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Monday, October 29, 2001
UNC to Help Develop Software
By Mike Callahan
and Jenny McLendon
Staff Writers
A software application that might
help the United States in future military
conflicts is being developed at UNC’s
Kenan-Flagler Business School.
The Center for Logistics and Digital
Strategy, a division of the business
school’s Frank Hawkins Institute of
Private Enterprise, has teamed up with
the software company Saffron
Technology.
The two entities will work to develop
an application that could be used by the
Boeing Company to mimic the way the
human memory detects patterns in com
plex sets of data, said Noel Greis, the
center’s director.
Recent changes in the way U.S. mili
tary forces are deployed and sustained
have created a need for better ways to
move products and materials - in this
case military equipment and personnel
- throughout the world.
UNC is now developing an applica
tion of the software that will analyze a
high volume of complex logistical data
and then help the user make decisions
based on the results -and this is where
Boeing becomes involved.
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The application being designed at
UNC will work with Boeing’s existing
analytical software program, Boeing Log
Net, to receive information, such as the
location of troops, food and weapons,
and offer recommendations to military
officials on course-of-action decisions in
real time.
“We are developing a series of tools
that will let us
replace human
decision-making
with electronic
decision-making,”
said Richard
Rocks, manager of
integrated defense
logistics and inte
grated process
team leader for
Boeing. “It can be
“We are developing a series of
tools that will let us replace
human decision-making with
electronic decision-making. ”
Richard Rocks
Manager With Boeing
considered software that learns or that
can help make decisions about support
capability.”
After participating in a conference at
UNC two years ago, Saffron donated a
copy of its generic software program,
SaffronOne, for the business school to
use for educational purposes, Greis
said.
UNC entered into a partnership with
Boeing, the largest aerospace company
Halloween in Carrboro for 10 years, but
Burch is a newcomer to the fun at
Weaver Street Market.
Burch has been the featured story
teller for two years, ever since her fam
ily moved to Carrboro.
“I moved here two years ago from
California with my UNC graduate stu
dent husband, but I’m actually a gradu-
University
in the world, about one year ago.
“We had shared beliefs about the
development of technology," Rocks
said. “We had a relationship and we
have grown that relationship.”
He said Boeing’s main goals are to
prove that the concept behind the pro
gram makes sense and that the technol
ogy works.
While plans to
implement the
software applica
tion are already
taking shape,
Greis said it prob
ably will not be
used in the mili
tary operations in
Afghanistan.
“I don’t think it
will be ready soon
enough,” Greis said. “It is a long-term
project.”
But Rocks said the program’s com
pletion will signal anew era in military
technology. “We will be able to use
sophisticated decision support instead of
relying on yesterday’s technology to
make decisions for tomorrow."
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
ate of Duke University,” she said.
Burch said the appeal of the event is
that there is something for everyone.
“There are creepy stories for those
who like them, but those who don’t are
glad to know there are other stories too.”
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.
RHA Sponsors Halloween
Bash in Student Union
By Eshanthi Ranasinghe
Staff Writer
Ghosts, goblins and witches have a
new place to make magic and mischief
this Halloween, giving students an alter
native to the traditional revelry on
Franklin Street.
The Residence Hall Association is
sponsoring a Halloween Bash in the
Student Union for the first time, which
will include events held throughout the
Union and is free to all who want to par
ticipate.
RHA officials said the only require
ment for participation is that at least one
person in about every five people has a
UNC ONE Card.
Events taking place Wednesday night
will range from storytelling and live
music in the Union Cabaret to pumpkin
carving and pie-eating contests in the
Pit.
The basement of the Union also will
be open all night for students interested
in free pool, pingpong and bowling.
Tables of free food will be provided all
PARKING
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ity usage cost the town $75,000.
To curb the volume of people attend
ing the event, Chapel Hill police, in con
junction with the fire department and
UNC’s Department of Public Safety, are
night.
Other co-sponsors for the event
include Carolina Dining Services, which
provided discounts on the food pur
chased for the event and advertising in
Chase Hall and Lenoir Dining Hall, Old
Campus Upper Quad resident assis
tants, UNC Rotaract, Carolina After
Dark and the Department of Housing
and Residential Education.
The Halloween Bash was organized
to provide students with an alcohol
free alternative to other Halloween
parties, said RHA president David
Cooper.
“(Our) goal is that every student can
say, ‘Yes, Carolina’s got something for
me,’” Cooper said. “There should be
something for everyone to do on
Halloween night.”
The idea for the Halloween Bash
originated from Old East Residence
Hall RA Natejaime, Cooper said.
Jaime proposed the idea to RHA and
Carolina After Dark in early September
and, once it was approved, preparation
for the event began immediately,
preparing to set up an area of the town
that will be closed to nonresidents.
But Cousins emphasized that the
police are ready to deviate from their
plan if necessary.
“Our plan is made to be flexible,” she
said. “Should people begin showing up at
an early time, we are prepared to set up
the barricades and proceed from there.”
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Cooper said.
RHA officials said they are hoping
that the event will become an annual
activity, but that depends on the turnout
this year.
Organizers have planned several
events to cater to a variety of students’
interests.
Storyteller Terry Rollins will be spin
ning tales of horror and fright from 9
p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Cabaret.
Bands Pappa Joe & the Funny Man
and Back Beat will perform in the
Cabaret from 10 p.m. to 12 p.m.
Pumpkin carving and pie-eating con
tests will take place in the Pit from 9
p.m. to 11 p.m.
The Black Graduate Students
Association also is sponsoring a
Halloween dance in the Great Hall.
Tickets can be bought in advance for $3,
$4 at the door if the student is wearing
a costume and $5 at the door if the stu
dent goes without a costume.
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
Jarvies echoed Cousins’ sentiment of
the department’s objectives.
“We are always geared to handle the
unexpected,” he said.
“We cannot afford the luxury of just
assuming (our plans) will work.”
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.