This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th IFIP WG 5.5/SOCOLNET Advanced Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, DoCEIS 2017, held in Costa de Caparica, Portugal, in May 2017. The 46 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 95 submissions. The papers present selected results produced in engineering doctoral programs and focus on technological innovation for smart systems. Research results and ongoing work are presented, illustrated and discussed in the following areas: collaborative networks, computational intelligence, systems analysis, smart manufacturing systems, smart sensorial systems, embedded and real time systems, energy: management, energy: optimization, distributed infrastructure, solar energy, electrical machines, power electronics, and electronics.weiterlesen