Luis von Ahn

Luis von Ahn
Von Ahn at Wikimania 2015
Born (1978-08-19) 19 August 1978 (age 45)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
EducationDuke University (BS)
Carnegie Mellon University (PhD)
Known forCAPTCHA
reCAPTCHA
Duolingo
SpouseIngrid von Ahn
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsHuman-based computation games
InstitutionsCarnegie Mellon University
ThesisHuman Computation (2005)
Doctoral advisorManuel Blum
Websitecs.cmu.edu/~biglou/ Edit this at Wikidata

Luis von Ahn (Spanish: [ˈlwis fon ˈan]; born 19 August 1978) is a Guatemalan entrepreneur, software developer, and consulting professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2][3][4][5][6] He is known as one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing. He is the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009,[7] and the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo.[8]

  1. ^ "Innovators Under 35: 2007". MIT Technology Review. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. ^ cs.cmu.edu/~biglou/ Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Luis von Ahn at TED Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ Luis von Ahn at DBLP Bibliography Server Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ Luis von Ahn on X Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ^ "Luis von Ahn". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Teaching computers to read: Google acquires reCAPTCHA". Google Official Blog. 16 September 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  8. ^ Shaw, Dougal (2021). "Duolingo boss: 'Develop your social skills'". bbc.co.uk. London: BBC. As a CEO one thing I wish I'd concentrated on earlier was my social skills

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