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Boston University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2015-2026 reads as a 59-PI network with 52 internal PI collaborations. The dominant subject mix is Engineering as the leading field (31% of slots across 38 PIs; 38 labels), Biomedical Engineering as the leading subfield (14% of slots across 21 PIs; 21 labels), and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging as the leading topic (4% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 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 leading PI names are Ji‐Xin Cheng (88.8 weighted works; Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research, Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging). The most visible ties are Alexander V. Sergienko and David S. Simon (19 shared works, weight 14.5). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 46.1, around Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, led by Ji‐Xin Cheng, Lei Tian, David A. Boas; group 2 with 8 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 29.4, around Computer Networks and Communications, Control and Systems Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics, led by Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis, Christos G. Cassandras, Douglas Densmore.