--- title: "Nick M. Barnes — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Nick M. Barnes, Australian National University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2022–2023), h-index 45 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nick-m-barnes/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nick-m-barnes/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Nick M. Barnes # Nick M. Barnes Nick M. Barnes has 2 papers in our library, in 2022–2023, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/); often with [Dongxu Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dongxu-li/), [Lingpeng Kong](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lingpeng-kong/), [Weixuan Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/weixuan-sun/). 2 papers in our library · 2022–2023 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5072837153) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9343-9535) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88675311) · [**h-index 45**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5072837153) · [320 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5072837153) · [10,850 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5072837153&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nick-m-barnes/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 247 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nick-m-barnes/cited-by/) · [5 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #1994](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/20/#star-1994) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Nick+M.+Barnes) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Nick+M.+Barnes) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Nick+M.+Barnes) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Nick+M.+Barnes) ## Affiliations [🎓**Australian National University** Canberra · Australia 2005–2026 · 198 papersEmployment 2019–2020 · Associate Professor, Research School of EngineeringEmployment since 2021 · Professor, School of ComputingEmployment 2024–2025 · Director (interim), School of Engineering*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/australian-national-university/) · [🔬**Data61** Sydney · Australia 2004–2023 · 138 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/data61/) · [🏛️**Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation** Canberra · Australia 2012–2023 · 29 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/government/commonwealth-scientific-and-industrial-research-organisation/) · [🎓**The University of Melbourne** Melbourne · Australia 1995–2004 · 27 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-university-of-melbourne/) · [🤝**Vision Australia** Melbourne · Australia 2014–2018 · 4 papers](https://ror.org/05vje5x10) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 7 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) 💡 Concepts 1 Key ideas and methods explained on our concept pages.[Large language models · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/concepts/large-language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nick-m-barnes/year/2023/) · [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nick-m-barnes/year/2022/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[A Comprehensive Overview of Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/naveed-2023-comprehensive-overview-large-language-models/)** *(2023 · 1,287 citations)* The paper is a survey for researchers and practitioners who struggle to keep track of the fast-growing LLM literature. 2. **[The Devil in Linear Transformer](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/qin-2022-devil-linear-transformer/)** *(2022 · 67 citations)* Kernel-based linear transformers reduce attention cost from quadratic to linear in sequence length, but they usually lose accuracy compared with the standard softmax transformer. ## All works 7 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[A Comprehensive Overview of Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/naveed-2023-comprehensive-overview-large-language-models/) [ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acm-transactions-on-intelligent-systems-and-technology/)**Humza Naveed, Asad Ullah Khan, Shi Qiu, et al.*2023 · 1,287 citations* 2. **[Real Image Denoising With Feature Attention ↗](https://doi.org/10.1109/iccv.2019.00325) IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) · no summary yet**Saeed Anwar, Nick M. Barnes*2019 · 729 citations* 3. **[A Deep Journey into Super-resolution ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/3390462) ACM Computing Surveys · no summary yet**Saeed Anwar, Salman Hameed Khan, Nick M. Barnes*2020 · 397 citations* 4. **[Local Background Enclosure for RGB-D Salient Object Detection ↗](https://doi.org/10.1109/cvpr.2016.257) IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings · no summary yet**Dagan D. Feng et al.*2016 · 219 citations* 5. **[Improved Visual-Semantic Alignment for Zero-Shot Object Detection ↗](https://doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v34i07.6868) Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence · no summary yet**Shafin Rahman, Salman Hameed Khan, Nick M. Barnes*2020 · 109 citations* 6. **[Transductive Learning for Zero-Shot Object Detection ↗](https://doi.org/10.1109/iccv.2019.00618) IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) · no summary yet**Shafin Rahman, Salman Hameed Khan, Nick M. Barnes*2019 · 86 citations* 7. **[The Devil in Linear Transformer](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/qin-2022-devil-linear-transformer/) [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/)**Zhen Qin, Xiaodong Han, Weixuan Sun, et al.*2022 · 67 citations* ## Co-authors here 6 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Dongxu Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dongxu-li/) - [Lingpeng Kong](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lingpeng-kong/) - [Weixuan Sun](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/weixuan-sun/) - [Xiaodong Han](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiaodong-han/) - [Yiran Zhong](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yiran-zhong/) - [Zhen Qin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhen-qin/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) ×2 - [ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acm-transactions-on-intelligent-systems-and-technology/): [ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acm-transactions-on-intelligent-systems-and-technology/2023/) - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2022/) - ACM Computing Surveys - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 247 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [32 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nick-m-barnes/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026