Dear Teachers, December 14, 2015
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Dear Teachers, December 14, 2015 We would like to introduce you and your students to the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (http://www.nacloweb.org/). The Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO) is a pencil and paper contest in which students use analytical skills to solve puzzles in languages that they do not know. In the course of solving the puzzles, students learn something about the structure of human languages and how computers can process them. The contest introduces students to possible careers in linguistics, languages, and computer science. Who can participate in NACLO? The target audience is high schoolers (9th - 12th grades); middle schoolers (6th-8th grades) are also welcome to participate. The Linguistics Olympiad has no prerequisites and no registration fee. What kinds of students are interested in NACLO? Typical Linguistics Olympiad participants enjoy puzzles and languages. Any students who enjoy the sample puzzles on the attached flyers are good candidates for the Olympiad. Linguistics Olympiad Important Dates: 1. Registration is now open at http://www.nacloweb.org/ Select Cornell University as the contest location 2. (Optional) Attend information session, January 16, 2016, 10am-11:30am. 3. The Linguistics Olympiad open round is on January 28, 2016 (registration at 9:30, contest 10am-1pm). Details can be found on the web site 4. The top 100 students from the open round will participate in an invitational round on March 10, 2016. Top students from this group will participate in training sessions via teleconference with eight students chosen to represent the US at the International Linguistics Olympiad (http://www.ioling.org) in India in July 2016. How to Prepare for NACLO: Students can practice with past exams from the NACLO web site and are encouraged to attend an information session at the Cornell Linguistics Department (http://linguistics.cornell.edu/outreach/linguistics-olympiad.cfm). We would also be happy to schedule an info session for interested students at your school – contact us as LinguisticsOutreach@cornell.edu We hope that you and your students enjoy the contest! Abby Cohn & Sam Tilsen, NACLO @ Cornell co-chairs Abigail C. Cohn, acc4@cornell.edu Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies & Sam Tilsen, tilsen@cornell.edu Assistant Professor and Director of the Cornell Phonetics Lab Department of Linguistics, Morrill Hall, Cornell University Directory: wp-content -> uploads -> 2016 2016 -> 2017 afoCo Landmark Scholarship Program 2016 -> Instructions for the Preparation of Camera-Ready Contributions to the Conference Proceedings 2016 -> Step student Scholarships for Year 10-13 2016 -> The united church of canada 2016 -> Idan raichel biography – May 2016 Brief Producer, keyboardist, Lyricist, composer and Performer Idan Raichel 2016 -> An introduction to centre’s interventions expanding access to justice 2016 -> Sanchar Shakti 2016 -> Unit analysis should help here. We want number of bananas 2016 -> The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates 2016 -> The Great Heat and the Rhode Island Deep Water Bay Scallop (Argopecten irradians) Fishery 1875-1905 Download 6.72 Kb. Share with your friends:
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