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

Self-Supervised Effective Resolution Estimation with Adversarial Augmentations

January 3, 2023
IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) (2023)

Manuel Kansy (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Joint PhD) Julian Balletshofer (DisneyResearch|Studios) Jacek Naruniec (DisneyResearch|Studios) Christopher Schroers (DisneyResearch|Studios) Graziana Mignone (DisneyResearch|Studios) Markus Gross (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich) Romann Weber (DisneyResearch|Studios)

Production-Ready Face Re-Aging for Visual Effects

November 30, 2022
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia (2022)

Gaspard Zoss (DisneyResearch|Studios) Prashanth Chandran (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Joint PhD) Eftychios Sifakis (DisneyResearch|Studios) Markus Gross (DisneyResearch|Studios/ETH Zurich) Paulo Gotardo (DisneyResearch|Studios) Derek Bradley (DisneyResearch|Studios)

Deep Adaptive Sampling and Reconstruction using Analytic Distributions

November 30, 2022
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia (2022)

Farnood Salehi (DisneyResearch|Studios) Marco Manzi (DisneyResearch|Studios) Gerhard Röthlin (DisneyResearch|Studios) Christopher Schroers (DisneyResearch|Studios) Romann Weber (DisneyResearch|Studios) Marios Papas (DisneyResearch|Studios)