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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will host local high-school and middle-school students for the 2012 North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO) open competition on Thursday, Feb. 2.<\/p>\n

The competition runs from 9 a.m. to noon; doors open at 8:30. Because of the strong turnout this year, the contest will be held simultaneously in two locations: the Kohl\u2019s Art Generation Studio at the Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Dr., and at 51ÁÔÆæ in Room E-250 of the Engineering and Mathematical Sciences building, 3200 N. Cramer St.<\/p>\n

Three 51ÁÔÆæ academic departments are collaborating in this event: the Department of Linguistics, the Department of Computer Science, and the Department of Mathematical Sciences,\u00a0 in conjunction with the Milwaukee Art Museum.<\/p>\n

Feb. 2, analytically minded high-school and middle-school students will gather at locations across the United States and Canada to compete for a spot at the invitational the following month and, eventually, an invitation to the International Linguistics Olympiad in Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost people don\u2019t realize how many academic and high-demand career paths are available for students who are interested in solving language-related puzzles,\u201d says Adjunct Assistant Professor of Linguistics Joyce Tang Boyland.<\/p>\n

Competitors will have three hours to solve approximately four linguistic puzzles that challenge them to think logically and computationally to decipher texts in rare languages.<\/p>\n

This year, 51ÁÔÆæ has attracted more participants than any of the other 140 sites in North America, except for Carnegie Mellon University, where the contest was founded. There is strong participation both from suburban and urban schools, as well as from homeschoolers.<\/p>\n

Tang Boyland\u00a0 is organizing the 51ÁÔÆæ site along with Assistant Professor of Linguistics Hanyong Park, Linguistics Department alumni Jonas Wittke and Suzanne Loosen, Associate Professor of Computer Science John Tang Boyland and Gabriella Pinter, an associate professor of Mathematical Sciences.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis event is a way for the public to experience the value that 51ÁÔÆæ adds to the Milwaukee community,\u201d says Tang Boyland.<\/p>\n

Although the competition is designed for high-school students, middle-school students and younger are also welcome to participate. A special mention will be awarded to the highest-scoring middle-school student.<\/p>\n

No prior knowledge or experience is necessary in linguistics, computer science, programming or foreign languages. There is no participation fee.<\/p>\n

More information about the contest can be found at http:\/\/www.naclo.cs.cmu.edu. Students can also find practice problems on this site. More information about the UW-Milwaukee site can be found at http:\/\/hslinguistsmke.wordpress.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NACLO anticipates it will finish scoring the tests three weeks after the open. The top scorers in the country will be eligible to participate in the invitational on Tuesday, March 13, when the winners will return to their original sites to take the second exam.<\/p>\n

The competition\u2019s sponsors have included the U.S. National Science Foundation, investment firm D.E. Shaw & Co., medical informatics leader M*Modal, a variety of universities and scholarly societies, and Google.<\/p>\n

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CONTACTS:<\/p>\n

Joyce Tang Boyland
\nnaclomilwaukee2012@gmail.com<\/a>
\n414-964-3227;<\/p>\n

Hanyong Park,
\npark27@uwm.edu<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Jonas Wittke
\njonas.wittke@mam.org<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Gabriella Pinter
\ngapinter@uwm.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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