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NACLO

North American Computational Linguistics Open Competition (at THE university of south florida)

The North American Computational Linguistics Open Competition (NACLO) is a national contest for high school (and middle schools) students. Contestants compete to solve creative and challenging linguistics problems drawn from a variety of languages. Though no prior knowledge of particular languages or of linguistics is required, strong logic, reasoning, and problem solving skills are useful.

The first round of NACLO competition is held locally at various locations in the U.S. and Canada. Students who score well advance to a second invitational round of competition in March. Winners of NACLO are eligible to compete on the US National Team in the International Linguistics Olympiad, one of thirteen international Olympiads for secondary school students. 

DETAILS

For more information, see the national NACLO site (opens in new tab) and the International Linguistics Olympiad site

REGISTRATION

Registration is open and available here. Participation is free. Registration for NACLO 2023 ends one week before the competition date.

DATES

The 2024 NACLO Open Round will take place on January 25, 2024, and the Invitational Round will take place on March 14, 2024.

LOCATION

This year the open round will be in the classroom SMC B335 at the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus (map).

It usually takes 1 hour to drive from the USF Tampa to the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus. Please arrive 15 minutes early (9:45am, Jan. 26, 2023) at the location. Please review the parking service at USF Sarasota-Manatee campus. 

SAMPLE PROBLEMS

Practice problems and solutions can be found here and here.

CONTACT US

For more information on NACLO at USF, please contact:
Dr. Xizhen Qin (wle-naclo@usf.edu)