Simulation Open Framework Architecture (SOFA)[1] is an open source framework primarily targeted at real-time physical simulation, with an emphasis on medical simulation.

It is mostly intended for the research community to help develop newer algorithms, but can also be used as an efficient prototyping tool or as a physics engine.

Based on an advanced software architecture, SOFA allows users to:[2] A key aspect of SOFA is the use of a scene graph to organize and process the elements of a simulation while clearly separating the computation tasks from their possibly parallel scheduling.

The description of a SOFA simulation can easily be done in an XML file.

This event is open to everyone interested in SOFA, from beginner to advanced users.