Authors withdraw paper, saying reviewers clearly never read it
peter_richtarik · x · 2026-11-07
- Author Mariya Ivasileva publicly shared her withdrawal statement: the review errors were "so fundamental, so systemic in overlooking explicit content" that they go beyond "limited time" or "oversight," so the submission was withdrawn.
- Algorithms researcher Peter Richtarik replied that it looks like "a typical low-quality human conference review," praising the author's response as based.
- The exchange fuels debate over peer-review quality at academic conferences: human reviews may be no more reliable than AI ones.
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