Special issue devoted to selected papers presented at the Northern Illinois 
University LA'09 Conference on Linear and Numerical Linear Algebra: Theory, 
Methods, and Applications, August 12-14, 2009. Papers should be submitted by 
December 31, 2009 to one of the special editors: Biswa Datta <dattab@math.niu.edu>, 
Bob Plemmons <plemmons@.wfu.edu>, Lother Reichel <reichel@mcs.kent.edu>, and Qiang 
Ye <qye@ms.uky.edu>. The responsible editor-in-chief is Richard A. Brualdi.