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

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].

Some of Ostrovsky's contributions to computer science include: