Rodney A. Brooks gets dessert at an ice cream social held in his honor on Friday, June 29. Brooks stepped down as the director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, after serving as director for CSAIL and one of its predecessors for a total of 10 years. In a short speech during the event, Brooks urged the CSAIL community to “go for the big problems … we should be leading.”

Omari Stephens—The Tech

Rodney A. Brooks gets dessert at an ice cream social held in his honor on Friday, June 29. Brooks stepped down as the director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, after serving as director for CSAIL and one of its predecessors for a total of 10 years. In a short speech during the event, Brooks urged the CSAIL community to “go for the big problems … we should be leading.” Omari Stephens—The Tech