The 8th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (PRAI 2025) will be held from August 15 to 17, 2025, in Guiyang, China. Sponsored by Guizhou University, IEEE; hosted by the College of Big Data and Information Engineering of Guizhou University, the conference aims to establish a platform for academic exchange and collaboration among global experts, scholars, and professionals. The conference mainly focuses on themes related to pattern recognition and artificial intelligence. We warmly invite experts, researchers and professional technicians in this field to submit papers and attend the conference. In order to ensure the academic quality of this conference and attract more original high-level academic papers, we now openly call for papers. We welcome scientific researchers, teachers and students engaged in pattern recognition and artificial intelligence research to submit papers. Pattern recognition and artificial intelligence are among the core fields driving technological advancement and industrial transformation today. The rapid development of artificial intelligence, combined with the capabilities of deep learning and big data processing, has significantly enhanced the application of pattern recognition in cutting-edge areas such as image processing, speech recognition, natural language processing, and autonomous driving. These technologies have also been widely adopted in industries like healthcare, intelligent transportation, and financial risk management, bringing profound societal impacts. Furthermore, innovative directions such as generative AI, multimodal learning, model interpretability, and edge computing have further expanded the technological potential and application scenarios of this field.