Lloyd Hughes
Staff Geospatial Data Scientist
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolLloyd Hughes is a Staff Geospatial Data Scientist with 13 years of experience applying deep learning, remote sensing and embedded-systems expertise to real-world problems across oceanography, agriculture, conservation and commercial satellite analytics. He combines a strong academic foundation (Dr.-level work in aerospace and geodesy, M.Sc. in applied mathematics) with production experience at companies like ICEYE, Capella Space and AWS, shipping algorithms for SAR and optical imagery, vessel detection and infrastructure monitoring. As an independent consultant and advisor to Project Canopy he has turned research-grade methods into operational tools for deforestation detection and pest/dam monitoring, demonstrating a knack for translating science into impact. Entrepreneurial and hands-on, he founded Mellivora Meadery to celebrate South African botanical diversity, reflecting a creative, conservation-minded approach that informs his technical work. Lloyd favors constraint-driven problem solving and draws on signal processing, computer vision and embedded software skills to deliver elegant, robust solutions. Based in Cape Town, he blends academic rigor, product delivery and ecological stewardship in an atypically interdisciplinary profile.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc (Eng), Electrical and Computer Engineering, First Class Honours, Bsc (Eng), Electrical and Computer Engineering, First Class Honours at University of Cape TownDoctor of Engineering, Aerospace and Geodesy, Doctor of Engineering, Aerospace and Geodesy at Technical University MunichMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Applied Mathematics (Computer Vision and Augmented Reality), Cum Laude, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Applied Mathematics (Computer Vision and Augmented Reality), Cum Laude at Stellenbosch University
English, Afrikaans
Github Skills (200)
python10
datasets10
imagery10
pydata10
satellite10
convolutional-neural-networks10
pandas10
dask10
satellite-images10
sentinel10
satellite-data10
satellite-imagery10
weather10
keras10
jetbrains9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
system123/CameraSense
Mar 2013 - Dec 2014
Contributions:13 commits in 1 year 8 months
iphonerecord-videosensorvideorecord
SiPEO/GEE_Utils
Jun 2018 - Dec 2019
A collection of functions and helpers for common Google Earth Engine tasks.
Contributions:24 commits, 1 push in 1 year 5 months
google-earth-engineearthearth-enginegoogle-earthhelpers
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