Luis 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. Some of my past projects include: CAPTCHA, The ESP Game (acquired by Google), GWAP, and reCAPTCHA (acquired by Google).

I'm currently working on Duolingo. (TEDx talk about it.)

To find out more about me, you can: watch my NOVA special, read my Wikipedia page, watch my talk at the Library of Congress, watch my Google Tech Talk, read my Wired feature, read my blog, or simply search for my name on the Web. Here's my CV, and here are some of my papers.

Click here to see my email address. Unfortunately, I get more email than I can keep up with.