| SPOC 2013 (Int. Conf. Signal Processing, Optimization and Compressed Sensing), December 27-31, 2013, Harbin About SPOC 2013 Harbin is a very unique place for winter with splendid ice sculptures, and this workshop is also very unique in the sense that we only invite Chinese-speaking active young researchers and the focus is completely application-driven although the nature is quite inter disciplinary. We had our first one of this series in University of Science and Technology in China last year, which was very successful. This year, we again aim at making this series of workshop small-scale but very efficient in communication; and we hope to have real efficient interactions with graduate students in addition to ourselves. The local organizer will organize a short but very fantastic tour nearby; and thus make the workshop very relaxed. Basically, the local organizer will cover all local expenses for invited speakers. The SPOC 2013 workshop is sponsored by Harbin Institute of Technology, Operations Research Society of China, China Society for Industry and Applied Mathematics (CSIAM). Organizing Committee: Jianwei Ma （马坚伟）, Harbin Institute of Technology Zaiwen Wen （文再文）, Peking University Wotao Yin （印卧涛）, University of California, Los Angeles Xiaoming Yuan （袁晓明）, Hongkong Baptist University Invited Speakers（confirmed）: Jing-feng Cai, University of Iowa Xiaohao Cai, University of Kaiserslautern Rongjie Lai, University of California, Irvine Guanghui Lan, University of Florida Yue M. Lu, Harvard University Zhaosong Lv, Simon Fraser University Xin Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shiqian Ma, Chinese University of Hongkong Yilun Wang, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Ming Yan, University of California, Los Angeles Yuan Yao, Peking University Ming Yuan, University of Wisconsin, Madison Hongchao Zhang, Louisiana State University Xiaoqun Zhang, Shanghai Jiaotong Unversity Xiaoxiang Zhu, German Aerospace Center Technical Program: Related news will be updated at: | 
