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 assist 50+ students weekly with Bloomberg Terminal and financial data workflows.
Bloomberg Terminal Infrastructure Windows -
Jul 2026 - PresentDirector of Software
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, supporting 600+ students combined with SQL, schema design, and debugging through office hours, labs, 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.