Luis von Ahn - Wikipedia
WEBLuis 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.
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WEBNov 16, 2022 · Luis von Ahn is the 44-year-old visionary behind Duolingo, the free language learning app that has become a household name — even boasting a viral TikTok account featuring company mascot Duo the ...
Meet Luis von Ahn: 43-year-old 'genius' behind language app …
WEBMar 3, 2022 · By the time Duolingo founder Luis von Ahn turned 24, he was already a millionaire several times over. Now 43, he may not be a household name — but you’re probably one of the hundreds of millions...
Luis von Ahn | The National Inventors Hall of Fame
WEBComputer scientist Luis von Ahn co-invented the website security program CAPTCHA, or Completely Automated Public Turing test for telling Computers and Humans Apart. He then created reCAPTCHA, which furthered the work of CAPTCHA while assisting in the digitization of books and other archives.
Luis von Ahn - Lemelson
WEBLuis von Ahn is the co-founder and CEO of the language-learning website and mobile app, Duolingo. He is also the co-creator of CAPTCHA, the challenge–response test used in computing to determine if the user is human, and creator of reCAPTCHA, a service that protects websites from spam.
Luis von Ahn | Speaker - TED
WEBLuis von Ahn is an entrepreneur and former professor at Carnegie Mellon University known for co-inventing CAPTCHAs, being a MacArthur Fellow and selling two companies to Google in his twenties.
The man teaching 300 million people a new language - BBC News
WEBJan 27, 2020 · Luis von Ahn. Luis first got interested in computers at the age of eight. Luis then became a multimillionaire by his early 30s, after selling not one but two businesses to Google. The technology...
Luis von Ahn - CMU School of Computer Science
WEBLuis von Ahn. I build systems that combine humans and computers to solve large-scale problems that neither can solve alone. I call this Human Computation, but others sometimes call it Crowdsourcing.
The man teaching 300 million people a new language - BBC
WEBLuis von Ahn. Luis first got interested in computers at the age of eight. Luis then became a multimillionaire by his early 30s, after selling not one but two businesses to Google. The...
Human Computation Pioneer Luis von Ahn | Lemelson Center …
WEBApr 3, 2019 · Meet Luis von Ahn, winner of the 2018 Lemelson-MIT Prize honoring world-changing inventors! Last year, Luis von Ahn won the prestigious $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, which honors outstanding mid-career inventors who are improving the world through technological invention and who demonstrate a commitment to mentorship in science, …