Smart Pause
An Android app that spots problematic phone use and nudges you to take a break.
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Seymen Alper
AI Automation Engineer, Istanbul, 2026
I build AI systems that take over the day-to-day work of running a business. Right now I'm working on restaurant automation.
Before this, I built test systems for electric vehicle battery research at ITU and interned at Spheretech and IQ Vizyon.
Projects
Lab Instruments GUI
A Python control interface over SCPI + MQTT for high-precision measurement equipment.
IQ Vizyon — Production Monitoring
Real-time telemetry from production machines via Node-RED, MQTT, and Grafana.
Experience
Spheretech Software
Software Developer Intern
- Wrote Python automation and QA (pytest) for Cylana, a security-focused EASM platform
- Integrated REST/JSON API data into a dashboard — accuracy, live updates, error handling
- Worked within a Java/Spring microservices backend on Linux
İTÜ Power Electronics Lab
TÜBİTAK STAR Research Fellow
- SCPI control interface for $15K+ Prodigit / Keithley instruments; replaced ~$100/mo commercial software (≈$1K saved over the project)
- MQTT telemetry via Raspberry Pi; Python / Tkinter desktop application
IQ Vizyon
R&D Intern
- Node-RED telemetry flows, a pipeline writing sensor data into InfluxDB, Grafana live dashboards
- Contributed to an Android prototype
MEF University
B.Sc. Computer Engineering
- English curriculum, on scholarship · focus: ML and systems software
Also President of the Mefkûre student club (2025 —): organized a 220-person iftar, built a QR attendance system with Google Apps Script.