[Eeglablist] Invitation to collaborate on an open paper about EEG’s 1/f power distribution

[Mohamed H. Zaky]

Hello Prof. Makoto,

I have a rich experience in EEG analysis, both sensor-level and
source-level, and I am interested to join.

Regards,
Mohamed


On Thu, 6 Nov 2025, 5:32 pm Valentina Bianco via eeglablist, <
eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
> Thanks for the invitation.
> I come from research on ERPs but I am implementing new kinds of analysis
> using RSA and spectral analysis. I find this discussion on the 1/f very
> interesting.
> Please include me in the project.
>
> Valentina Bianco
>
>
> Il giorno gio 6 nov 2025 alle 07:09 Renzo Lanfranco via eeglablist <
> eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu> ha scritto:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Thanks for the invitation. I’m quite new to these methods, but I’ve
> > recently implemented the FOOOF/specparam to investigate the relationship
> > between the oscillatory component of frequency bands in perceptual tasks
> > during bodily illusions, and I find the discussion around the 1/f very
> > interesting. If I can contribute, I’d be happy to.
> >
> > Best,
> > Renzo
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: eeglablist <eeglablist-bounces at sccn.ucsd.edu> on behalf of Hanna
> > Szakács via eeglablist <eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu>
> > Date: Wednesday, 5 November 2025 at 23:21
> > To: Makoto Miyakoshi <mmiyakoshi at ucsd.edu>
> > Cc: EEGLAB List <eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu>
> > Subject: Re: [Eeglablist] Invitation to collaborate on an open paper
> about
> > EEG’s 1/f power distribution
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I was reading the mentioned conversation with great interest. I'm no
> expert
> > in this field but would be interested to see how I could contribute.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Hanna
> >
> > Makoto Miyakoshi via eeglablist <eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu> ezt írta
> > (időpont: 2025. nov. 5., Sze, 3:02):
> >
> > > Hello EEGLAB mailing list,
> > >
> > > Some of you may recall the long, dense, and ever-continuing discussion
> we
> > > witnessed this summer about EEG’s 1/f power distribution. I’m sure many
> > of
> > > you wondered, “Can they please stop quoting papers while speaking?”
> That
> > > conversation seemed to have ended on the list. But it has continued
> > > off-list! And now, it has led to the idea of writing a collaborative
> > paper.
> > >
> > > We’d like to invite anyone interested to join this open project. You
> > don’t
> > > need to be a specialist; genuine curiosity and a willingness to
> > contribute
> > > are what matter most.
> > >
> > > If you’d like to participate, please reply to this mailing list so that
> > > everyone can stay in the loop.
> > >
> > > For those curious, I’ve also included below a brief history of EEGLAB
> > > mailing list–initiated publications.
> > >
> > > Makoto
> > >
> > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> > > There have been several papers initiated through collaborations among
> the
> > > EEGLAB mailing list community and myself. Perhaps the most memorable
> one
> > > was the *ICA's bug *paper:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/signal-processing/articles/10.3389/frsip.2023.1064138/full__;!!Mih3wA!Cbh-YHezfgaqMmBE5W3ZEgrQrVWaUWYz-KTmrvjznnSBUe4gGGPHnTU4wiXAUjuTUdp3kJzk20zqxfyCe0Sn4D1t7BQ$
> > >
> > > We can find the origin of this project in the following post.
> > >
> > > *On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 2:25 PM Makoto Miyakoshi <mmiyakoshi at
> > > ucsd.edu <https://sccn.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/eeglablist     >>
> > > **Dear subscribers,
> > > **Recently, there are multiple independent posts about the data rank
> > > issue **with ICA. In response, I am thinking about running a
> > > simulation **experiment **with a visiting scholar to SCCN as a small
> > > project on this issue for **publication. I would appreciate it if you
> > > can give me any of the **following **as an input.*
> > >
> > > I made it festive: I invited a high-school intern to join as a
> co-author
> > > (his coding skill was GOOD); I also invited a person whose name had
> been
> > > mysteriously engraved for over a decade in an annotation of EEGLAB’s
> code
> > > in question; I cited four authorities via unfashionable “private
> > > communication”; and yes, I gave the paper a catchy title that the first
> > > author did not like… etc., etc.
> > >
> > > >* > On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 2:25 PM Makoto Miyakoshi <mmiyakoshi at
> > > ucsd.edu <https://sccn.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/eeglablist     >>
> > > *>* wrote:
> > > *>* >
> > > *>* >> Dear subscribers,
> > > *>* >>
> > > *>* >> Recently, there are multiple independent posts about the data
> rank
> > > issue
> > > *>* >> with ICA. In response, I am thinking about running a simulation
> > > *>* experiment
> > > *>* >> with a visiting scholar to SCCN as a small project on this issue
> > for
> > > *>* >> publication. I would appreciate it if you can give me any of the
> > > *>* following
> > > *>* >> as an input.
> > > *>* >>
> > > *>* >>   - Questions (what is puzzling for you? No need to be shy for
> > > asking
> > > *>* >>   'dumb questions')
> > > *>* >>   - Requests (if you want to know particularly X and/or Y on
> this
> > > issue,
> > > *>* >>   I may be able to give you the answer based on the simulation
> > test)
> > > *>* >>   - Suggestions (about methods, data type, applications, etc)
> > > *>* >>   - Reports (when ICA failed, what did you see?)
> > > *>* >>
> > > *>* >> If you are interested in working with me to make a contribution
> to
> > > this
> > > *>* >> small project, please reply or contact me mmiyakoshi at
> > > ucsd.edu. <https://sccn.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/eeglablist     > If
> your
> > > *>* >> contribution is substantial, I'll offer you to be a coauthor.
> > > Probably
> > > *>* we
> > > *>* >> will need as many strange results as possible...?
> > > *>* >>
> > > *>* >> Probably this is the first attempt to run an open experiment on
> > the
> > > *>* EEGLAB
> > > *>* >> mailing list--please join us and let's find out what happens!
> > > *>* >>
> > > *>* >> Makoto*
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