Sofsem 2016: Theory and Practice of Computer Science; 42nd International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, Harrachov, Czech

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 42nd International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM 2016, held in Harrachov, Czech Republic, in January 2016.
The 43 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 116 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: foundations of computer science; software engineering: methods, tools, applications; and data, information, and knowledge engineering. The volume also contains 7 invited talks in full paper length. 

Barbara Catania is Associate Professor at the Department of Computer and Information Sciences of the University of Genova, Italy. She has been Visiting Researcher at the European Computer-Industry Research Center of Bull, ICL, and Siemens in Munich, Germany, and at the National University of Singapore. Her main research interests include: deductive and constraint databases, spatial and geographic databases, XML and Web databases, pattern management, indexing techniques, and access control.

Eliseo Clementini is associate professor of computer science at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of L'Aquila. His main research interests are about modelling and computational aspects of geographic information science.

Elena Ferrari is a full professor of Computer Science at the University of Insubria, Como (Italy). Her research activities are related to various aspects of data management systems, including web security, access control and privacy, multimedia databases, and temporal databases. She is a member of the ACM and senior member of IEEE.