Publications

4,061 major publications by members of the MERL staff.


  •  Lakha, B., Guo, J., Parsons, K., Sumi, T., Nagai, Y., Serra, E., "Multi-Hop IoT Network Fault Detection Using Spatio-Temporal Graph Neural Network", IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-059 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Lakha2026may,
    • author = {Lakha, Bishal and Guo, Jianlin and Parsons, Kieran and Sumi, Takenori and Nagai, Yukimasa and Serra, Edoardo},
    • title = {{Multi-Hop IoT Network Fault Detection Using Spatio-Temporal Graph Neural Network}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-059}
    • }
  •  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, 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,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-058}
    • }
  •  Hu, H., Liu, C., Wang, Y., "Verified Task-Space Motion Planning Under Joint-Space Constraints", arXiv, May 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Hu2026may,
    • author = {Hu, Hanjiang and Liu, Changliu and Wang, Yebin},
    • title = {{Verified Task-Space Motion Planning Under Joint-Space Constraints}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22991}
    • }
  •  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), 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,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-057}
    • }
  •  Kojima, K., Koike-Akino, T., "Photonic Neural Networks without Nonlinear Optical Devices", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-102 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Kojima2026may,
    • author = {Kojima, Keisuke and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
    • title = {{Photonic Neural Networks without Nonlinear Optical Devices}},
    • booktitle = {Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-102}
    • }
  •  Ding, T., Xie, Y., Liang, Y., Chatterjee, M., Miraldo, P., Jiang, H., "LASER: Layer-wise Scale Alignment for Training-Free Streaming 4D Reconstruction", IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-055 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Ding2026may,
    • author = {Ding, Tianye and Xie, Yiming and Liang, Yiqing and Chatterjee, Moitreya and Miraldo, Pedro and Jiang, Huaizu},
    • title = {{LASER: Layer-wise Scale Alignment for Training-Free Streaming 4D Reconstruction}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-055}
    • }
  •  Manam, L., Govindu, V., "Parallel Rigidity Matters for Bundle Adjustment", IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), May 2026, pp. 29035-29046.
    BibTeX TR2026-053 PDF Video Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Lalit2026may,
    • author = {{Manam, Lalit and Govindu, Venu}},
    • title = {{Parallel Rigidity Matters for Bundle Adjustment}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
    • year = 2026,
    • pages = {29035--29046},
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-053}
    • }
  •  Piedade, V., Manam, L., Yamazaki, M., Miraldo, P., "Revisiting Monocular SLAM with Spatio-Temporal Scene Modeling", IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-056 PDF Video Software Presentation
    • @inproceedings{Piedade2026may,
    • author = {{Piedade, Valter and Manam, Lalit and Yamazaki, Masashi and Miraldo, Pedro}},
    • title = {{Revisiting Monocular SLAM with Spatio-Temporal Scene Modeling}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-056}
    • }
  •  Subedi, N., Yang, H.-J., Jha, D.K., Sarkar, S., Raghunathan, A., "Find the Fruit: Zero-Shot Sim2Real RL for Occlusion-Aware Plant Manipulation", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-097 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Subedi2026may,
    • author = {Subedi, Nitesh and Yang, Hsin-Jung and Jha, Devesh K. and Sarkar, Soumik and Raghunathan, Arvind},
    • title = {{Find the Fruit: Zero-Shot Sim2Real RL for Occlusion-Aware Plant Manipulation}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-097}
    • }
  •  Ulvog, A.K., Rapp, J., Goyal, V.K., "FMCW Lidar Beyond Nyquist by Instantaneous Frequency Fitting", arXiv, May 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Ulvog2026may,
    • author = {Ulvog, Alfred K. and Rapp, Joshua and Goyal, Vivek K},
    • title = {{FMCW Lidar Beyond Nyquist by Instantaneous Frequency Fitting}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.14039}
    • }
  •  Wang, Y., Liu, J., Koike-Akino, T., "Temper and Tilt Lead to SLOP: Reward Hacking Mitigation with Inference-Time Alignment", arXiv, May 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Wang2026may,
    • author = {Wang, Ye and Liu, Jing and Koike-Akino, Toshiaki},
    • title = {{Temper and Tilt Lead to SLOP: Reward Hacking Mitigation with Inference-Time Alignment}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.13537}
    • }
  •  Mumcu, F., Jones, M.J., Cherian, A., Yilmaz, Y., "Is Video Anomaly Detection Misframed? Evidence from LLM-Based and Multi-Scene Models", arXiv, May 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Mumcu2026may,
    • author = {Mumcu, Furkan and Jones, Michael J. and Cherian, Anoop and Yilmaz, Yasin},
    • title = {{Is Video Anomaly Detection Misframed? Evidence from LLM-Based and Multi-Scene Models}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12725}
    • }
  •  Richter, J., Masuyama, Y., Boeddeker, C., Edo, T., Wichern, G., Le Roux, J., "Predictive-Generative Drift Decomposition for Speech Enhancement and Separation", arXiv, May 2026.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Richter2026may,
    • author = {{Richter, Julius and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Boeddeker, Christoph and Edo, Takahiro and Wichern, Gordon and Le Roux, Jonathan}},
    • title = {{Predictive-Generative Drift Decomposition for Speech Enhancement and Separation}},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.06189}
    • }
  •  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.
    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,
    • month = may,
    • 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), May 2026.
    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,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-038}
    • }
  •  Aihara, R., Masuyama, Y., Paissan, F., Germain, F.G., Wichern, G., Le Roux, J., "SUNAC: Source-aware Unified Neural Audio Codec", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), DOI: 10.1109/​ICASSP55912.2026.11461849, May 2026, pp. 14427-14431.
    BibTeX TR2026-032 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Aihara2026may,
    • author = {Aihara, Ryo and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Paissan, Francesco and Germain, François G and Wichern, Gordon and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
    • title = {{SUNAC: Source-aware Unified Neural Audio Codec}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
    • year = 2026,
    • pages = {14427--14431},
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.1109/ICASSP55912.2026.11461849},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-032}
    • }
  •  Han, J., Wang, R., Masuyama, Y., Delcroix, M., Rohdin, J., Du, J., Burget, L., "Spatially Aware Self-Supervised Models for Multi-Channel Neural Speaker Diarization", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), DOI: 10.1109/​ICASSP55912.2026.11463023, May 2026, pp. 17447-17451.
    BibTeX TR2026-047 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Han2026may,
    • author = {Han, Jiangyu and Wang, Ruoyu and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Delcroix, Marc and Rohdin, Johan and Du, Jun and Burget, Lukáš},
    • title = {{Spatially Aware Self-Supervised Models for Multi-Channel Neural Speaker Diarization}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
    • year = 2026,
    • pages = {17447--17451},
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.1109/ICASSP55912.2026.11463023},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-047}
    • }
  •  Kato, S., Wang, P., Fujihashi, T., Markham, A., "Heatmap-to-SMPL Multi-View Radar Transformer for Multi-Person 3D Pose Estimation", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), DOI: 10.1109/​ICASSP55912.2026.11463668, May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-040 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Kato2026may,
    • author = {Kato, Sorachi and Wang, Pu and Fujihashi, Takuya and Markham, Andrew},
    • title = {{Heatmap-to-SMPL Multi-View Radar Transformer for Multi-Person 3D Pose Estimation}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICASSP55912.2026.11463668},
    • issn = {2379-190X},
    • isbn = {979-8-3315-6701-9},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-040}
    • }
  •  Masuyama, Y., Germain, F.G., Wichern, G., Hori, C., Le Roux, J., "Velocity Potential Neural Field for Efficient Ambisonics Impulse Response Modeling", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), DOI: 10.1109/​ICASSP55912.2026.11460631, May 2026, pp. 22582-22586.
    BibTeX TR2026-033 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Masuyama2026may,
    • author = {Masuyama, Yoshiki and Germain, François G and Wichern, Gordon and Hori, Chiori and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
    • title = {{Velocity Potential Neural Field for Efficient Ambisonics Impulse Response Modeling}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
    • year = 2026,
    • pages = {22582--22586},
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.1109/ICASSP55912.2026.11460631},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-033}
    • }
  •  Masuyama, Y., Saijo, K., Paissan, F., Han, J., Delcroix, M., Aihara, R., Germain, F.G., Wichern, G., Le Roux, J., "FlexIO: Flexible Single- and Multi-Channel Speech Separation and Enhancement", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), DOI: 10.1109/​ICASSP55912.2026.11462393, May 2026, pp. 14417-14421.
    BibTeX TR2026-034 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Masuyama2026may2,
    • author = {Masuyama, Yoshiki and Saijo, Kohei and Paissan, Francesco and Han, Jiangyu and Delcroix, Marc and Aihara, Ryo and Germain, François G and Wichern, Gordon and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
    • title = {{FlexIO: Flexible Single- and Multi-Channel Speech Separation and Enhancement}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
    • year = 2026,
    • pages = {14417--14421},
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.1109/ICASSP55912.2026.11462393},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-034}
    • }
  •  Takahashi, R., Mansour, H., Boufounos, P.T., "DUAL-REGULARIZED ITERATIVE ADAPTIVE APPROACH FOR DOA SPECTRUM RECONSTRUCTION IN LIMITED ANGLE SECTOR", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-039 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Takahashi2026may,
    • author = {Takahashi, Ryuhei and Mansour, Hassan and Boufounos, Petros T.},
    • title = {{DUAL-REGULARIZED ITERATIVE ADAPTIVE APPROACH FOR DOA SPECTRUM RECONSTRUCTION IN LIMITED ANGLE SECTOR}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
    • year = 2026,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-039}
    • }
  •  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}
    • }
  •  Aihara, R., Masuyama, Y., Germain, F.G., Wichern, G., Le Roux, J., "Exploring Disentangled Neural Speech Codecs from Self-Supervised Representations", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Workshops (ICASSPW), DOI: 10.1109/​ICASSP55912.2026.11462776, May 2026, pp. 21992-21996.
    BibTeX TR2026-035 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Aihara2026may2,
    • author = {Aihara, Ryo and Masuyama, Yoshiki and Germain, François G and Wichern, Gordon and {Le Roux}, Jonathan},
    • title = {{Exploring Disentangled Neural Speech Codecs from Self-Supervised Representations}},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Workshops (ICASSPW)},
    • year = 2026,
    • pages = {21992--21996},
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.1109/ICASSP55912.2026.11462776},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-035}
    • }
  •  Kitichotkul, R., Rapp, J., Ma, Y., Mansour, H., "Unambiguous Range Extension for1 Doppler Single-Photon Lidar", Optics Express, DOI: 10.1364/​OE.592528, Vol. 34, No. 9, pp. 15933-15952, May 2026.
    BibTeX TR2026-050 PDF
    • @article{Kitichotkul2026apr,
    • author = {Kitichotkul, Ruangrawee and Rapp, Joshua and Ma, Yanting and Mansour, Hassan},
    • title = {{Unambiguous range extension for Doppler single-photon lidar}},
    • journal = {Optics Express},
    • year = 2026,
    • volume = 34,
    • number = 9,
    • pages = {15933--15952},
    • month = apr,
    • doi = {10.1364/OE.592528},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2026-050}
    • }