Rafail Ostrovsky is a distinguished professor of computer science and mathematics at UCLA and a well-known researcher in algorithms and cryptography.

Rafail Ostrovsky
Born1963 (age 60–61)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMIT
Scientific career
FieldsAlgorithms and cryptography
InstitutionsUCLA
ThesisSoftware Protection and Simulation on Oblivious RAMs (1992)
Doctoral advisorSilvio Micali
Doctoral students
Websitewww.cs.ucla.edu/~rafail/

Biography

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Rafail Ostrovsky received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1992.

He is a member of the editorial board of Algorithmica [1], Editorial Board of Journal of Cryptology [2] and Editorial and Advisory Board of the International Journal of Information and Computer Security [3].

Awards

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  • 2022 W. Wallace McDowell Award[1] "for visionary contributions to computer security theory and practice, including foreseeing new cloud vulnerabilities and then pioneering corresponding novel solutions"
  • 2021 AAAS Fellow[2]
  • 2021 Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery[3] "for contributions to the foundations of cryptography"
  • 2019 Academia Europaea Foreign Member [4]
  • 2018 RSA Award for Excellence in Mathematics "for contributions to the theory and to new variants of secure multi-party computations"
  • 2017 IEEE Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award [5] "for outstanding contributions to cryptographic protocols and systems, enhancing the scope of cryptographic applications and of assured cryptographic security."
  • 2017 IEEE Fellow,[6] "for contributions to cryptography”
  • 2013 IACR Fellow "for numerous contributions to the scientific foundations of cryptography and for sustained educational leadership in cryptography" [7]
  • 1993 Henry Taub Prize

Publications

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Some of Ostrovsky's contributions to computer science include:

References

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  1. ^ W. Wallace McDowell Award, IEEE
  2. ^ 2021 AAAS FELLOWS APPROVED BY THE AAAS COUNCIL, aaas.org
  3. ^ ACM Names 71 Fellows for Computing Advances that are Driving Innovation, ACM, January 19, 2022
  4. ^ The Academy of Europe
  5. ^ IEEE Technical Achievement Award, IEEE
  6. ^ IEEE Fellows Directory, IEEE
  7. ^ IACR Fellows, IACR
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