Alt tag
Winners of the local NACLO competition will have a chance to represent Team Canada.

North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO) 2020

High school students are invited to solve puzzles and problems in linguistics and computational linguistics—no prior knowledge required

Event

NACLO is a linguistics and computational linguistics competition for high school students in Saskatchewan.

Thursday, Jan. 23
9 am–12 noon
B450 Health Sciences Building, 107 Wiggins Rd

Register online at www.nacloweb.org (choose “University of Saskatchewan” from the site dropdown menu)

Contestants will solve puzzles and problems in linguistics and computational linguistics; no prior knowledge in these areas is required. Winners of the local NACLO competition will have a chance to represent Team Canada to compete with other national teams in the International Linguistics Olympiad in Ventspils, Latvia in July 2020.

This event is hosted by the Department of Linguistics and sponsored by Living Sky Technologies, Ltd.

Info: z.li@usask.ca, bettina.spreng@usask.ca


Upcoming Events

The Lives of Fritz Haber and of International Law: Entwined Tales of Tragedy and Irony

Mar 6, 2026
This lecture will be presented by Mark A. Drumbl, Class of 1975 Alumni Professor at Washington and Lee University

Saskatchewan High School Ethics Bowl

Mar 7, 2026
Teams of high school students are invited to examine and discuss ethical issues

Music (as) Theatre: Cinderella

Mar 8, 2026
A free performance of Pauline Viardot’s opera

 

See all events