UNT Linguistics is excited to be a competition site for NACLO 2024, which will be held January 25, 2024 on the University of North Texas campus in Denton.

What is NACLO?

The North American Computational Linguistics Open competition is a contest in which high-school students solve linguistic problems. In solving these 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.

Local Organizer

• William Salmon - Linguistics Department Chair
• E-mail: william.salmon@unt.edu

Registration

• Student registration deadline: January 22, 2024.
• Please fill out the form here and select University of North Texas 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 25, 2024.
• Location: Discovery Park, E201A
• Parking: Discovery Park, Lot 92 or 93
• Schedule: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Please arrive at 8:30).

Invitational Round

The problems in this round are harder than the Open Round problems. The purpose is to select national winners, who will be eligible to participate in the international competition, The International Linguistics Olympiad (ILO).

• Date: March 14, 2024.
• Location: TBA
• Parking: TBA
• Schedule: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM (CST).

Information

Please check back often as new information will be posted regularly! For questions, contact Professor Bill Salmon at william.salmon@unt.edu