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BL-Viz4D: A Digital Twin viewer for Maintenance
BL-VIZ4D is a research project led by Berger-Levrault, dedicated to the visualization, synchronization, and interaction with digital twins applied to maintenance. Stemming from thesis work conducted in partnership with the LIRIS laboratory (Laboratory of Image Informatics and Information Systems), BL-VIZ4D explores the scientific and technological foundations of a multi-scale 3D viewer capable of aggregating heterogeneous geospatial data—attribute, 2D, and 3D—and linking it to CMMS business processes. The viewer allows for
🇫🇷 Digital Trace Analysis Device for Tourist Territories (DA3T, Funded by Region Nouvelle Aquitaine)
🇫🇷 Dashboard for Fluid Analysis on Toulouse University Campus
Robots for elder assistances
Subject : caring practices in social robotics in nursing homes The project shares a design-oriented agenda of research and the adoption of a human-centred perspective and a Participatory Design approach. With the objective of achieving an “adequate design”, the studies aim at properly understanding the needs, values and experiences of the actors concerned. We are
TreeTech: From paper based tree observation protocol to digital mobile app
As for buildings, roads, and bridges, urban nature requires regular inspections, including an active monitoring of the health status of trees composing it. Several methods of analysis of the state of development of urban trees exist: Crown-Condition Classification in the United States [Schomaker et al. 2007], DEPEFEU in France [Nageleisen 1996], CROCO in Japan [Mizoue
Bio-Inspired Planning Algorithms Ant Colony to generate HomeCare planning
Today, the aging of the population and the increase in life expectancy are leading to an increase in the number of people looins their autonomy and frailty. Noting the lack of places available in specialized institutions, an alternative is home care (HAD). Home-based care structures help reduce hospital overcharge and provide a better environment for
PMS 2026 – 34th International Conference on Program Comprehension (Toulouse – France)
ICPC – 34th International Conference on Program Comprehension (Rio de Janeiro – Brazil)
CHI 2026 – International conference on Human-Computer Interaction (Barcelona – Spain)
ACM/SIGAPP 2026 – 41st ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing (Thessaloniki – Greece)
Yearbook Research & Innovation 2025: Governed, Responsible, and reality-based Research!
We are proud to announce the publication of our 2025 Research & Innovation Yearbook! More than just an annual review, this document marks a structural shift in the way we design and conduct research. Innovation is no longer seen as a simple technological promise, but as a demanding discipline, confronted with the constraints of reality
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
