Software Engineering Research and Practice, is a compendium of articles and papers that were presented at SERP '13, an international conference that serves researchers, scholars, professionals, students, and academicians. Selected topics include:* Novel Applications, Methodologies and Case Studies + Intellectual Property Issues + Education* Software Systems, Requirements + Middle-Ware + Software Development Process + Modeling and Architecture Description Languages* Software Architecture + Design Patterns* Unified Modeling Language / UML, Object Oriented Methods, and Case Studies* Usability Studies + Cost Estimation and Management + Software Testing, Analysis, Validation, and Verification + Performance Studies* Software Engineering and Management + Code Reuse + Software Maintenance Methods + Release Planning + Software Productivity and Quality* Agile Software Methods* Software Engineering and Embedded Systems* Software Engineering + Maintenance, Legacy Codes, Metrics, Collaborative Work, Software Process Improvement and Models, SOA, Case Studies