On February 7-8, 2018, the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science in Kobe will hold its eighth international symposium.These symposiums are held each year to enhance discussions on computer and computational science in and beyond the K computer era. Specifically, researchers are being invited from around the world to present and discuss a road map for science and engineering topics that will cover the coming decade in both computer and computational science as well as the the research activities of AICS itself. Presenters will talk about a wide area of research including data science, software management, extreme scale hardware, and future application codes.