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Gigabytes per second of DNA: using Rust for matching genomic motifs

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Martin Larralde -- In a classic case of “Rewrite It In Rust”, implementing a novel algorithm for identifying binding sites in DNA led to a 100x improvement in speed. This talk emphasizes on what made it easier with Rust compared to C & C++, which are still in use predominantly in high-performance bioinformatics.

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