Digital Systems Design focuses on the design and implementation of digital electronic circuits. These kinds of circuits are used in many of the devices we use day to day such as notebook computers, cellphones, automobiles with electronic engine controls, and fly-by-wire aircraft. The professionals who design these circuits and chips need tools, methods and procedures for ensuring the designs are correct, reliable, and meet performance requirements.

Research topics pursued by members of the Digital Systems Design Research Group include: design for testability; hardware/software co-design; decision diagrams; multiple-valued logic; distributed Java; pseudo-random patterns; cellular automata; and multimedia as applied to the development of educational tools.