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NACLO 2009 North American Computation Linguistics Olympiad University of North Texas site

NACLO 2009 North American Computation Linguistics Olympiad University of North Texas site Rada Mihalcea Genene Murphy Michael Mohler. What is Computational Linguistics?.

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NACLO 2009 North American Computation Linguistics Olympiad University of North Texas site

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  1. NACLO 2009 North American Computation Linguistics Olympiad University of North Texas site Rada Mihalcea Genene Murphy Michael Mohler

  2. What is Computational Linguistics? • Linguistics is the study of language itself – how languages are formed, how we learn and understand languages, how languages work, etc. • Syntax • Semantics • Phonology • Morphology • Pragmatics • Computational linguistics is the science of designing algorithms and programming computers to “understand” the rules of languages that we intuitively know.

  3. Language Subtleties • Adjective order and placement • A big black dog • A big black scary dog • A big scary dog • A scary big dog • *A black big dog • Antonyms: which sizes go together? • Big and little • Big and small • Large and small • *Large and little

  4. Headline Ambiguity • DRUNK GETS NINE YEARS IN VIOLIN CASE • FARMER BILL DIES IN HOUSE • PROSTITUTES APPEAL TO POPE • STOLEN PAINTING FOUND BY TREE • INCLUDE CHILDREN WHEN BAKING COOKIES • MINERS REFUSE TO WORK AFTER DEATH

  5. Computational Linguistics in the World: • Internet Search Engines/Social Networks • Machine Translation • Speech Recognition • Artificial Intelligence • Cryptography • Education Technology

  6. So…what is this Olympiad? • The Olympiad will test your logical and analytical thinking skills to solve problems similar to the one you just saw • You will be given a set of problems to solve individually within a three-hour period • Success at the two state-level competitions will give you the opportunity to participate in the International Linguistics Olympiad in Poland

  7. A Sample Problem… Doing Math in Indonesian Definition: satu = 'one' • Satu ditambah satu menjadi dua. • Dua ditambah dua menjadi empat. • Satu ditambah dua menjadi tiga. • Dua dikalikan dua menjadi empat. • Enam dikurangi tiga menjadi tiga. • Sepuluh dikurangi enam menjadi empat. • Sepuluh dibagi dua menjadi lima. • Tiga dikalikan enam menjadi delapan belas. • Delapan belas dikurangi satu menjadi tujuh belas. • Tiga ditambah empat menjadi ___________. • Tiga dikalikan tiga menjadi sembilan.

  8. How did you solve that? • (Now imagine trying to get a computer to do the same thing!)

  9. Dates • February 4, 2009: • Qualifying Round @ UNT, Research Park, • Registration starts at 8:00am, competition starts at 8:45am • [Optional] January 29, 2009, 6pm, Research Park F223 • Practice session • March 11, 2009: • Invitational Round @ UNT, Research Park • Summer 2009: • International Linguistics Olympiad Training Camp • Summer 2009: • International Linguistics Olympiad in Poland

  10. Why Should You Participate? • Get introduced to an ever-growing field • Try a new challenge, with nothing to lose • Looks great on college resumes • A chance to travel world-wide • No prior experience necessary – just a head for analytical thinking and a can-do attitude

  11. Thanks! • For more information: • http://lit.csci.unt.edu/index.php/NACLO_2009 • email: naclo@cs.unt.edu • Registration: • http://www.naclo.cs.cmu.edu/ • Additional problems can be found at: • http://www.naclo.cs.cmu.edu/practice.php

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