This volume presents the keynote addresses, technical papers, and panel discussions from the May 2001 conference in Magdeburg, Germany. Papers describe the state-of-the-art in real-time systems. Topics include Java and hardware, dependability, networks and protocols, embedded systems, architecture, real-time object orientation, modeling, scheduling, real-time databases, RT Java, and UML-RT. Panel discussions center on issues like hardware/software codesign, the use of real-time distributed object computing, and real-time standards in COBRA, Java, and UML. Name index only. c. Book News Inc.