research laboratories inc. merl type subsidiary headquarters cambridge massachusetts united states key people richard waters president & ceo 1 number of employees over 50 parent mitsubishi electric us website www.merl.com mitsubishi electric research laboratories merl is a subsidiary of mitsubishi electric us holdings inc. which in its turn is the principal subsidiary of mitsubishi electric in the united states . merl is the north american arm of the corporate r & d organization of mitsubishi electric . it is located in cambridge massachusetts united states . merl engages in application motivated basic research and advanced development in areas of importance to mitsubishi electric . more than 50 phds pursue research and advanced development in a wide range of areas including digital signal processing digital audio and video processing wired and wireless digital communications spoken language interfaces computer vision mechatronics and fundamental algorithms . since 1991 merl has been awarded more than 700 patents . 2 3 contents 1 history 2 research areas 3 products projects and technology 4 references 5 external links history edit mitsubishi electric research laboratories was founded in cambridge massachusetts in 1991 by the mitsubishi electric cr & d organization . in the late 1990s merl merged with two other laboratories that were part of mitsubishi electric . this consolidated all of mitsubishi electric s north american research into one organization creating the merl that exists today . richard c. waters was a founding member of merl and has been president since 1999 . 1 l szl b l dy was the head of merl from 1991 to 1998 4 5 james d. foley who co authored several of the most widely used university textbooks on computer graphics was the president from 1998 to 1999 . research areas edit merl conducts application motivated basic research and advanced development in electronics & communications wireless and optical communications advanced signal processing optical and semiconductor devices and electro magnetics rf & power multimedia efficient acquisition representation processing security and interaction of multimedia . data analytics predictive analytics decision analytics modeling simulation and optimization . spatial analysis processing data from across space and time to extract meaning and build representations of objects and events in the world . mechatronics advanced control . an algorithms group supports all five sectors developing fundamental algorithms . products projects and technology edit merl generates new technology and intellectual property and has been involved in numerous products and projects including generalized belief propagation human computer interaction via the multi touch diamondtouch surface saffron type system multiview video coding ultra wideband network technology using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing seam carving references edit a b richard c. waters profile . mitsubishi electric research laboratories web site . retrieved 21 march 2013 . ranked list of organizations with 200 or more patents from 1 1 1992 to 12 31 2011 . electrical classes . u.s. patent and trade office retrieved 21 march 2013 . ranked list of organizations with 200 or more patents from 1 1 1992 to 12 31 2011 . telecommunications classes . u.s. patent and trade office . retrieved 21 march 2013 . lee john 1995 . international biographical dictionary of computer pioneers . taylor & francis . p. 76 . isbn 1884964478 . retrieved october 28 2012 . belady laszlo 2002 . oral history interview with laszlo a. belady . charles babbage institute . retrieved october 28 2012 . external links edit companies portal official website mitsubishi electric us wikimedia commons has media related to mitsubishi electric . v t e mitsubishi electric mitsubishi divisions and subsidiaries current green cycle systems corporation mitsubishi electric china mitsubishi electric europe mitsubishi electric united states defunct apricot computers1 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