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Research

University College London

University College London

Giuseppe Destefanis

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Giuseppe Destefanis is an Associate Professor in UCL’s Department of Computer Science. His research spans empirical software engineering, mining software repositories and large language models. He uses data mining, machine learning and natural language processing to study how people, technical systems and economic incentives interact across digital platforms.

Giuseppe Destefanis is an Associate Professor in UCL’s Department of Computer Science. His research spans empirical software engineering, mining software repositories and large language models. He uses data mining, machine learning and natural language processing to study how people, technical systems and economic incentives interact across digital platforms.

Papers by this author

Shopify Ecosystem

Preprint

Extends the original snapshot with weekly app observations from 2019–2026 to examine platform governance, competition and application survival.

F. Assabese, P.-J. Celis · Judge.me; G. Destefanis · UCL

F. Assabese, P.-J. Celis · Judge.me; G. Destefanis · UCL

AI & Engineering

Preprint

Argues that an agent skill is a software artefact and should be built with single responsibility, low coupling, and evaluation-driven authoring.

G. Destefanis · UCL

G. Destefanis · UCL

AI & Engineering

Whitepaper

Keeping a project workable across resets and usage limits by treating state as files on disk, with disjoint roles for a Producer and a Composer.

G. Destefanis · UCL

G. Destefanis · UCL

Shopify Ecosystem

Published paper

A September 2025 snapshot of 4,213 active apps and 55 categories, examining concentration and the relationship between entry timing and recent growth.

F. Assabese · Judge.me, G. Destefanis · UCL

F. Assabese · Judge.me, G. Destefanis · UCL