| Ellen Hildreth | |
| Field: | Computer science Cognitive science |
| Work Institution: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wellesley College |
| Alma Mater: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Shimon Ullman |
| Thesis Title: | The Measurement of Visual Motion |
| Thesis Year: | 1983 |
| Thesis Url: | http://library.mit.edu/item/000195786 |
| Known For: | Marr - Hildreth algorithm |
| Spouse: | Eric Grimson |
| Children: | 2 |
Ellen Catherine Hildreth is a professor of computer science at Wellesley College.[1] Her fields are visual perception and computer vision. She co-invented the Marr-Hildreth algorithm along with David Marr.
She completed all of her higher education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics in 1977, a Master of Science from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) in 1980, and a Ph.D. from EECS in 1983. Her thesis, "The Measurement of Visual Motion", won an Honorable Mention from the Association for Computing Machinery.[2]
She is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence[3] and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.[2]
Hildreth is married to Eric Grimson. The couple have two sons.