Disney Research 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
Recent Publications
Our research leads to publications in peer-reviewed journals and gets presented at conferences like Robotics: Science and Systems and SIGGRAPH. Here are some of the latest.
Smile Intensity Detection in Multiparty Interaction using Deep Learning
Vibration-Minimizing Motion Retargeting for Robotic Characters
Trajectory-based Probabilistic Policy Gradient for Learning Locomotion Behaviors
Incremental Acquisition and Reuse of Multimodal Affective Behaviors in a Conversational Agent
California Institute for Technology
Pasedena, CA
Faculty Awards Program
We support the work of outstanding academics in several fields, by contributing to their research program.
Internship Program
We attract talent from nearby universities as well as from all over the world.
Academic Consultants
We cannot hire all the great minds of our generation, but through out academic consulting program we can try to work with as many of them possible.