【Article by IAIC 】
In response to the Ministry of Education's initiative to cultivate talent with both technological and humanistic literacy, and to realize National Chengchi University's (NCCU) vision of becoming a "Humanistic AI, Sustainable University," the NCCU Interdisciplinary AI Center (IAIC) (hereinafter referred to as the AI Center) held the "2026 AI Administrative Application Competition Briefing Session" on January 26. For the first time, this competition extends the reach of AI interdisciplinary applications from students and faculty to the administrative system, encouraging administrative staff to use AI tools to address daily operational pain points, enhance efficiency, and free up human resources for higher-value and more creative services.

During the briefing session, AI Center Director Jyi-Shane Liu pointed out that since its establishment in August 2023, the AI Center has formulated a five-year Humanistic AI development blueprint and, drawing on the interdisciplinary collaboration experiences of leading international universities such as Stanford University and Purdue University in the United States, has actively promoted campus digital transformation. Following the successful organization of the student-oriented "AI Interdisciplinary Sustainability Innovation Contest" over the past two years, which attracted innovative contributions from over a hundred teams, the university has officially launched the "Administrative AI Application Competition" this year. The initiative aims to guide administrative units in utilizing AI technology to optimize processes and reduce the burden of repetitive tasks through an institutionalized mechanism.

This competition is divided into two major categories: the "Application Performance Group" and the "Application Development Group." The "Application Performance Group" features a low barrier to entry and emphasizes the popularization of AI, encouraging staff to view AI as an advanced productivity tool similar to Microsoft Office, applying it to daily operations such as meeting minute generation, document consolidation, and data organization, while demonstrating tangible results. The "Application Development Group" targets specific administrative pain points or process optimization needs within units, requiring task forces consisting of 2 to 5 members to propose innovative ideas and undertake more in-depth system or process development.

To assist administrative teams in overcoming technical barriers, the AI Center will provide a complete guidance mechanism from conceptualization to implementation. Teams selected for the "Application Development Group" will receive project implementation funding of up to NT$100,000 based on the maturity of their proposals, and will be assisted in matching with student teams from on-campus project courses or external vendors for technical support, promoting collaborative learning and co-creation among faculty, students, and administrative staff. The briefing session also mentioned that the university plans to introduce "TAIDE," Taiwan's exclusive large language model jointly developed by the National Science and Technology Council and Academia Sinica. In the future, this will be deployed within the campus environment, providing free, secure computing resources without concerns about additional costs, serving as an important foundation for promoting AI applications on campus.

Regarding the competition timeline, proposal submissions are expected to close in mid-April. After expert review and guidance, selected teams will conduct project implementation and development from May to September, with a results presentation and final implementation sharing session to be held in October. AI Center Director Jyi-Shane Liu emphasized that the competition does not aim to replace human resources, but rather, through a gradual development from "tool-ization" to "agent-ization," to make AI a capable assistant for administrative staff, helping to enhance the overall quality of administrative services.

At the conclusion of the briefing session, AI Center Director Jyi-Shane Liu once again invited all administrative units to actively participate, with relevant competition regulations and presentation materials to be announced progressively on the center's website. Attendees responded enthusiastically with active questions, engaging in exchanges regarding the competition format, subsidy mechanisms, and technical support, bringing the briefing session to a successful and fruitful conclusion.