RPI Lally

Congratulations to Dr. Kelly Hoang Tran and recent Ph.D. graduate Dr. Vitor Ferreira on representing Lally at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2026, hosted by the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa!🎉

BCERC is one of the most prestigious conferences in entrepreneurship research, with a rigorous peer-review process for accepted papers. This year, two Lally research projects were featured:
🔹 "The Role of Government Grants in Shaping Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: An Analysis of NSF Programs" — presented by Dr. Vitor Ferreira, coauthored with Jason Kuruzovich and Kedong Chen
🔹 "Representation and Learning: Effects on Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy in NSF I-Corps" — presented by Dr. Kelly Hoang Tran

Moments like these reflect the strength and rigor of entrepreneurship research at Lally, and we're proud to see our faculty and graduates sharing their work on such a prestigious stage.

RPI's Lally School of Management helped lead the global conversation on quantum AI this month. 🌏

From April 6–8, an interdisciplinary RPI delegation chaired by Thilanka Munasinghe spearheaded the "Quantum Computing – Artificial Intelligence for Industry Applications and Scientific Discovery" (QC-AI) workshop at the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing in Kobe, Japan. The workshop brought together collaborators from NASA, Virginia Tech, Imperial College London, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Wells Fargo, and more. They're bridging quantum computing, AI, and business to tackle real-world challenges in finance, healthcare, and climate science.

With opening remarks from world-renowned AI pioneer Prof. Jim Hendler and a keynote from Technion's Prof. Netanel Lindner, the event showcased the kind of cross-disciplinary, high-impact work that defines Rensselaer. This is what happens when management, science, and computing come together under one roof.

Read the full story: https://lally.rpi.edu/engage/news/announcements/rensselaer-researchers-lead-global-interdisciplinary-workshop-quantum-ai