Scope of the Conference: The Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS) provides a forum for the presentation of high-quality, original research covering all aspects of real-time systems design, analysis, implementation, evaluation, and case-studies. RTSS'05 continues the trend of making RTSS an expansive and inclusive symposium, looking to embrace new and emerging areas of real-time systems research.

RTSS'05 welcomes the submission of mature papers in several areas of real-time computing, including but not limited to scheduling; databases; observability; composability; security for RTSS; tools and reduction to practice; control and adaptive RT systems theory; testing and debugging; modeling; formal methods; communications (wireless, wireline, and sensor networks); power, thermal, and energy management; embedded systems; sensor and implantable devices; robustness; fault tolerance and robustness; intelligent behavior; time-sensitive robotics; emergency/disaster management; embedded real-time systems and infrastructures; QoS support; real-time systems middleware.

In addition to the main real-time track, this year we will continue with the successful format of previous years with three specialized tracks:

* Real-Time Middleware and Software Engineering
* Hardware/Software Co-design
* Real-Time Communication and Sensor Networks

Although authors will choose which tracks to submit papers to, a paper may be re-directed to the more appropriate track.

News: (Feb 12) MaRTian Task winners!   (Nov 29) MaRTian Task race invitation   (Nov 16) Information on UPPAAL Tutorial   (Oct 28) Hurricane Wilma will have * no effect * on the upcoming RTSS conference in Miami, Florida.  The hotel where RTSS will be held has sustained only slight damage, damage to the city itself was minimal, and the airport is again operating at full capacity. (Sep 14) Registration page now available.