The 8^th International Conference on Computer Science and Application Engineering (CSAE 2024) was successfully held from November 28 to 29, 2024. This annual conference serves as a comprehensive global forum for experts and participants from academia to exchange ideas and present ongoing research in the most state-of-the-art areas of computer science and application engineering. The previous conferences were held in Wuhan (2023)[1], Nanjing (2022)[2], Sanya (2021[3], 2020[4] and 2019[5]), Hohhot (2018)[6]. This year, participants and presenters from six countries and regions, including China, the UK, Singapore, Russia, Japan, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, attended the conference.

The proceedings of the CSAE2024 conference feature 26 accepted contributions, selected from 76 submissions through a rigorous peer-review process. These contributions reflect cutting-edge research and innovative applications addressing real-world challenges in computer science and application engineering.

This editorial presents a summary of articles and highlight the significance and diverse topics of the articles included in this volume, presenting the latest advancements in research and innovation. The proceedings also feature practical applications addressing pressing real-world issues. Below, we summarize each article's contributions, emphasizing their unique insights and implications for research and practice.

[1] https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3627915

[2] https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3565387

[3] https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3487075

[4] https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3424978

[5] https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3331453

[6] https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3207677