Cameron Churchwell
Cameron Churchwell

About Me

Hi, my name is Cameron Churchwell, I'm a first year PhD student at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. I've been programming since fifth grade when I discovered the ComputerCraft mod for Minecraft.

Now I'm doing research in machine learning for audio applications, with a current focus on learned DSP filters and audio segmentation.

In my free time I work on ridiculous and (sometimes) useful side projects, play trombone (currently looking for groups), read, and play games with my friends.

Oh, and if you're on desktop, you can see the cool optical illusion I made on the left side of the screen as you scroll!

Research

My prior work with Max Morrison and Bryan Pardo focused on neural speech editing, specifically on creating better representations for pronunciation information and exploring controllable speech synthesis.

I now work in the Audio Lab at UIUC with Professors Paris Smaragdis and Minje Kim.

My main interests right now are in learnable DSP filters, audio segmentation, and controllable speech editing.

I also want to develop tools to help people with speech sound disorders.

Publications

* indicates equal contributions

  • C. Churchwell*, M. Morrison*, and B. Pardo, "High-Fidelity Neural Phonetic Posteriorgrams," ICASSP 2024 Workshop on Explainable Machine Learning for Speech and Audio, April 2024.
  • M. Morrison, C. Churchwell, N. Pruyne, and B. Pardo, "Fine-Grained and Interpretable Neural Speech Editing," Interspeech, September 2024.

Work/Teaching Experiences

  • Teaching
    • Teaching Assistant, CS449 Deep Learning (Winter 2023)
    • Teaching Assistant, CS449 Deep Learning (Spring 2023)
    • Teaching Assistant, CS449 Deep Learning (Fall 2023)
    • Teaching Assistant, CS449 Deep Learning (Spring 2024)
  • Music
    • Stipend Band (2022-2023)

Extracurricular Activities

  • Music
    • Northwestern University Concert Band (x6 quarters)
    • Northwestern University Marching Band (NUMB) (2022-present)
    • Northwestern University Stipend Band (2022-2023)
    • Northwestern Univserity Basketball Band (2022-present)
    • SAI Jazz Band (x1 quarter)
  • Technical
    • Slivka Residential College Of Science and Engineering Website Chair (2021-2023)

Honors

  • 2023 Northwestern University Computer Science Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship ($6,500)
  • 2023 Outstanding Peer Mentor for Deep Learning course ($300)
  • 2024 Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Northwestern University

Contact Info