NACLO 2015 @ Emory University
The North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad is a contest in which high-school students solve linguistic puzzles. In solving these puzzles, students learn about the diversity and consistency of language, while exercising logic skills. No prior knowledge of linguistics or second languages is necessary. Professionals in linguistics, computational linguistics and language technologies use dozens of languages to create engaging problems that represent cutting edge issues in their fields. The competition has attracted top students to study and work in those same fields. It is truly an opportunity for young people to experience a taste of natural-language processing in the 21st century.
Registration
- Regular deadline: January 15, 2015.
- Late deadline: January 28, 2015 (3PM EST, if available).
- Please fill out the form here and select "Emory University" for the site.
Open Round
- This round is open to all interested middle school and high school students; its purpose is to identify strong contestants who will advance to the Invitational Round.
- Date: January 29 (Thurs), 2015.
- Location: Emory University.
- Schedule: TBA.
Invitation Round
- The problems in this round are harder than the Open Round problems. The purpose is to select national winners, who will be eligible to participate in the international competition, The International Linguistics Olympiad (ILO).
- Date: March 12, 2015.
- Location: TBA.
Local Organizers
- Jinho Choi
- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Emory University.
- Email: jinho.choi@emory.edu.
- Phone: (404) 712-5694.
- Phillip Wolff
- Department of Psychology and Linguistics at Emory University.
- Email: pwolff@emory.edu.
- Phone: (404) 727-7140.