The 18th International Conference on Applied Electronics is the latest regular event organized yearly from 1996 by the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic. The aim is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in advances in the wide scope of electronic circuits and systems, especially in applications of theoretical research. The AE conferences are sponsored by IEEE - Industrial Electronics Society and IEEE - Czechoslovakia Section. Web of Knowledge database. Conference language is English. AE 2013 will be held in conjunction with the Eleventh Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES13) - http://fbim.fh-regensburg.de/~wises2013/