Thank you for your interest in the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO).

NACLO 2012 Information

Information about the 2013 NACLO will eventually be found here. Registration will open in September 2012. We're looking for new sites and problem contributors. Please send all questions to naclo12org@umich.edu.

About

This olympiad is a contest in which high-school students solve linguistic puzzles. In solving the problems, 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.