Staff profile

Biography

Mingyue Xu is pursuing her PhD at Durham Law School as a full-time student funded by CSC-Durham Joint Scholarship. She has a multi-interdisciplinary background. Before obtaining her Juris Master degree from Tongji University in 2024, she earned her bachelor’s degree in Financial Management from Minzu University of China in 2021.

Current research

Mingyue’s research focuses on the intersection of AI regulation and IP protection under the supervision of Dr Angelia Jia Wang and Dr Janey Zheng. Her research aims to tackle the critical issue of algorithmic opacity through the strategic application of the patent disclosure regime in conjunction with risk management methodologies, while striving to reconcile the inherent tension between trade secret protection and the growing demand for algorithmic transparency.

• IP law
• law and technology
• AI regulation
• AI risk management