, ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁ ▁With ▁Norman ▁Pat on , ▁V ij ay ▁D ial ani , ▁Dave ▁Pear son , ▁Tony ▁Store y ▁and ▁Paul ▁Watson , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁UK ▁Database ▁Task ▁Force ▁which ▁published ▁the ▁blue print ▁for ▁Database ▁Access ▁and ▁Integr ation ▁Services ▁to ▁fost er ▁a ▁wider ▁activity ▁on ▁the ▁form ulation ▁of ▁standards ▁for ▁databases ▁and ▁the ▁Grid . ▁From ▁ 2 0 0 3 – 2 0 0 8 ▁he ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁ste ering ▁group ▁of ▁the ▁Open ▁Grid ▁Forum ▁as ▁Data ▁Area ▁Chair . ▁He ▁is ▁co - author ▁of ▁the ▁Web ▁Services ▁Data ▁Access ▁and ▁Integr ation ▁( WS - DA I ) ▁Spec ification . ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁had ▁a ▁long ▁association ▁with ▁the ▁Very ▁Lar ge ▁Database ▁( V L DB ) ▁conference ▁series , ▁and ▁was ▁Program me ▁Committee ▁Chair ▁of ▁V L DB ▁ 9 9 . ▁He ▁has ▁been ▁instrument al ▁in ▁setting ▁up ▁the ▁X L DB - Europe ▁series ▁of ▁satellite ▁work sh ops ▁which ▁identify ▁tr ends , ▁common al ities ▁and ▁major ▁road block s ▁related ▁to ▁building ▁e X t rem ely ▁Lar ge ▁Data ▁B ases ▁( current ly ▁referring ▁to ▁databases ▁whose ▁size ▁is ▁ 1 ▁pet aby te ▁or ▁greater ). ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁years ▁▁ ▁At kin son ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁East ▁Ang lia ▁where ▁his ▁father ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁R AF ▁bom ber ▁command , ▁on ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁Stan