Publications

560 / 4,110 publications found.


  •  Zinage, S., Dixit, V., Chakrabarty, A., Qiao, H., Laughman, C.R., Bilionis, I., Deshpande, V.M., "Sequential Model Calibration of Vapor Compression Cycles using Approximate Bayesian Computation", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-061 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Zinage2026may,
    • author = {Zinage, Shrenik and Dixit, Vaibhav and Chakrabarty, Ankush and Qiao, Hongtao and Laughman, Christopher R. and Bilionis, Ilias and Deshpande, Vedang M.},
    • title = {{Sequential Model Calibration of Vapor Compression Cycles using Approximate Bayesian Computation}},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • isbn = {979-8-3315-9381-0},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-061}
    • }
  •  Vaziri, A., Qiao, H., Laughman, C.R., Fang, H., "Modular Deep Learning Framework for Vapor-Compression HVAC Systems: Scalable, Efficient, and Physically Consistent Modeling", Applied Thermal Engineering, DOI: 10.1016/​j.applthermaleng.2026.131100, Vol. 299, pp. 131100, May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-058 PDF
    • @article{Vaziri2026may,
    • author = {Vaziri, Ali and Qiao, Hongtao and Laughman, Christopher R. and Fang, Huazhen},
    • title = {{Modular Deep Learning Framework for Vapor-Compression HVAC Systems: Scalable, Efficient, and Physically Consistent Modeling}},
    • journal = {Applied Thermal Engineering},
    • year = 2026,
    • volume = 299,
    • pages = 131100,
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2026.131100},
    • issn = {1359-4311},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-058}
    • }
  •  Queeney, J., Cai, X., Schperberg, A., Corcodel, R., Benosman, M., How, J., "GRAM: Generalization in Deep RL with a Robust Adaptation Module", IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), DOI: 10.1109/​LRA.2025.3641155, May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-057 PDF
    • @article{Queeney2026may,
    • author = {Queeney, James and Cai, Xiaoyi and Schperberg, Alexander and Corcodel, Radu and Benosman, Mouhacine and How, Jonathan},
    • title = {{GRAM: Generalization in Deep RL with a Robust Adaptation Module}},
    • journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.1109/LRA.2025.3641155},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-057}
    • }
  •  Ju, R., Zhang, D., Wang, Y., Zhou, M., Cao, Z., "3D-Dynamic Safety Envelope-Based Control Strategy for Hyper-Redundant Manipulator Moving in Confined Space", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, DOI: 10.1109/​TIE.2026.3682383, May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-105 PDF
    • @article{Ju2026may,
    • author = {Ju, Renjie and Zhang, Dong and Wang, Yebin and Zhou, Mengchu and Cao, Zhengcai},
    • title = {{3D-Dynamic Safety Envelope-Based Control Strategy for Hyper-Redundant Manipulator Moving in Confined Space}},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.1109/TIE.2026.3682383},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-105}
    • }
  •  Cherian, A., Corcodel, R., Jain, S., Romeres, D., "LLMPhy: Parameter-Identifiable Physical Reasoning Combining Large Language Models and Physics Engines", International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), May 2026, vol. 300, pp. 2944-2952.
    BibTeX TR2026-052 PDF Data Software
    • @inproceedings{Cherian2026may,
    • author = {Cherian, Anoop and Corcodel, Radu and Jain, Siddarth and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {{LLMPhy: Parameter-Identifiable Physical Reasoning Combining Large Language Models and Physics Engines}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS)},
    • year = 2026,
    • volume = 300,
    • pages = {2944--2952},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {PMLR},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-052}
    • }
  •  Tandi, K., Ali, W.H., Rapp, J., Mansour, H., "Single View Camera-Based Dynamic Airflow Sensing", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), DOI: 10.1109/​ICASSP55912.2026.11463737, May 2026, pp. 11542-11546.
    BibTeX TR2026-038 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Tandi2026may,
    • author = {Tandi, Kevin and Ali, Wael H. and Rapp, Joshua and Mansour, Hassan},
    • title = {{Single View Camera-Based Dynamic Airflow Sensing}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
    • year = 2026,
    • pages = {11542--11546},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICASSP55912.2026.11463737},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-038}
    • }
  •  Zhang, H., Ma, Y., Kitichotkul, R., Rapp, J., Boufounos, P.T., "ProxiCBO: A Consensus-based Method for Composite Optimization", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), DOI: 10.1109/​ICASSP55912.2026.11464733, May 2026, pp. 946-950.
    BibTeX TR2026-041 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Zhang2026may,
    • author = {Zhang, Haoyu and Ma, Yanting and Kitichotkul, Ruangrawee and Rapp, Joshua and Boufounos, Petros T.},
    • title = {{ProxiCBO: A Consensus-based Method for Composite Optimization}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
    • year = 2026,
    • pages = {946--950},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICASSP55912.2026.11464733},
    • issn = {1520-6149},
    • isbn = {979-8-3315-6702-6},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-041}
    • }
  •  Wang, Z., Romagnoli, R., Mowlavi, S., Nakahira, Y., "Physics-Informed Deep B-Spline Networks", International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on AI and Partial Differential Equations (AI&PDE), April 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-046 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Wang2026apr3,
    • author = {Wang, Zhuoyuan and Romagnoli, Raffaele and Mowlavi, Saviz and Nakahira, Yorie},
    • title = {{Physics-Informed Deep B-Spline Networks}},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) Workshop on AI and Partial Differential Equations (AI\&PDE)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = apr,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-046}
    • }
  •  Li, X., Wang, Y., Jiang, Z.-P., "Adaptive Dynamic Programming with Control Barrier Function for Safety-Critical Control Applications", SCIENTIA SINICA Informationis, DOI: 10.1360/​SSI-2025-0475, Vol. 56, No. 5, April 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-104 PDF
    • @article{Li2026apr,
    • author = {Li, Xianning and Wang, Yebin and Jiang, Zhong-Ping},
    • title = {{Adaptive Dynamic Programming with Control Barrier Function for Safety-Critical Control Applications}},
    • journal = {SCIENTIA SINICA Informationis},
    • year = 2026,
    • volume = 56,
    • number = 5,
    • month = apr,
    • doi = {10.1360/SSI-2025-0475},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-104}
    • }
  •  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, DOI: 10.1002/​oca.70033, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 4-23, 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,
    • volume = 47,
    • number = 1,
    • pages = {4--23},
    • month = feb,
    • doi = {10.1002/oca.70033},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-024}
    • }
  •  Mumcu, F., Bekit, L., Jones, M.J., Cherian, A., Yilmaz, Y., "Agentic AI-Empowered Dynamic Survey Framework", arXiv, February 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Mumcu2026feb,
    • author = {Mumcu, Furkan and Bekit, Lokman and Jones, Michael J. and Cherian, Anoop and Yilmaz, Yasin},
    • title = {{Agentic AI-Empowered Dynamic Survey Framework}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = feb,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.04071}
    • }
  •  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}
    • }
  •  Wiebe, F., Turcato, N., Dalla Libera, A., Seong Bjorn Choe, J., Choi, B., Faust, T.L., Maraqten, H., Aghadavoodi, E., Cali, M., Sinigaglia, A., Giacomuzzo, G., Carli, R., Romeres, D., Kim, J.-K., Susto, G.A., Vyas, S., Mronga, D., Belousov, B., Peters, J., Kirchner, F., Kumar, S., "Reinforcement Learning for Robust Athletic Intelligence: Lessons from the 2nd “AI Olympics with RealAIGym” Competition", IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, DOI: 10.1109/​MRA.2025.3631571, pp. 2-12, January 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-013 PDF
    • @article{Wiebe2026jan,
    • author = {{{Wiebe, Felix and Turcato, Niccolò and Dalla Libera, Alberto and Seong Bjorn Choe, Jean and Choi, Bumkyu and Faust, Tim Lukas and Maraqten, Habib and Aghadavoodi, Erfan and Cali, Marco and Sinigaglia, Alberto and Giacomuzzo, Giulio and Carli, Ruggero and Romeres, Diego and Kim, Jong-kook and Susto, Gian Antonio and Vyas, Shubham and Mronga, Dennis and Belousov, Boris and Peters, Jan and Kirchner, Frank and Kumar, Shivesh}}},
    • title = {{{Reinforcement Learning for Robust Athletic Intelligence: Lessons from the 2nd “AI Olympics with RealAIGym” Competition}}},
    • journal = {IEEE Robotics \& Automation Magazine},
    • year = 2026,
    • pages = {2--12},
    • month = jan,
    • doi = {10.1109/MRA.2025.3631571},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-013}
    • }
  •  De Lazzari, D., Terreran, M., Giacomuzzo, G., Jain, S., Falco, P., Carli, R., Ghidoni, S., Romeres, D., "Real-time Human Progress Estimation with Online Dynamic Time Warping for Collaborative Robotics", Frontiers, December 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-173 PDF
    • @article{DeLazzari2025dec,
    • author = {De Lazzari, Davide and Terreran, Matteo and Giacomuzzo, Giulio and Jain, Siddarth and Falco, Pietro and Carli, Ruggero and Ghidoni, Stefano and Romeres, Diego},
    • title = {{Real-time Human Progress Estimation with Online Dynamic Time Warping for Collaborative Robotics}},
    • journal = {Frontiers},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-173}
    • }
  •  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}
    • }
  •  Xie, X., Mowlavi, S., Benosman, M., "Smooth and Sparse Latent Dynamics in Operator Learning with Jerk Regularization", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) workshop on Machine Learning and the Physical Sciences (ML4PS), December 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-166 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Xie2025dec,
    • author = {{{Xie, Xiaoyu and Mowlavi, Saviz and Benosman, Mouhacine}}},
    • title = {{{Smooth and Sparse Latent Dynamics in Operator Learning with Jerk Regularization}}},
    • booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) workshop on Machine Learning and the Physical Sciences (ML4PS)},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-166}
    • }
  •  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}
    • }
  •  Van der Merwe, M., Jha, D.K., "In-Context Policy Iteration for Dynamic Manipulation", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Workshop on Embodied World Models for Decision Making, December 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-163 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{VanderMerwe2025dec,
    • author = {Van der Merwe, Mark and Jha, Devesh K.},
    • title = {{In-Context Policy Iteration for Dynamic Manipulation}},
    • booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Workshop on Embodied World Models for Decision Making},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-163}
    • }
  •  Yataka, R., Wang, P., Boufounos, P.T., Takahashi, R., "Radar-Conditioned 3D Bounding Box Diffusion for Indoor Human Perception", IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Workshop, October 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-154 PDF Software
    • @inproceedings{Yataka2025oct,
    • author = {Yataka, Ryoma and Wang, Pu and Boufounos, Petros T. and Takahashi, Ryuhei},
    • title = {{Radar-Conditioned 3D Bounding Box Diffusion for Indoor Human Perception}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) Workshop},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-154}
    • }
  •  Karumanchi, S., Rokaha, B., Schperberg, A., Vinod, A.P., "Energy-constrained multi-robot exploration for autonomous map building", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), DOI: 10.1109/​IROS60139.2025.11247332, October 2025, pp. 9154-9161.
    BibTeX TR2025-131 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Karumanchi2025oct,
    • author = {Karumanchi, Sambhu and Rokaha, Bhagawan and Schperberg, Alexander and Vinod, Abraham P.},
    • title = {{Energy-constrained multi-robot exploration for autonomous map building}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
    • year = 2025,
    • pages = {9154--9161},
    • month = oct,
    • doi = {10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247332},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-131}
    • }
  •  Ma, H., Dai, B., Ren, Z., Wang, Y., Li, N., "Offline Imitation Learning upon Arbitrary Demonstrations by Pre-Training Dynamics Representations", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), DOI: 10.1109/​IROS60139.2025.11246167, October 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-147 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Ma2025oct,
    • author = {Ma, Haitong and Dai, Bo and Ren, Zhaolin and Wang, Yebin and Li, Na},
    • title = {{Offline Imitation Learning upon Arbitrary Demonstrations by Pre-Training Dynamics Representations}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = oct,
    • doi = {10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11246167},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-147}
    • }
  •  Ma, J., Dong, Y., Qiao, H., Laughman, C.R., "A physics-constrained deep learning framework for dynamic modeling of vapor compression systems", Applied Energy, DOI: 10.1016/​j.applthermaleng.2024.123734, Vol. 254, September 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-137 PDF
    • @article{Ma2025sep,
    • author = {Ma, JiaCheng and Dong, Yiyun and Qiao, Hongtao and Laughman, Christopher R.},
    • title = {{A physics-constrained deep learning framework for dynamic modeling of vapor compression systems}},
    • journal = {Applied Energy},
    • year = 2025,
    • volume = 254,
    • month = sep,
    • doi = {10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.123734},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-137}
    • }
  •  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}
    • }
  •  Zhang, Y., Corcodel, R., "Bipedalism for Quadrupedal Robots: Versatile Loco-Manipulation through Risk-Adaptive Reinforcement Learning", IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, DOI: 10.1109/​Humanoids65713.2025.11203112, September 2025.
    BibTeX TR2025-140 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Zhang2025sep2,
    • author = {Zhang, Yuyou and Corcodel, Radu},
    • title = {{Bipedalism for Quadrupedal Robots: Versatile Loco-Manipulation through Risk-Adaptive Reinforcement Learning}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots},
    • year = 2025,
    • month = sep,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/Humanoids65713.2025.11203112},
    • isbn = {979-8-3315-9869-3},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2025-140}
    • }