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Just because something is a tradition does not make it a good tradition, nor does it justify continuing the tradition.

• malandrew 12y ago
  True, but you still need to balance the relative merits of continuing versus discontinuing the tradition. There is a very real loss from discontinuing the tradition in question without first augmenting references for many of the algorithms that use Lena with other standard reference images. That's a real and immediate loss. Try a different strategy: offer a better alternative that makes it so practitioners not only don't notices the loss of Lena in common usage, but instead overwhelmingly favor alternatives. Create a better product.
  • j2kun 12y ago
    Real comparisons of algorithms do not operate on a single image, but large suites of images, where the results are computed as averages. Changing the dataset by removing one image is unlikely to be a "very real loss." Alternatives exist, and AFAIK Lena is just used as a "canonical" example to use as a nice picture (like the Zachary Karate Club network).