, DOI: 10.1109/​TASLP.2023.3293030, pp. 1-14, August 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-109 PDF
    • @article{Yoshino2023aug,
    • author = {Yoshino, Koichiro and Chen, Yun-Nung and Crook, Paul and Kottur, Satwik and Li, Jinchao and Hedayatnia, Behnam and Moon, Seungwhan and Fe, Zhengcong and Li, Zekang and Zhang, Jinchao and Fen, Yang and Zhou, Jie and Kim, Seokhwan and Liu, Yang and Jin, Di and Papangelis, Alexandros and Gopalakrishnan, Karthik and Hakkani-Tur, Dilek and Damavandi, Babak and Geramifard, Alborz and

      Hori, Chiori and Shah, Ankit and Zhang, Chen and Li, Haizhou and Sedoc, João and D’Haro, Luis F. and Banchs, Rafael and Rudnicky, Alexander},
    • title = {Overview of the Tenth Dialog System Technology Challenge: DSTC10},
    • journal = {IEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {1--14},
    • month = aug,
    • doi = {10.1109/TASLP.2023.3293030},
    • issn = {2329-9290},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-109}
    • }
  •  Dalla Libera, A., Turcato, N., Giacomuzzo, G., Carli, R., Romeres, D., "Athletic Intelligence Olympics challenge with Model-Based Reinforcement Learning", International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, August 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-111 PDF
    • @inproceedings{DallaLibera2023aug,
    • author = {Dalla Libera, Alberto and Turcato, Niccolò and Giacomuzzo, Giulio and Carli, Ruggero and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {Athletic Intelligence Olympics challenge with Model-Based Reinforcement Learning},
    • booktitle = {International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = aug,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-111}
    • }
  •  Waters, R.C., "MERL Annual Report 2023", Tech. Rep. TR2023-000, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, August 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-000 PDF
    • @techreport{MERL_TR2023-000,
    • author = {Waters, R.C.},
    • title = {MERL Annual Report 2023},
    • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
    • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
    • number = {TR2023-000},
    • month = aug,
    • year = 2023,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-000/}
    • }
  •  Quirynen, R., Di Cairano, S., "Tailored Presolve Techniques in Branch-and-Bound Method for Fast Mixed-Integer Optimal Control Applications", Optimal Control Applications and Methods, DOI: 10.1002/​oca.3030, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 3139-3167, August 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-110 PDF
    • @article{Quirynen2023aug2,
    • author = {Quirynen, Rien and Di Cairano, Stefano},
    • title = {Tailored Presolve Techniques in Branch-and-Bound Method for Fast Mixed-Integer Optimal Control Applications},
    • journal = {Optimal Control Applications and Methods},
    • year = 2023,
    • volume = 44,
    • number = 6,
    • pages = {3139--3167},
    • month = aug,
    • doi = {10.1002/oca.3030},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-110}
    • }
  •  Wang, B., Inoue, H., Kanemaru, M., "Motor Eccentricity Fault Detection: Physics-Based and Data-Driven Approaches", IEEE International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electric Machines, Power Electronics and Drives (SDEMPED), DOI: 10.1109/​SDEMPED54949.2023.10271414, August 2023, pp. 42-48.
    BibTeX TR2023-107 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Wang2023aug,
    • author = {Wang, Bingnan and Inoue, Hiroshi and Kanemaru, Makoto},
    • title = {Motor Eccentricity Fault Detection: Physics-Based and Data-Driven Approaches},
    • booktitle = {2023 IEEE 14th International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives (SDEMPED)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {42--48},
    • month = aug,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/SDEMPED54949.2023.10271414},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-107}
    • }
  •  Duan, X., Wang, Y., Romeres, D., Koike-Akino, T., Orlik, P.V., "Trajectory Generation for Online Payload Estimation of Robot Manipulators: A Supervised Learning Based Approach", IEEE Conference on Automation and Science Engineering, DOI: 10.1109/​CASE56687.2023.10260415, August 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-106 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Duan2023aug,
    • author = {Duan, Xiaoming and Wang, Yebin and Romeres, Diego and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Orlik, Philip V.},
    • title = {Trajectory Generation for Online Payload Estimation of Robot Manipulators: A Supervised Learning Based Approach},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Automation and Science Engineering},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = aug,
    • doi = {10.1109/CASE56687.2023.10260415},
    • isbn = {979-8-3503-2070-1},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-106}
    • }
  •  Laughman, C.R., Deshpande, V.M., Qiao, H., Bortoff, S.A., Chakrabarty, A., "Digital Twins for Vapor Compression Cycles: Challenges & Opportunities", International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR), DOI: 10.18462/​iir.icr.2023.0765, August 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-103 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Laughman2023aug,
    • author = {Laughman, Christopher R. and Deshpande, Vedang M. and Qiao, Hongtao and Bortoff, Scott A. and Chakrabarty, Ankush},
    • title = {Digital Twins for Vapor Compression Cycles: Challenges & Opportunities},
    • booktitle = {International Congress of Refrigeration (ICR)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = aug,
    • publisher = {INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF REFRIGERATION},
    • doi = {10.18462/iir.icr.2023.0765},
    • issn = {0151-1637},
    • isbn = {978-2-36215-055-5},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-103}
    • }
  •  Hori, C., Peng, P., Harwath, D., Liu, X., Ota, K., Jain, S., Corcodel, R., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., Le Roux, J., "Style-transfer based Speech and Audio-visual Scene understanding for Robot Action Sequence Acquisition from Videos", Interspeech, DOI: 10.21437/​Interspeech.2023-1983, August 2023, pp. 4663-4667.
    BibTeX TR2023-104 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Hori2023aug,
    • author = {Hori, Chiori and Peng, Puyuang and Harwath, David and Liu, Xinyu and Ota, Kei and Jain, Siddarth and Corcodel, Radu and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego and Le Roux, Jonathan},
    • title = {Style-transfer based Speech and Audio-visual Scene understanding for Robot Action Sequence Acquisition from Videos},
    • booktitle = {Interspeech},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {4663--4667},
    • month = aug,
    • doi = {10.21437/Interspeech.2023-1983},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-104}
    • }
  •  Fujihashi, T., Koike-Akino, T., Watanabe, T., "Soft Delivery: Survey on A New Paradigm for Wireless and Mobile Multimedia Streaming", ACM Computing Surveys, DOI: 10.1145/​3607139, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 1-37, August 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-102 PDF
    • @article{Fujihashi2023aug,
    • author = {Fujihashi, Takuya and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki and Watanabe, Takashi},
    • title = {Soft Delivery: Survey on A New Paradigm for Wireless and Mobile Multimedia Streaming},
    • journal = {ACM Computing Surveys},
    • year = 2023,
    • volume = 56,
    • number = 2,
    • pages = {1--37},
    • month = aug,
    • doi = {10.1145/3607139},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-102}
    • }