Publications of ICLAA 2025
(Special Issues and Book-volumes)

CARAMS, MAHE is pleased to announce the publication of a special issue and a book volume dedicated to the ICLAA 2025, an international conference held during December 17-20, 2025, in Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.in

1. Linear Algebra, Matrices, and their Applications – A Special Issue dedicated to ICLAA 2025 in Journal of Algebra and its Applications
2. Special Matrices, Graphs, and Applications – A Book Volume dedicated to ICLAA 2025 to be published in an appropriate series of Springer Nature.

Research presented at the conference will get an opportunity of possible publication in one of the above publications, subject to acceptance after the standard peer review process adopted by the journals. Papers by nonparticipants are also welcome for the submission of articles which are in the focus of the conference.

ICLAA 2025

The conference ICLAA 2025 (ILAS endorsed), Manipal India, the sixth in its sequel, held during December 17–20, 2025 provided an avenue for leading Mathematicians, Statisticians, and scientists working in the applied area, who are working around the globe in the theme area to get together in the physical space, interact with each other, discuss several research issues, and introduce new innovations. Around 200 participants registered for the conference and among them 170 delegates actively participated. A total of 30 eminent invited speakers from different parts of the globe delivered invited talks on diverse topics in Linear Algebra and its Applications. Further, 95 contributory speakers presented their research work. This conference was in sequel to the conferences CMTGIM 2012, ICLAA 2014, ICLAA 2017, and ICLAA 2020(21), ICLAA 2023 held in Manipal during January 2012, December 2014, December 2017, December 2021, and December 2023, respectively.

The conference followed the preconference workshop IWSMGA 2025 which focused on Special Matrices, Graphs, and their Applications. Eminent personalities in the field like Prof. Abraham Berman, Prof. Steve Kirkland, Prof. Simo Puntanen, Prof. T E S Raghavan, Prof. Sukanta Pati, Prof. S K Neogy, and Prof. K C Sivakumar etc., delivered lectures and discussed problems in the tutorial sessions. Nearly 80 participants from different parts of the country benefitted from the workshop.

Focus Area

The theme of the conference focused on the following but was not limited to them.

• Classical Matrix Theory and Linear Algebra
• Nonnegative Matrices and Special Matrices
• Matrices and Graphs
• Combinatorial Matrix Theory
• Matrix Methods in Statistics
• Linear Statistical Inference
• Matrices in Error Analysis and its Applications
• Matrix and Graph Methods in Applied Sciences

About the Publications dedicated to ICLAA 2025

Linear Algebra, Matrices, and their Applications
A Special Issue dedicated to ICLAA 2025 in Journal of Algebra and its Applications
Published by the World Scientific

Guest Editors

1. Manjunatha Prasad Karantha, CARAMS, MAHE, Manipal, India
2. Stephen J Kirkland, University of Manitoba, Canada
3. Sukanta Pati, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
4. Harikrishnan Panackal, Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, Manipal, India
5. Simo Puntanen, Tampere University, Finland

The editorial team, on behalf of CARAMS, MAHE, invites original, research, and expository articles with a high standard of literature review and open problems and with the subject matter in line with the focus area of ICLAA 2025 and journal.

Submission Guidelines

Article types – Original, research, and expository articles with a high standard of literature review and open problems and with the subject matter in line with the focus area of ICLAA 2025 and the journal.
Number of pages – Not more than 20 pages (could be more in exceptional cases).
Article Processing Charge (APC) – No APC.
Plagiarism check standard – Not more than 15% using turnitin software.
For the article template Click here.
How to submit? – The authors may submit their articles in the journal portal using the following link: Submit article

Timelines – Submission of articles: October 31, 2026
Completion of review and decision on acceptance: March 31, 2027
Tentative date of publication (subject to the decision of JAA): June 2027.

Special Matrices, Graphs, and Applications
A Book Volume dedicated to ICLAA 2025 to be published by Springer Nature

Guest Editors

1. Manjunatha Prasad Karantha, CARAMS, MAHE, Manipal, India
2. Umashankara Kelathaya, Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, Manipal, India
3. David Raj Micheal, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India
4. S K Neogy, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Center, India
5. Simo Puntanen, Tampere University, Finland

The editorial team, on behalf of CARAMS, MAHE, invites research/expository articles in detail and in the form of book chapters for the possible publication in book volume which focus on area of Special Matrices, Graphs, and Applications. The area of special matrices may include non-negative matrices and generalizations, Sign pattern matrices, 0-1 matrices, Integer matrices, Matrices associated with graphs, Matrices over rings, Graphs and Matrices, and their application in other branches of mathematics and science.

Article types – Original, research, and expository articles with a high standard of literature review and open problems.
Number of pages – Not more than 20 pages (could be more in exceptional cases).
Plagiarism check standard – Not more than 15% using turnitin software.
For article template Click here. For more details about the format and style, visit Submission guidelines.
How to submit? – Please send the articles before the deadline to iclaa2025@gmail.com with a Cc to kmprasad63@gmail.com and with the subject line ‘Special Issue – SPRINGER’. For any future query related to the submitted manuscript, use the manuscript ID in the subject line.

Timelines – Submission of articles: October 31, 2026
Completion of review and decision on acceptance: March 31, 2026
Tentative date of publication (subject to the decision of SPRINGER): 2027.