Department of Linguistics

The Fresno State Library framed by purple spring blossoms

North American Computational Linguistics Open (NACLO)

NACLO 2025 Open Round Competition | January 23, 2025 - 9:00am to 12:00pm - Ellipse Gallery, Fresno State Library (2nd floor)
Check-in at 8:30am (pre-registered participants only)
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NACLO Invitational Round | March 13, 2025 at Fresno State

Students who qualify in the open round competition will be eligible to compete in the NACLO Invitational Round, which will be held on March 13, 2025, and students who qualify in the NACLO invitational round will be eligible to compete in the International Linguistics Olympiad to be held in Taipei, Taiwan in July 2025.
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About NACLO

NACLO is a fun contest for high school students who are interested in solving linguistic puzzles. Through these puzzles, students are introduced to the diversity and consistency of language, while exercising logic skills. No prior knowledge of linguistics or second languages is necessary. Winners of NACLO are eligible to compete in the International Linguistics Olympiad.

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.

NACLO 2025 Informational Flyer

For more information

Dr. Brian Agbayani, Department of Linguistics

bagbayan@mail.fresnostate.edu

Dr. John Boyle, Department of Linguistics

jboyle@mail.fresnostate.edu