RISE 2006 constituted an international forum for researchers and practitioners interestedintheadvancementandrapidapplicationofnovel, integrated, orpr- ticalsoftwareengineeringapproaches, beingpartofamethodologicalframework, that apply to the development of either new or evolving applications and s- tems. It provided a good opportunity to present and discuss the latest research results and ideas in the rapid and e?ective integration of software engineering techniques. The ERCIM (European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics) RISE working group selected application areas such as...