And the Oscar goes to . . .

Scientific or Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award). To Randy Cartwright, David B. Coons, Lem Davis, Thomas Hahn, James Houston, Mark Kimball, Dylan W. Kohler, Peter Nye, Michael Shantzis, David F. Wolf and THE Walt Disney Feature Animation Department for the design and development of the ‘CAPS’ production system for feature film animation.

Scientific and Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award). To Rob Jensen for the foundational design and continued development, to Thomas Hahn for the animation toolset, and to George ElKoura, Adam Woodbury and Dirk Van Gelder for the high-performance execution engine of the Presto Animation System at Pixar Animation Studios. Presto allows artists to work interactively in scene context with full-resolution geometric models and sophisticated rig controls, and has significantly increased the productivity of character animators at Pixar.