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This contribution looks into nationalization and education in European borderlands inthe early post-World War II period. Belonging to Belgium and Poland, respectively, inthe interwar years, the Eupen – St. Vith – Malmedy and the East-Upper Silesia regionscame under German rule during World War II. Returned to the Belgian and Polishnation-states once the war was over, the regions experienced a pronounced upheavalin the population profile as a result of population transfers and reorientations ineducation curricula.

Des bases de données au « data déluge » actuel, Serge Abiteboul se passionne depuis plus de trente ans pour un domaine qui ne cesse d’évoluer et de nous confronter à de nouveaux défis, techniques, mais aussi sociétaux. Il a reçu en 2013 le prix Milner de la Royal Society et vient d’achever le projet Webdam sur la gestion des données, pour lequel il avait été lauréat en 2008 d’une bourse ERC.

AXES, Access for Audiovisual Archives, is a research project developing tools for new engaging ways to interact with audiovisual libraries, integrating advanced audio and video analysis technologies. The presented prototype is targeted at academic researchers and journalists. The tool allows them to search and retrieve video segments through metadata, audio analysis, as well as visual concepts and similarity searches. Presented here is a user-based vision on the research-oriented tool provided by AXES.

A review of Claire Clivaz, Jérôme Meizoz, François Vallotton, et Joseph Verheyden, éds. Lire demain: Des manuscrits antiques à l’ère digitale [Reading Tomorrow: From Ancient Manuscripts to the Digital Era]. (Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, 2012). 978-2-88074-958-3.