--- title: Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals description: IEEE Computer Society announced a ban on the frequently used 'Lena image' from papers after April 1. The image, featuring a Playboy model named Lena Forsén,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/playboy-image-from-1972-gets-ban-from-ieee-computer-journals-onvjiiv09 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals | daily.dev og:description: IEEE Computer Society announced a ban on the frequently used 'Lena image' from papers after April 1. The image, featuring a Playboy model named Lena Forsén,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/playboy-image-from-1972-gets-ban-from-ieee-computer-journals-onvjiiv09 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/onvjiIV09.png og:image:alt: Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals **[Ars Technica](https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica)** · 7 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary IEEE Computer Society announced a ban on the frequently used 'Lena image' from papers after April 1. The image, featuring a Playboy model named Lena Forsén, has been criticized for making some women feel unwelcome in the field of image processing research. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#image-processing](https://daily.dev/tags/image-processing), [#diversity-and-inclusion](https://daily.dev/tags/diversity-and-inclusion) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/playboy-image-from-1972-gets-ban-from-ieee-computer-journals-onvjiiv09) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/playboy-image-from-1972-gets-ban-from-ieee-computer-journals-onvjiiv09","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/playboy-image-from-1972-gets-ban-from-ieee-computer-journals-onvjiiv09"},"datePublished":"2024-03-29T22:14:39.022Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:06:08.895Z","description":"IEEE Computer Society announced a ban on the frequently used 'Lena image' from papers after April 1. The image, featuring a Playboy model named Lena Forsén,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/69350abcd03d37005d34d48e2d6e5880?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/69350abcd03d37005d34d48e2d6e5880?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Ars Technica","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Ars Technica","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/80883e0e48a34b5ebcf93777016cb3fe","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/playboy-image-from-1972-gets-ban-from-ieee-computer-journals-onvjiiv09","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"image-processing,diversity-and-inclusion","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ars Technica","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals"}]} ```