Rust is RAD and this is why

As a scientist and a writer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, we joined forces to create ACORN, Accessible Content Optimization for Research Needs, a command line multitool built in Rust to create analysis-ready research activity data. ACORN employs a set of automated processes for informing and/or enforcing defined content schemas to create standardized research activity data (RAD). Our goal is to use ACORN to help answer the question, "What science are we doing at ORNL?"

In this session, we will discuss how Rust has enabled us to create a portable command line application to structure and standardize RAD. Doing this creates analysis-ready data intended to be used for knowledge graphs, scientific querying, and streamlining activities at a federally funded research and development center.