North American Computation Linguistics Olympiad www.naclo.cs.cmu.edu results committee 2007 International Olympiad in Russia Organizing Committee Top Team Joshua Falk Michael Gottlieb Rebecca Jacobs Anna Tchetchetkine Dragomir Radev, Program Chair and Head Coach University of Michigan Lori Levin, Chair and Coach Carnegie Mellon University Adam Hesterberg, Assistant Coach Princeton University Patrick Littell, Canadian Coordinator University of British Columbia James Pustejovsky, Sponsorship Chair Brandeis University Amy Troyani, School Liaison Taylor Allderdice High School Eugene Fink and Ida Mayer, Website Carnegie Mellon University The top US team shared the first/second place and won a gold medal. The top US contestant, Adam Hesteberg, took the first place in the individual competition. Second Team Adam Hesteberg Jeffrey Lim Ryan Musa Rachel Zax 2008 International Olympiad in Bulgaria The top US team shared the first/second place and won gold, and the other US team shared the third/fourth place and won silver. The US contestants also got one gold (out of three), two silver (out of seven), and three bronze (out of ten) in the individual competition. Top Team Morris Alper Rebecca Jacobs Jae-Kyu Lee Hanzhi Zhu Second Team Josh Falk Anand Natarajan Jeffrey Lim Guy Tabachnick Contact us: www.naclo.cs.cmu.edu naclo09org@umich.edu North American Computation Linguistics Olympiad www.naclo.cs.cmu.edu 2009

(by Todor Tchervenkov) who, what, when, where, why sponsorship First Round: February 4 Second Round: March 11 International: Summer Accepting donations for the 2009 North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad Who… High school and gifted middle school students across the United States and Canada with an interest in linguistics and computational linguistics. www.naclo.cs.cmu.edu/donations.html We hope that you will help us pay for... Example Problem (by Todor Tchervenkov) What… A contest of creativity and skill in solving complex linguistics and computational linguistics problems, with an opportunity to advance to the international competition. Consider the following phrases in Ancient Greek (in Roman transcription) and their unordered English translations. For each Greek phrase, identify its translation. Greek ho tōn hylōn dulos hoi tōn dulōn cyrioi hoi tu emporu adlphoi hoi tōn onōn emporoi ho tu cyriu onos ho tu oicu cyrios ho tōn adelphōn oicos hoi tōn cyrlōn hyioi English the donkey of the master the brothers of the merchant the merchants of the donkeys the sons of the master the slave of the sons the master of the slave the house of the brothers the master of the house Small expenses: Copying, printing, and mailing Local transportation for contestants Prizes (cash and in-kind) Snacks during the contest Where… Selected universities and high schools across North America. Large expenses: Travel to the International Linguistics Olympiad Summer training for the international teams Annual planning meeting of the organization committee Why… show young people that linguistics is fun teach high school students about languages, cultures, and computational language technologies educate the public about linguistics encourage students to think about careers in linguistics and computational linguistics We will include the sponsor logos on contest materials. More problems: www.naclo.cs.cmu.edu/practice.php North American Computation Linguistics Olympiad www.naclo.cs.cmu.edu 2009