- Directions to the NACLO site posted. (1/13/2012)
- There will be a training session on January 27th at 4:30-6:00pm.
What is it?
NACLO, the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad is a fun (and educational!) contest for U.S. and Canadian high school and middle school students in which contestants compete by solving compelling and creative puzzles in linguistics and computational linguistics. No previous knowledge of linguistics, languages, or computing is required. The puzzles can be solved by analytic reasoning alone, and serve as a fun introduction to the field of (computational) linguistics. The puzzles are created by professionals in linguistics, computational linguistics and language technologies, who use dozens of languages to create engaging problems that represent cutting edge issues in their fields.
Winners of NACLO are eligible to compete in the International Linguistics Olympiad, one of twelve international high school science Olympiads.
Who can participate?
If you are a high-school or middle school student (grades 6-12) in the US or Canada, you are invited to participate. No previous knowledge of linguistics, languages, or computing is required. Participation is free. Please contact us at striegnk@union.edu if you have any questions or doubts.
When is it?
Round 1 (Open): Thursday, February 2 2012; 10am-1pm.
Round 2 (Invitational): Tuesday, March 13 2012
Where is it?
Round 1 will be held at Union College in the Science and Engineering Building, room NWSE 222.
This map shows where to park and how to find room NWSE 222 once you get to Union College.
There are many other competition sites across the United States and Canada. If you are not from the NY Capital Region and would like to participate, check the official NACLO 2012 web site to find a site near you.
How do I register?
Register on the main NACLO registration page.
How do I prepare?
You can find the problems of previous NACLOs here. The new NACLO problem database contains problems from previous NACLOs, other linguistics olympiads, and additional practice problems.
And you can come to our information and training session, on January 27th, at 4:30-6:00pm. The training session will be in he Science and Engineering Building, room NWSE 222. (That is the same room in the first round of the competition will be held. See above for directions.)
I have some more questions
You can find more information at the main NACLO web site and in the NACLO 2012 handbook.
Feel free to contact the local organizers at Union College at striegnk@union.edu. For more general questions about NACLO contact naclo12org@umich.edu.