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

[Jenson, David Evans]

Hi Makoto,

I would love to be part of this project and am happy to contribute.

Best,

-Dave Jenson 

> On Nov 6, 2025, at 6:28 PM, georgia alexandrou via eeglablist <eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu> wrote:
> 
> [EXTERNAL EMAIL]
> 
> Hi Makoto,
> 
> I would be very interested in taking part in this open project.
> 
> Best
> Dr Georgia Alexandrou
> 
>> On Thu, 6 Nov 2025, 09:33 Jonathan Phoon Ngok Jun via eeglablist, <
>> eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Makoto,
>> 
>> I'd like to participate too.
>> I'm not an expert in the field but am looking forward to learning by
>> contributing if possible.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Jonathan
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> From: Prof. Efthymios Papatzikis <efp331 at mail.harvard.edu>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 4:00 PM
>> 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
>> 
>> Dear Makoto,
>> 
>> I would be very interested to participate in this open project. When you
>> have more details on next steps, please share and advise accordingly.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Efthymios
>> 
>> Professor Efthymios (Timos) Papatzikis
>> PhD, PhD, FHEA, Cert.Neuro.
>> - Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, School of Health Sciences and
>> Psychology, Canadian University Dubai, U.A.E.
>> - NICU Senior Research Fellow, ‘Panagiotis and Aglaia Kyriakou’ Children’s
>> Hospital, Athens, Greece
>> - World Health Organization roster of consultants for Brain Health
>> - World Health Organization certified specialist for Social Prescribing
>> - Associate Editor - Frontiers in Pediatric Psychology Journal
>> 
>> I may write emails at unusual hours. Please don’t feel obligated to reply
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>> 
>>> On 5 Nov 2025, at 04:07, Makoto Miyakoshi via eeglablist <
>> eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sccn.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/eeglablist__;!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!oPKvXI5mtoNhiljsFyMKgrWZExY9bXtGkDYVFhz_MuI6EvVVB1nz9xwM7s4JU4d8UYK3zxA0gOMgWxFWRIj-tTCjHAxO$     >>
>>> **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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sccn.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/eeglablist__;!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!oPKvXI5mtoNhiljsFyMKgrWZExY9bXtGkDYVFhz_MuI6EvVVB1nz9xwM7s4JU4d8UYK3zxA0gOMgWxFWRIj-tTCjHAxO$     >>
>>> *>* 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sccn.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/eeglablist__;!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!oPKvXI5mtoNhiljsFyMKgrWZExY9bXtGkDYVFhz_MuI6EvVVB1nz9xwM7s4JU4d8UYK3zxA0gOMgWxFWRIj-tTCjHAxO$     > 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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