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GitHub Copilot in an R&D Context: Experimentation Feedback and Usage Analysis
After nearly a year of daily use of GitHub Copilot in a software research and development context, here is a feedback report based on my real-world experience. I work as a full-stack developer on projects involving Python, TypeScript (Angular), as well as more transversal topics such as documentation, configuration, and DevOps. Over the months, GitHub Copilot has established itself as a tool that is both powerful and imperfect. It has
Migrating Katalon Studio Tests to Playwright with Model Driven Engineering
Introduction Migrating automated tests from one platform to another is a common challenge for software teams. In our recent project at Berger-Levrault, we tackled the migration of functional test cases from Katalon Studio to Playwright, aiming to minimize manual effort and maximize reliability. This post shares our semi-automated approach, key results, and lessons learned. Background:
Camille Dupré Ph.D. thesis defense: “Pad-based Interaction in Mixed Reality environments”
Thursday 18th December at 2p.m. Paris time, Camille Dupré, Ph.D. Candidate has defended her thesis named “Pad-based Interaction in Mixed Reality environments”. Her thesis defense took place at the LISN, in Gif-sur-Yvette (660 Av. des Sciences Bâtiment, 91190), France. Take a look at the summary below. Summary Mixed Reality (MR) environments integrate virtual elements into
Nihed Bendahman Ph.D. thesis defense: “Evaluation and mitigation of hallucinations in automatic summarization in the specific context of legal documents”
Monday 15th December at 2p.m. Paris time, Nihed Bendahman, Ph.D. Candidate has defended her thesis named “Evaluation and mitigation of hallucinations in automatic summarization in the specific context of legal documents”. Her thesis defense took place at the IRIT Research Laboratory, in Toulouse, France. Take a look at the summary below. Summary Legal monitoring is a
When business-oriented software meets real life: what SEDIT teaches us
In our first article, we discussed the differences between “ideal scenarios” and actual work practices, and what these differences mean for the design of business-oriented software. In this second installment, we move from theory to practice: how did we measure these differences using SEDIT, an HRIS system from Berger-Levrault used in public administrations? The general
Usage discrepancies: when business software meets real life
Do users really follow the paths carefully mapped out by designers? And when reality goes beyond the scope of the design—which happens more often than we think—how can we know this other than through intuition and assumptions? On a daily basis, business-oriented software supports very concrete activities: managing leave, processing absences, tracking careers, producing regulatory
Gabriel Darbord Ph.D. thesis defense: “Automatic test generation to help modernize our applications”
Friday 5th December at 9a.m. Paris time, Gabriel Darbord, Ph.D. Candidate has defended his thesis named “Automatic test generation to help modernize our applications”. His thesis defense took place in Lille, France. Take a look at the summary below. This thesis is fully in line with the partnership between Berger-Levrault and Inria, which aims to
Enhancing Functional Testing Efficiency in Industrial Large-Scale Applications: Pertinent Test Selection
Introduction In modern software development, application reliability relies on effective testing strategies. Altough unit and integration tests secure internal consistency, functional testing remains essential for validating user-facing behaviors. For large-scale applications like Alpha Tool, running thousands of functional tests is challenging: it consumes vast resources, slows down delivery, and complicates analysis. This article explores the
Investigating Hand-Bound Pads for AR Input Using Hand-Tracking Only
What is Augmented Reality, and how is it used for Augmented Maintenance? Augmented Reality (AR) has emerged as a powerful tool for enhancing human-computer interaction, allowing digital content to be seamlessly integrated into the physical world. Unlike traditional desktop or mobile interfaces, AR enables spatially situated interactions, where virtual content is embedded within the user’s
Making Large Numbers Count: Cognitively Informed Alternatives to Log-Scale Bar Charts
From carbon emissions to national budgets, we’re frequently asked to interpret values that span from thousands to millions and billions. These wide ranges—what we call Orders of Magnitude Values (OMVs)—are cognitively demanding for the general public and hard to represent with common charts. So, how can we make sense of large numbers in order to
Explanation of the Coruscant Mobile project
This research is the result of a collaboration between Ali Can Kocabiyikoglu, Pascal Zaragoza, and Vincent Laval, part of the AI Laboratory | BL Research Team. The Challenge of Modern Maintenance Support A maintenance technician faces an unfamiliar “Error 20” on a medical device. Their hands are busy with tools, eyes on the equipment, yet
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Forum for advances in visualization and visual analytics – VIS 2025 (Vienna – Austria)
IFIP/SOCOLNET – Hybrid Human-AI Collaborative Networks (Porto – Portugal)
Camille Dupré Ph.D. thesis defense: “Pad-based Interaction in Mixed Reality environments”
Thursday 18th December at 2p.m. Paris time, Camille Dupré, Ph.D. Candidate has defended her thesis named “Pad-based Interaction in Mixed Reality environments”. Her thesis defense took place at the LISN, in Gif-sur-Yvette (660 Av. des Sciences Bâtiment, 91190), France. Take a look at the summary below. Summary Mixed Reality (MR) environments integrate virtual elements into
Nihed Bendahman Ph.D. thesis defense: “Evaluation and mitigation of hallucinations in automatic summarization in the specific context of legal documents”
Monday 15th December at 2p.m. Paris time, Nihed Bendahman, Ph.D. Candidate has defended her thesis named “Evaluation and mitigation of hallucinations in automatic summarization in the specific context of legal documents”. Her thesis defense took place at the IRIT Research Laboratory, in Toulouse, France. Take a look at the summary below. Summary Legal monitoring is a
Gabriel Darbord Ph.D. thesis defense: “Automatic test generation to help modernize our applications”
Friday 5th December at 9a.m. Paris time, Gabriel Darbord, Ph.D. Candidate has defended his thesis named “Automatic test generation to help modernize our applications”. His thesis defense took place in Lille, France. Take a look at the summary below. This thesis is fully in line with the partnership between Berger-Levrault and Inria, which aims to
Berger-Levrault strengthens its ties with AI startups!
We are proud to announce that we have joined Hub France IA, the largest association dedicated to artificial intelligence in France. This network now brings together more than 250 members—companies, startups, research laboratories, and institutions—who share the same goal: to accelerate the development and adoption of AI in France and Europe. Getting closer to the
Celebrating New PhDs from the BL.Research Team!
At Berger-Levrault, research is more than a mission—it’s a shared adventure. As the new academic year begins, we are proud to celebrate the success of four of our colleagues from the BL.Research team, who have reached a major milestone in their scientific journeys: the defense of their doctoral theses. These achievements are the result of
Hamza Safri Ph.D. thesis defense: “Federated learning for the IoT : Application for Industry 4.0”
Thuesday 24th June at 3pm Paris time, Hamza Safri, Ph.D. Candidate has defended his thesis named “Federated learning for the IoT: Application for Industry 4.0”. His thesis defense took place at the Inria Minatec Grenoble, Grenoble, France. Take a look at the summary below. Keywords: Model generalization, predictive maintenance, industrial IoT, federated learning, edge network,
ESUG 2025: Six contributions and 2 prizes for the Software Engineering Lab team!
Congratulations to our PhDs Nicolas Hlad, Aless Hosry, Benoit Verhaeghe and Pascal Zaragoza from Berger-Levrault’s BL.Research team for their participation in the 2025 edition of the ESUG (European Smalltalk User Group) conference! This year’s conference took place from July 1-4 in Gdansk, Poland. The theme was innovation in Smalltalk technologies and their use in software
Julien Breton Ph.D. thesis defense: “Extraction and formalization of regulatory industrial maintenance knowledge from semi-structured corpus data”
Friday, 27th June at 1.30 pm Paris time, Julien Breton, Ph.D. Candidate has defended his thesis named “Extraction and formalization of regulatory industrial maintenance knowledge from semi-structured corpus data”. His thesis defense took place at the IRIT research laboratory, Toulouse, France. Take a look at the summary below. Keywords: Legal compliance,Industrial maintenance, Norm extraction,LLM (Large
