2007 North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad
The Contest
The Prizes
There will be local and national prizes for best overall scores and best scores in individual problems. Prizes at the local level include a copy of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language for the first, second and third place contestants.Pending paperwork and insurance, a team of four students will be chosen to represent the US at the International Linguistics Olympiad in St. Petersburg on July 31st- August 4th, 2007. The website (now only in Russian, but soon to be in other languages) is:
http://www.olympics.spb.ru/
Download a flyer to put up at your school!
Boston Area Flyer Pittsburgh AreaIthaca Area Philadelphia Area
Have your students try out some practice problems:
Feel free to print and use these problems in your class.
Information for Teachers
The Computational Linguistics Challenge will be held at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Brandeis University in Boston, Cornell University in Ithaca and online on March 29th. NAMCLO will consist only of individual competitions (not teams of students).
Target student population:
The program is designed for 9th through 12th grade students, but some exceptional 7th and 8th graders may also be interested. Any secondary school student who enjoys the sample problems on the web site is a potential contestant. High School students don't typically know what linguistics is, so they probably don't know if they are interested in it until they try the problems. However, students who like languages, math, computers, and natural sciences are most likely to be interested in this competition.
Presentations at your school:
Contact Lori Levin (lsl
cs.cmu.edu) to set up a presentation at your
school. We will explain the fields of linguistics, computational
linguistics, and language technologies, talk about career options, and
give tips for solving sample problems.
Competition Format:
There will be a three hour session from 9am to noon, an hour for lunch (supplied by NAMCLO), and then a two hour session from 1:00 to 3:00. Results will be announced a week later at an award ceremony.
War of the Words (Optional activity after 3pm):
The United Nations Space Protection Agency needs you to decipher an alien language and save the world. Includes email communication with aliens.
Registration
Registration Deadline: March 28th, 2007
(Although the deadline has been extended, please give us head counts as soon as possible.)
Registration and questions should be sent to the local hosts:
- Carnegie Mellon University
Lori Levin
Associate Research Professor,
Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~lsl
lslcs.cmu.edu - Brandeis University
James Pustejovsky
jamespcs.brandeis.edu - University of Pennsylvania
Mitch Marcus
mitchcis.upenn.edu - Cornell University
Claire Cardie
cardiecs.cornell.edu - Online participation
Dragomir Radev
radevumich.edu
Olympiad Locations |
Organizing Committee |
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Pittsburgh area (hosted by Carnegie Mellon University) contact: Lori Levin, lsl cs.cmu.edu
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Lori Levin (General Chair), Carnegie Mellon University |
| Philadelphia area (hosted by U. of Pennsylvania) contact: Mitch Marcus, mitch cis.upenn.edu
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Thomas Payne (General Chair), University of Oregon |
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Boston area (hosted by Brandies Univeristy, Cambridge) contact: James Pustejovsky, boston.olympiad gmail.com
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Dragomir R. Radev (Program Chair), University of Michigan |
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Ithaca area (hosted by Cornell University) contact: Claire Cardie, cardie cs.cornell.edu
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William Lewis (Outreach Chair), University of Washington |
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Online participation contact: Dragomir R. Radev, radev umich.edu
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James Pustejovsky (Sponsorship Chair), Brandeis University |
| Barbara Di Eugenio (Follow-up Chair), University of Illinois at Chicago | |
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