Invited Paper -- Theoretical Developments -- Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications -- Learning Methodologies -- Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications -- Hybrid Algorithms -- Industrial Applications.

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning, SEAL 2010, held in Kanpur, India, in December 2010. The 61full papers and 19 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 141 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on theoretical development, evolutionary algorithms and applications, learning methodologies, multi-objective evolutionary algorithms and applications, hybrid algorithms, and industrial applications.