LAA will publish a special issue on structured matrices. Papers are solicited that deepen the theoretical understanding of structured matrices, present structured matrix computations or tackle new applications. This special issue is devoted to papers presented at the Second International Conference on Structured Matrices, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, June 8 - June 11, 2006 (http://www.math.hkbu.edu.hk/icsm2006/), as well as papers from the structured matrix community in general. Papers should be submitted by September 30, 2006 to one of the special issue editors listed below. The usual standards of LAA will apply.

Editors:

Wai-Ki Ching, Department of Mathematics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. E-mail: wkc@maths.hku.hk

Michael K. Ng, Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. E-mail: mng@math.hkbu.edu.hk

Eugene Tyrtyshnikov, Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences Gubkina Street, 8, Moscow, 119991, Russia. E-mail: tee@bach.inm.ras.ru

Marc Van Barel Department of Computer Science, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 A B-3001 Leuven Belgium. E-mail: Marc.VanBarel@cs.kuleuven.ac.be