- 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},
- year = 2026,
- volume = 9,
- pages = {2879--2884},
- month = feb,
- doi = {10.1109/LCSYS.2025.3642767},
- 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}
- }
- 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}
- }
- 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, 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},
- title = {{Continuous-Time Successive Convexification for Passively-Safe Spacecraft Rendezvous on a Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit}},
- booktitle = {AIAA SciTech Forum 2026},
- year = 2026,
- month = jan,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-016}
- }
- 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}
- }
- 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}
- }
- 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 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}
- }
- 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}
- }
- 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}
- }
- 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}
- }
- Piedade, V., Chitturi, S., Gaspar, J., Govindu, V., Miraldo, P., "SAC-GNC: SAmple Consensus for adaptive Graduated Non-Convexity", IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), October 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-146 PDF Presentation- @inproceedings{Piedade2025oct,
- author = {{{Piedade, Valter and Chitturi, Sidhartha and Gaspar, Jose and Govindu, Venu and Miraldo, Pedro}}},
- title = {{{SAC-GNC: SAmple Consensus for adaptive Graduated Non-Convexity}}},
- booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)},
- year = 2025,
- month = oct,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-146}
- }
- 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}
- }
- Tang, W.-T., Vinod, A.P., Germain, F.G., Paulson, J.A., Laughman, C.R., Chakrabarty, A., "AI-Driven Scenario Discovery: Diffusion Models and Multi-Armed Bandits for Building Control Validation", Energy and Buildings, DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116207, September 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-132 PDF- @article{Tang2025sep,
- author = {Tang, Wei-Ting and Vinod, Abraham P. and Germain, François G and Paulson, Joel A. and Laughman, Christopher R. and Chakrabarty, Ankush},
- title = {{AI-Driven Scenario Discovery: Diffusion Models and Multi-Armed Bandits for Building Control Validation}},
- journal = {Energy and Buildings},
- year = 2025,
- month = sep,
- doi = {10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116207},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-132}
- }
- Bortoff, S.A., Deshpande, V.M., Laughman, C.R., Qiao, H., "A Dynamic Analysis of Refrigerant Mass in Vapor Compression Cycles", International Modelica Conference, DOI: 10.3384/ecp218345, September 2025, pp. 345-352.
BibTeX TR2025-135 PDF- @inproceedings{Bortoff2025sep,
- author = {Bortoff, Scott A. and Deshpande, Vedang M. and Laughman, Christopher R. and Qiao, Hongtao},
- title = {{A Dynamic Analysis of Refrigerant Mass in Vapor Compression Cycles}},
- booktitle = {Proceedings of the 16thInternational Modelica & FMI Conference},
- year = 2025,
- pages = {345--352},
- month = sep,
- publisher = {Linköping University Electronic Press},
- doi = {10.3384/ecp218345},
- issn = {1650-3740},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-135}
- }
- Chakrabarty, A., Forgione, M., Piga, D., Bemporad, A., Laughman, C.R., "Zero-Shot Parameter Estimation of Modelica Models using Patch Transformer Networks", International Modelica and FMI Conference, September 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-133 PDF- @inproceedings{Chakrabarty2025sep,
- author = {Chakrabarty, Ankush and Forgione, Marco and Piga, Dario and Bemporad, Alberto and Laughman, Christopher R.},
- title = {{Zero-Shot Parameter Estimation of Modelica Models using Patch Transformer Networks}},
- booktitle = {International Modelica and FMI Conference},
- year = 2025,
- month = sep,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-133}
- }
- Stein, A., Wang, Y., Sakamoto, Y., Wang, B., Fang, H., "Application-Oriented Co-Design of Motors and Motions for a 6DOF Robot Manipulator", IEEE Conference on Automation and Science Engineering, DOI: 10.1109/CASE58245.2025.11164119, August 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-121 PDF- @inproceedings{Stein2025aug,
- author = {Stein, Adrian and Wang, Yebin and Sakamoto, Yusuke and Wang, Bingnan and Fang, Huazhen},
- title = {{Application-Oriented Co-Design of Motors and Motions for a 6DOF Robot Manipulator}},
- booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Automation and Science Engineering},
- year = 2025,
- month = aug,
- doi = {10.1109/CASE58245.2025.11164119},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-121}
- }
- Zhang, Q., Avraamidou, S., Paulson, J.A., Thakkar, V., Wang, Z., Chiang, L., Braun, B., Rathi, T., Chakrabarty, A., Sorouifar, F., Tang, W.-T., Guertin, F., Munoz, P., Sampat, A., "Navigating the Trade-offs and Synergies of Economic and Environmental Sustainability Using Process Systems Engineering", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107561, July 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-106 PDF- @inproceedings{Zhang2025jul2,
- author = {Zhang, Qi and Avraamidou, Styliani and Paulson, Joel A. and Thakkar, Vyom and Wang, Zhenyu and Chiang, Leo and Braun, Birgit and Rathi, Tushar and Chakrabarty, Ankush and Sorouifar, Farshud and Tang, Wei-Ting and Guertin, France and Munoz, Paola and Sampat, Apoorva},
- title = {{Navigating the Trade-offs and Synergies of Economic and Environmental Sustainability Using Process Systems Engineering}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2025,
- month = jul,
- doi = {10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107561},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-106}
- }
- Cardona, G., Vasile, C.-I., Di Cairano, S., "Truck Fleet Coordination for Warehouse Trailer Management by Temporal Logic with Energy Constraints", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107663, July 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-103 PDF- @inproceedings{Cardona2025jul,
- author = {Cardona, Gustavo and Vasile, Cristian-Ioan and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
- title = {{Truck Fleet Coordination for Warehouse Trailer Management by Temporal Logic with Energy Constraints}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2025,
- month = jul,
- doi = {10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107663},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-103}
- }
- Chavez Armijos, A., Berntorp, K., Di Cairano, S., "Safe Interactive Motion Planning by Differentiable Optimal Control and Online Preference Learning", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107681, July 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-104 PDF- @inproceedings{ChavezArmijos2025jul,
- author = {Chavez Armijos, Andres and Berntorp, Karl and {Di Cairano}, Stefano},
- title = {{Safe Interactive Motion Planning by Differentiable Optimal Control and Online Preference Learning}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2025,
- month = jul,
- doi = {10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107681},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-104}
- }
- Pavlasek, N., Di Cairano, S., Weiss, A., "Geostationary Satellite Station Keeping and Collocation under High-Thrust Impulsive Control", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107882, July 2025, pp. 4947-4953.
BibTeX TR2025-101 PDF- @inproceedings{Pavlasek2025jul,
- author = {Pavlasek, Natalia and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Weiss, Avishai},
- title = {{Geostationary Satellite Station Keeping and Collocation under High-Thrust Impulsive Control}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2025,
- pages = {4947--4953},
- month = jul,
- publisher = {IEEE},
- doi = {10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107882},
- issn = {2378-5861},
- isbn = {979-8-3315-6937-2},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-101}
- }
- Shimane, Y., Di Cairano, S., Ho, K., Weiss, A., "Station-Keeping on Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbits via Full-State Targeting Model Predictive Control", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107827, July 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-100 PDF- @inproceedings{Shimane2025jul,
- author = {Shimane, Yuri and {Di Cairano}, Stefano and Ho, Koki and Weiss, Avishai},
- title = {{Station-Keeping on Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbits via Full-State Targeting Model Predictive Control}},
- booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
- year = 2025,
- month = jul,
- publisher = {IEEE},
- doi = {10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107827},
- issn = {2378-5861},
- isbn = {979-8-3315-6937-2},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-100}
- }
- Raghunathan, A., Cardonha, C., Bergman, D., Nohra, C.J., "Recursive McCormick Linearization of Multilinear Programs", INFORMS J Computing, DOI: 10.1287/ijoc.2023.0390, Vol. 37, No. 6, pp. 1650-1669, June 2025.
BibTeX TR2025-098 PDF- @article{Raghunathan2025jun,
- author = {Raghunathan, Arvind and Cardonha, Carlos and Bergman, David and Nohra, Carlos J.},
- title = {{Recursive McCormick Linearization of Multilinear Programs}},
- journal = {INFORMS J Computing},
- year = 2025,
- volume = 37,
- number = 6,
- pages = {1650--1669},
- month = jun,
- doi = {10.1287/ijoc.2023.0390},
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-098}
- }