The Georgetown University Department of Linguistics sponsors a test site for the yearly North American Computational Linguistics Open Competition (NACLO), a nation-wide problem solving contest for high school students. Students are given problems to solve related to language, logic, and computer science—problems that are both difficult and fun!
To register, please visit the official NACLO website. Please also see the 2026 Student Handbook on the NACLO website page for more information.
Both the Open round and the Invitational round contest will be held in Poulton Hall, Room 230 (the second floor of Poulton Hall, aka. the big conference room). Please find more information about Poulton Hall through the University's interactive campus map here. The address is 1421 37th Street N.W, Washington, DC, 20007. Once inside the building, please take the stairs to the 2nd floor where the Department of Linguistics is located. First turn right and then turn left, and then walk along the wall until you see the first room on your right.
Parking is available on Georgetown's campus for a fee ($25 for whole day) via the Canal Road entrance. More information is available through the Office of Facilities Management's website.
Street parking is possible but is limited in duration (two hours). The Metropolitan Police actively tickets.
Can I take the test at a different time?
No. Because this is a nation-wide contest, students must take the test during
the national test rounds to protect test integrity.
If any concerns have not been answered here, please contact Lauren Levine at [lel 76 ahht georgetown dawt edu]. (Replace "ahht" with an @, "dawt" with a . character. Remove all spaces as well.)