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Master Thesis – Game Intelligence [Studio]

Job Description

We are looking for master thesis student for the Game Intelligence Department at Massive Entertainment in Malmö. The departments’ mission and purpose is to aid and support game development in making data informed decisions based on User Research, Data Science and Analytics on data collected via telemetry or User Playtests.

As a Master Thesis student, you will have the opportunity to work towards improving the way games are made today focused on your area of expertise. The Game Intelligence Department has a main interest in projects related to research, machine learning and data analysis applied on games, using data collected on in-game telemetry, or player behavioral/perceptional studies collected via quantitative or qualitative studies. We would work together with you in order to find and develop a thesis purpose together with you to ensure it results in the best paper possible.

This is an opportunity based in Malmö, Sweden, and requires working partially onsite. We kindly ask you to apply with your CV and message to the hiring manager / cover letter focused on the area of your interest and a high level project ambition in English. Applications will be reviewed whilst the job-ad is posted.

With us, you will have the opportunity to be mentored by one of the members in the management group for the Game Intelligence team to research and identify a specific area that could significantly change how games are made today. For us it is important that you get to shine by being creative: to take deliberate decisions, poke hole in things when required, to make new mistakes and care for your craft by honoring your commitments.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Master degree in one or more of these field: Statistical Analysis, Data Science, Psychology, Psychometry or Data Engineering and are looking to write your master thesis starting early in 2022.
• Genuinely interested in games
• Not intimidated to communicate in an international environment and to express yourself fluently in English.

Good to know:

Even though the Game Intelligence Department are curious to hear your project idea it may be helpful to know that we are currently focusing on studies and applications related to following areas: Sequence-based player profiling – next gen algorithm.

• Predictive Modelling of Player Motivation
• Deep Learning for Player Builds Clustering
• Evaluating game assessment metrics
• Building game assessment metrics according to psychological/affective theories
• Comparing Qualitative user Research methods
• Demographic differences in player behavior
• Testing theories of Immersion/Motivation
• Modeling player self-reported data
• Building tools to evaluate organizational UX maturity
• Building tools for multimodal game data collection
• End to end tooling for Game KPIs Business Analysis

Additional Information

Longing to be part of a fun, creative and passionate workplace? We can offer you this and more in an open and friendly environment where you will work with some of the best craftsmen in the industry. Are you up for it? Come aboard for the ride!

Massive Entertainment is a premier producer of games and interactive entertainment for the global market. The studio is located in Malmö, Sweden and fully owned by Ubisoft, the world’s third largest independent video game publisher. We are more than 650 people from 45+ different countries working together to produce major titles such as World in Conflict, Far Cry 3, Tom Clancy’s The Division and our latest Avatar Project.

We value diversity at Massive, promote a family-friendly culture and a gender-balanced work environment, where equal opportunities play a meaningful role in the day-to-day operations of our studio.

Ubisoft is committed to enriching players’ lives with original & memorable entertainment experiences. We build worlds that are a playground for the imagination, offering moments of surprise, fun and adventure as well as opportunities for learning and self-discovery.

At Ubisoft, you’ll grow and collaborate with highly talented teams from around the world. Our massively friendly work environment will inspire you to go above and beyond to create experiences and brands people will fall in love with.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.