Description: The developments of optimization theory, methods and softwares have experienced tremendous growth recently.  They have expanded the scale and complexity of optimization problems that can be applied in many fields in science and engineering. This workshop aims at promoting the developments of optimization, bringing together leading researchers in the community and fostering collaborations.

Organization Committee:
Xin Liu            (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Zaiwen Wen   (Peking University)
Junfeng Yang (Nanjing University)
Wotao Yin       (University of California, Los Angeles)

Scientific Committee:
Zhiquan Luo  (Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen)
Xinmin Yang  (Chongqing Normal University)
Yaxiang Yuan (Chinese Academy of Sciences) 

List of Speakers:
Gang Bao                        Zhejiang University
Sam Buerer                     University of Iowa
Yuhong Dai                     Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xin Liu                            Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhiquan Luo                   Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen
Shiqian Ma                     University of California, Davis
Renato D.C. Monteiro    Georgia Institute of Technology
Yuan Shen                      Nanjing University Of Finance & Economics
Marc Teboulle                 Tel Aviv University
Zizhuo Wang                  Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Zaiwen Wen                    Peking University
Zhijun Wu                       Iowa State University
Lijun Xu                          Dalian Maritime University
Liwei Xu                         University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Yangyang Xu                  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Junfeng Yang                 Nanjing University
Yinyu Ye                         Stanford University
Wotao Yin                      University of California, Los Angeles
Bo Yu                             Dalian University of Technology
Yaxiang Yuan                Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shuzhong Zhang           University of Minnesota

Sponsors:
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Peking University
Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
School of Data Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen
National Center for Applied Mathematics, Chongqing