4th International Workshop on Realizing AI Synergies in Software Engineering (RAISE 2015)

This workshop is the fourth in the series and continued to build upon the work carried out at the previous iterations of the International Workshop on Realizing Artificial Intelligence Synergies in Software Engineering, which were held at ICSE in 2012, 2013 and 2014. RAISE 2015 brought together researchers and practitioners from the artificial intelligence (AI) and software engineering (SE) disciplines to build on the interdis- ciplinary synergies that exist and to stimulate further interaction across these disciplines. Mutually beneficial characteristics have appeared in the past few decades and are still evolving due to new challenges and technological advances. Hence, the question that motivates and drives the RAISE Workshop series is: 'Are SE and AI researchers ignoring important insights from AI and SE?'. To pursue this question, RAISE'15 explored not only the application of AI techniques to SE problems but also the application of SE techniques to AI problems. RAISE not only strengthens the AI- and-SE community but also continues to develop a roadmap of strategic research directions for AI and SE.