Report summary

Auburn University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2015-2026 reads as a 32-PI network with 26 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (34% of slots across 20 PIs; 20 labels), Electrical and Electronic Engineering as the leading subfield (18% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), and 2D Materials and Applications as the leading topic (3% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels). Overall the pattern is balanced: there is enough structure to identify active groups, while the field mix still leaves room for multiple research identities. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are J.K. Tugnait (60.8 weighted works; Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference, Statistical Methods and Inference). The strongest pairings are Gopikrishna Deshpande and Jeffrey S. Katz (30 shared works, weight 14.3); Gopikrishna Deshpande and D. Rangaprakash (23 shared works, weight 14). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 7 PIs, 6 internal connections, weight 15.8, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Media Technology, Artificial Intelligence, led by J.K. Tugnait, Shiwen Mao, Robert N. Dean.