Amelia

[Amelia @Ameliavlwc]

@Kairos364369976 it’s like they are playing the word game, making presented paper to be tagged no-show. And the committee is making some malicious speculations about the audience and the presenter.

[Kairos @Kairos364369976]

Public Statement on ICASSP 2026 Procedural Failure and Discriminatory Treatment:🤬🤬🤬

I am making this statement publicly because I believe what happened at ICASSP 2026 was not only a serious procedural failure, but also deeply unfair and potentially discriminatory.

For privacy and safety reasons, I will keep my name and the paper title anonymous, because I am concerned about online harassment from racist individuals. I am one of the authors who was physically present at the conference.

I arrived on May 4, completed check-in, collected my badge, and gave an in-person presentation at 2:00 PM on May 8 at Poster Area 8. We also spoke with the session chair, and we have on-site photos as evidence.

Despite this, the ICASSP 2026 organizers later claimed that the paper was recorded as not presented / no-show, and on that basis refused to include it in the official proceedings, with possible consequences for IEEE Xplore publication. I followed the official appeal process, submitted evidence, and explained the facts clearly. My appeal was still rejected.

This is not a misunderstanding. It is a serious error in conference administration.

A paper that was actually presented in person was marked as “not presented,” and the organizers refused to correct the record. That alone is unacceptable. But what makes this situation even more troubling is the inconsistent and contradictory explanations that followed.

When I asked for the reason my appeal was rejected, the organizers first repeated that the paper had not been recorded as presented. Later, one of the Technical Program Chairs--Markus Rupp, said that my English was poor and that the audience was not interested, and that the paper should be removed in order to improve conference quality. These explanations are internally inconsistent. They also strongly suggest that the organizers were effectively acknowledging that I was present and did present the work.

Using my English ability as a justification to deny my participation is not a legitimate academic standard. It is discriminatory. It is unfair to non-native English-speaking authors. It shows a clear language bias, and it violates the basic respect that academic communication should require. The wording and handling of this case also gave me a strong impression of prejudice against non-native English speakers, and possibly a racialized discriminatory attitude as well. Regardless of intent, such reasoning is unprofessional and unacceptable.

As the flagship conference of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, ICASSP should represent rigor, transparency, and fairness. Instead, this case has shown the opposite: sloppy record-keeping, contradictory justification, and a troubling lack of procedural integrity.

If an author was physically present, completed the presentation, and can provide a badge, on-site photos, and a photo with the session chair, then the conference should correct the record based on facts. It should not defend an obviously mistaken decision by changing its explanation after the fact.

I also want to make clear that this kind of treatment is especially harmful to non-native English speakers, international authors, and student authors. Academic conferences should rely on verifiable procedures and objective records, not vague impressions, biased judgments, or post hoc rationalizations to decide whether a paper deserves publication.

I am sharing this because I believe the academic community deserves transparency. If you have experienced similar treatment, or if you know of additional IEEE / ICASSP escalation or correction channels, please reach out.

I sincerely hope that ICASSP 2026 will re-examine the facts, correct the record, and provide a clear public explanation.

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[Amelia @Ameliavlwc]

@li14417 @ieeeICASSP @IEEEorg @IEEEXplore I am also in the same condition . Feel like we did nothing wrong. Dunno why we should be treated like this.

[空谷幽兰 @li14417]

Accepted, Presented, Then Removed: Is ICASSP 2026 Fair to Non-Native English-Speaking Researchers?

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