Leighton Pate Barnes

Researcher, Electrical and Computer Engineering, CMU, Carnegie Mellon University
Joined
September 2025

Names

Leighton Pate Barnes (Preferred)

Emails

****@andrew.cmu.edu (Confirmed)
****@cmu.edu (Confirmed)
****@gmail.com (Confirmed)

Personal Links

Career & Education History

Researcher
Electrical and Computer Engineering, CMU, Carnegie Mellon University (andrew.cmu.edu)
2025Present
Postdoc
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University (princeton.edu)
20212022
PhD student
Electrical Engineering, Stanford University (stanford.edu)
20152021
MS student
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu)
20132015
Undergrad student
Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu)
20092013

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

Postdoc Advisor
2025Present
Postdoc Advisor
2025Present
Coauthor
2025Present
Coauthor
2022Present
Coauthor
20222024
Postdoc Advisor
20212022
PhD Advisor
20162021
Coauthor
20202020
Coauthor
20202020
Coauthor
20202020
Coauthor
20182020

Expertise

neural sensing
localization
2025Present
bayesian esimation
L1 loss
2022Present
estimation theory
Fisher information
lower bounds
mathematical statistics
2018Present
information theory
networks
high-dimensional geometry
2016Present