It contains a collection of articles reflecting the state-of-the-art in the area of real-time systems. The topics included span over automotive software and electronics, software timing analysis, models for real-time systems, compilation of real-time programs, real-time microkernels and cyber-physical systems. It is intended to serve as a reference book for graduate-level courses. It will also be helpful to both researchers in the academia, as well as to practitioners from the industry.