Nikolaos Mallias received the Diploma in Department of Ichthyology and Aquaculture from the University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, in 2008. He is currently working in the Network Implementation Testbed Laboratory (NITlab), Volos, Greece. He worked also as farm manager in a pig farm from 2009 to 2022 and for GRIDNET S.A. with the objective of developing digital tools for applications primarily of agricultural interest from June 2022 to June 2023.