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For University of Southern California Department of Computer Science in 2015-2026, the graph shows 98 visible PIs and 106 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Computer Science as the leading field (39% of slots across 71 PIs; 71 labels), Artificial Intelligence as the leading subfield (15% of slots across 35 PIs; 35 labels), and Topic Modeling as the leading topic (3% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels). That is a healthy pattern, with enough links to reveal several interpretable groups rather than one undifferentiated component. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Emilio Ferrara (42.8 weighted works; Misinformation and Its Impacts, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI). The clearest collaboration lines are Priya Vashishta and Aiichiro Nakano (142 shared works, weight 57.4); Priya Vashishta and Rajiv K. Kalia (131 shared works, weight 55.9). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 51.1, around Artificial Intelligence, Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, led by Emilio Ferrara, Shrikanth Narayanan, Kristina Lerman; group 2 with 10 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 38.7, around Social Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, led by Bhaskar Krishnamachari, Maja J. Matarić, Cyrus Shahabi.