We are inviting your participation at CIAA 2018. Original papers are sought in all areas that relate to implementation and application of automata including (but not restricted to):

• algorithms on automata

• automata and logic

• bioinformatics

• complexity of automata operations

• compilers

• computer-aided verification

• concurrency

• data structure design for automata

• data and image compression

• design and architecture of automata software

• digital libraries

• DNA/molecular/membrane computing

• document engineering editors environments

• experimental studies and practical experiences

• implementation of verification methods and model checking

• industrial applications

• natural language and speech processing

• networking new algorithms for manipulating automata

• new algorithms for manipulating automata

• object-oriented modeling

• pattern-matching

• pushdown automata and context-free grammars

• quantum computing

• speech and speaker recognition

• structured and semi-structured documents

• symbolic manipulation environments for automata

• teaching

• text processing

• techniques for graphical display of automata

• transducers and multi-tape automata

• VLSI

• viruses and related phenomena and the world-wide web