<s>
Simulation	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Framework	I-Application
Architecture	I-Application
(	O
SOFA	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
framework	B-Architecture
primarily	O
targeted	O
at	O
real-time	O
physical	B-Algorithm
simulation	I-Algorithm
,	O
with	O
an	O
emphasis	O
on	O
medical	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
an	O
advanced	O
software	O
architecture	O
,	O
SOFA	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
key	O
aspect	O
of	O
SOFA	B-Application
is	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
scene	B-Data_Structure
graph	I-Data_Structure
to	O
organize	O
and	O
process	O
the	O
elements	O
of	O
a	O
simulation	O
while	O
clearly	O
separating	O
the	O
computation	O
tasks	O
from	O
their	O
possibly	O
parallel	O
scheduling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
description	O
of	O
a	O
SOFA	B-Application
simulation	O
can	O
easily	O
be	O
done	O
in	O
an	O
XML	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
even	O
more	O
flexibility	O
,	O
a	O
Python	B-Language
plugin	O
allows	O
scripting	O
simulations	O
using	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Basically	O
,	O
a	O
SOFA	B-Application
scene-graph	B-Data_Structure
is	O
composed	O
with	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
extend	O
its	O
capacities	O
and	O
provide	O
more	O
features	O
,	O
SOFA	B-Application
is	O
bundled	O
with	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
plugins	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Organized	O
each	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
SOFA	B-Application
Day	O
is	O
a	O
one-day	O
event	O
dedicated	O
to	O
SOFA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
event	O
is	O
open	O
to	O
everyone	O
interested	O
in	O
SOFA	B-Application
,	O
from	O
beginner	O
to	O
advanced	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
contains	O
an	O
introduction	O
to	O
SOFA	B-Application
,	O
several	O
tutorials	O
(	O
adapted	O
to	O
the	O
audience	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
large	O
time	O
to	O
experience	O
SOFA	B-Application
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
the	O
instructors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exactly	O
ten	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
first	O
commit	O
in	O
SOFA	B-Application
,	O
Inria	O
founded	O
the	O
SOFA	B-Application
Consortium	O
in	O
December	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
