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
Machine Learning
Probabilistic modeling & deep learning.
Visual Computing
Computer Graphics and Computer Vision.
Latest Publications
Efficient Video Encoder Autotuning via Offline Bayesian Optimization and Supervised Learning
October 1, 2024
International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing (2024)
Roberto Azevedo (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Yuanyi Xue (Disney Entertainment/ESPN Tech.)
Xuewei Meng (Disney Entertainment/ESPN Tech.)
Wenhao Zhang (Disney Entertainment/ESPN Tech.)
Scott Labrozzi (Disney Entertainment/ESPN Tech.)
Christopher Schroers (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Lossy Image Compression with Foundation Diffusion Models
September 28, 2024
European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) (2024)
Lucas Relic (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich)
Roberto Azevedo (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Markus Gross (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich)
Christopher Schroers (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Learning a Generalized Physical Face Model From Data
July 28, 2024
SIGGRAPH (2024)
Lingchen Yang (ETH Zurich)
Gaspard Zoss (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Prashanth Chandran (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Markus Gross (DisneyResearch|Studios / ETH Zürich)
Barbara Solenthaler (ETH Zurich)
Eftychios Sifakis (University of Wisconsin Madison)
Derek Bradley (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Versatile Vision Foundation Model for Image and Video Colorization
July 28, 2024
SIGGRAPH 2024
Vukasin Bozic (ETH Zürich)
Abdelaziz Djelouah (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Yang Zhang (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Radu Timofte (University of Wurzburg)
Markus Gross (DisneyResearch|Studios / ETH Zürich)
Christopher Schroers (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Controllable Neural Style Transfer for Dynamic Meshes
July 28th, 2024
SIGGRAPH 2024
Sergio Sancho (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Joint PhD)
Guilherme G. Haetinger (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Jingwei Tang (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Raphael Ortiz (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Paul Kanyuk (Pixar Animation Studios)
Vinicius Azevedo (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Neural Denoising for Deep-Z Monte Carlo Renderings
April 20, 2024
Eurographics (2024)
Xianyao Zhang (DisneyResearch|Studios / ETH Zürich)
Gerhard Röthlin (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Shilin Zhu (Pixar Animation Studios)
Tunç Ozan Aydın (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Farnood Salehi (DisneyResearch|Studios)
Markus Gross (DisneyResearch|Studios / ETH Zürich)
Marios Papas (DisneyResearch|Studios)