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This paper outlines a replicable organizational framework for integrating teaching, research, and community extension within student-led AI initiatives. By combining democratic governance with project-based learning at UFSC, the model aims to foster both technical skills and social impact through diverse activities like competition teams and open-source repositories. It offers practical guidance for engineering programs seeking to structure their academic leagues around artificial intelligence rather than treating it as an incidental topic.
Academic League of Artificial Intelligence - An Integrative Perspective of Teaching, Research, and Extension
arXiv:2608.13447v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Academic leagues have become important mechanisms for promoting extracurricular education and strengthening the integration between universities and society. This paper presents the organizational framework adopted by the Academic League of Artificial Intelligence (LIA) at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), designed to integrate teaching, research, and university extension through a student-centered, project-based approach. The framework combines democratic governance, collaborative learning, and dynamic project organization to foster both technical and transversal competencies. The framework is illustrated through representative initiatives, including competition teams, study groups, open lectures, knowledge repositories, and AI-powered applications with social impact. These projects demonstrate how diverse educational, scientific, and extension activities can be developed within a common organizational structure while promoting leadership, scientific production, community engagement, and knowledge preservation. The reported experience indicates that the proposed framework provides a flexible and replicable model for integrating the three university pillars into engineering and computing education, offering practical guidance for academic leagues and similar student organizations.
Authors:Alison R. Panisson, Maria Eduarda W. M. Vianna, Italo Firmino da Silva, Heitor Henrique da Silva, Rafaela Fernandes Savaris, Bernardo Pandolfi Costa, Martin Augusto Gagliotti Vigil, Jim Lau, Agenor Hentz, Andréa Sabedra Bordin, Alexandre Leopoldo Gonçalves, Roberto Rodrigues-Filho
Abstract:Academic leagues have become important mechanisms for promoting extracurricular education and strengthening the integration between universities and society. This paper presents the organizational framework adopted by the Academic League of Artificial Intelligence (LIA) at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), designed to integrate teaching, research, and university extension through a student-centered, project-based approach. The framework combines democratic governance, collaborative learning, and dynamic project organization to foster both technical and transversal competencies. The framework is illustrated through representative initiatives, including competition teams, study groups, open lectures, knowledge repositories, and AI-powered applications with social impact. These projects demonstrate how diverse educational, scientific, and extension activities can be developed within a common organizational structure while promoting leadership, scientific production, community engagement, and knowledge preservation. The reported experience indicates that the proposed framework provides a flexible and replicable model for integrating the three university pillars into engineering and computing education, offering practical guidance for academic leagues and similar student organizations.
Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
arXiv:2608.13447 [cs.AI]
(or arXiv:2608.13447v2 [cs.AI] for this version)
From: Alison R. Panisson [view email] [v1] Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:32:44 UTC (32 KB) [v2] Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:44:15 UTC (32 KB)
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