Regular biography
Rafail Ostrovsky is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles, within the Samueli School of Engineering. He holds the Norman E. Friedmann Chair in Knowledge Sciences. His research interests include theory of computation, cryptography and security, distributed algorithms, and cybersecurity. He has authored over 350 refereed publications and holds 15 issued USPTO patents. Ostrovsky has served on numerous international conference program committees and currently serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals. He has received numerous awards, including the IEEE Computer Society Wallace McDowell Award and the RSA Excellence in Mathematics Award.
Scholar-generated biography
Rafail Ostrovsky is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, specializing in Theoretical Computer Science, Cryptography, Computer Security, Secure Computation, and Complexity Theory. His research focuses on developing cryptographic protocols for secure data storage and retrieval, including searchable encryption, private information retrieval, and deniable encryption. He has also contributed to secure multi-party computation, zero-knowledge proofs, and password-authenticated key exchange. His work addresses challenges in protecting data integrity and confidentiality in distributed systems, with applications in secure computation and information privacy. Ostrovsky's research emphasizes the design of efficient and secure cryptographic mechanisms for real-world scenarios.