CIM 20th Anniversary, May 26, 2006

CIM 20th Anniversary, May 26, 2006 The Center for Intelligent Machines (CIM, formerly known as McRCIM) started as a research center of excellence, specialized in the fields of artificial intelligence, computer vision, robotics, haptics, optimization and control systems. The labs and office spaces have been reconfigured several times in 20 years, but the general mission of furthering the state of the art has been relayed between generations of graduate students and faculty. But what has made CIM a quality institute is not so much the ideas, equipment or tools, but the flourishing community made up of special people that gathered there to work with each other on common interests. As such, CIMites have forged professional and social ties with each other that span decades. On Friday, May 26, 2006, many of us gathered to celebrate a milestone event in CIM history, our 20th anniversary. It was a great pretext to stage a reunion, socialize with friends who were far away but never forgotten, compare notes, renew old acquaintances and look forward to the exciting times ahead. Here are some select photos from that event. My apologies for the photo quality in some of the snapshots: I sure wish I had left my digital camera flash on automatic! Best regards, Stephen Benoit.


Julie Payette's Talk in Rm. 304	Santanu Roymoulik (Roy), Shailendra Mathur and Fadi Beyrouti at the Banquet in Faculty Club.	Shailendra Mathur and Fadi Beyrouti at the Banquet in Faculty Club.	John Zelek presenting 'Seeing and Feeling by Touch' at podium. The flash of my camera seemed to favor the back of Gilbert Soucy.

Pierre-Jules Tremblay (standing at left, head missing), Tal Arbel are Gilbert Soucy (sitting).	Alex (Sandy) Pentland introduces his provactive talk on how predictable (90%) humans are.	Group shot! Gilbert Soucy, Frank P. Ferrie (standing), Pierre-Jules Tremblay, Santanu Roymoulik, Shailendra Mathur and Fadi Beyrouti. Paul Mackenzie is obscured at lower left.	Michael Langer (left) attends as Frank P. Ferrie (standing) catches up with Lee Iverson.