Sofiya Ostrovska (born 1958) is a Ukrainian mathematician interested in

probability theory Probability theory is the branch of mathematics concerned with probability. Although there are several different probability interpretations, probability theory treats the concept in a rigorous mathematical manner by expressing it through a set o ...

and

approximation theory In mathematics, approximation theory is concerned with how function (mathematics), functions can best be approximation, approximated with simpler functions, and with quantitative property, quantitatively characterization (mathematics), characteri ...

, and known for her research on q-Bernstein polynomials, the

q-analog In mathematics, a ''q''-analog of a theorem, identity or expression is a generalization involving a new parameter ''q'' that returns the original theorem, identity or expression in the limit as . Typically, mathematicians are interested in ''q''- ...

s of the

Bernstein polynomial In the mathematical field of numerical analysis, a Bernstein polynomial is a polynomial that is a linear combination of Bernstein basis polynomials. The idea is named after Sergei Natanovich Bernstein. A numerically stable way to evaluate polyn ...

s. She has also published works in

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

concerning

software engineering Software engineering is a systematic engineering approach to software development. A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to design, develop, maintain, test, and evaluate computer software. The term '' ...

. She is a professor of mathematics at

Atılım University Atılım University (In Turkish: ''Atılım Üniversitesi'') is a highly respected private university, created in 1997. It is located in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. The language of instruction for most courses is English. Education programs ...

in Turkey.

Early life and education

Ostrovska was born on 26 September 1958 in

Sloviansk Sloviansk ( uk, Слов'янськ, Sloviansk ; russian: Славянск, Slavyansk or ; prior to 1784 – Tor) is a city in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk region of Ukraine, the administrative center of the Slovyansk urban commun ...

, then part of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. Her parents, Larisa Semenovna Kudina and Iossif Ostrovskii, were both mathematicians, and her younger brother Mikhail Ostrovskii, became a mathematics professor at

St. John's University (New York City) St. John's University is a private Roman Catholic university in Queens, New York City. It was founded in 1870 by the Congregation of the Mission (C.M., the Vincentian Fathers) with a mission to provide the youth of New York with a Catholic uni ...

. She studied mathematics at Kharkov State University (renamed as the

National University of Kharkiv The Kharkiv University or Karazin University ( uk, Каразінський університет), or officially V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University ( uk, Харківський національний університет імені ...

in 1999), earning a bachelor's degree in 1977 and master's degree in 1980. She completed her Ph.D. in 1989 at Kyiv State University, again later renamed as the

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

Career

From 1984 to 1993 she was an assistant professor at the

Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute The National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (NTU "KhPI") ( uk, Національний технічний університет "Харківський політехнічний інститут"), in the city of Kha ...

, and from 1993 to 1995 she was an associate professor at Kharkov State University. In 1995 she moved to the H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University and in 1996 she relocated to Turkey, initially as an associate professor at

Dokuz Eylül University Dokuz Eylül University ( tr, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi) (DEÜ) is a university in İzmir, Turkey. It was founded in 1982 and is organized in 15 faculties. DEU is the first university which applied the problem-based learning method in Turkey, ...

İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

. She became a full professor at the

İzmir Institute of Technology İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

in 2000, and took her present position at Atılım University in 2001.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ostrovska, Sofiya 1958 births Living people Ukrainian women mathematicians 21st-century Ukrainian mathematicians 20th-century Ukrainian mathematicians National University of Kharkiv alumni Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni Academic staff of Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute Academic staff of the National University of Kharkiv Academic staff of Dokuz Eylül University Academic staff of the İzmir Institute of Technology