Vladimir Pilyushin: The jewelry market is not stand-alone and moves by the same laws as other markets

Vladimir Pilyushin is editor-in-chief of Russian Jeweler, a leading magazine about the jewelry industry in Russia. He told Rough&Polished about his view on the evolution of the jewelry industry in Russia and touched upon some of its problems.

16 september 2024

Sarine’s David Block: Diamond Industry at Standstill Until Chinese Demand Returns

David Block is CEO of Israel’s Sarine Technologies and has served in the position since 2012. In this exclusive interview for Rough and Polished, Block gives his opinion on the leading issues affecting today’s diamond trade.

11 september 2024

Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge: Demand for considerable-sized diamonds stronger than ever

The African Diamond Council (ADC) chairperson Dr M'zée Fula Ngenge told Rough & Polished’s Mathew Nyaungwa in an exclusive interview that although overall global diamond prices have been somewhat soft, the demand for considerable-sized diamonds...

02 september 2024

Amplats sees prospects as a standalone company

Anglo has revealed its plans to demerge Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), which has operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe, to optimise shareholder value. Rough&Polished contacted Amplats to comment on this and other issues but was referred...

19 august 2024

WFDB President Yoram Dvash Remains Confident Despite Global Diamond Challenges

Yoram Dvash is President of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) having been elected in 2020. He found time in his busy schedule to speak to Rough&Polished about the state of the diamond industry around the world and some of the major...

12 august 2024

Russian students taught a neural network to predict the movement of ice in the Arctic

12 september 2023

The neural network has been taught to determine the dynamics of ice movement in the Arctic, which will help improve the safety of arctic navigation.

The system was developed by Russian students who won awards at the Smiles 2023 Summer School for the development of artificial intelligence, held in the Altai Territory, TASS reports.

According to the developers, the project was created, among other things, for sailors who need an accurate picture of ice movement. The peculiarity of the solution is that the system will capture patterns of interaction between close areas of ice and the influence of weather, predicting the dynamics of ice movement. The model is supposed to be able to be applied in conditions of a shortage of real data.

The developers were offered an internship at the Skoltech Applied AI Center, where they will be able to continue working on the project.

The project became one of the winners of the hackathon during the summer school, which was held for 12 days in accordance with the objectives of the "Artificial Intelligence" federal project, a part of the national "Digital Economy" project. 65 students, masters and postgraduates of Russian universities involved in AI research took part in Smiles 2023 full-time, over 200 students joined the school online.

Alex Shishlo for Rough&Polished