Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories

Applied Physics

From first-principles modeling to device designs.
Learn More
Artificial Intelligence

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

Wireless and optical communications.
Learn More
Computational Sensing

Utilizing computation to improve sensing capabilities.
Learn More
Computer Vision

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

If it moves, we control it.
Learn More
Data Analytics

Learning from data for optimal decisions.
Learn More
Dynamical Systems

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

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

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

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

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

Efficient solutions to large-scale problems.
Learn More
Robotics

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

Acquisition and processing of information.
Learn More
Speech & Audio

Audio source separation, recognition, and understanding.
Learn More

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

Learn More About MERL

Featured Research

Computational Sensing: Utilizing computation to improve sensing capabilities.

Our research in the area of computational sensing focuses on signal acquisition and design, signal modeling and reconstruction algorithms, including inverse problems, as well as array signal processing techniques. [learn more]

Learn More about MERL Research

News & Events

NEWS MERL Congratulates Recipients of 2022 IEEE Technical Field Awards in Signal Processing Jul 26, 2021

IEEE has announced that the recipients of the 2022 IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award will be Hervé Bourlard (EPFL/Idiap Research Institute) and Nelson Morgan (ICSI), "For contributions to neural networks for statistical . . . [read more]
NEWS MERL researchers Diego Romeres, Devesh Jha and Siddarth Jain co-organized a workshop on Robotic Manipulation at the RSS 2021 conference Jul 13, 2021

MERL researchers Diego Romeres, Devesh Jha, and Siddarth Jain together with research groups at MIT, NVIDIA, NIST, TUM, Google DeepMind, ETH Zurich, Google AI, and UMASS Lowell organized a workshop at the Robotics: Science and Systems 2021 . . . [read more]
NEWS MERL researcher co-edits a special issue on Extremum Seeking Control in the International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing Jul 14, 2021

Mouhacine Benosman co-edits a special issue on Extremum Seeking Control in the International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing.

The issue contains some of the newest theoretical developments on continuous-time . . . [read more]
NEWS MERL becomes new sponsor of two prestigious IEEE Technical Field Awards in Signal Processing Jul 9, 2021

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) has become the new sponsor of two prestigious IEEE Technical Field Awards in Signal Processing, the IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award and the IEEE Fourier Award for Signal . . . [read more]

See All News & Events

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.

VIEW INTERNSHIP OPENINGS (24)
Employment Openings

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

VIEW EMPLOYMENT OPENINGS (3)
Visiting Faculty

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

LEARN MORE

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.