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

probability theory Probability theory or probability calculus 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 expre ...

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 mathematics, mathematical field of numerical analysis, a Bernstein polynomial is a polynomial expressed as a linear combination of #Bernstein basis polynomials, Bernstein basis polynomials. The idea is named after mathematician Sergei Nata ...

s. She has also published works in

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

concerning

software engineering Software engineering is a branch of both computer science and engineering focused on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining Application software, software applications. It involves applying engineering design process, engineering principl ...

. She is a professor of mathematics at

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

in Turkey.

Early life and education

Ostrovska was born on 26 September 1958 in

Sloviansk Sloviansk is a city in Donetsk Oblast, northern part of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. The city was known as ''Tor'' until 1784. While it did not actually belong to the raion itself, Sloviansk served as the administrative center of the S ...

, then part of the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

. 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 Catholic university in Queens, New York City, United States. 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 Ca ...

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

National University of Kharkiv The V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (), also known as Kharkiv National University or Karazin University, is a public university in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It was founded in 1804 through the efforts of Vasily Karazin, becoming the second old ...

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 The Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (; also known as Kyiv University, Shevchenko University, or KNU) is a public university in Kyiv, Ukraine. The university is the third-oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv and ...

Career

From 1984 to 1993 she was an assistant professor at the

Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute The Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute ( KhPI, full official title National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute", , НТУ "ХПІ") is a public technical university in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Founded in 1885, it is the second-oldest ...

, 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 () (DEÜ) is a Public university, public research university in İzmir, Turkey. Founded in 1982, it is organized into 18 faculties. It holds the distinction of being the first university in Turkey to implement the probl ...

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

. She became a full professor at the

İzmir Institute of Technology İzmir Institute of Technology (, commonly referred to as IZTECH) is a public research university in İzmir, Turkey. The university places a strong emphasis on the natural sciences and engineering Engineering is the practice of using ...

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