1.0JHU Engineering Magazinehttps://engineering.jhu.edu/magazine-archiveA Bumper Crop of Research in Language Engineering - JHU Engineering Magazinerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="6o4sbZiQZ3"><a href="https://engineering.jhu.edu/magazine-archive/2005/01/bumper-crop-research-language-engineering/">A Bumper Crop of Research in Language Engineering</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://engineering.jhu.edu/magazine-archive/2005/01/bumper-crop-research-language-engineering/embed/#?secret=6o4sbZiQZ3" width="600" height="338" title="“A Bumper Crop of Research in Language Engineering” — JHU Engineering Magazine" data-secret="6o4sbZiQZ3" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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