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NACLO (North American Computational Linguistics Open competition) 2025 @ CUNY

Registration for NACLO, Open Round (January 23) is now open

NACLO Round 1 at CUNY  Graduate Center:

  • Location:
    • CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016
    • Martin E.Segal Theater Center, Room 3110 First floor
  • Time:
    • 10am – 1pm
  • Meeting time and place:
    • January 23, 9:45am
    • CUNY Graduate Center entrance, next to the Security booth
  • What to bring:
    • Black ink pen
    • ID to enter the CUNY building (a school ID or library card should suffice)
  • Any questions: email to [email protected]

 

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NACLO Linguistics Circle at CUNY:

  1. November 4, 5:45pm-7:00pm, CUNY Graduate Center, room 7406. Discussion topic: What Makes a Language Difficult? Understanding Language Complexity through NACLO problems?
  2. December 2, 5:45pm-7:00pm, zoom. Discussion topic: Time, Location, and Numbers through NACLO problems.
  3. January 6, 5:45pm-7:00pm, zoom. Discussion Topic: Language Families through NACLO problems
  4. January 20, January 13, 5:45pm-7:00pm. zoom. Discussion Topic: NACLO Problem Solving Strategies, different problem types, etc.

What is NACLO?

  • NACLO is a contest in which high-school students solve linguistic problems.
    • NACLO is geared towards high-school students interested in solving puzzles, breaking codes, learning foreign languages, natural language processing, and language technologies.
  • In solving NACLO problems, students learn about the diversity and consistency of language, while exercising logic skills.
  • No prior knowledge of linguistics or second languages is necessary.
  • No entrance fee to join the competition.
  • More information on NACLO, including the problems and solutions from previous years can be found here: https://naclo.org/.
  • NACLO Student Participant Handbook.

When and where?

  • Open round competition
  • Second round (invitation): March 

 

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