The 41 papers selected for the May 2008 symposium explore service-oriented architectures and model-driven development, security for real-time distributed systems, reliability issues in online gaming, real-time Java, real-time system scheduling, time-triggered architectures, software for real-time systems, and flash storage technology. Topics include fault tolerance in universal middleware bridge networks, dynamic reconfiguration of distributed component-based applications, worst-case execution time analysis, adaptive fuzzy control for utilization management, coordination of rescue robots for disaster exploration, and dynamic replication strategies in data service grids. No subject index is provided. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)