Oscar Prize to Sara Hamis and Oskar Mossberg
Sara Hamis, researcher in information technology, and Oskar Mossberg, researcher in law, have been awarded this year’s Oskar Prize. Photo Sara Hamis: Beijerstiftelsen. Photo Oskar Mossberg: Private.
Sara Hamis, researcher in information technology, and Oskar Mossberg, researcher in law, have been awarded this year’s Oskar Prize. They will receive the award in connection with the University's anniversary celebrations on 7 October.
Every year, Uppsala University awards the Oscar Prize to promising early-career researchers at Uppsala University. The prize money is SEK 140,000 and can be divided between two prize-winners.
Sara Hamis defended her PhD in mathematics in 2020 and is now an associate senior lecturer at the Department of Information Technology. Her research lies at the interface between mathematical modelling, machine learning and life sciences.
From the award citation: “Sara Hami’s research is in AI/machine learning. She works with the development of methods that can learn from and make predictions based on data. She develops mathematical and statistical computational methods for inference in biology – methods for making predications about biological systems based on data where some information is missing. In her research, she focuses on quantifying dynamic processes in cancer. Thanks to her scientific publications, competitive research funding and interdisciplinary collaborations, she has developed an independent research profile and established a growing research group at Uppsala University.”
Oskar Mossberg defended his PhD in law in 2020 and is now a senior lecturer and docent at the Department of Law. In his research, he shows an openness to other disciplines, including rhetoric and history.
From the award citation: “Oskar Mossberg is an innovative and productive author in legal scholarship. His analysis of the normative range of the contract constitutes a significant contribution to basic research and with his method, influenced by rhetoric, he has successfully addressed a number of other difficult questions. His research is both theoretically grounded and historically anchored. Through collaboration across disciplinary boundaries and with his focus on sustainability questions, he demonstrates what modern legal scholarship can achieve."
Anders Berndt
Oscar Prize
Every year, Uppsala University awards the Oscar Prize to younger researchers at Uppsala University “whose scholarly writing is the most deserving and offers the greatest promise of continued scholarly authorship at the University”.
The prize sum of SEK 140 000 is the yield on Oscar II’s jubilee donation from 1877 and can be shared between two equally deserving researchers.
The recipients are identified by the University Board, based on proposals from a committee consisting of the faculty deans.