Opportunities

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 school) 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 2025 ends one week before the competition date.

DATES

The 2025 NACLO Open Round will take place on January 23, 2025, and the Invitational Round will take place on March 13, 2025.

LOCATION

SMC B335, 8350 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243

SAMPLE PROBLEMS

Practice problems and solutions can be found here.

CONTACT US

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