With the advent of VLSI system level integration and system-on-chip, the center of gravity of the computer industry is now moving from personal computing into embedded computing. Embedded software and systems are increasingly becoming a key technological component of all kinds of complex technical systems, ranging from vehicles, telephones, aircraft, toys, security systems, to medical diagnostics, weapons, pacemakers, climate control systems, and on. The ICESS (International Conference of Embedded Software and System), found in 2002, permits researchers, developers, and providers from academia and industry to address the challenges and discuss their new ideas, research results, applications, and experience in the embedded system. ICESS aims to improve international communication and cooperation and to promote embedded software and system industrialization and wide applications on all aspects of embedded software and systems. All papers accepted in the ICESS proceedings will be published by Springer LNCS, and indexed by EI and SCI. In the ICESS’08, all accepted papers will be published by IEEE-CS and indexed by EI, and some selected papers will be published by special issue of two journals and indexed by SCIE. The 2008 International Conference on embedded Software and Systems (ICESS’08) will be held in Chengdu, as a sequence of ICESS’04 in Hangzhou, ICESS’05 in Xi’An, ICESS’06 in Shanghai, China, and, ICESS’07 in Daegu, South Korea. Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan (Szechwan) Province in southwestern China, a modern metropolitan with 2310-year history and rich cultural heritage, featuring relaxing lifestyle, spicy Szechwan cuisine, lovely rare panda and numerous historic and scenery sites nearby including three UNESCO World Heritages (cultural heritages: Dujiangyan-Qingcheng Mountain, Emei Mountain-Leshan Giant Buddha; natural heritage: Jiuzhaigou-Huanglong).