Olympiad Olympiad An Olympiad (, "Olympiás") is a period of four years associated with the Olympic Games of the Ancient Greeks. During the Hellenistic period, beginning with Ephorus, it was used as a calendar epoch. Converting to the modern BC/AD dating system the first Olympiad began in the summer of 776 BC and lasted until the summer of 772 BC, when the second Olympiad would begin with the commencement of the next games. By extrapolation to the Gregorian calendar, the 3rd year of the ((2019+779)/4 -.5)round 0th Olympiad began in (Northern-Hemisphere) mid-summer 2019. A modern Olympiad refers to a four-year period
Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad the opportunity to attend the International Linguistics Olympiad representing Australia. Australia has had a representative team at each International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) since 2009. From 2010 onwards, they have received an achievement (honourable mention/medal) in every olympiad. Their successes are detailed in the table below. Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad The Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad (OzCLO) is a linguistics and computational linguistics competition for high school students in Australia, and has been held annually since 2008. The competition aims to introduce students in Years 9-12 to language puzzles so they can develop problem-solving strategies and learn about the structures