Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:  Information Processing for Big Data  Perception Inspired Multimedia Signal Processing Techniques  Machine Learning Applications in Speech Processing  Data Flow Algorithms and Architecture for Signal Processing Systems  Advances in Signal Processing for Mixed-Signal and Optical Sensing: Hardware to Algorithms  Signal Processing Applications Related to Animal Environments  Signal and Information Processing for Energy Exchange and Intelligent Trading  Signal Processing for Cognitive Radios and Networks  Energy Efficiency and Energy Harvesting Related Signal Processing and Communications  Game Theory for Signal Processing and Communications  Signal Processing Challenges and Architectures for High Throughput Satellite Communications  Massive MIMO Communications  Network Theory