I am currently a staff member in the school of it at Deakin University, teaching a range of mathematics subjects. My research interests lie in the theory and application of aggregation functions.

CURRENT AFFILIATION Deakin University Lecturer in Mathematics 2010 – Current Roles: Course Director for Master of Data Analytics Chair for the Human Ethics Advisory Group (Faculty level) Researcher in the Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics Research Cluster Unit chair, campus coordinator and lecturer for a range of mathematics subjects Member of the School of IT Marketing Committee

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS (DEAKIN UNIVERSITY) Diploma of Language (Chinese) 2014 – 2015 Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education 2011 – 2012 Ph.D. in Mathematics 2008 – 2010 Bachelor of Science (Mathematics & Statistics) (honours) 2007 Bachelor of Teaching (secondary) / Bachelor of Arts 2002 – 2006

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Associate Editor for IEEE Transaction on Fuzzy Systems 2015 - Current Peer-Reviewer 2011 - Current I am an active peer-reviewer for various academic journals including Information Fusion, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, International Journal of Mathematics Education in Science and Technology as well as for the American Mathematical Society reviews database. IEEE Member 2012 - Current Australian Mathematics Society Member 2010 – Current

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Book James, S. (2016) An Introduction to Data Analysis Using Aggregation Functions in R, Springer

Journals G. Beliakov, M. Gagolewski and S. James. Penalty-based and other representations of economic

inequality, International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems, 24: 1—23, 2016

G. Beliakov, S. James and T. Wilkin. Aggregation and consensus for preference relations