During the fourth phase (2012-2014) addressed new topics crucial to the CERN scientific programme, such as cloud computing, business analytics, the next generation of hardware, and security for the myriads of network devices.
For the fourth year, CERN hosted in June the visit of 12 pre-college students who won the CERN Special Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2012. The Intel ISEF is the world's largest international pre-college science competition offering a yearly forum for more than 1,500 high school students from about 70 countries to showcase their independent research tackling challenging scientific questions. The organizer, ‘Society for Science & the Public’, partners with Intel, along with dozens of other corporate, academic, government and science-focused sponsors, to reward the best students, all winners of national competitions.