# Maria Andreina Varela Varela

> Researcher in Artificial Intelligence and automation. Focus: applied AI, AI agents and agentic AI, large language models, process automation, digital transformation, and AI security and governance. Works and publishes in Spanish, English and German.

## Profile
- Name: Maria Andreina Varela Varela
- Role: Researcher and innovator in Artificial Intelligence and automation
- Languages: Spanish (native), English, German
- Memberships: IEEE (Member 101060993), Women in AI
- Mission: closing the gap between advanced research and practical application — more efficient processes, better decisions and secure digital environments.

## Education
- MSc Finance & Investments — London, United Kingdom
- MSc Business Informatics (Wirtschaftsinformatik) — Mannheim, Germany
- Licenciatura en Informática Gerencial (Management Information Systems) — Táchira, Venezuela

## Areas of expertise
- Applied AI: AI agents, agentic AI and language models applied to analysis, classification and decision support
- Process automation: connecting systems and workflows to remove manual work and measure impact in time and cost
- Digital transformation: technology seen through finance and strategy
- AI security & governance: information integrity, cybersecurity, emerging risks such as LLM jailbreaks

## Pages
- [Profile (Español)](https://www.mariaandreinavarelavarela.com/): main profile in Spanish
- [Profile (English)](https://www.mariaandreinavarelavarela.com/en/): profile in English
- [Profil (Deutsch)](https://www.mariaandreinavarelavarela.com/de/): profile in German

## Selected articles (Spanish)
- AI Agents vs Agentic AI: the next frontier of Artificial Intelligence (2025-06-14)
- Persuading LLMs to jailbreak: an emerging threat to AI safety, on Zeng et al. (2024) (2025-06-13)
- Account security: the essentials for staying safe online (2025-05-03)
- Navigating cybersecurity: protecting your digital life (2025-04-26)

## Contact
- Email: info@mariaandreinavarelavarela.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-varela-aa9431116/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mariaandreinavarelavarela
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariaandreinavarelavarela