SSD&A is a FedCSIS conference area aiming at integrating and creating synergy between FedCSIS events that thematically subscribe to the discipline of software engineering. The SSD&A area emphasizes the issues relevant to developing and maintaining software systems that behave reliably, efficiently and effectively. This area investigates both established traditional approaches and modern emerging approaches to large software production and evolution. Events that constitute SSD&A are: ATSE'13 - 4th International Workshop Automating Test Case Design, Selection and Evaluation IWCPS'13 - International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems PBDA'13 - Performance of Business Database Applications WAPL'13 - 4th Workshop on Advances in Programming Languages