Scientific Computing in Rust Monthly #9

Welcome to this month's issue of Scientific Computing in Rust Monthly.

It's the week of this year's workshop! It's taking place from 13:00 to 17:00 BST (UTC+1) on Wednesday to Friday. If you've not registered to attend yet, head over to scientificcomputing.rs/2025/register.

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Crates of the month: Bevy and Burn

Bevy

crates.io ~ docs.rs ~ source

Bevy is a game engine built in Rust. As well as being used to make games, it's being used for scientific simulations and visualisations. Alice Cecile, one of the developers of Bevy will be giving an invited talk at this year's workshop.

Burn

crates.io ~ docs.rs ~ source

Burn is a deep learning framework written in Rust. Nathaniel Simard, one of the developers of Burn will be giving an invited talk at this year's workshop.

New releases

ensemblcov v0.1.0 and vcfilter v0.1.0

ensemblcov and vcfilter are multithreaded tools for handling ensembl and vcf files.

Events

Scientific Computing in Rust, 4-6 June 2025, held virtually

The 2025 edition of the Scientific Computing in Rust virtual workshop will take place on 4-6 June 2025. Sessions will run between 13:00 and 17:00 BST each day. Registration is free and can be done at scientificcomputing.rs/2025/register.

The full timetable for the workshop can be found at scientificcomputing.rs/2025/timetable.