Go: package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"strconv"
)

func getScanner(fp *os.File) *bufio.Scanner {
	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(fp)
	scanner.Split(bufio.ScanWords)
	scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 1000005), 1000005)
	return scanner
}

func getNextString(scanner *bufio.Scanner) string {
	scanner.Scan()
	return scanner.Text()
}

func getNextInt(scanner *bufio.Scanner) int {
	i, _ := strconv.Atoi(getNextString(scanner))
	return i
}

func getNextInt64(scanner *bufio.Scanner) int64 {
	i, _ := strconv.ParseInt(getNextString(scanner), 10, 64)
	return i
}

func getNextUint64(scanner *bufio.Scanner) uint64 {
	i, _ := strconv.ParseUint(getNextString(scanner), 10, 64)
	return i
}

func getNextFloat64(scanner *bufio.Scanner) float64 {
	i, _ := strconv.ParseFloat(getNextString(scanner), 64)
	return i
}

func main() {
	fp := os.Stdin
	wfp := os.Stdout
	cnt := 0

	if os.Getenv("MASPY") == "ますピ" {
		fp, _ = os.Open(os.Getenv("BEET_THE_HARMONY_OF_PERFECT"))
		cnt = 0
	}
	if os.Getenv("MASPYPY") == "ますピッピ" {
		wfp, _ = os.Create(os.Getenv("NGTKANA_IS_GENIUS10"))
	}

	scanner := getScanner(fp)
	writer := bufio.NewWriter(wfp)
	for solve(scanner, writer) {

	}
	for i := 0; i < cnt; i++ {
		fmt.Fprintln(writer, "-----------------------------------")
		solve(scanner, writer)
	}
	writer.Flush()
}

func solve(scanner *bufio.Scanner, writer *bufio.Writer) bool {
	sol := solver{}
	sol.w = getNextInt(scanner)
	sol.h = getNextInt(scanner)
	if sol.w == 0 && sol.h == 0 {
		return false
	}
	sol.land = makeInts(sol.h, sol.w)
	for y := 0; y < sol.h; y++ {
		for x := 0; x < sol.w; x++ {
			sol.land[y][x] = getNextInt(scanner)
		}
	}
	ans := 0
	for y := 0; y < sol.h; y++ {
		for x := 0; x < sol.w; x++ {
			if sol.land[y][x] == 0 {
				continue
			}
			ans++
			sol.dfs(y, x)
		}
	}
	fmt.Fprintln(writer, ans)
	return true
}

type solver struct {
	w, h int
	land [][]int
}

func (sol *solver) dfs(y, x int) {
	if y < 0 {
		return
	}
	if y >= sol.h {
		return
	}
	if x < 0 {
		return
	}
	if x >= sol.w {
		return
	}
	if sol.land[y][x] == 0 {
		return
	}
	sol.land[y][x] = 0
	dy := [8]int{-1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1}
	dx := [8]int{-1, 0, 1, -1, 1, -1, 0, 1}
	for i := 0; i < 8; i++ {
		sol.dfs(y+dy[i], x+dx[i])
	}
}
func makeInts(h, w int) [][]int {
	index := make([][]int, h, h)
	data := make([]int, h*w, h*w)
	for i := 0; i < h; i++ {
		index[i] = data[i*w : (i+1)*w]
	}
	return index
}

Python: #!/usr/bin/env python3

from collections import defaultdict
import sys

sys.setrecursionlimit(2000)


class Graph(object):
    """ Graph data structure, undirected by default. """

    def __init__(self, connections, directed=False):
        self._graph = defaultdict(set)
        self._directed = directed
        self.add_connections(connections)

    def add_connections(self, connections):
        """ Add connections (list of tuple pairs) to graph """

        for u, v in connections:
            self.add(u, v)

    def add(self, u, v):
        """ Add connection between node u and node v """

        self._graph[u].add(v)
        if not self._directed:
            self._graph[v].add(u)

    def remove(self, v):
        """ Remove all references to node v """

        for _, cxns in self._graph.items():
            try:
                cxns.remove(v)
            except KeyError:
                pass
        try:
            del self._graph[v]
        except KeyError:
            pass

    def get_adj(self, v):
        """ Get adjacency list of node v """
        return self._graph[v]

    def is_connected(self, u, v):
        """ Is node u directly connected to node v """

        return u in self._graph and v in self._graph[u]

    def find_path(self, src, dst, path=[]):
        """ Find any path from src node to dst node (may not be shortest) """

        path = path + [src]
        if src == dst:
            return path
        if src not in self._graph:
            return None
        for src_next in self._graph[src]:
            if src_next not in path:
                new_path = self.find_path(src_next, dst, path)
                if new_path:
                    return new_path
        return None

    def find_all_paths(self, src, dst, path=[]):
        """ Find all paths from src node to dst node """
        path = path + [src]
        if src == dst:
            return path
        if src not in self._graph:
            return None
        paths = []
        for src_next in self._graph[src]:
            if src_next not in path:
                new_path = self.find_all_paths(src_next, dst, path)
                if new_path:
                    paths.append(new_path)
        if len(paths) > 0:
            return paths
        return None

    def __str__(self):
        return '{}({})'.format(self.__class__.__name__, dict(self._graph))


def adj_list(c, i, j):
    top, bot = [i - 1, j], [i + 1, j]
    left, right = [i, j - 1], [i, j + 1]
    top_left, top_right = [i - 1, j - 1], [i - 1, j + 1]
    bot_left, bot_right = [i + 1, j - 1], [i + 1, j + 1]
    if i == 0:
        if j == 0:
            return [right, bot, bot_right]
        elif j == w - 1:
            return [left, bot, bot_left]
        else:
            return [left, right, bot_left, bot, bot_right]
    elif i == h - 1:
        if j == 0:
            return [top, right, top_right]
        elif j == w - 1:
            return [top, left, top_left]
        else:
            return [left, right, top, top_left, top_right]
    else:
        if j == 0:
            return [top, right, top_right, bot, bot_right]
        elif j == w - 1:
            return [top, left, top_left, bot, bot_left]
        else:
            return [top, bot, left, right, top_left, top_right, bot_left, bot_right]


def is_reachable(c, i, j, i_adj, j_adj):
    if c[i][j] == 1 and c[i_adj][j_adj] == 1:
        return True
    return False


def dfs(g, v):
    seen[v] = True
    for v_next in g.get_adj(v):
        if not seen.get(v_next):
            dfs(g, v_next)


#-----
# 1 <= w, h <= 50
# c_{i, j} = 0, 1

while True:
    w, h = map(int, input().split())
    if w == 0 and h == 0:
        break
    c = []
    if w == 1 and h == 1:
        c = int(input())
        if c == 1:
            print(1)
        else:
            print(0)
    else:
        for _ in range(h):
            line = list(map(int, input().split()))
            c.append(line)
        # print(h, w, c)

        g = Graph([])
        for i in range(0, h):
            for j in range(w):
                # print(f"(i, j): ({i}, {j})")
                u = (i * w) + j
                is_connected = False
                for adj in adj_list(c, i, j):
                    i_adj, j_adj = adj[0], adj[1]
                    # print(f"(i_adj, j_adj): ({i_adj}, {j_adj})")
                    if is_reachable(c, i, j, i_adj, j_adj):
                        is_connected = True
                        v = i_adj * w + j_adj
                        g.add(u, v)
                if c[i][j] == 1 and not is_connected:
                    g.add(u, u)
        # print(g)

        keys = [v for v in range(h * w)]
        values = [False for _ in range(h * w)]
        seen = dict(zip(keys, values))

        num_connected_components = 0
        for v in range(h * w):
            if not seen[v]:
                if len(g.get_adj(v)) > 0:
                    num_connected_components += 1
                dfs(g, v)

        print(num_connected_components)