Luis von Ahn (born in 1979 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) is an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University. His research includes CAPTCHAs and human computation, and has earned him international recognition and numerous honors. He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (a.k.a., the "genius award") in 2006 and is the recipient of a Microsoft New Faculty Fellowship. He has also been named one of the 50 Best Brai...
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Luis von Ahn (born in 1979 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) is an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University. His research includes CAPTCHAs and human computation, and has earned him international recognition and numerous honors. He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (a.k.a., the "genius award") in 2006 and is the recipient of a Microsoft New Faculty Fellowship. He has also been named one of the 50 Best Brains in Science by Discover Magazine, and has made it to numerous recognition lists that include Popular Science Magazine's Brilliant 10, Silicon.com's 50 Most Influential People in Technology, and Technology Review's TR35: Young Innovators Under 35.
Von Ahn received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 2005 under the supervision of Manuel Blum and his B.S. in mathematics from Duke University in 2000. He attended the American School of Guatemala for his primary and secondary education.
Von Ahn's early work was in the field of...
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