Hi, I'm
Ashsmith
Khayrul
I am a Computer Science and Business Administration student at Northeastern University, where I also work as a Teaching Assistant. I founded and run Uniplex Host, a hosting company focused on backend systems and infrastructure.
Experience
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Sep 2026 - PresentBloomberg Lab Manager
Manage the D'Amore-McKim Bloomberg Business Lab's Bloomberg Terminal stations. Handle daily operations, coordinate with university IT on workstation issues, and train students on Bloomberg Terminal and financial data workflows.
Bloomberg Terminal Infrastructure Windows -
Jul 2026 - PresentDirector of Technology
Building AI-driven automation, backend tools, and internal integrations that support the club's programs.
Backend Automation APIs -
May 2026 - Present
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Teaching Assistant for Northeastern's Database Design and Introduction to Program Design courses, helping students with SQL, schema design, and debugging through office hours and grading.
SQL MySQL Python -
Apr 2024 - PresentFounder & Systems Engineer
Built and run a Docker-based hosting platform: 40+ clients, 65+ active services (VPS, game servers, bot hosting), 99.9% uptime with 24/7 SLA-backed containers, Nginx reverse proxying, and multi-node Linux infrastructure.
Infrastructure Linux Docker -
Jan 2026 - Apr 2026
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Supported a City of Oakland/Northeastern University partnership evaluating responsible AI adoption in local government, focused on Microsoft Copilot's use in community support services. Analyzed 1,000+ data points from IRB-approved surveys and usage logs.
Microsoft Copilot Prompt Engineering Public Sector
Updates
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SEP 2026
Moved to Boston
Relocated to Northeastern's Boston campus for the school year after my first year in Oakland, and started as Bloomberg Lab Manager.
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AUG 2026
Hired as Bloomberg Lab Manager
Accepted an offer to manage the D'Amore-McKim Bloomberg Business Lab, working with Professor Vincent Muscolino.
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JUL 2026
Accepted a fall TA position
Taking on a Teaching Assistant role for CS 2000: Introduction to Program Design and Implementation this fall.
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APR 2026
Research role concluded
My Research Assistant role at Khoury, working with Professor Rasika Bhalerao and Professor Jessica Staddon, concluded at the end of the spring semester.
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MAR 2026
Visited NVIDIA
Visited NVIDIA's campus in Santa Clara and connected with a Northeastern alum.
Projects
AshBot
AshBot is a Discord bot with a Node.js backend serving 1,200+ servers and 250,000+ users. Indexed MySQL data layer with Redis caching, running on a sharded, containerized Docker setup.
StreamCompass
ML-powered recommendation engine over 42,000+ titles, ranking by TF-IDF and cosine similarity. Built the FastAPI backend and data pipeline, with GitHub Actions running automated checks and rebuild-on-merge deploys.