The 2012 International Workshop on Signal Processing, Optimization, and Control (SPOC 2012) was held at Hefei, Anhui, China, on June 30 - July 3, 2012. The SPOC 2012 workshop aims at providing a platform of interdisciplinary communication for young researchers in the signal processing, optimization, and control communities.

Fifteen invited speakers from different universities of USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, and China mainland gave talks during the workshop. Faculty members and students from Shanghai Jiaotong University, Nanjing University, and Beijing Post and Telecommunication University, as well as University of Science and Technology of China also attended the workshop.

After the invited talks, the invited speakers had a fruitful discussion on the future research topics of signal processing, optimization, and control.

The SPOC 2012 workshop was sponsored by School of Information Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China.