Nicolas Fressengeas

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Vice-Président de l'Université de Lorraine chargé du Numérique, des Données et de la Science Ouverte.

Je partage des informations pour tenter de libérer le numérique pour que la science reste un bien commun.

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Lorraine university vice president in charge of the digital, data and Open Science policies.

Tooting on these subjects to help science as a common good thrive on free digital spaces.

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2026-07-28 13:09:39 UTC

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Agreed too ! They do not exclude each other as they probably would serve different needs. Cherry on the cake : both would be interconnected through the Fediverse.
For instance, from the studies I am pursuing in my university, I feel that an institutional instance would not allow for anonymity, as it is the case for the email. This might be different for a server run by an association.

2026-07-28 12:03:05 UTC

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No, not sure of that. My guess is that it would work seamlessly... but better ask @npub1h4u…nkgz

2026-07-28 11:58:19 UTC

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They do not want to, and I understand why : it is to keep it truly federated.
Furthermore, running such an instance has costs. My feeling is that it is the responsibility of the scientific community to host OSN servers.
We manage to do it for emails (SMTP protocol) : why not for OSN (ActivityPub protocol) ?
cc @npub1up4…esyp @npub1mlg…0jen

2026-07-28 11:23:08 UTC

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No, not yet another platform, I think, because connected to the Fediverse. Personally, as soon as I can get an instance of it running, either in my university or at @npub1mlg…0jen thanks to @npub1up4…esyp 😉 🙏 , I plan to migrate from Mastodon to it, of course staying connected to the Fediverse and not losing the already built network.

2026-07-28 11:17:43 UTC

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However, I have not tested fully, as there is no flagship instance. I have been testing it only through the sandbox (https://sandbox.openscience.network). As it based on Bonfire, you can test Bonfire on its campgroung : https://campground.bonfire.cafe. But you will miss the science specific features.
I am working in my university to see if we can run an instance of Open Science Network.

2026-07-28 11:14:03 UTC

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Indeed ! I cannot read or write German nor Dutch, so will trust automated translation for a reply.
Yes, I think this is very promising, and somewhat already functional today. It is a flavour of @npub14rp…za3l that is dedicated to science. I see it somewhere between late Twitter and ResearchGate, but ethical, self-hosted, owned and controlled by the scientific community, and, most important connected to the Fediverse and thus Mastodon.

2026-07-23 17:35:40 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.online/@eriq/116945863994263066
Fantastic talk by @npub1fdr…lvhs !
Take 30 minutes out of your time and discover what AI really is, what future it is heading to, and why.
#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
#note1qy9…pd8e

2026-06-13 12:17:19 UTC

RE: https://fediscience.org/@rahmstorf/116742444870233764
Vanishing Research Data
Announced early in 2025
Utterly foreseeable
The reason why and what to expect next : https://www.project2025.observer
All research institutions have an urgent need of a strong and resilient Data Policy (not only in climate science).
(Oh yes, and a Software Policy too)
#ResearchData
#ResearchSoftware
#DataPolicy
#SoftwarePolicy
#ClimateChange
#ClimateData
#note14f9…v4vm

2026-05-12 10:09:13 UTC

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I was actually not thinking about LLMs for the automatic check. A DOI availability check could do it easily, but requires DOI. PIDs can provide highly reliable data. Could the requirement of PIDS be a solution to LLMs low quality data output ? (DOI, ORCID & ROR)

2026-05-12 07:02:54 UTC

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Manual, or automatic ? Do you think that automated checks can never be enough ?

2026-05-12 06:01:50 UTC

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Wouldn't that be easy for the publishers, just to check that the references actually refer to something existing ? Do you think that could be automated ? Shouldn't that imply automatic desk rejection ?

2026-05-02 09:21:42 UTC

Les luxes du futur : écouter un album en entier : épisode du podcast Les luxes du futur | France Inter
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/un-monde-nouveau/un-monde-nouveau-du-mardi-28-avril-2026-9676337
Où je découvre que je vis dans le luxe (du futur). Mais n'est-ce pas notre cas à tous, ici, sur Mastodon ?
https://universites.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/504/245/201/507/323/original/fb6bc8dffd9e9b67.webp

2026-04-16 17:27:12 UTC

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Do you know if Bluesky down means also down for Blacksky and Eurosky ?

2026-03-19 07:22:56 UTC

RE: https://lipn.info/@clairemathieu/116254500918858625
"Perhaps this also explains the curious affinity between philosophical nihilism and AI enthusiasm: If truth is irrelevant anyway, then LLMs – which essentially produce plausible statements without reference to truth (critics call it bullshit) – are not a threat but confirmation."
#note1mwp…8u8p

2026-03-07 09:11:19 UTC

RE: https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116186829550751203
"I never expected to find my news from strangers on a federated social network that half the internet has never heard of. I never expected a lot of things. But there's something quietly beautiful about a place where people just... share what they know. No brand deals, no engagement metrics, no algorithm nudging you toward rage. [...] It's the internet I was promised in 1996. It only took thirty years and the complete collapse of American journalism to get here."
👏
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2026-03-03 15:58:19 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@leavex/116164571872683771
"The findings detail a shift in corporate priorities following the 2024 U.S. election. Several influential platforms including Google Search, YouTube, and LinkedIn have unsubscribed from key fact-checking commitments under the EU Code of Conduct on Disinformation. As digital platforms reduce these mitigation efforts, the EFCSN warns that the integrity of democratic processes and public trust is under significant threat. "
#note1dkx…lv0k

2026-02-17 13:08:22 UTC

RE: https://floss.social/@fdroidorg/116086115016017602
Time to really think about migrating out of #Android
#enshittification
#note12xa…mn90

2026-01-16 17:28:44 UTC

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As an efficient retaliation from Europe, I would rather follow @npub1fdr…lvhs advice: terminate the European version of the anti circumvention law, the European Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the council of May 22, 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society.
In other words : allow adverse interoperability on US digital systems.
Full details here in his late 2025 Hamburg talk : https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition

2026-01-12 07:25:15 UTC

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C'est en anglais, non sous-titré, et pas forcément facile à suivre pour un francophone. Pour aider, l'intégralité du texte, en anglais, est disponible sous la vidéo.

2026-01-12 07:23:31 UTC

J'ai enfin pris une heure pour écouter Cory Doctorow (@npub1fdr…lvhs) dans son discours intitulé “The Post-American Internet”.
Pour moi qui n'arrive pas à suivre son volumineux travail, ce fut une heure extraordinaire.
À voir pour découvrir comment Donald Trump a involontairement ouvert une brèche dans la stratégie numérique impérialiste des géants américains du secteur : entre droits de douane, lois anti-contournements et souveraineté numérique.
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition
#souverainetenumerique