Sony Outstanding Engineer Award 2023
The Sony Outstanding Engineer Award, established to further inspire engineers to take on new challenges, is the highest form of individual recognition for Sony Group engineers.
In order to develop products and services that appeal to customers' sensibilities, there is a wide range of technologies that Sony will have to work on.
In addition to elemental technologies, there is also a need to integrate creative new technologies, and to optimize complex systems. This section introduces the winners of the Sony Outstanding Engineer Award 2023, who have actively addressed these challenges and achieved significant value creation.
Development and Commercialization of Chip-on-Wafer Stacking Technology for Back-Illuminated CMOS Image Sensor
Kentaro Akiyama
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Development of Hybrid Tracking Data Solution for Seamless Transitions between Skeletal Tracking and Single-Point Tracking in 3D Visualization
Daan Eertink
Beyond Sports B.V.
Development of High-speed PCIe Fabric for PlayStation®5 Cloud Gaming Service
Maciej Grochowski
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Development of Sony Music’s Artist Portal: Transforming Royalty Payment Cycle and Transparency Analytics
Hans Hochreiter
Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Development of a Mixed-Reality Head-Mounted Display System that Enables Both Image Generation with Spatial Accuracy and Low Latency
Atsushi Ishihara
Sony Corporation
Technical Direction for Drama Production Using Virtual Production
Tomotaro Ishikawa
Sony PCL Inc.
First in Japan—The Acquisition of Class II Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Type Certification “Airpeak S1”
Tatsuya Ishizuka
Sony Group Corporation
Development of a Full-Size Image Sensor with the World’s First Consumer-Use Global Shutter Using a Pixel-Parallel ADC
Toshiki Kainuma
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Development and Commercialization of a Panel Module that Achieves High Brightness and High Contrast for a 4K/HDR Master Monitor
Harunobu Kamei
Sony Corporation
Revolutionizing aibo™ with Silent Strides and Step-Clearing Capabilities through Pseudo Force Control
Kensuke Kitamura
Sony Group Corporation
Contribution to the Migration of Hawk-Eye's Video Replay Technology into a Cloud Native Deployment
Matthew Lunt
Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd.
Opening and Operating of the Dungeon-Exploring Interactive Facility “THE TOKYO MATRIX”
Tomoko Matsuzaki
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Development and Commercialization of Tracking and Sensing Technology for the Immersive VR Experiences of PlayStation®VR2
Takanori Minamino
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Development of Single-Shot 3D Face-Modeling Technology and Contribution to Game Business
Kohei Miyamoto
Sony Corporation of America
Accelerating the Democratization of Generative AI Across the Sony Group Through an Enterprise-Grade Generative AI Platform
Masahiro Oba / Taichi Hirano
Sony Group Corporation
Realization of Compact, Lightweight, and High-Resolution Interchangeable Lenses by Developing High-Precision Inflection Glass Aspherical Lens
Keisuke Odaka
Sony Corporation
Development and Design of Sony’s First Open-Back Monitor Headphones “MDR-MV1” and Contribution to Spatial Sound Production
Shunsuke Shiomi
Sony Corporation
Permanent Commercial Deployment of a Deep Reinforcement Learning agent in Gran Turismo® 7
Kaushik Subramanian
Sony Research Inc.
Development of Human Parts Detection Technology and Contribution to Sony's Products
Jing Wang
Sony (China) Ltd.
Created and Expanded ”SONY PICTURES CORE” to PlayStation®, Bringing Opportunities to Tell Unified Sony Stories and Value to Customers
Peter Wood / Andrew Case
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
Application and Deployment of AI and Data Analytics Technology in the Direct Marketing Field of P&C Insurance Business
Hideki Yakura
Sony Assurance Inc.
