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University of Southern California Department of Computer Science in 2015-2017 reads as a 26-PI network with 5 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Computer Science as the leading field (40% of slots across 19 PIs; 19 labels), Artificial Intelligence as the leading subfield (15% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels), and Caching and Content Delivery as the leading topic (3% of slots across 2 PIs; 2 labels). That is of concern for a 26-PI roster; the strongest pairings may be carrying much of the visible collaboration. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Yolanda Gil (18.7 weighted works; Scientific Computing and Data Management, Educational Leadership and Practices). The strongest pairings are Xinran He and Yan Liu (5 shared works, weight 4.1); Maja J. Matarić and Caitlyn Clabaugh (3 shared works, weight 3). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 4 PIs, 3 internal connections, weight 5.2, around Management Science and Operations Research, Computer Networks and Communications, Global and Planetary Change, led by Shaddin Dughmi, Yan Liu, Xinran He.