Ben Ochoa received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical
engineering from the University of California, San Diego, in 1999,
2003, and 2007, respectively.  Since 2008, he has been the vice
president of research and development at 2d3.  During the last three
quarters of 2008, he was a visiting scholar at the University of
California, San Diego, a position that he resumed in September 2009.
From 2007 to 2008 he was the chief engineer of research and
development at Vision Robotics.  Prior to joining Vision Robotics, he
was the chief engineer of research and development at Sonaray, a 3D
dental imaging company.  From 2000 to 2006, he was a senior
engineering specialist and manager in the Photogrammetry Research
Group at BAE Systems.  In 2004, he was awarded the BAE Systems
Chairman's Gold Award, BAE Systems' highest award for technical
achievement worldwide, for his contributions in image and video
registration.  From 1996 to 2000, he was a research and development
engineer in the Underwater Imaging Research Group at the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography.  His research interests are computer
vision, photogrammetry, and robotics.

Last update: October 28, 2009