<s>
Shape	B-Application
Modeling	I-Application
International	I-Application
(	O
SMI	O
)	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
International	O
Conference	O
on	O
Shape	O
Modeling	O
and	O
Applications	O
is	O
an	O
annual	O
symposium	O
whose	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
dissemination	O
of	O
new	O
mathematical	O
theories	O
and	O
novel	O
computational	O
techniques	O
for	O
modeling	O
,	O
simulating	O
,	O
and	O
processing	O
digital	B-Algorithm
shape	I-Algorithm
representations	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2009	O
,	O
proceedings	O
of	O
SMI	O
are	O
published	O
by	O
Elsevier	O
as	O
a	O
special	O
issue	O
of	O
the	O
Computers	B-Application
&	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
journal	I-Application
.	O
</s>
