The SOFA Week is designed to gather the entire SOFA community, to present technological and scientific advances, while fostering the networking within the community. Already two successful editions in 2018, 2019 and 2020, get ready for 2021!
Save the date: 22-26th November — a 2021 edition 100% online!
Open Registration
18th Nov 2021: Training session
To start the SOFA week, a training session will take place to provide new users (and any interested participant) an efficient introduction to SOFA. The training focuses on the SOFA main principles, the community, theoretical backgrounds on physics simulation, hands-on user and developer tutorials.
22nd Nov 2021: DRIVEN workshop (free – satellite event)
Opening the week on the Monday 22nd, an open workshop is organized by the DRIVEN project and proposed as a satellite event. Funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme for research and innovation, the DRIVEN project focuses on data-driven simulation.
23rd Nov 2021: International SOFA Symposium (free)
The symposium focuses on research and scientific achievements based on SOFA. This symposium allows international researchers from the SOFA community to present their scientific work, their plugins and propose live demonstrations. It is also the annual meeting where companies using SOFA can demonstrate their latest products. Finally, it is the opportunity to meet the community and create strong collaborations.
24-26th Nov 2021: Technical committee (free)
This committee focuses on technical discussions on current and future developments in SOFA. With developers of the community and SOFA Technical Members, the technical roadmap for the next release is jointly designed. It is also a unique opportunity to meet the developer community and code all together.
Day: 18th November 2021
Location: Online
Level: Beginner – Medium (max 8 participants)
Registration costs
- early bird: 500€ excl.tax. (before the 15th October 2021)
- regular fare: 650€ excl. tax.
This training session aims at providing a wide introduction to SOFA and its community while ensuring the mathematical, physical and computer science backgrounds in order to start in the best conditions with SOFA.
Agenda
| Time (CET) | Training steps |
|---|---|
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Overview of SOFA and its community |
| 10:00 am -10:30 am | Coffee – for a good start! |
| 10:30 am – 11 am | Examples of applications with SOFA |
| 11:00 am – noon | User Tutorial (part 1) |
| noon – 1:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm – 3 pm | User Tutorial (part 2) |
| 3 pm – 4 pm | Understand physics with SOFA: from the math to the code |
| 4 pm – 4:15 pm | Coffee break |
| 4:15 pm – 5:00 pm | Developer Tutorial: start your own plugin |
Day: 22nd November 2021
Location: Online
For the first time, the SOFA Week 2021 includes a satellite event: a workshop organized by the EU project: DRIVEN. The overall aim of the DRIVEN project is to boost the scientific excellence and innovation capacity in data-driven simulation. Three topics are addressed by the different partners:
- Mathematical foundations for data-driven simulations (University of Luxembourg and University of Texas Austin)
- Data-driven simulations for computer-assisted therapy (University of Luxembourg and Inria)
- Data-driven simulations for functional composite materials (University of Luxembourg and University of Limerick)
Speakers
| Time (CET) | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 2:00 pm | Welcome address & introduction to the online workshop | Stéphane Bordas |
| 2:10 pm | Setting the scene for biomechanics | Yohan Payan |
| 2:40 pm | Real-time deformations using physics-aware artificial neural network | Alban Odot |
| 3:10 pm | ||
| 3:30 pm | Finite Element modelling, tissue characterization and inverse Methods to understand the pathways of skin integrity | Pierre-Yves Rohan |
| 4:00 pm | Modeling, control and applications of soft robots | Olivier Goury |
| 4:30 pm | Explaining how programmable matter can help mimic life | Jakub Lengiewicz |
| 5:00 pm | Concluding words | Stéphane Bordas |
Day: 23rd November 2021
Location: Online
Researchers and companies from the SOFA community join the Symposium in order to share ideas, experiences and to present their on-going research or products based on SOFA. Several sessions of presentations will be organized regarding various simulation topics and application fields. Booths will also be made available for technology demonstrations. This international event is an exciting opportunity, fostering discussions and new collaborations!
Program (following the Central European Time)
| 9:00 am | Online welcoming | ||
| 9:15 am | Introduction: SOFA Week 2021 | ||
| 9:30 am | Modeling and control of self-healing soft robots with SOFA | Ferrentino, Pasquale | |
| 9:45 am | Modeling of soft jointed miniaturized robot forhigh speed micromanipulation | Leveziel, Maxence | |
| 10:00 am | Parallel continuum robots modeling using SOFA’s SoftRobots plugin | Mauzé, Benjamin | |
| 10:15 am | Evolving soft-robots with realistic fluidic actuators using CPPN-NEAT in SOFA | Pienaar, Michael | |
| 10:30 am | |||
for simulation |
10:50 am | Implementation of a new linear solver using left-looking Cholesky decomposition | Pinçon, Philippe |
| 11:05 am | FeniCSX: approach for automatic differentiation for hyperelastic simulations | Mazier, Arnaud | |
| 11:20 am | Isolating mechanical DOFs: fast computation of compliance matrix in contact simulations | Zeng, Ziqiu | |
| 11:35 am | An adjoint method for surface matching with SofaPython3 | Mestdagh, Guillaume | |
| 11:50 am | |||
| 12:10 am | |||
| 1:15 pm | SOFA international community & presentation of the SOFA Awards | ||
| 1:30 pm | Model-based sensing for the implementation of a smart prostate phantom | Escaida N., Stefan | |
| 1:45 pm | Human machine interface for robot-assisted intraluminal procedures | Finocchiaro, Martina | |
| 2:00 pm | A framework for autonomous surgery: the role of simulation | Tagliabue, Eleonora | |
| 2:15 pm | Plastic Cosserat beam model and applications | Krewcun, Camille | |
| 2:30 pm | |||
haptics, AR & VR |
2:50 pm | InfinyTech3D: haptics and cutting, new SOFA plugins release | Pernod, Erik |
| 3:05 pm | A visuo-haptic simulator for surgical training | Ricci, Serena | |
| 3:20 pm | A 4-dof input device (for interactive training with SOFA) that you already own | Peters, Jorg | |
| 3:35 pm | Microsurgery simulator of a cerebral aneurysm clipping with interactive deformation in a mixed-reality environment | Civilla, Lorenzo | |
| 3:50 pm | |||
training & planning |
4:10 pm | A novel VR platofrm for outpatient hysteroscopy training | Poliakov, Vladimir |
| 4:25 pm | A tumor growth simulation and an open-source viewing tool for SOFA | Somers, Peter | |
| 4:40 pm | A hybrid method for fast realistic soft tissue modeling | Bounik, Zahra | |
| 4:55 pm | |||
| 5:15 pm | Award Ceremony 2021 | ||
| 5:30 pm | Futures developments in SOFA: introduction of the STC#12 | ||
| Closing of the Symposium | |||
2019 edition
2018 edition
Day: 24-26th, November 2021
Location: Online
Level: Medium – Advanced
The week will close with the 12th SOFA Technical Committee. This technical committee governs and takes all technical decisions for the roadmap towards upcoming releases. It is open and free to all!
Program
| Day 1 (CET) | Wednesday 24th November |
|---|---|
| 9:00 am | Online welcoming |
| 9:10 am – 9:30 am | STC#12 opening & Consortium news |
| 9:30 am – 11:30 am |
Roundtable Share your latest activity around SOFA (past and future). |
| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm |
v21.12 roadmap contributions Review together v21.12 progress. |
| 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm |
Select potential projects for v22.06 roadmap Select projects that satisfy the roadmap entry criterias. |
| 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm |
Define 6-month objectives for each potential project List ~5 objectives per project for the next in 6 months. |
| 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm |
Review objectives to finalize v22.06 roadmap For each project, are we satisfied with the objectives? If yes, the project is added to v22.06 roadmap. |
| Day 2 (CET) | Thursday 25th November |
|---|---|
| 9:15 am – 5:00 pm |
Technical discussions and coding sprint See final agenda and sprint tasks. |
| Day 3 (CET) | Friday 26th November |
|---|---|
| 9:15 am – 4:00 pm |
Technical discussions and coding sprint See final agenda and sprint tasks. |
This year again, the SOFA consortium has the pleasure to organize the Open-Source SOFA Awards!
All contributions are eligible for application: it can be an open-source plugin, a pull-request on GitHub, a video, a tutorial or documentation pages! Two award categories are open for competition:
| Organizers’ Prize Prize: 600€ |
Public Prize Prize: 400€ |
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Candidates
| QSofaGLViewTools | Somers, Peter | This repository provides very easy to use pyqt widgets for viewing Sofa cameras in python3 and makes it easy for users to build their own python-based simulations and have full control over the simulation environment. Features are still being added and examples are included to show usage. |
| Force field for Reissner-Mindlin flat element | Nguyen Huu, Nhan | This force field component is particular for bending quad-element (5 DoF for each node) which is not available in SOFA. Although, at this moment, it is assume that 2 degrees of freedom related to rotational displacements of a node in x and y-axis (z is the normal axis of the element) are ignored for the purpose of my research. However, in the near future, I would definitely complete it. I hope that this component will be useful for users who want to simplify your model from 3D element to 2D for fast computation, especially for soft robot simulations. |
| SofaBenchmark | Bilger, Alexandre | A Sofa application to benchmark Sofa code using google benchmark. It allows to measure the duration of the execution of simple code snippets, similar to unit tests. The code is executed multiple times until having a statistically stable result. The project was already used to compare different implementations of the same algorithm in order to choose the fastest one. |
| SofaCaribou | Brunet, Jean-Nicolas | The SofaCaribou plugin brings advanced numerical tools to SOFA. Its modern C++ design is based on compile-time polymorphism using comprehensible template metaprogramming. It also mixes high performance with high generecity: most components are completely independent from the element type (triangle, quad, tetrahedron, hexahedron, etc.). It therefore allows the developer of a component to focus on the algorithm itself and delegate to the compiler the generation of any element specific implementation. Moreover, most components are accompanied by their respective python bindings. This plugin is therefore fully on pair with the SofaPython3 plugin.
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Awards committee
- Nazim Haouchine – SPL Harvard Medical School
- Francois Jourdes – InSimo
- Damien Marchal – CNRS
- Frederick Roy – Inria
Previous winners
| Organizers’ Prize | Public Prize |
|---|---|
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Industry
| Allard, Jérémie | CTO – InSimo, France | Medical simulation |
| Behnam, Binesh | Technical manager – Simedix, Iran | Medical simulation |
| Bianco, Rohan-Jean | Co-Founder – Philomec Inc., France | Mechanical simulation |
| Brunet, Jean-Nicolas | Engineer – Opal-RT, Canada | Mechanical simulation |
| Coevoet, Eulalie | Freelance, France | Soft-robotics |
| Dejean, Lub | Managing partner – TranscendanceVC, Singapore | Investment VC |
| Duncan, Chris | CEO – Sonovance, USA | Simulation, VR/AR |
| Fougères, Daniel | Consultant – Association MICADO, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Faisal, Mahir | Engineer – RRAD, Bangladesh | VR simulation |
| Gasparini, Cesar | Engineer – VirtualiSurg, Franc | VR |
| Hajdinjak, Mladen | Engineer – HAJ-KOM d.o.o., Croatia | Radio technology |
| Hamze, Noura | Research Scientist – MED-EL, Swiss | Medical devices |
| Jourdes, François | Research lead – InSimo, France | Medical simulation |
| Lete, Edouard | Engineer – Siemens Digital Industries, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Nikolaev, Sergei | Engineer – Freelancer, France | Data assimilation |
| Olsson, Fredrik | CEO – Follou, Sweden | Haptic interfaces |
| Péan, Fabien | Freelance, France | Biomechanics |
| Pernod, Erik | CEO – InfinyTech3D, France | VR, Physics simulation |
| Pinçon, Philippe | Engineer – InSimo, France | Medical simulation |
| Pradhan, Simit | Engineer – Siemens Technology, India | Soft-robotics |
| Schegg, Pierre | PhD Student – Robocath, France | Soft-robotics RL |
| Strunz, Martin | Freelancer | Image Processing |
| Tournier, Maxime | Dev leader – Anatoscope, France | Patient-specific anatomy |
| Yu, Yang | Engineer – QingDao Mimesis Science, China | Biomechanical simulation |
Research
| Adagolodjo, Yinoussa | Postdoc – Inria Lille, France | Soft-robotics |
| Al-Zogbi, Lydia | PhD Student – Johns Hopkins University, USA | Medical Robotics |
| Albanesi, Alessandro | MSc Student – TPStrasbourg, France | Medical simulation |
| Albor, Efraín | PhD Student – ICAT – UNAM, Mexico | Biomechanical simulation |
| Alkhodary, Abdelrahman | PhD Student – Bahcesehir University, Turkey | Soft-robotics |
| Alshawabkeh, Moham. | Researcher – CUAS, Austria | Soft-robotics |
| Arikan, Kaan | PhD Student – University of Western Ontario, Canada | Biomechanics |
| Awada, Zeinab | PhD Student – LIRMM, France | Soft-robotics |
| Ayed, Anass | PhD Student – HITSS, Tunisia | Biomechanical simulation |
| Baird, Austin | Researcher – Uni Washington, USA | Biomechanical simulations |
| Baksic, Paul | PhD Student – University of Strasbourg, France | Medical robotics |
| Bessard, Rémi | Engineer – Inria Strasbourg, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Bilger, Alexandre | Engineer – Inria Lille, France | Soft-robotics |
| Bounik, Zahra | PhD Student – Sahand Univ. of Technology, Iran | Medical simulation |
| Chen, Xu | PhD Student – Imperial College London, UK | Soft-robotics |
| Basavasagar, K Patil | Undergraduate Student – RVCE, India | Soft-robotics |
| Ben Ahmed, Sabrina | Medical doctor – ESME, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Choe, Jaehun | PhD Student – MIT, USA | Robotics |
| Civilla, Lorenzo | Master Student – Politecnico di Milano, Italy | Biomechanical simulation |
| Courtecuisse, Hadrien | Researcher – ICube CNRS, France | Simulation, robotics |
| Crespel, Octave | MSc. Student – École Polytechnique, France | Soft-robotics |
| Dall’Alba, Diego | Researcher – University Verona, Italy | Robotics |
| Davila, Mariel | PhD Student – UAEM, Mexico | Soft-robotics |
| De I. Reyzabal, Mikel | PhD Student – King’s College London, UK | Soft-robotics |
| Dehaybe, Louis | PhD Student – University of Liège, Belgium | Robotics |
| Delmonte, Alessandro | Engineer – Necker Hospital, France | AI |
| Dequidt, Jeremie | Researcher – Inria Lille, France | Simulation robotics |
| Desrues, Gaetan | PhD Student – Inria Sophia-Antipolis, France | Cardiac simulation |
| Djoumessi, R.Thierry | PhD Student – Université de Dschang, Cameroon | Cardiac simulation |
| Duanmu, Sam | PhD student – University of Auckland, Australia | Mechatronics |
| Ducrocq, Julien | PhD Student – UPJV, France | Soft-robotics |
| Duprez, Michel | Researcher – Inria Strasbourg, France | Applied mathematics |
| Duriez, Christian | Research Director – Inria Lille, France | Soft-robotics |
| El Jjouaoui, Hamza | Engineer – LIRMM, France | Soft-robotics |
| El Hadramy, Sidaty | PhD Student – Inria Strasbourg, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Enjalbert, Robin | Engineer – Inria Strasbourg, France | Python, IA |
| Ergun, Serkan | PhD Student – University of Klagenfurt, Germany | Sensors, robotics |
| Escaida N., Stefan | PostDoc – Inria Lille, France | Soft-robotics, Sensing |
| Eyberg, Christoph | Researcher – Fraunhofer IPA, Germany | Robotics |
| Ferrentino, Pasquale | PhD Student – Vrije Universiteit of Brussels, Belgium | Soft-robotics |
| Finocchiaro, Martina | PhD Student – UPC, Spain | Biorobotics |
| Fogarollo, Stefano | PhD Student – Innsbruck University, Austria | Soft-robotics |
| Fok, Alex | Researcher – University of Minnesota, USA | Biomechanical simulation |
| Gareta Risangtuni, Ayu | PhD student – IT Bandung, Indonesia | Soft-robotics |
| Gerrlich, Victoria | Researcher – MARUM, Germany | Soft-robotics |
| Goury, Olivier | Researcher – Inria Lille, France | Soft-robotics |
| Grandpierre, Thierry | Researcher – ESIEE, France | AR/VR surgery |
| Ha, Thuc Long | PhD Student – ICube CNRS, France | Robotics |
| Haide, Ludwig | PhD Student – KIT, Germany | Biomechanical simulation |
| Hananel, David | Director – UW CREST, USA | Healthcare simulation |
| Haouas, Wissem | Associate Professor – FEMTO-ST, France | Soft-robotics |
| Haouchine, Nazim | Postdoc – SPL – Harvard Medical School – BWH, USA | Vision, simulation |
| Ho, Van | Researcher – JAIST, Japan | Soft-robotics |
| Hockings, Nick | Researcher – Veterinary Med. Uni. Vienna, Austria | Biomechanical simulation |
| Jackson, Benjamin | PhD Student – King’s College London, UK | Soft-robotics |
| Jiralerspong, Trivoramai | PhD Student – Tsinghua University, China | Soft-robotics |
| Ka, Marine | Researcher – Boston University, USA | Soft-robotics |
| Kanzira, Aine | PhD Student – SJTU, China | Surgical simulation |
| Khan, Zohaib | PostDoc – Centralesupelec, France | Medical simulation |
| Koessler, Adrien | PostDoc – LCFC, France | Robotics |
| Krewcun, Camille | PhD Student – Inria Lille, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Kruszewski, Alexandre | Researcher – Inria Lille, France | Soft-robotics |
| Laurent, Guillaume | Researcher – FEMTO-ST, France | Soft-robotics |
| Lecomte, François | PhD Student – Inria Strasbourg, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Lee, Hyun-Joo | Researcher – Kyungpook University, South Korea | VR/AR |
| Lengiewicz, Jakub | PostDoc – University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Contact mechanics |
| Leveziel, Maxence | PhD Student – FEMTO-ST, France | Soft-robotics |
| Liu, Jun | Researcher – IHPC, A*STAR, Singapore | Soft-robotics |
| Liu, Xiaolong | Researcher – Johns Hopkins University, USA | Soft-robotics |
| Mainardi, Vanessa | PhD Student – University of Pisa, Italy | Biomechanical simulation |
| Marchal, Damien | Lead Engineer – CNRS, France | UI, Python, Robotics |
| Marchal, Maud | Professor – Rennes University, France | Simulation, interaction |
| Martin, Claire | MSc Student – ICube CNRS, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Martinez, Diego | PhD Student – Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico | Soft-robotics |
| Mauze, Benjamin | PostDoc – FEMTO-ST, France | Soft-robotics |
| Mazier, Arnaud | PhD Student – University Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Biomechanical simulation |
| Mendizabal, Andrea | PostDoc – University Verona, Italy | AR, deep learning |
| Mestdagh, Guillaume | PhD Student – Inria Strasbourg, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Milojevic, Andrija | PostDoc – University of Oslo, Norway | Soft-robotics |
| Mohammadpour, A. | Bach. Student – University of Kurdistan, Kurdistan | Robotics, IoT |
| Moon, Youngjin | Professor – Asan Medical Center, South Korea | Medical robotics |
| Moussa, Karim | PhD Student – IMT Atlantique, France | Robotics |
| Navez, Tanguy | PhD Student – Inria Lille, France | Soft-robotics |
| Negri, Francesco | MSc. Student – University of Genova, Italy | Soft-robotics |
| Nguyen, Van Pho | PostDoc – JAIST, Japan | Soft-robotics |
| Nguyen Huu, Nhan | PhD Student – JAIST, Japan | Soft-robotics |
| Norouzzadeh, Alireza | Research Director – K.N.Toosi University, Iran | Robotics |
| Odot, Alban | PhD Student – Inria Strasbourg, France | AI, FEM |
| Otti, Manuela | PhD Student – Institut Pascal, France | Soft-robotics |
| Palumbo, Maria Chiara | PhD Student – Politecnico di Milano, Italy | VR/AR, biomechanics |
| Parra R., E. Andres | PhD Student – Uni. Politénica de Madrid, Spain | Soft-robotics |
| Payan, Yohan | Professor – CNRS, France | Biomechanics |
| Peirlinck, Mathias | PostDoc – TU Delft, Netherlands | Cardiac biomechanics |
| Perrusi, Pedro | Engineer – IHU Strasbourg, France | Medical simulation |
| Persad, Umesh | Researcher – UTT, Trinidad and Tobago | Biomechanical simulation |
| Peter, Rebekka | PhD Student – Carl Zeiss AG, Germany | Biomechanical simulation |
| Peters, Jorg | Researcher – University Florida, USA | Surgical simulation |
| Pienaar, Michael | Master Student – Wits University, South Africa | Soft-robotics |
| Poliakov, Vladimir | PhD Student – KU Leuven, Belgium | Surgical simulation |
| Postek, Eligiusz | Researcher – IPPT PAN, Poland | Cell simulation |
| Pozzoli, Alessio | Researcher – Politecnico di Milano, Italy | Biomechanical simulation |
| Pusch, Tim | Researcher – Fraunhofer IPA, Germany | Medical robotics |
| Ricci, Serena | PostDoc – University of Genova, Italy | Medical Training |
| Rodriguez P., J. Jairo | PhD Student – Inria Sophia-Antipolis, France | Cardiac simulation |
| Rogatinsky, Jacob | PhD Student – Boston University, USA | Soft-robotics |
| Ruozzi, Veronica | Master Student – Politecnico di Milano, Italy | Biomechanical simulation |
| Sadati, S.M.Hadi | Researcher – King’s College London, UK | Soft-robotics |
| Saleme, Katerine | PostDoc – University of Luxemburg, Luxemburg | Biomechanical simulation |
| Sainsbury, Benjamin | PhD Student – UOIT, USA | VR |
| Saitta, Simone | PhD Student – Politecnico di Milano, Italy | Biomechanical simulation |
| Santana, Agustin | College Student – IPN, Mexico | Biomechanical simulation |
| Scarponi, Valentina | PhD Student – Inria Strasbourg, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Scheikl, Paul | PhD Student – KIT, Germany | Medical robotics |
| Serrano K., Dante | PhD Student – UNAM, Mexico | Biomechanical simulation |
| Somers, Peter | PhD Student – University of Stuttgart, Germany | Machine learning |
| Tagliabue, Eleonora | PhD Student – University of Verona, Italy | Medical robotics |
| Teixeira, Alexandre | PhD Student – Inria Grenoble, France | Contact simulation |
| Tenenhaus, Nina | MSc Student – Inria Lille, France | Soft-robotics |
| Thieffry, Maxime | PostDoc – IMT Atlantique, France | Robotics |
| Tripathi, Saurabh | PhD Student – IIT Kharagpur, India | Metal additive manufacturing |
| Tymkovych, Maksym | PhD Student – Kharkiv NURE, Ukraine | Robotics |
| Vadrevu, Ananya | PhD Student – Ohio State University, USA | Biomechanical simulation |
| Vanneste, Félix | PhD Student – Inria Lille, France | Soft-robotics |
| Vassena, Paolo | Master Student – Politecnico di Milano, Italy | Biomechanical simulation |
| Wandel, Krispin | Student & Founder – ETH Zurich, Swiss | Computer Sciences |
| Young, Charles | Researcher – Nanchang University, China | VR/AR |
| Zara, Florence | Professor – Université Lyon / LIRIS, France | Biomechanical simulation |
| Zeng, Taiping | Researcher – University of Tokyo, Japan | Soft-robotics |
| Zeng, Ziqiu | PhD Student – ICube CNRS, France | Numerical methods |
| Zhang, Jinao | Researcher – Monash University, Australia | Biomechanical simulation |
| Zotto, Nicola | PhD Student – Inria Strasbourg, France | Biomechanics, IA |
Consortium staff
| Paran, Guillaume | Engineer – SOFA Consortium, France | Architecture, DevOps |
| Roy, Frederick | Engineer – SOFA Consortium, France | Visualization, achitecture |
| Talbot, Hugo | Engineer – SOFA Consortium, France | Community, Biomechanics |
