Kazuhiro Hoshino is a researcher in imaging technology. He obtained the Bachelor Science degree from Yokohama National University in 1984. He started research of LSI process in 1998 and joined in 1999 the international microelectronics center (IMEC) in Belgium as a researcher in advanced LSI processing and later in CCD image sensors. His research interests are camera systems, CMOS image sensors and noise reduction. He is with Sony Corporation and he is preparing his Ph. D. in Waseda University, Japan.