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Tim Jenness is an astronomer and software engineer whose research sits at the intersection of observational astronomy and intelligent computing systems. His work has focused primarily on the development of heterogeneous telescope networks, robotic observatory infrastructure, and the application of intelligent agent technologies to automated astronomical observation. Through the eSTAR Project, Jenness and collaborators pioneered the use of autonomous software agents capable of resource discovery, observation scheduling, data mining, and cross-correlation tasks across distributed networks of robotic telescopes — a significant step toward fully autonomous astronomical observing. His contributions to standardized communication protocols for telescope networks addressed a critical and growing need as service observing and remote operations became increasingly common across the field. Jenness also explored the integration of ground-based telescopes, satellite data archives, and distributed computing clusters into unified research infrastructures, anticipating many challenges central to modern data-intensive astronomy. While his papers in this selection represent early-stage citations, they reflect foundational contributions to what has since become essential cyberinfrastructure for time-domain astronomy. His work laid important groundwork for the rapid-response observing systems now considered standard in the hunt for transient astronomical events.