Research
Continuing a legacy of innovation
DisneyResearch|Studios combines the best of academia and industry, by doing fundamental and application-driven research. We publish our work and actively engage with the global research community. Our research applications and technology are experienced by millions of people. We honor Walt Disney’s legacy by deploying our innovations on a global scale.
Our Research Areas
Artificial Intelligence
Perception and action to reasoning, problem solving, and creativity.
Machine Learning
Probabilistic modeling & deep learning.
Visual Computing
Computer Graphics and Computer Vision.
Latest Publications
Facial Animation with Disentangled Identity and Motion using Transformers
September 13, 2022
ACM/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation 2022
Prashanth Chandran (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Joint PhD) Gaspard Zoss (DisneyResearch|Studios) Markus Gross (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH) Paulo Gotardo (DisneyResearch|Studios) Derek Bradley (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Data-driven Extraction and Composition of Secondary Dynamics in Facial Performance Capture
August 17, 2020
ACM Siggraph 2020
Gaspard Zoss (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Joint PhD) Eftychios Sifakis (University of Wisconsin, Madison/DisneyResearch|Studios) Markus Gross (Disney Research/ETH Zurich) Derek Bradley (DisneyResearch|Studios) Thabo Beeler (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Single-Shot High-Quality Facial Geometry and Skin Appearance Capture
August 14, 2020
ACM Siggraph 2020
Jeremy Riviere (DisneyResearch|Studios) Paulo Gotardo (DisneyResearch|Studios) Derek Bradley (DisneyResearch|Studios) Abhijeet Ghosh (Imperial College London) Thabo Beeler (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Interactive Sculpting of Digital Faces Using an Anatomical Modeling Paradigm
July 6, 2020
Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing (2020)
Aurel Gruber (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Joint M.Sc.) Marco Fratarcangeli (Chalmers University of Technology/DisneyResearch|Studios) Gaspard Zoss (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Joint PhD) Roman Cattaneo (DisneyResearch|Studios) Thabo Beeler (DisneyResearch|Studios) Markus Gross (Disney Research/ETH Zurich) Derek Bradley (DisneyResearch|Studios)
High-Resolution Neural Face Swapping for Visual Effects
June 29, 2020
Eurographics Symposium on Rendering (2020)
Jacek Naruniec (DisneyResearch|Studios) Leonhard Helminger (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Joint PhD) Christopher Schroers (DisneyResearch|Studios) Romann M. Weber (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Attention-Driven Cropping for Very High Resolution Facial Landmark Detection
June 16, 2020
IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2020
Prashanth Chandran (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Joint PhD) Derek Bradley (DisneyResearch|Studios) Thabo Beeler (DisneyResearch|Studios) Markus Gross (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich)