CECAM-IT-SIMUL is one of the Italian Nodes of CECAM - Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire.

On January 1, 2017, the CECAM-IT-SIMUL node was established by an agreement with a Consortium of Italian Institutions that has grown over time and, as of today, comprises ten members: i) Polytechnic University of Milan, ii) Polytechnic University of Turin, iii) University of Rome Tor Vergata, iv) University of L’Aquila, v) Sapienza University of Rome, vi) Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), vii) University of Calabria, viii) University of Pavia, ix) University of Bologna and Cineca and x) University of Naples Federico II.

The CECAM-IT-SIMUL is currently directed by Dr. Marco De Vivo at IIT.

The CECAM-IT-SIMUL strives to strengthen and extend its network on the Italian territory, with the mission to promote fundamental research on advanced computational methods and their application to essential problems in frontier areas of science and technology.