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 2019

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Featured Research

Data Analytics: Learning from data for optimal decisions.

Our data analytics work addresses predictive modeling techniques, including system identification, anomaly detection, feature selection, and time series analysis, as well as methods to solve various decision optimization problems including continuous optimization, combinatorial optimization, and sequential decision making. [learn more]

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News & Events

NEWS MERL's Scene-Aware Interaction Technology Featured in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Press Release Jul 22, 2020

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that the company has developed what it believes to be the world’s first technology capable of highly natural and intuitive interaction with humans based on a scene-aware capability to translate multimodal . . . [read more]
NEWS Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and MERL Press Release Describes New 5G GaN Power Amplifier Technology Jul 14, 2020

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today its developement of a new technology to realize a gallium nitride (GaN) power amplifier module for 5G base-stations that offers a combination of compact (6mm by 10mm) footprint and high . . . [read more]
TALK GCN-RL Circuit Designer: Transferable Transistor Sizing with Graph Neural Networks and Reinforcement Learning Tuesday, Jul 14, 2020
Speaker: Hanrui Wang, MIT

Automatic transistor sizing is a challenging problem in circuit design due to the large design space, complex performance trade-offs, and fast technological advancements. Although there has been plenty of work on transistor sizing targeting on one . . . [read more]
NEWS Jonathan Le Roux gives Plenary Lecture at the JSALT 2020 Summer Workshop Jul 10, 2020

MERL Senior Principal Research Scientist and Speech and Audio Senior Team Leader Jonathan Le Roux was invited by the Center for Language and Speech Processing at Johns Hopkins University to give a plenary lecture at the 2020 Frederick Jelinek . . . [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.