About APLO
Asia Pacific Linguistics Olympiad
Asia Pacific Linguistics Olympiad (APLO) is a regional linguistics olympiad with the aim of escalating attention to language and linguistics in the Asia Pacific region. It is similar to the International Linguistics Olympiad in spirit, and the nature and style of the problems. The APLO began in 2019 and is held in late March or early April every year.
APLO is not a contest where students from different countries physically meet in one place to participate in the competitions. Instead, all contestants will compete in their home country on the same day.
APLO Board
Minkyu Kim
General Co-Chair
- General Co-Chair of Korea Linguistics Olympiad (KLO)
- Local Organizing Co-Chair of IOL 2019 Yongin
Monojit Choudhury
General Co-Chair
- General Chair of Panini Linguistics Olympiad (PLO)
- Local Organizing Chair of IOL 2016 Mysore
Shu-Kai Hsieh
Board Member
- Organizer of Taiwan Olympiad in Linguistics (TOL)
- Team Leader of Taiwan to IOL
Suhaimi Ramly
Board Member
- Vice Chair of Malaysian Computational Linguistics Olympiad (MyCLO)
- Team Leader of Malaysia to IOL
Simona Klemenčič
Public Relations Chair
- Board Member (Public Relations Chair) of IOL
- Team Leader of Slovenia
Rujul Gandhi
Board Member
- International Jury Chair of APLO
Vlad A. Neacșu
International Jury Chair (2022-present)
- Organizer of Romanian Linguistics Olympiad
- Organizer of Hong Kong Linguistics Olympiad
- Team Leader of Hong Kong
Local Organizers
Bangladesh
Currently inactive
China
International Teenager competition and Communication Center (Beijing Infinite Education Inc.)
Person of Contact: Yili
Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University-Peking University Research Centre on Chinese Linguistics
Person of Contact: Huang Chu-Ren
Malaysia
Malaysian Computational Thinking Association
Person of Contact: Suhaimi Ramly
Guest countries
Uzbekistan
International Contests and Competitions “WORLD WINNER”
Person of Contact: Sabina Ismatillaeva