Team

Arsalan supports researchers with their software-related queries on the cluster, and also interfaces with the HPC on a system level. In addition, he contributes to documenting technical and policy details of the HPC cluster for the Northeastern community. Arsalan brings an expertise of more than 15 years in Robotics to Research Computing at Northeastern, and is passionate about connecting with and supporting researchers in Robotics, ML, Operations Research and Systems Engineering.

Rufus Behr is responsible for designing and implementing well-engineered software solutions that enhance research productivity and reliability. He earned his BSc in Computing Science and Mathematics from the University of Aberdeen, where his undergraduate thesis was on Author-styled Latin Text Generation. His prior work experience includes developing software in insurance, finance, and academic research settings. 

Tara is tasked with the goal of bridging documentation and communication across the teams in the Academic & Research Technologies department. She has a B.A. in Rhetoric and Writing Studies from Western Michigan University. She has been working in technical writing and document management since 2014. 

Khurshid graduated from Politecnico di Torino, Italy back in 2014 as a PhD in Production Systems and Numerical science. Prior to joining Northeastern University as the HPC Systems Engineer, he worked as a DevOps Engineer at Volt Active Data and Linux SysAdmin at Boston College. Khurshid is a father of 2 boys and originally from Uzbekistan. Khurshid also likes to travel and is in love with museums, theater, and volleyball. He is looking to establish a robust career and loves to discover something new everyday.