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ACM Siggraph®
2021 Steven Anson Coons Award
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ACM Siggraph is presenting Markus Gross with the
2021 Steven Anson Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions
to Computer Graphics. Markus is the third European recipient.
From Oscar®
to Emmy®
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Congrats to all the recipients across Disney:
Scott Labrozzi, Yuanyi Xue,
and Jim Zimmerman from Disney Streaming;
Jared McPhillen from Disney Studios Technology,
Erika Varis-Dogget from StudioLAB;
and Christopher Schroers from DisneyResearch|Studios.
Congratulations
Markus Gross
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Markus joins The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a “Member-at-Large”
based on his scientific and technical contributions that led to leading creative tools for the crafts involved
in the creation of the theatrical motion picture experience.
Anyma
in Marvel Studios’
‘Avengers: Endgame’
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How DisneyResearch|Studios’ Technology and Industrial Light & Magic Artistry Helped Reinvent
Hulk in Marvel Studios’ ‘Avengers: Endgame’
Medusa
Performance
Capture System
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Innovations from DisneyResearch|Studios Receive Academy's Sci-Tech Award.
Digital
Humans
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We have developed world leading technology to reconstruct facial performances, focusing on all aspects of the human face, including skin, eyes, teeth and hair.
Procams
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Automated calibration – is key to the projection-camera systems that mesmerize and delight guests at a growing number of Disney theme park attractions worldwide.
Augmented
Creativity
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An innovative platform for mobile devices that takes advantage of augmented reality to bridge non-breaking space between real-world activities and digital experiences.
Deep Video
Processing
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The goal to improve or enable new post production processes as well as to advance the handling and distribution of image and video data.
Deep
Rendering
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DisneyResearch|Studios leads developments of solutions for accelerating production rendering via machine learning.
Audience
Understanding
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Understanding the audience experience requires not only an appreciation of how emotional states manifest in behavior.

Research Areas

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning

Visual Computing

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Latest Publications

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Publications

Empowering Convolutional Neural Networks with MetaSin Activation

December 9, 2023
NeurIPS (2023)

Farnood Salehi (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Tunç Ozan Aydın (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich)
André Gaillard (ETH Zurich)
Guglielmo Camporese (DisneyResearch|Studios/University of Padova)
Yuxuan Wang (ETH Zurich)

An Implicit Physical Face Model Driven by Expression and Style

December 11, 2023
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia (2023)

Lingchen Yang (ETH Zurich)
Gaspard Zoss (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Prashanth Chandran (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Paulo Gotardo (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Markus Gross (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich)
Barbara Solenthaler (ETH Zurich)
Eftychios Sifakis (University of Wisconsin)
Derek Bradley (DisneyResearch|Studios)

Neural Video Compression with Spatio-Temporal Cross-Covariance Transformers

October 28, 2023, ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM Multimedia) 2023

Zhenghao Chen (The University of Sydney)
Lucas Relic (ETH Zurich)
Roberto Azevedo (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Yang Zhang (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Markus Gross (ETH Zurich)
Dong Xu (The University of Hong Kong)
Luping Zhou (The University of Sydney)
Christopher Schroers (DisneyResearch|Studios)

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