Back لويس فون آن Arabic لويس فون آن ARZ لوئیس وان ان AZB Luis von Ahn Catalan Luis von Ahn German Luis von Ahn Esperanto Luis von Ahn Spanish Luis von Ahn Basque لوئیس وان ان Persian Luis von Ahn French
Luis von Ahn | |
|---|---|
_(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 |
| Awards |
|
| 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 and software developer. He is the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009,[2] and the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo.[3] For these projects and others, von Ahn is known as one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing.
Von Ahn was a professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University.[4][5][6][7][8]
- ^ "Innovators Under 35: 2007". MIT Technology Review. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. 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
- ^ cs
.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.