Aalok Sathe, a student from Pune, won a Bronze medal at the 14th International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL), which concluded in Mysore last week. The top three individual scorers included Jaeyeong Yang from Republic of Korea, James Wedgwood from USA and Liam Robert McKnight from UK. Teams from Sweden, Australia and UK took the top three positions in the team contest.
The IOL, which is for secondary school students, has been held annually since its inception in 2003. It is one of the 12 international science Olympiads. Computational thinking, analytical reasoning and logical deduction were the focus of this year’s global competition, co-organized by Microsoft Research to encourage computational thinking and the study of linguistics among students.
Over 170 students representing 30 countries, including India, USA, Japan, Germany and Singapore among others, gathered to test their minds against the world’s toughest puzzles in language and linguistics. The event has been facilitating awareness of, and evoking interest in the scientific study of language among young change makers from different parts of the world.
Microsoft Research India has been actively engaged in promoting the Linguistic Olympiad in India, since 2013. This year, India was represented by 10 students shortlisted through the Panini Linguistic Olympiad (PLO), the national program me for selection and training of the candidates for the IOL. — TNS
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