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

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