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Luis von Ahn | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Von Ahn at Wikimania 2015 | |
| Born | 19 August 1978 Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Education | Duke University (BS) Carnegie Mellon University (PhD) |
| Known for | CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA Duolingo |
| Spouse | Ingrid von Ahn |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Human-based computation games |
| Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Thesis | Human Computation (2004) |
| Doctoral advisor | Manuel Blum |
| Website | cs |
Luis von Ahn (Spanish: [ˈlwis fon ˈan]; born 19 August 1978) is a Guatemalan-American 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]
- ^ "Innovators Under 35: 2007". MIT Technology Review. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
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.cmu .edu /~biglou / - ^ Luis von Ahn at TED
- ^ Luis von Ahn at DBLP Bibliography Server
- ^ Luis von Ahn on Twitter
- ^ "Luis von Ahn". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "Teaching computers to read: Google acquires reCAPTCHA". Google Official Blog. 16 September 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ 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