The twelfth Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC) will be held in Taipei , Taiwan at the Grand Hotel, in December 15-17, 2005. APSEC is the leading international conference in software engineering and technology in the Asia-Pacific region. The theme of APSEC 2005 is to bring together researchers and practitioners from industry, academia and government to share the enabling technology in software engineering to meet the regional needs. This conference will include special sessions on specific advanced aspects of the theory, design and applications of software engineering. Papers presenting original work in all aspects of software engineering are invited. Submissions include, but are not limited to the following topics:

