Emilio L. Aleman
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Double Major @ Tufts University
A highly technical engineer with a focus on integrating low-level embedded systems with high-level software and AI. I specialize in full stack development, systems engineering, cybersecurity, and advanced machine learning deployments.
Experience & Research
Tufts Cybersecurity Clinic
Medford, MA
Student Consultant
Conducting vulnerability assessments, source code reviews, and threat modeling for non-profit client networks. Evaluating client infrastructure against the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
Tufts AI Safety Student Association (TASSA)
Medford, MA
High-Level Technical Fellow
Analyzing advanced ML concepts including model interpretability, scalable oversight, and reinforcement learning. Engineered the "Steganography Warden," a defense-in-depth middleware pipeline.
Quantum Nanomaterials Lab
Tufts University
Research Assistant
Conducted photoluminescence (PL) studies on quantum nanomaterials, analyzing spectral data to contribute to research on low-level material properties.
Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences (CABCS) Lab
Tufts University
Research Assistant
Designed and developed an Android application to facilitate cognitive studies and data collection, bridging high-level mobile software with specific experimental requirements.
Telemetrics Inc.
New Jersey, USA
Robotics Engineering Intern
Validated power supply performance using oscilloscopes and hardware test benches. Engineered an automated quality control process using Arduino/Seeed XIAO microcontrollers and Python scripts.
Key Projects
"Vinyl" Agentic AI Capstone
LangChain, PyTorch, Local open-source models
Building an agentic music recommender using local open-source models and LangChain to automate recommendation workflows.
Steganography Warden (MLSecOps)
PyTorch, TransformerLens, MLOps, Docker
Engineered a defense-in-depth middleware pipeline for LLMs, employing mechanistic interpretability tools to detect and intercept secret data leakage during text generation.
JumBuddy
TypeScript, React, Flask, PostgreSQL, VSCode API
1st Place Overall & Education Track Winner at JumboHack 2026. Developed a VSCode extension that analyzes raw IDE activity and keystroke patterns to provide CS instructors with AI-driven insights into student coding bottlenecks.
Income Equity & Affordability Analyzer
FastAPI, React, PostgreSQL, Data Analytics
Developed an analytics application integrating multiple large-scale datasets to visualize wage disparity and compute local housing affordability deltas.
Arith (Image Compression)
C, Memory Management, Bitwise Operations
Implemented a lossy image compression algorithm in C, utilizing bitwise packing and unpacking of 32-bit codewords to optimize memory handling.
Universal Machine (UM) Emulator
C, OS Abstraction, Performance Tuning
Built a comprehensive emulator for a 32-bit virtual machine with segmented memory. Employed low-level profiling to increase throughput by 96%.
Leadership & Involvement
Tufts School of Engineering
EE Engineering (EN) Ambassador
Nominated by Dean Jennifer Stephan to represent the Electrical Engineering department to prospective students, alumni, and industry partners.
Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) NLC
Mentor in Training
Serving as a leader and mentor to incoming HSF scholars during the National Leadership Conference, guiding them through professional development.
Tufts Undergraduate Admissions
Undergraduate Admissions Intern
Lead large-scale information sessions and manage front-facing communications, translating complex technical programs into accessible language for non-technical audiences.
CS 61: Discrete Mathematics
Course Assistant
Facilitate high-level quantitative problem-solving and proof methodologies for undergraduate computer science students.
Tufts Model United Nations (TUMUN) IX
Secretary-General
Directed logistics, operations, and communications for a 300+ delegate conference, overseeing multiple functional teams.