OzCLO Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad
Earlier this semester two Year 10 teams and one Year 12 team took part in the annual Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad. Many people are under the misapprehension that this higher order thinking competition is purely the reserve of linguists. Whilst all bar one of the boys were admittedly studying a language, the competition is actually designed for students who are keen to solve number, symbol, logic and language patterns.
This year students in Years 10 and 12 competed in an online 2-hour competition, solving problems based on the Umbrian Iguvine tablets, the Russian Permyak language, Mabiloid and Tidore North Halmahera Indonesian. The boys were spellbound for the entire time, discussing the translations and combinations that might be possible.
It was early days for the Year 10s and they did amazingly well, obtaining a Silver Certificate each:
Jonathan Price
Blake Jones
Lachie Byfield
Max Read
Shanaa Srimanobhavan
Anthony Tolgyesi
Special congratulations must go to our Year 12 boys who all gained a Gold Certificate as the ACT Round winners. They represented the ACT in the National Round competition in March and although they were not quite able to secure a place in the World round, by all accounts they performed exceptionally well.
Adharv Sunil Kaimal
Elliott Price
Caleb Hooper
Matthew Hackett
We are currently seeking applications from students who are in Years 8 to 11 who would be interested in participating in the 2024 Olympiad and forming a team of 4 students in their year group. Training is online and students who are interested should contact Kate Lofthouse to register their interest.
Kate Lofthouse
Head of Languages