This handbook provides a unique and in-depth survey of the current state-of-the-art in software engineering, covering its major topics, the conceptual genealogy of each subfield, and discussing future research directions. Subjects include foundational areas of software engineering (e.g. software processes, requirements engineering, software architecture, software testing, formal methods, software maintenance) as well as emerging areas (e.g., self-adaptive systems, software engineering in the cloud, coordination technology). Each chapter includes an introduction to central concepts and principles, a guided tour of seminal papers and key contributions, and promising future research directions. The authors of the individual chapters are all acknowledged experts in their field and include many who have pioneered the techniques and technologies discussed. Readers will find an authoritative and concise review of each subject, and will also learn how software engineering technologies have evolved and are likely to develop in the years to come. This book will be especially useful for researchers who are new to software engineering, and for practitioners seeking to enhance their skills and knowledge.

This volume contains the papers presented at the 6th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Veri?cation and Analysis held during October 20-23 in Seoul, Korea. The primary objective of the ATVA conferences remains the same: to exchange and promote the latest advances of state-of-the-art - search on theoretical and practical aspects of automated analysis, veri?cation, and synthesis. Among 66 research papers and 16 tool papers submitted to ATVA 2008, the Program Committee accepted 21 as regular papers, 7 as tool papers, and 5 as short papers. In all, 33 experts from 27 countries worked hard to make sure that every submission received as rigorous and fair an evaluation as possible. In addition, the program also included three excellent tutorials and keynote talksby DavidDill (StanfordUniversity), SriramRajamani(MicrosoftResearch India), and Natarajan Shankar (SRI International). The conference organizers were truly excited to have such distinguished researchers as keynote speakers. Many worked hard and o?ered their valuable time so generously to make ATVA 2008 successful. First of all, the conference organizers thank all 218 - searchers who worked hard to complete and submit papers to the conference. ThePCmembers, reviewers, andSteeringCommitteemembersalsodeserves- cial recognition. Without them, a competitive and peer-reviewed international symposium simply cannot take place. Manyorganizationssponsoredthesymposium.Theyinclude: TheKorean- stituteofInformationScientistsandEngineers(SIGPLandSoftwareEngineering Society), KoreaUniversity, KoreaAdvanced Institute ofScience and Technology (KAIST), the Software Process Improvement Center and the Defense Software Research Center at KAIST. The conference organizers also thank the BK p- gramatKoreaUniversityandtheDepartmentofComputerScienceatKAISTfor ?nancialsupport. We sincerely hope that the readers ?nd the proceedings of ATVA 2008 informative and reward