terça-feira, 10 de junho de 2025

The Rejection of the Century: When arXiv Said No to the Cornell University Conference (Its Maintainer).

 

Open Letter to the International Scientific Community - Conflicts of interest.

Link to the full dossier in the image below 👇👇👇

 

The Rejection of the Century: When arXiv Said No to the Cornell University Conference (Its Maintainer).

Author: Prof. Dr. Carlos Roberto França


Dear scientific community,

I hereby make public a case that represents not only a disservice to science, but also a serious sign of conflict of interest, editorial inconsistency and disrespect for the free circulation of knowledge.

 

In March 2025, I submitted to the arXiv repository the article “Mathematical Challenges for Generative AI in Computational Biology: Cell Proliferation and the Path to Living AI”, the result of research that began in 1996 and developed with extreme dedication over almost three decades. This work introduces new mathematical structures, impossible to find in books or classical databases, and that uses evaluation methods based on the performance of GenAIs in unsupervised computational environments.

 

The arXiv response came in less than 24 hours: summary rejection, claiming lack of scientific relevance. I filed an appeal. Within 48 hours, they changed their tune and said that the article would only be accepted after peer review. A paradox coming from a platform whose core purpose is precisely to host preprints before peer review.

Well then. The article was approved with honors by ICTIS 2025, an international event held in person at Cornell University, the very maintainer of arXiv. The acceptance letter was sent. I presented the work in person, receiving positive feedback from researchers in several countries. More than 1,250 downloads have been registered on Zenodo to date.

Even so, arXiv ignored the letter, ignored the history, ignored the numbers. I waited 60 days. I respectfully reiterated the request on June 7. On the 10th, they responded with a final sentence: “We reviewed it again and upheld the decision. This is the final verdict and we will not consider any further appeals.”

A question arises here: what role does arXiv play when it rejects a paper endorsed by two letters of recommendation from researchers with arXiv credentials, validated by an international conference and supported by robust metrics of community interest?

What is at stake is not just the rejection of an article. It is an attempt to silence a disruptive mathematical proposal that combines infinite series with multiple ratios (SRMs), post-quantum cryptography and generative artificial intelligence.

If there were no relevance, there would be no approval at ICTIS. If there were no interest, the numbers would not grow so quickly. If there were no value, there would be no resistance.

Finally, I express my repudiation of arXiv’s stance in this case. And I hereby document that I will make this report public in academic circles, on social media, and with all researchers, institutions, and scientific journalists interested in understanding what happens when a preprint platform fails in its own essence.

Knowledge cannot be selective. Nor silenced.

 

    Chapecó/SC, June 10, 2025

 

Signed,

Prof. Dr. Carlos Roberto França (prof.carlosfranca@gmail.com )

Heru Technologies – https://www.herutechnologies.com.br


quinta-feira, 5 de junho de 2025