ICSME is the newly evolved ICSM, the premier international venue in software maintenance and evolution, where participants from academia, government, and industry have met annually for the past 29 years to share ideas and experiences in solving challenging software maintenance and evolution problems. ICSME 2014 will be held in the beautiful garden city of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off the Canadian Pacific coast.