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Experimenting with Innovation in Real-Life Situations: the Key to User-Centered Co-Design
Key words: Innovation – Living Lab – User-centered co-design – Real-life situation – Human and Social Science – Safety – Market launch Innovation at the heart of Berger-Levrault’s strategy A long tradition Innovation is not simply the emergence of new ideas, but their effective implementation to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world. At Berger-Levrault, this commitment to innovation is a genuine tradition, rooted in the company’s DNA from the
Automatic Reconstruction of Sanitation Network
Underground networks are a direct consequence of urbanization. These networks are daily used to offer all the vital services : electricity, Internet, water, etc. However, the available data related to them in particular sanitation ones are various, and come in different types (texts, images, GIS etc.) and formats (analog, digital). In addition, these multisource/multi-format data are
Analysis of user activity (traces) in software
The software for public services are always more complex as the regulation evolves constantly and the user requirement continues to refine. Thus, the quality of the software declines, making it more difficult to maintain and use. For example, some anomalies occurring in the production environment cannot be reproduced and therefore cannot be resolved. From the
🇫🇷 Une analyse automatique du language du “Grand Debat National”
PREAMBULE Cette page propose des résultats d’analyse du corpus du Grand Débat National réalisé au sein de la DRI à Berger-Levrault. L’objectif de cette page est d’illustrer des analyses possibles sur ce type de corpus textuel. Nous nous sommes efforcés d’etre le plus transparent possible dans les techniques effectuées. ACCUEIL Le grand débat est d’intérêt
Automatic software migration: from GWT to Angular
Support for the automation of Web application interface migration: the case of GWT to Angular During the evolution of an application, it is sometimes necessary to migrate its implementation to a different programming language and/or Graphical User Interface (GUI) framework. Web GUI frameworks in particular evolve at a fast pace. For example, in 2018 there
Robustness & Management of Uncertainty in planning
Context The aging population and increasing life expectancy, as we can see today in France and in other developed countries, lead to an increase in the number of the elderly with loss of autonomy and in dangers caused by frailty. In particular, they suffer from chronic diseases with a long-term need for assistance. They largely
Digital trust
We speak about Trust, digital trust and the reason why its’ important for the company and the future. No apprehesion, fear when we put the data on paper (forms, books). Process by continous support. Recent period, software company. BL software company. Trust was not so far : whitout many links with the ecosystem. Security only,
Software interoperability
Interoperability Assessment Based on Analysis of Messages Exchanges Once Information Systems (IS) are put into production, they are mostly part of distributed networks. If these systems are able to share and exchange information without depending on a particular actor and are able to use the exchanged information and function independently from each other, we can
3D deep learning on terrestrial LiDAR scanned urban environments for objects monitoring
Large urban agglomerations nowadays are facing some major issues such as economic restrictions, environmental challenges, global and systemic approaches in city management [8]. One of them is to precisely monitor urban objects which can be natural (trees), artificial (traffic lights or poles), static or moving (cars). This is essential to analyze their mutual interaction (for
Personalized Visits to Foster Engagement and Revisit in Museums
Context With the growing competition of entertainment industry, museums are facing new challenges. They must reach a wider audience, build local visitors’ loyalty and tailor their content to the diversity of this public. Relying on temporary exhibitions or guided tours is too expensive for small museums which makes it hard for them to diversify the
🇫🇷 Digital Trace Analysis Device for Tourist Territories (DA3T, Funded by Region Nouvelle Aquitaine)
9th International Workshop on Green and Sustainable Software – GREENS’25 (Ottawa – Canada)
14th International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems – ICORES 2025 (Portugal)
Artificial Intelligence Action Summit (Paris – France)
From the Iberian sun to the Rising sun for federated learning
On September 2024, we had the opportunity to attend two international conferences related to a segment of our work in artificial intelligence : Data Training Without Perturbative Adjustments for Predictive Maintenance The FLTA24 took place from September 17 to 19 in Valencia, Spain. As part of this research, we studied a concrete case: predictive maintenance,
Discover our 2024 Research & Innovation Yearbook!
We are delighted to present the first edition of the Research and Innovation Yearbook. This annual retrospective reflects the commitment and ambition of our Research and Technological Innovation Department at Berger-Levrault (also available in French and Spanish versions below). By highlighting our most audacious projects and innovative initiatives, we hope to share with you the
Julien at EKAW 2024 for his work on extracting legal data from LLMs
On December 3, 2024 in Amsterdam, Julien Breton – Research Engineer at Berger-Levrault (Team BL.Research) took part in the EKAW 2024 (European Knowledge Acquisition Workshop) conference. His paper demonstrates how the alliance between large language models (LLMs) and software architectures can optimize data annotation: a consequent time and cost saving, and greater reliability for technical
Benoit receives the Prix Science Ouverte 2024: Recognition of excellence and openness in Research at Berger-Levrault
In a world where science plays a crucial role in meeting economic, environmental and societal challenges, the notion of openness in research is taking on strategic importance. Organised by the Committee for Open Science (CoSO) and supported by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the Open Science Awards embody this commitment by recognising
Nicolas Ringuet Ph.D. thesis defense: “Modeling, Exploration, and Explainable Co-construction of Lifelong Pathways”
Thuesday 5th of November at 14h a.m. Paris time, Nicolas Ringet, Ph.D. Candidate has defended his thesis named “Modeling, Exploration, and Explainable Co-construction of Lifelong Pathways”. His thesis defense took place at the IUT in Blois, France. Take a look at the summary below : Summary This thesis explores the mechanisms of personalized support systems,
Camille Gosset Ph.D. thesis defense: “Methods and Models for the Automated Construction of Knowledge Graphs in the Legal Domain: Application to the Legal and Legal-Practical Resources of Local and Regional Authorities”
Thursday 26th of September at 10h a.m. Paris time, Camille Gosset, Ph.D. Candidate has defended her thesis named “Methods and Models for the Automated Construction of Knowledge Graphs in the Legal Domain: Application to the Legal and Legal-Practical Resources of Local and Regional Authorities”. Her thesis defense took place at the LIRM (Laboratory of Computer
Webinar IA x Maintenance: Explore the benefits of AI applied to CMMS!
Discover our new Webinar: Explore the benefits of AI applied to CMMS! On Thursday, September 19 – 10:30 am to 11:30 Christophe Bortolaso, Applied Research Manager de l’équipe BL Research (DRIT) and his colleague Laurent Truscello, Product & Innovations Manager (CARL Berger-Levrault), invites you to take part in the Webinar “Explore the benefits of artificial
Best Paper Award to Gabriel: Modest-Pharo, a collaborative work between Berger-Levrault & Inria
Gabriel Darbord started his Ph.D. two years ago in the Evref team at Inria, a joint project team with Berger-Levrault, supervised by Anne Etien (Pr.) and Nicolas Anquetil (MCF). His thesis focuses on the area of test generation, an essential component in the software development lifecycle. His research work is in partnership between: University of
