  We introduce a series of articles reviewing various aspects of integrable
models relevant to the AdS/CFT correspondence. Topics covered in these reviews
are: classical integrability, Yangian symmetry, factorized scattering, the
Bethe ansatz, the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz, and integrable structures in
(conformal) quantum field theory. In the present article we highlight how these
concepts have found application in AdS/CFT, and provide a brief overview of the
material contained in this series.
