8th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation, Beijing, China

The aim of this working conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners working on theory, techniques and applications which concern analysis and/or manipulation of the source code of computer systems&#046; While much attention in the wider software engineering community is properly directed towards other aspects of systems development and evolution, such as specification, design and requirements engineering, it is the source code that contains the only precise description of the behaviour of the system&#046; The analysis and manipulation of source code thus remains a pressing concern&#046; <B>Keywords:</B> <LI class=itemize>program transformation <LI class=itemize>abstract interpretation <LI class=itemize>program slicing <LI class=itemize>source level software metrics <LI class=itemize>decompilation <LI class=itemize>source level testing and verification <LI class=itemize>source level optimization <LI class=itemize>program comprehension</LI>