The Conference on Information Technology in Asia (CITA) is an international event organised every two years by Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. This year, the 8th CITA theme is "Smart Devices Trend: Technologising Future Lifestyle", focusing beyond creation and technology trends in smarter devices that are intuitive and innovative and yet non-intrusive in the lives of citizens. CITA is a multiple tracks conference that includes workshops, keynote speakers, invited speakers as well as oral and poster presentations. The conference intends to act as a forum research group, academicians, computer scientists, engineers and practitioners to present recent results, computer applications and promising future directions in smart devices.