Curriculum Vitae

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Education

• Ph.D in Data Science @ Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University, Graduating May 2025 (expected)
  • Advised by Prof. Brian McFee
  • Urban Scholars Research Fellow
  • DeepMind Fellowship
  • Transfer from M.S. Program
• B.S. in Physics @ College of Arts and Science, New York University, Graduated 2017
  • Minors in CS/Math
  • Graduated with Honors
  • Athletic Honor Roll (fencing)
  • Dean’s List
  • Sigma Pi Sigma Member
  • Dean’s Undergraduate Research Grant Recipient (5x)

Work experience

• Summer-Winter 2024/2025: Research Intern (part-time)
  • Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA (Remote)
  • Advisors: Gordon Wichern, Yoshiki Masuyama, Jonathan Le Roux
  • Results pending publication, presented at Audio Imagination Workshop @ NeurIPS 2024, GenDA Workshop @ ICASSP 2025
• Summer 2022: Advanced Technology Intern
  • Sonos, Boston, MA (Remote)
  • Advisors: Wenyu Jin, Adib Mehrabi
  • Results published in ICASSP 2023
• Summer 2021: Audio AI Intern
  • Robert Bosch LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (Remote)
  • Advisors: Luca Bondi, Samarjit Das
  • Results published in ICASSP 2022
• Summer 2019: Applied Scientist Intern
  • Amazon Music, San Francisco, CA
  • Advisors: Emile Richard, Katherine Ellis, Gert Lanckriet
• May 2017 - September 2018: Junior Research Associate
  • NYU Physics Dept, New York, NY
  • Advisors: David Hogg, Kyle Cranmer
  • Results published in Astrophysical Journal 2022

Publications

Retrieval-Augmented Neural Field for HRTF Upsampling and Personalization

Y. Masuyama, G. Wichern, F.G. Germain, C.Ick, J. Le Roux, "Retrieval-Augmented Neural Field for HRTF Upsampling and Personalization" ICASSP (2025)

Vocal Call Locator Benchmark (VCL) for localizing rodent vocalizations from multi-channel audio

R.E. Peterson, A. Tanelus, C. Ick, B. Mimica, N. Francis, V.J. Ivan, A. Choudhri, A.L. Falkner, M. Murthy, D. Schneider, D.H. Sanes, A.H. Williams "Vocal Call Locator Benchmark (VCL) for localizing rodent vocalizations from multi-channel audio" NeurIPS (2024)

Spatial Scaper: A Library to Simulate and Augment Soundscapes for Sound Event Localization and Detection in Realistic Rooms

I.R. Roman^*, C. Ick,^* S. Ding, A.S. Roman, B. McFee and J.P. Bello "Spatial Scaper: A Library to Simulate and Augment Soundscapes for Sound Event Localization and Detection in Realistic Rooms" ICASSP (2024)

Leveraging Geometrical Acoustic Simulations of Spatial Room Impulse Responses for Improved Sound Event Detection and Localization

C. Ick and B. McFee, "Leveraging Geometrical Acoustic Simulations of Spatial Room Impulse Responses for Improved Sound Event Detection and Localization" DCASE (2023)

Blind Acoustic Room Parameter Estimation Using Phase Features

C. Ick, A. Mehrabi, and W. Jin "Blind Acoustic Room Parameter Estimation Using Phase Features" ICASSP (2023)

Searching for quasi-periodic oscillations in astrophysical transients using Gaussian processes

M. Hübner, D. Huppenkothen, P.D. Lasky, A.R. Inglis, C. Ick, D. W. Hogg, "Searching for quasi-periodic oscillations in astrophysical transients using Gaussian processes" Astrophysical Journal (2022)

Acoustic Imaging aboard The International Space Station (ISS): Challenges and preliminary results

L. Bondi,^* G. Chuang,^* C. Ick,^* A. Dave, et al., "Acoustic Imaging aboard The International Space Station (ISS): Challenges and preliminary results" ICASSP (2022)

Sound Event Detection in Urban Audio with Single and Multi-Rate PCEN

C. Ick and B. McFee, "Sound Event Detection in Urban Audio with Single and Multi-Rate PCEN" ICASSP (2021)

^* denotes equal contribution

Teaching

• Fall 2023 - Spring 2024: Teaching Assistant
  • NYU Physics Dept, New York, NY
  • How Things Work (CORE-UA 214)
• Summer 2023: REU & ARISE Mentor
  • Music and Audio Research Laboratory, Brooklyn, NY
  • Advised one undergraduate and one high-school mentee
  • Projects were on spatial audio, 3D data transforms, visualization
• Fall 2019: Course Assistant
  • NYU Center for Data Science, New York, NY
  • Data Science for Everyone (DS-UA 111)
• Spring 2019: Teaching Assistant
  • NYU Physics Dept, New York, NY
  • Intro to Experimental Physics II (PHYS-UA 72)
• Fall 2018: Teaching Assistant:
  • NYU Physics Dept, New York, NY
  • Quarks to Cosmos (CORE-UA 209)
• Fall 2016 - Spring 2018: Teaching Assistant
  • NYU Physics Dept, New York, NY
  • Advanced Experimental Physics (PHYS-UA 112/PHYS-GA 2075)
• Fall 2014 - Spring 2017: Undergraduate Adjunct Instructor
  • NYU Physics Dept, New York, NY
  • Walk-in instruction for undergraduate physics

Service and leadership

• Referee/Reviewer:
  • ISMIR 2023,2024
  • ICASSP 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• Volunteer/Events Committee: Jane Bailey Memorial Garden (2022-2025)
• Member-Owner: Greene Hill Food Co-op