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For Boston University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2018-2020, the graph shows 26 visible PIs and 16 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Engineering as the leading field (33% of slots across 18 PIs; 18 labels), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics as the leading subfield (20% of slots across 13 PIs; 13 labels), and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques as the leading topic (5% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). The network looks reasonably well-rounded, with visible collaboration groups but not so much concentration that one field explains the whole department. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Ji‐Xin Cheng (32.1 weighted works; Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research, Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging). The clearest collaboration lines are Lei Tian and Ji Yi (8 shared works, weight 4.8); Lei Tian and David A. Boas (8 shared works, weight 4.4). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 17.5, around Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biophysics, led by Ji‐Xin Cheng, Lei Tian, David A. Boas.