Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for University of Maryland, College Park Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is a 87-PI network with 76 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Engineering as the leading field (28% of slots across 44 PIs; 44 labels), Electrical and Electronic Engineering as the leading subfield (15% of slots across 29 PIs; 29 labels), and Neural dynamics and brain function as the leading topic (3% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are Edo Waks (54.8 weighted works; Photonic and Optical Devices, Quantum Information and Cryptography); H. M. Milchberg (51.6 weighted works; Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications, Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics). The strongest pairings are Steven M. Anlage and Thomas M. Antonsen (28 shared works, weight 12.7). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 12 internal connections, weight 43.7, around Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, led by Edo Waks, Marina S. Leite, Jeremy N. Munday; group 2 with 10 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 18.2, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, led by H. M. Milchberg, Peter Kofinas, Christophér C. Davis.