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<p>This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Optimization and Learning, OLA 2025, held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, during April 23–25, 2025.</p> <p>The 30 full papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. They were organized in the following topical sections: Soft Computing and Machine Learning Advanced Models; Optimization and Search Algorithms: Metaheuristics and Hybrid Approaches; Modelling, Simulation and Complex Systems; Applications in Industry and Cibersecurity.</p>