NACLO @ LASA
North American Computational Linguistics Open
The North American Computational Linguistics Open (NACLO) competition is a contest for U.S./Canadian high school and middle school students in which contestants compete by solving compelling and creative puzzles in linguistics and computational linguistics. Winners of NACLO are eligible to compete in the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL), one of twelve international high school science Olympiads. No prior knowledge of linguistics or second languages is necessary.
2027 NACLO Open Round
Date Thursday January 28, 2027 (as of now this is just my best guess of when they usually have the competition)
Register NACLO website (select LASA High School – listed under High School Sites – as your testing location). The online registration deadline is Monday January 25th. After that you, if there is still room, you can can show up on Thursday and register as a walk up (if you plan to do walk-up registration, please send me an email by Wednesday lunch time at [email protected] so I can make extra copies of the test).
Place LASA High School Library, 1012 Arthur Stiles Rd, Austin, Texas 78721
Time The test runs from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
LASA Students arrive by 8:45 a.m. for registration and seating. This is an excused absence but you should make sure your teachers are OK with you missing class that day.
Not a LASA student arrive by 8:30 a.m park on the street & enter the school & sign in at the office (be sure to bring a picture ID) & let them know you need to go to the library.
What to bring a couple of black pens (contest is free)
Look at before you come student handbook
Site coordinator Rainer Mueller, LASA Computer Science Teacher ([email protected])
Site id L095
Practice Problems (with Solutions)
In the Open Round of the competition on January 26, 2017, 1509 students from across the U.S. and Canada competed at more than 200 sites. The top 10% go on to compete in the Invitational Round. Finally the top finishers in the Invitational Round compete in the International Linguistic Olympiad. LASA student Evan Hochstein was selected as an alternate for the US team in 2017 (press release)