Javier Esparza has held the Chair for Foundations of Software Reliability and Theoretical Computer Science at the Technische Universität München since 2007. Christian Michaux has held the Chair of Mathematical Logic at the University of Mons (UMONS, formerly Université de Mons-Hainaut) since 2000. He is currently Dean of the Faculty of Sciences. Charles Steinhorn is Professor of Mathematics at Vassar College, where he has served as Chair of the Mathematics Department and Associate Dean of the Faculty.

• Preface Javier Esparza, Christian Michaux and Charles Steinhorn; Automata-based presentations of infinite structures Vince Bárány, Erich Grädel and Sasha Rubin; Logical aspects of spatial databases Bart Kuijpers and Jan Van den Bussche; Some connections between finite and infinite model theory Vera Koponen; Algorithmic meta-theorems Stephan Kreutzer; Definability in classes of finite structures H. Dugald Macpherson and Charles Steinhorn; Model theoretic methods for fragments of FO and special classes of (finite) structures Martin Otto.

"Researchers will find the book useful for referring to theorems on finite model theory. For building models of complicated problems, the book provides a good foundation." Maulik A. Dave, Computing Reviews