UNC to act as University Site for NACLO’s 2024 Open Round!

NACLO’s 2024 Open Round of their annual competition will be January 25, 2024. UNC will be acting as a University Site for high-school students to register and partake in the competition in partnership with the Department of Linguistics.

Register here

Information at a Glance

Date: Thursday, January 25th 2024

Time: 10:00am to 1:00pm

Location: GSU-2422 (Grad Student Union 2422)

University Site Coordinator: Katya Pertsova (pertsova@unc.edu)

Parking Information: UNC Visitor Parking Information

What is NACLO?

NACLO 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.

For more information, check out their website here