Zaher Joukhadar is a senior AI researcher and PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne. He develops reliable AI systems for settings where computing power, communication, data, and human attention are limited. As AI engineering lead for the SpIRIT nanosatellite’s onboard vision system, he developed key components of its adaptive AI and led research on updating its model in orbit and identifying predictions most in need of human review. His doctoral research studies the geometry of high-dimensional data. He also builds dependable research software across space, health, science, and digital culture, and founded Scientific Papers, an Arabic-language YouTube channel with more than 5,000 subscribers.