Empirical Software Engineering and Verification

Software Engineering, the fundamental concepts as well as the application in practice, is widely recognized as one of the most exciting, stimulating, and profitable research areas, with a significant practical impact on the software industry and academia. The LASER school - held annually, since 2004, in Elba Island, Italy, is intended for professionals from the industry (engineers and managers) as well as university researchers, including PhD students. Participants learn about the most important software technology advances from the pioneers in the field. This book contains selected lecture notes from the LASER summer schools 2008-2010, which focused on Concurrency and Correctness in 2008, Software The Practice And The Science in 2009, and Empirical Software Engineering, in 2010.