He graduated in electronics engineering at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and received his Ph.D. degree in computer science from Delft University of Technology. His current research interests include procedural and semantic modeling techniques for the specification and generation of both virtual worlds and game play, semantics of navigation, serious gaming, game adaptivity, and interpretation mechanisms for in-game data. Bidarra has published numerous papers in international journals, books, and conference proceedings, integrates the editorial boards of several journals, and has served in many conference program committees.