Workshop: International Computational Linguistics Olympiad 2017

对人类语言的研究揭开了人类思维运作的最深层次的奥秘，也揭开了社会交往最重要的方面。然而，高中生通常没有意识到语言学领域是对人类语言的科学研究，虽然他们可能学习一门外语，但他们可能没有意识到人类语言的总体结构和多样性。此外，语言技术在日常生活中发挥着越来越大的作用，其形式是基于语音的技术和从非结构化数据中挖掘信息的文本。高中生通常不知道如何在这些重要行业中追求职业生涯。北美计算语言学奥林匹克竞赛(NACLO)面向对人类语言、数学和分析推理感兴趣的高中生。它通过不需要背景知识的谜题介绍了人类语言和计算的各个方面。NACLO自2007年开始运营，向美国和加拿大的所有高中生开放，不收取注册费或学术先决条件。每年，来自美国NACLO的8名得分最高的学生聚集在一起接受培训，然后前往国际语言学奥林匹克大赛(IOL)。2017年，美国队在麻省理工学院的训练课结束后，将前往爱尔兰都柏林，与来自其他30个国家的球队进行比赛。IOL是NACLO获胜者的顶级国际体验，允许团队成员与其他具有相同天赋和兴趣的学生竞争和互动。

The study of human language unlocks the deepest mysteries of the working of the human mind and the most important aspects of societal interaction. Yet high school students are typically unaware of the field of linguistics as the scientific study of human language, and while they may study a foreign language, they may not be aware of the structure and diversity of human languages in general. In addition, language technologies play an increasing role in daily life in the form of speech-based technologies and text mining of information from unstructured data. High school students are typically unaware of how to pursue careers in these important industries. The North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO) is targeted at high school students with an interest in human language, mathematics, and analytical reasoning. It introduces aspects of human language and computation via puzzles that do not require background knowledge. NACLO has been operating since 2007 and is available to all high school students in the US and Canada, without registration fees or academic prerequisites. Each year the eight top-scoring students from NACLO in the US meet to train together and then travel to the International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL). In 2017, after a training session at MIT, the US team will travel to Dublin, Ireland to compete with teams from 30 other countries. The IOL serves as a capstone international experience for the winners of NACLO, allowing the team members to compete and interact with other students who share their talents and interests.