Biography
Rafail “Rafi” Ostrovsky is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at UCLA; Fellow of IEEE; Fellow of IACR; and a foreign member of Academia Europaea, with over 300 refereed publications and 14 issued US patents. Prof. Ostrovsky joined UCLA in 2003 as a full tenured professor, coming from Bell Communications Research where he was a Senior Research Scientist. Dr. Ostrovsky received his Ph.D. in computer science from MIT in 1992. He is the recipient of multiple awards and honors including the 2017 IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award and the 2018 RSA Conference Excellence in the Field of Mathematics Award. Rafail “Rafi” Ostrovsky is a Norman E. Friedman Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at UCLA; Fellow of AAAS, ACM, IEEE,; Fellow of IACR; and a foreign member of Academia Europaea, with over 300 330 refereed publications and 14 15 issued US patents. Prof. Ostrovsky joined UCLA in 2003 as a full tenured professor, coming from Bell Communications Research where he was a Senior Research Scientist.