ESEM

We would like to welcome you to Bolzano-Bozen, Italy, for the Fourth International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2010).

This year we have a very polyhedral technical program including generalization of empirical studies, empirical methods, agile and collaborative development, software reliability and dependability, software design and modelling, and human and user studies that continues the advances in software empirical measurement characteristic of this conference series. Notably, the short paper sessions have a strong focus on case studies and reports from the field. Three keynotes will lead us through the main stream of the conference debating the future of empirical software engineering. Finally, the best paper award will conclude the conference together with the guest talk of the best paper of Mining Software Repositories 2010 (MSR 2010).

The call for research papers attracted 102 full papers and 49 short papers and posters submissions. The review was intensive and the program committees' members performed more than 400 reviews. They accepted 30 papers as full papers (less than 30% acceptance rate) and 26 as short papers. This year also the poster session is very remarkable: 12 posters will be presented in one of the historical building of Bolzano-Bozen.