1. 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
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North American Computation Linguistics Olympiad
2009

2. (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.
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.
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North American Computation Linguistics Olympiad
2009