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Marcelo G. Feighelstein
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University of Tal-Hai

Pioneering researcher in animal affective computing, developing first-of-its-kind explainable AI models for pain and emotion recognition across multiple species, including cats, rabbits, dogs, horses, and sheep. Research has been published in high-impact journals such as Nature Scientific Reports and the International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), helping establish foundational methods for interpretable machine reasoning in clinical and animal-welfare contexts. Experienced lecturer across multiple academic institutions, recipient of excellence in teaching awards, with an extensive technical and organizational background as an Embedded Software Engineer and Program & Project Manager, leading global cross-functional teams in R&D, IT, and Customer Services.