Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories - MERL

Name: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories - MERL
Address: 201 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, 02139, US
Telephone: +16176217500

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Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories - MERL

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) is the North American arm of the Corporate R&D organization of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.

MERL conducts application-motivated basic research and advanced development in optimization, control and signal processing. As an open corporate lab, we collaborate with other research organizations, publish our results and measure our performance by the impact we have on Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and the world.

02/12/2026

Stefano Di Cairano elected to the Board of Governors of the IEEE Control System Society

Dr. Stefano Di Cairano, Distinguished Research Scientist at MERL and Fellow, IEEE has been recently elected as a member of the board of governor of the IEEE Control Systems Society, for the term 2026-2028.
Read more: https://www.merl.com/news/news-20260211-1590

01/28/2026

MERL researchers present 3 papers at AIAA SciTech Forum 2026

MERL researchers presented 3 papers at the recently concluded AIAA SciTech Forum 2026 in Orlando, Florida. The AIAA SciTech Forum is the flagship conference (more than 6,000 from 48 countries) of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the world's largest professional technical society dedicated to aerospace.

Read more: https://www.merl.com/news/news-20260112-1589

01/23/2026

[MERL Seminar Series 2026] Laixi Shi presents talk titled Robust Decision Making Without Compromising Learning Efficiency

Read more: https://merl.com/news/talk-20260114-1588

01/08/2026

MERL Researcher Diego Romeres Collaborates with Mitsubishi Electric and University of Padua to Advance Physics-Embedded AI for Predictive Equipment Maintenance

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) researchers, together with collaborators at Mitsubishi Electric’s Information Technology R&D Center in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and the Department of Information Engineering at the University of Padua, have developed a cutting-edge physics-embedded AI technology that substantially improves the accuracy of equipment degradation estimation using minimal training data. This collaborative effort has culminated in a press release by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announcing the new AI technology as part of its Neuro-Physical AI initiative under the Maisart program.

Read more: https://www.merl.com/news/news-20251210-1587

12/02/2025

Abraham Vinod Delivers Invited Talks at The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas at Dallas

MERL researcher Abraham Vinod was invited to present MERL's latest research at the University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas at Dallas this November. His talk discussed a tractable set-based method for a broad class of robust control problems with nonlinear dynamics and bounded uncertainty, with applications to powered descent guidance and drone motion planning problems. Additionally, he also presented MERL's recent research on environmental monitoring using hetereogenous robots, with applications in disaster management and search-and-rescue.

Read more: https://www.merl.com/news/news-20251111-1584

11/03/2025

Prof. Michael Casey of Dartmouth College to Deliver Keynote at MERL's Virtual Open House 2025

Our VOH this year will take place on November 18th, 1:00pm - 4:30pm (EST). Prof. Casey’s talk is scheduled for 1:25-2:05pm (EST). For details and agenda of the event, please visit: https://merl.com/events/voh25

Read more: https://www.merl.com/news/event-20251118-1581

To register, go to: https://mailchi.mp/merl/voh25

10/27/2025

MERL Papers, Workshops, and Talks at ICCV 2025

MERL researchers presented 3 conference papers and 3 workshop papers, co-organized 2 workshops, and delivered 2 invited talks at the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) 2025, which was held in Honolulu, HI, USA from October 19-23, 2025. ICCV is one of the most prestigious and competitive international conferences in the area of computer vision.

Read more: https://www.merl.com/news/news-20251019-1579

10/24/2025

MERL Virtual Open House 2025

Join us for MERL's Virtual Open House (VOH) 2025 on November 18th. Live sessions will be held from 1:00-4:30pm EST.
Read more: https://www.merl.com/news/event-20251118-1578

To register for the VOH, please go to:
https://mailchi.mp/merl/voh25

10/01/2025

Hongbo Sun Awarded 2025 IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Prize Paper Award

Hongbo Sun has been recognized with the 2025 IEEE PES Prize Paper Award for co-authoring the paper “Methods for Analysis and Quantification of Power System Resilience”, published in the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems in 2023. The paper summarizes the report prepared by an IEEE PES Task Force that defines and quantifies power system resilience. Resilience is a fairly new technical concept for power systems, and it is important to precisely delineate this concept for actual applications. This paper defines resilience, compares resilience with related technical concepts, and summarizes measures to enhance system resilience. Several gaps are identified to indicate further needs for research and development.

Read more: https://www.merl.com/news/news-20250727-1577

09/04/2025

MERL intern and Researchers wins 2025 IEEE CCTA Best Student Paper Award

MERL intern Yingjie Hu was recognized as the winner of the 2025 IEEE CCTA Best Student Paper Award for the paper
"Optimal Measurement Projection in GNSS-RTK Factor Graph Optimization"
written in collaboration with MERL Researchers Karl Berntorp and Stefano Di Cairano during the internship at MERL

Read more: https://www.merl.com/news/award-20250827-1576

07/31/2025

Mitsubishi Electric and MERL work recognized with IEEJ Distinguished Paper Award

A publication jointly authored by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation's Advanced Technology Center (ATC) and MERL researchers has been recognized with the 2025 IEEJ Distinguished Paper Award by the Institute of Electrical Engineers Japan.

Read more: https://www.merl.com/news/award-20250601-1575

07/30/2025

Diego Romeres Delivers Invited Talks at Fraunhofer Italia and the University of Padua

On July 16th, Dr. Romeres delivered a talk titled “Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly” at Fraunhofer Italia – Innovation Engineering Center (EIC) in Bolzano. His presentation showcased research on human-robot collaboration for efficient and flexible assembly processes. Fraunhofer Italia EIC is a non-profit research institute focused on enabling digital and sustainable transformation through applied innovation in close collaboration with both public and private sectors.

Read more: https://www.merl.com/news/news-20250716-1574

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