Message from the chairs

Abstract

The aim of the SCAM working conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners working on theory, techniques and applications that concern analysis and manipulation of the source code of computer systems. Software plays an enormous role in our lives, in ways both obvious and subtle. This role will continue to expand and evolve. While much attention in the wider software engineering community is directed towards other aspects of systems development and evolution, such as specification, design and requirements engineering, it is the source code that contains the precise, and sometimes only, definitive description of the behaviour of the system. SCAM focuses on the techniques and tools themselves what they can achieve, how they can be improved, refined and combined. SCAM is a working conference: paper presentations are kept short and focused, with ample time reserved for general discussion of issues raised during each session. This always leads to interesting and stimulating interactive discussions.