Welcome to 3rd International Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Metrics (WETSoM 2012)

Welcome to WETSoM2012, the 3rd International Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Metrics. Since its start, WETSoM attracted a blend of academic and industrial researchers, creating a stimulating atmosphere to discuss the progresses of software metrics. A key motivation for this workshop is to help overcoming the low impact that software metrics has on current software development. This is pursued by critically examining the evidence for the effectiveness of existing metrics and identifying new directions for metrics. Evidence for existing metrics includes how the metrics have been used in practice and studies showing their effectiveness. Identifying new directions includes use of new theories, such as complex network theory, on which to base metrics. We are pleased that this year WETSoMfeatures 12 technical paper and an exciting keynote on mining developers´ communication to assess software quality by Massimiliano di Penta. The program of WETSoM2012 is the result of hard work by many dedicated people; we especially thank the authors of submitted papers and the members of the program committee. Above all, the greatest richness of this workshop is its participants, who shape the discussion and points into new directions for software metrics research and practice. We hope you will have a great time and an unforgettable experience at WETSoM2012.