NACLO 2020

The North American Computational Linguistics Open competition 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.

Host

• Jinho Choi, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Emory University
• Webpage: http://www.cs.emory.edu/~choi
• Email: jinho.choi@emory.edu

Registration

• Site registration deadline: January 15, 2020.
• Student registration deadline: January 22, 2020 (noon PST, if space 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 23, 2020.
• Location: Emory University.
• Schedule:
  • If you are driving, park at the Oxford Road Visitor's Deck.
  • Walk to the Henry L. Bowden Hall (about 3 mins walk).
  • Come to the room 216.
  • The registration begins from 9:15AM.
  • The competition begins from 10AM to 1PM (3 hours).
  • We will have lunch and a campus tour together for those who are interested afterwards.
• Participants.