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== Luis von Ahn ==
Luis von Ahn holds a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. His thesis, completed in 2005, was the first publication to use the term "human computation", referring to methods that combine human brainpower with computers to solve problems that neither could solve alone. In 2007, von Ahn invented reCAPTCHA,[26] a new form of CAPTCHA that also helps digitize books. In 2009, von Ahn and his graduate student Severin Hacker started developing Duolingo, which now has 46.6 million daily active users 46.6 million daily active users worldwide.
von Ahn was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2006, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship in 2009, a Sloan Fellowship in 2009, and a Microsoft New Faculty Fellowship in 2007, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2012.