Ashsmith Khayrul
Student at Northeastern University
I'm a second-year Computer Science and Business Administration student with a concentration in Fintech. I'm interested in learning about technological innovations and working to integrate AI responsibly into projects.
Updates
- June 2026: My summer Teaching Assistant position for Professor John Rachlin's CS 3200 Databases course came to an end as the semester wrapped up.
- June 2026: I started CodePath's Technical Interview Prep course!
- May 2026: Hit some amazing Bay Area events and met tons of new people, including my first hackathon in Berkeley and the Google I/O Pre-World Cup Hackathon!
- May 2026: I started my Teaching Assistant role for Professor John Rachlin's CS 3200 Databases course!
- April 2026: My role as a Research Assistant at Khoury, working for Professor Rasika Bhalerao and Professor Jessica Staddon, concluded at the end of the spring semester.
- April 2026: I've accepted a Teaching Assistant position for Professor John Rachlin's CS 3200 Databases course this summer!
- March 2026: I visited NVIDIA's campus in Santa Clara and connected with a Northeastern alum!
Experience
Founder & Systems Engineer
A paid hosting company that primarily offers VPS, Minecraft Servers, and Discord Bot Hosting in the United States. All of our containers/servers are 24/7, boost SLA and provide 99% uptime for all of our services.
Teaching Assistant
Summer 1 '26: TA, CS3200 - Introduction to Databases
Research Assistant
Supported a City of Oakland-Northeastern University partnership focused on responsible AI adoption in local government. Contributing to applied research evaluating the effectiveness and risks of Large Language Models (LLMs), primarily Microsoft Copilot, in scaling community support services.