The All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) is a national contest in which secondary school students must
develop their own strategies for solving complex problems. These problems are based on fascinating languages from around the globe. AILO is run
by the ADAPT Centre.
AILO introduces students to the application of logic and linguistics (i.e. the study of human language) to problems of language understanding and translation.
The goal is to develop students’ problem-solving skills and to inspire them to consider the fascinating range of careers at the intersection of
computing, linguistics and language.
Having been successful in the preliminary rounds of the competition our year 12 pupil travelled yesterday to Dublin to compete in the final
as one of the 101 competitors from a huge pool of 1500 applicants.
The final involved a gruelling 2 hours written paper.Currently we await the results; the top four candidates will then form a team and represent Ireland
in the international linguists Olympia held which will be held in Prague this year.