Dr Huw Lloyd

Who am I?

After a postdoc research career in physics, I worked in the games industry from 1999, writing code for 59 game SKUs on 13 platforms (from Gameboy Colour and Playstation through to Xbox360 and Playstation 3) before returning to academia when I joined Manchester Metropolitan University in 2013. Highlights of my game development career include writing the critically acclaimed fluid flow code for Hydrophobia and the physics code for the World Snooker Championship series, and later on, Pool Nation. I teach game development, programming and high-performance computing.

Other academic service (administration and management)

Disability Coordinator, Deparment of Computing and Mathematics

Why study ?

Undergraduate courses

Computer Games Fundamentals (1st year)

Programming (1st year)

Advanced 3D Modelling and Animation (Final year)

Advanced Game Development (Final year)

Postgraduate teaching

High-performance Computing and Big Data (MSc Advanced Computer Science)

Research expertise

I am currently working on nature inspired computing - in particular developing highly parallel, vectorized algorithms for combinatorial optimization, and investigating new application areas. I also work on the coverage problem in wireless sensor networks, 

Publications

• Featured Works

  H. Lloyd, M. Crossley, M. Sinclair, M. Amos (2022). J-POP: Japanese Puzzles as Optimization Problems. IEEE Transactions on Games. 14(3), pp.391-402.

  J. Peake, M. Amos, N. Costen, G. Masala, H. Lloyd (2022). PACO-VMP: Parallel Ant Colony Optimization for Virtual Machine Placement. Future Generation Computer Systems: the international journal of grid computing: theory, methods and applications. 129, pp.174-186.

• Journal articles

  H. Lloyd, M. Crossley, M. Sinclair, M. Amos (2022). J-POP: Japanese Puzzles as Optimization Problems. IEEE Transactions on Games. 14(3), pp.391-402.

  J. Peake, M. Amos, N. Costen, G. Masala, H. Lloyd (2022). PACO-VMP: Parallel Ant Colony Optimization for Virtual Machine Placement. Future Generation Computer Systems: the international journal of grid computing: theory, methods and applications. 129, pp.174-186.

  S. Jabbar, H. Lloyd, M. Hammoudeh, B. Adebisi, U. Raza (2021). Blockchain-enabled supply chain: analysis, challenges, and future directions. Multimedia Systems. 27(4), pp.787-806.

  H. Lloyd, M. Amos (2020). Solving Sudoku with Ant Colony Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Games. 12(3), pp.302-311.

  SM. Dougherty, JM. Pittard, L. Kasian, RF. Coker, PM. Williams, et al. HM. Lloyd. (2003). Radio emission models of Colliding-Wind Binary Systems. Astron.Astrophys.. 409, pp.217-234.

  A. Skopal, MF. Bode, HM. Lloyd, H. Drechsel (1998). The impact of IUE observations on our understanding of the unique symbiotic triple system CH Cyg. European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP. pp.361-364.

  A. Skopal, MF. Bode, HM. Lloyd, H. Drechsel (1998). IUE high-resolution observations of the symbiotic star CH Cygni: Confirmation of the triple-star model. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 331(1), pp.224-230.

  A. Skopal, MF. Bode, HM. Lloyd, H. Drechsel (1998). IUE low-resolution observations of the triple system CH Cygni: The mass transfer in the symbiotic pair. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 331(1), pp.179-186.

  HM. Lloyd, TJ. O'Brien, MF. Bode (1997). Shaping of nova remnants by binary motion. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 284(1), pp.137-147.

  A. Skopal, A. Vittone, L. Errico, MF. Bode, HM. Lloyd, et al. S. Tamura. (1997). A photometric and spectroscopic study of the symbiotic binary BF Cyg. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 292(3), pp.703-713.

  A. Skopal, MF. Bode, HM. Lloyd, S. Tamura (1996). Eclipses in the symbiotic system CH CYG. åp. 308, pp.L9-L12-L9-L12.

  JW. Palmer, JA. López, J. Meaburn, HM. Lloyd (1996). The kinematics and morphology of the planetary nebula Fleming 1: Bullets, jets and an expanding ring. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 307(1), pp.225-236.

  SM. Dougherty, LBFM. Waters, MF. Bode, HM. Lloyd, DJM. Kester, et al. TR. Bontekoe. (1996). The extended dust emission around the nova GK Persei. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 306(2), pp.547-552.

  SPS. Eyres, RJ. Davis, MF. Bode, HM. Lloyd (1996). V705 Cassiopeiae. \iaucirc. 6292, pp.2-2.

  HM. Lloyd, TJ. O'Brien, MF. Bode (1995). Interacting winds in classical nova outbursts. Astrophysics and Space Science. 233(1-2), pp.317-321.

  SPS. Eyres, HT. Kenny, RJ. Cohen, HM. Lloyd, SM. Dougherty, et al. RJ. Davis, MF. Bode. (1995). MERLIN observations of bipolar outflow from HM Sagittae. \mnras. 274, pp.317-323-317-323.

  HM. Lloyd, TJ. O Brien, FD. Kahn (1995). A model for the circumstellar nebula of SN 1987A. \mnras. 273, pp.L19-L23-L19-L23.

  SM. Dougherty, MF. Bode, HM. Lloyd, RJ. Davis, SP. Eyres (1995). High resolution radio images of the symbiotic system R aquarii. Astrophysics and Space Science. 224(1-2), pp.453-454.

  SM. Dougherty, MF. Bode, HM. Lloyd, RJ. Davis, SP. Eyres (1995). High-resolution radio images of the symbiotic star R Aquarii. \mnras. 272, pp.843-849-843-849.

  SPS. Eyres, RJ. Cohen, RJ. Davis, HT. Kenny, HM. Lloyd, et al. MF. Bode, SM. Dougherty. (1995). Direct observations of bipolar outflow from HM sagittae. Astrophysics and Space Science. 224(1-2), pp.457-458.

  A. Skopal, HM. Lloyd, MF. Bode (1994). CH Cygni. \iaucirc. 6109, pp.2-2.

  TJ. O Brien, HM. Lloyd, MF. Bode (1994). An interacting winds model for the X-ray emission from V838 Her (Nova Herculis 1991). \mnras. 271, pp.155-160-155-160.

  RJ. Ivison, D. Ward-Thompson, HM. Lloyd, DJ. Thompson (1994). Nova Ophiuchi 1994. \iaucirc. 6061, pp.2-2.

  TJ. O'Brien, HM. Lloyd (1994). Shock-heated gas in the outbursts of classical novae. Astrophysics and Space Science. 216(1-2), pp.167-172.

  HM. Lloyd, TJ. O'Brien, MF. Bode, FD. Kahn (1994). The hydrodynamics of bipolar explosions. Astrophysics and Space Science. 216(1-2), pp.161-166.

  HM. Lloyd, MF. Bode, TJ. O Brien, FD. Kahn (1993). Bipolar Recurrent Nova Outbursts - Part One - Hydrodynamic Models. \mnras. 265, pp.457-457.

  RJ. Ivison, DH. Hughes, HM. Lloyd, MK. Bang, MF. Bode (1993). Millimetre and Submillimetre Continuum Observations of Nova Cygni 1992 - a New Test of Mass Ejection Models. \mnras. 263, pp.L43-L43.

  HM. Lloyd, TJ. O Brien, MF. Bode, P. Predehl, JHMM. Schmitt, et al. J. Truemper, MG. Watson, KA. Pounds. (1992). X-ray detection of Nova Herculis 1991 five days after optical outburst. Nature. 356, pp.222-224-222-224.

  P. Predehl, JHMM. Schmitt, J. Trumper, TJ. O Brien, HM. Lloyd, et al. MF. Bode, MG. Watson, KA. Pounds. (1991). Nova Herculis 1991. \iaucirc. 5278, pp.1-1.

• Conferences

  SM. Dougherty, JM. Pittard, R. Coker, PM. Williams, L. Kasian, et al. HM. Lloyd. (2003). Radio emission models of Colliding-Wind Binaries. In: Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Conference Series. pp.56-58-56-58.

  A. Skopal, AA. Vittone, L. Errico, MF. Bode, HM. Lloyd (1997). Stages of Activity in the Symbiotic Binary BF Cyg. In: Physical Processes in Symbiotic Binaries and Related Systems. pp.177-177.

  MF. Bode, HM. Lloyd (1996). The Origin and Evolution of Radio Emission in Classical and Recurrent Novae. In: Radio Emission from the Stars and the Sun. pp.165-165.

  HM. Lloyd, TJ. O Brien, MF. Bode (1996). Shaping of nova shells by binary motion. In: IAU Colloq. 158: Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects. pp.313-313.

  HM. Lloyd, TJ. O Brien, MF. Bode (1996). Hydrodynamic Models for the Mass-loss from Classical Novae. In: Radio Emission from the Stars and the Sun. pp.203-203.

  HM. Lloyd, TJ. O Brien, MF. Bode (1996). Models for the Radio Emission from Classical Novae. In: Radio Emission from the Stars and the Sun. pp.200-200.

  SM. Dougherty, MF. Bode, HM. Lloyd, LV. Morrison, SP. Eyres, et al. RJ. Davis. (1996). Proper Motions in the Core of the Symbiotic System R Aquarii. In: Radio Emission from the Stars and the Sun. pp.191-191.

  SPS. Eyres, RJ. Davis, HT. Kenny, MF. Bode, SM. Dougherty, et al. HM. Lloyd. (1996). MERLIN observations of symbiotic novae. In: RADIO EMISSION FROM THE STARS AND THE SUN. BARCELONA, SPAIN, 3/7/1995. pp.194-196.

  SPS. Eyres, SM. Dougherty, RJ. Davis, MF. Bode, HM. Lloyd, et al. HT. Kenny. (1996). V1016 Cyg: Proper motion of radio emission. In: CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES AND RELATED OBJECTS. KEELE, ENGLAND, 26/6/1995. pp.333-334.

  TJ. O Brien, HM. Lloyd, AJ. Slavin (1995). Rings and Shells around Classical Novae. In: Asymmetrical Planetary Nebulae. pp.258-258.

  HM. Lloyd, MF. Bode, TJ. O Brien, FD. Kahn (1993). Hydrodynamic models of bipolar nova outbursts. In: Sub-arcsecond Radio Astronomy. pp.36-36.

  HM. Lloyd, MF. Bode, TJ. O Brien, FD. Kahn (1993). Model Radio Maps of RS Ophiuchi (1985). In: Cataclysmic Variables and Related Physics. pp.297-297.