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From Generic to Domain-Smart: Tailoring Embeddings for High-Performance Business Search
1. Strategic Context and Challenges Modern answer engines look simple from the outside: a user asks a question, and the system returns a grounded answer. But before the language model can write anything useful, the system must first retrieve the right sources from the enterprise knowledge base. If the right sources are not selected, the answer engine is already limited, no matter how powerful the language model is. In most
BL.OptiMAS: a Multi-Agent System-based model towards resolution of Routing and Scheduling Problem under uncertainties
Home care aims to provide appropriate health services to patients in the comfort of their home. This kind of services must be provided on a daily or weekly basis. To organize caregivers rounds, managers use predefined programs that specifies the cares services to be carried out, as well as the different resources allocated to each
Visualize your codebase with Moose
Developing an application is teamwork. It requires complementary skills to make it run smoothly. Though, bugs happened frequently and it’s not easy to read the code and all its interdependencies. So the easiest way would be to call your colleague who worked on it, but he has a flu and can not answer you. To
Pascal Zaragoza Ph.D. thesis defense: Model-driven migration of monolithic applications towards a microservice-oriented architecture
The passage to Cloud Computing fostered the development of new architectural styles to take advantage of its capabilities. The microservices oriented architecture (MSA) is the last style to emerge. This architecture is organized around small services focused on specifics business features, operating in independents processes and communicating through light interfaces. These features associated to cloud
RPA to automatically collect contacts over the web
To improve Berger-Levrault network, we work in collaboration with the sale department to collect the last news about DGS (Director General of Services) in France. The DGS is directly linked to the elected representative and insure the general coordination of services to implement municipality’s projects. This strategic position embodies the management of a regional government.When
A Federated Learning Framework for IoT
There are thousands of institutions like hospitals collecting private and sensitive data, which mean they can not be transferred to be used. Though federated learning needs data to be trained. As we can not send them to a database like this (unprotected, non-confidential), a solution has been thought: each institution will locally train a model
BL.Predict, the clairvoyant of maintenance for Le Havre city
Imagine you won the lottery (yes, we all dream about it) and bought Versailles castle. You can not remember if you closed the bathroom tap on the other wing of the castle. Do not worry, you do not have to walk ten minutes long, you just have to check your phone app which will let
BL.Exchange, a solution to make softwares relationship friendly
Nowadays, the IT market is made of thousands apps with even more software options. Organizations are using different kind of apps with distinct sets up which evolves really fast for different purposes. In addition, the apps are developed according to technical standards that are constantly evolving. This context makes the communication between apps difficult. Though,
BL.SenseLife MVP
A Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is a first version of a new product with enough features to address the most important needs of users and customers, who can next provide feedback for future evolutions. It is basically the first implementation of an idea into a deployable and marketable solution with its mains functionalities. We have
Casino, a tool to migrate applications
For five years now, our team is working on the preparation to migrate Berger-Levrault’s apps. To ease framework’s transition to new standards, we created Casino. A homemade tool to assist in future migrations. Casino, what’s that? It’s an innovative tool to simplify the migration process by automatically transforming apps code. We explain below the four
52nd Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications – SEAA 2026 (Krakow – Poland)
Franco-German Dialogue Among AI Industry Leaders (Paris – France)
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)
Sophie de Thoré guest on Pari ETI on BFM Business: Innovation, Growth and Digital Transformation
The digital transformation of public and private organisations, business resilience in the face of economic change, and responsible innovation were the focus of discussions on the Pari ETI programme broadcast on BFM Business. On this occasion, Sophie de Thoré spoke on behalf of Berger-Levrault, alongside Jérôme de Lavergnolle (Saint Louis), Jean-Luc Gunéard (LPR) and Augustin
A New Milestone in Building a European AI Ecosystem for Industry
Last Friday marked a significant step forward for the European ecosystem of artificial intelligence applied to industry. After more than a year of close collaboration, the report resulting from the Franco-German dialogue on industrial AI was officially presented to French and German authorities during a dedicated forum held at the Ministry of Economy. This initiative,
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
