To provide a forum for doctoral students interested in applications of mathematical and engineering methods in computer science with a special focus on the various aspects of parallel and distributed systems.

Submissions are invited especially in the following (but not exclusive) areas: parallel and distributed computing, GRID computing, computer networks and applications, computer security, theory of formal languages, formal verification, simulation, software and hardware testing and dependability, computer architectures, quantum computing.

Several invited talks by distinguished researchers from various areas of interest of the workshop will be a part of the programme.

Students are invited to register a paper before September 10, 2008 and submit the paper (not exceeding 8 pages in the LNCS style) before September 17, 2008. Authors will be notified of acceptance by October 15, 2008. Detailed instructions are available at the conference web, Instruction for Authors.

Students may also present recent outstanding work, if it has been (or will be) presented at a leading computer science conference. Presentations to be included in the programme will be selected on the basis of a one-page abstract, which interested students are invited to submit. The one-page abstracts will be published in the proceedings.

The proceedings will be available at the workshop in printed form. Moreover, a possibility of publishing selected papers from MEMICS'08 in the Elsevier's ENTCS journal is under negotiation.

The workshop will be held in Znojmo, a beautiful town on the Austrian borders famous for a number of examples of medieval architecture and nearby vineyards. Tourist attractions here include the Gothic Church of St. Nicholas, the town hall's Gothic tower, and the Romanesque rotunda. There is also an ancient castle atop a nearby hill.

Milan Češka, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

Jan Staudek, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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