Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories

Applied Physics

From first-principles modeling to device designs.
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Artificial Intelligence

Making machines smarter for improved safety, efficiency and comfort.
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Communications

Wireless and optical communications.
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Computational Sensing

Utilizing computation to improve sensing capabilities.
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Computer Vision

Extracting meaning and building representations of visual objects and events in the world.
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Control

If it moves, we control it.
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Data Analytics

Learning from data for optimal decisions.
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Dynamical Systems

Exploiting nonlinearity and shaping dynamics in creative and deeply mathematical ways.
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Electric Systems

Modeling & optimization of power systems and electromagnetic machines.
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Electronic and Photonic Devices

Pursuing theoretical and experimental research for next generation devices.
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Machine Learning

Data-driven approaches to design intelligent algorithms.
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Multi-Physical Modeling

Optimal design & robust control through multi-physical modeling.
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Optimization

Efficient solutions to large-scale problems.
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Robotics

Where hardware, software and machine intelligence come together.
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Signal Processing

Acquisition and processing of information.
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Speech & Audio

Audio source separation, recognition, and understanding.
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Welcome to MERL

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) is Mitsubishi Electric Corporation's North American research organization.

Set Your Own Path - MERL Culture & Mission

MERL does application-motivated basic and applied research and advanced development in physical simulation & modeling, optimization, control, signal processing and Artificial Intelligence. We are an open lab, publishing our results, collaborating with the world-wide research community, and measuring our performance by the impact we have on Mitsubishi Electric and the world.

More detail about MERL is available in our most recent annual report: MERL Annual Report 2020

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Featured Research

Electric Systems: Modeling & optimization of power systems and electromagnetic machines.

Our research in this area includes flexible and resilient power system design and operational optimization; modeling and analysis of electric machines for applications such as fault detection of motors, power efficiency improvement and design complexity reduction. [learn more]

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News & Events

NEWS Karl Berntorp gave an invited lecture at University of Houston Apr 22, 2021

The invited seminar "System Design, Planning, and Control for Autonomous Driving" was part of the Distinguished Seminar series at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston, Houston, Tx. The invited lecture described MERL . . . [read more]
NEWS Research on Intelligent Power Amplifier is Cover Story of Microwave Journal Apr 15, 2021

The cover article in the April issue of Microwave Journal features MERL and MELCO's invited paper entitled "A New Frontier for Power Amplifiers Enabled by Machine Learning". Our recent research applying ML for optimizing operating conditions of . . . [read more]
NEWS Ankush Chakrabarty gave an invited talk at University of Illinois at Chicago Apr 9, 2021

Ankush Chakrabarty, a Research Scientist at MERL's Multiphysical Systems (MS) Team, gave an invited talk on "Learning for Control and Estimation using Digital Twins" at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar Series organized . . . [read more]
NEWS Invited talk at University of Leeds Apr 7, 2021

Devesh Jha, a Principal Research Scientist in MERL's Data Analytics group, gave an invited talk at the robotics seminar series at the University of Leeds. The talk presented some of the recent work done at MERL in the areas of robotic manipulation . . . [read more]

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Internship Program Openings

For graduate students who are interested in pursuing an exciting internship researching and prototyping, MERL has many positions available during the summer and at other times.

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Employment Openings

We are always on the lookout for exceptional scientists and engineers to join MERL.

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Visiting Faculty

University faculty members are invited to spend part or all of their sabbaticals at MERL.

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Applied Physics

From first-principles modeling to device designs.

Artificial Intelligence

Making machines smarter for improved safety, efficiency and comfort.

Communications

Wireless and optical communications.

Computational Sensing

Utilizing computation to improve sensing capabilities.

Computer Vision

Extracting meaning and building representations of visual objects and events in the world.

Control

If it moves, we control it.

Data Analytics

Learning from data for optimal decisions.

Dynamical Systems

Exploiting nonlinearity and shaping dynamics in creative and deeply mathematical ways.

Electric Systems

Modeling & optimization of power systems and electromagnetic machines.

Electronic and Photonic Devices

Pursuing theoretical and experimental research for next generation devices.

Machine Learning

Data-driven approaches to design intelligent algorithms.

Multi-Physical Modeling

Optimal design & robust control through multi-physical modeling.

Optimization

Efficient solutions to large-scale problems.

Robotics

Where hardware, software and machine intelligence come together.

Signal Processing

Acquisition and processing of information.

Speech & Audio

Audio source separation, recognition, and understanding.