Wednesday, November 17, 2010
4:00 PM -
5:00 PM
Annenberg 105
Computing + Mathematical Sciences Lecture
Position-Based Cryptography: Classical and Quantum
Rafail Ostrovsky,
professor of computer science and mathematics,
Center for Information and Computation Security,
UCLA,
Speaker's Bio:
Rafail Ostrovsky is a Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at UCLA. Prof. Ostrovsky came to UCLA in 2003 from Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) where he was a Senior Research Scientist. Prior to beginning his career at Bellcore, he was an NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley. Dr. Ostrovsky received his Ph.D. in computer science from MIT in 1992, in the Theory of Computation Group (advisor: Silvio Micali, thesis: Software Protection), supported by IBM Graduate Fellowship. Prof. Ostrovsky's research centers on various issues in theoretical computer science, including cryptography, network algorithms, and high-dimensional search problems. He has 8 U.S. patents issued and over 160 papers published in refereed journals and conferences. Ostrovsky is PC chair of FOCS 2011. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Algorithmica; and the Editorial Board of Journal of Cryptology; he serves on the Editorial and Advisory Board of the International Journal of Information and Computer Security and is a member of the steering committee of the international symposium of Security in Communication Networks (SCN). Dr. Ostrovsky was invited to be the Plenary Speaker at a conference organized by FBI in 2009, and was invited to be the Plenary Keynote Speaker for Public Key Cryptography International Conference in 2007. Dr. Ostrovsky's awards include: the Best Paper Award of the 2008 International Conference on Computing and Combinatorics (COCOON-2008); 2006 and 2005 Xerox Corporate Innovation Faculty Awards; 2006 IBM Faculty Award; 2006 Xerox Corporation Distinguished Lecture Series; 2005 Distinguished Cryptographer of the Year Lecture Series NTT Labs, Japan; OKAWA Foundation 2004 Research Award; three SAIC Awards for the best published work of the year (1999, 2001, 2002) in computer science and mathematics; the 1996 Bellcore Prize for excellence in research; 1993 Henry Taub Prize; and multiple papers solicited to journal special issues dedicated to highest ranked STOC/FOCS articles. At UCLA, Prof. Ostrovsky heads security and cryptography multi-disciplinary Research Center (http://www.cs.ucla.edu/security/) at Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Rafail Ostrovsky is a Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at UCLA. Prof. Ostrovsky came to UCLA in 2003 from Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) where he was a Senior Research Scientist. Prior to beginning his career at Bellcore, he was an NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley. Dr. Ostrovsky received his Ph.D. in computer science from MIT in 1992, in the Theory of Computation Group (advisor: Silvio Micali, thesis: Software Protection), supported by IBM Graduate Fellowship. Prof. Ostrovsky's research centers on various issues in theoretical computer science, including cryptography, network algorithms, and high-dimensional search problems. He has 8 U.S. patents issued and over 160 papers published in refereed journals and conferences. Ostrovsky is PC chair of FOCS 2011. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Algorithmica; and the Editorial Board of Journal of Cryptology; he serves on the Editorial and Advisory Board of the International Journal of Information and Computer Security and is a member of the steering committee of the international symposium of Security in Communication Networks (SCN). Dr. Ostrovsky was invited to be the Plenary Speaker at a conference organized by FBI in 2009, and was invited to be the Plenary Keynote Speaker for Public Key Cryptography International Conference in 2007. Dr. Ostrovsky's awards include: the Best Paper Award of the 2008 International Conference on Computing and Combinatorics (COCOON-2008); 2006 and 2005 Xerox Corporate Innovation Faculty Awards; 2006 IBM Faculty Award; 2006 Xerox Corporation Distinguished Lecture Series; 2005 Distinguished Cryptographer of the Year Lecture Series NTT Labs, Japan; OKAWA Foundation 2004 Research Award; three SAIC Awards for the best published work of the year (1999, 2001, 2002) in computer science and mathematics; the 1996 Bellcore Prize for excellence in research; 1993 Henry Taub Prize; and multiple papers solicited to journal special issues dedicated to highest ranked STOC/FOCS articles. At UCLA, Prof. Ostrovsky heads security and cryptography multi-disciplinary Research Center (http://www.cs.ucla.edu/security/) at Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
"Position-Based Cryptography: Classical and Quantum," Rafail Ostrovsky, professor of computer science and mathematics, Center for Information and Computation Security, UCLA.
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