Raqueline A. M. Santos

Contact

Address
Faculty of Computing
University of Latvia
Raiņa bulv. 19, LV-1586
Riga, Latvia
Email
raqueline at gmail dot com
Last updated: 27.03.2025

About me

Hello!

I'm a reasearcher at the Centre for Quantum Computing Science at University of Latvia.

Projects

2017 - 2021

Postdoc Latvia

Kvantu klejošana un pielietojumi (Quantum walks and applications)

1.1.1.2/VIAA/1/16/002

Preprints

Publications

  1. Impact of Bivariate Gaussian Potentials on Quantum Walks for Spatial Search (2025).
    F.L. Marquezino, R.A.M. Santos. Physica Scripta | arXiv:2410.03269
  2. Quantum counting on the complete bipartite graph (2024).
    G.A. Bezerra, R.A.M. Santos, R. Portugal. International Journal of Quantum Information | arXiv:2311.10407
  3. Decoherence on Staggered Quantum Walks (2022).
    R.A.M. Santos, F.L. Marquezino. Physical Review A | arXiv:2112.02846
  4. Quantum state transfer on the complete bipartite graph (2022).
    R.A.M. Santos. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical | arXiv:2111.13197
  5. Lackadaisical quantum walks on 2D grids with multiple marked vertices (2021).
    N. Nahimovs, R.A.M. Santos. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical | arXiv:2104.09955
  6. The role of tessellation intersection in staggered quantum walks (2019).
    R.A.M. Santos. Natural Computing | arXiv:1810.02387
  7. Adjacent vertices can be hard to find by quantum walks (2019).
    N. Nahimovs, R.A.M. Santos, K.R. Khadiev. Moscow University Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics 43, 32-39
  8. On the Probability of Finding Marked Connected Components Using Quantum Walks (2018).
    K.R. Khadiev, N. Nahimovs, R.A.M. Santos. Lobachevskii Journal of Mathematics 39, 1016–1023 | arXiv:1710.04046
  9. Exceptional quantum walk search on the cycle (2017).
    T.G. Wong, R.A.M. Santos Quantum Information Processing 16, 154 | arXiv:1610.06075
  10. Adjacent vertices can be hard to find by quantum walks (2017).
    N. Nahimovs, R.A.M. Santos. In Proceedings of SOFSEM 2017: Theory and Practice of Computer Science, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10139. Springer, 256-267 | arXiv:1605.05598
  11. Szegedy’s quantum walk with queries (2016).
    R.A.M. Santos. Quantum Information Processing, 15:4461–4475 | arXiv:1603.05473
  12. The staggered quantum walk model (2016).
    R. Portugal,R.A.M. Santos, T.D. Fernandes, D.N. Gonçalves. Quantum Information Processing, 15, 85-101 | arXiv:1505.04761
  13. Moments of coinless quantum walks on lattices (2015). R.A.M. Santos, R. Portugal, S. Boettcher. Quantum Information Processing, 14, 3179–3191 | arXiv:1502.06293
  14. Mean square displacement of the coinless quantum walk (2015).
    R.A.M. Santos, R. Portugal, S. Boettcher. In Proceedings of V WECIQ - Workshop-School of Computation and Quantum Information, Campina Grande, Brazil. pdf
  15. Decoherence in quantum Markov chains (2014).
    R.A.M. Santos, R. Portugal, M.D. Fragoso. Quantum Information Processing, 13(2):559–572 | arXiv:1204.6238
  16. Preserving privacy in a smart grid scenario using quantum mechanics (2014).
    F. Borges, R.A.M. Santos, F.L. Marquezino. Security and Communication Networks, 8, 2061-2069
  17. A closer look at discrete-time quantum walk NAND formulae evaluation algorithm (2013).
    R.A.M. Santos and A. Rivosh. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Quantum and Classical Complexity, Riga, Latvia.
  18. Simulations of quantum Markov chains on percolation graphs (2012).
    R.A.M. Santos, R. Portugal. In Proceedings of IV WECIQ - Workshop-School of Computation and Quantum Information, Fortaleza, Brazil.
  19. Decoherence in Szegedy’s quantum walk (2010).
    R.A.M. Santos, R. Portugal. In Proceedings of the XXXIV Congresso Nacional de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional, Águas de Lindóia, Brazil.
  20. Quantum hitting time on the cycle (2010).
    R.A.M. Santos, R. Portugal. In Proceedings of III WECIQ - Workshop-School of Computation and Quantum Information, Petrópolis, Brazil.
  21. Quantum hitting time on the complete graph (2010).
    R.A.M. Santos, R. Portugal. International Journal of Quantum Information, 8(5), 881–894 | arXiv:0912.1217
  22. A performance improvement for the tabu search metaheuristic through the usage of path relinking: A case study on the facilities location problem (2008).
    R.A.M. Santos, D. Aloise, D.J. Aloise. In Proceedings of XI Symposium of Operational Research and Logistic of the Brazilian Marine (SPOLM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Work Experience

2024 - 2025

Invited Lecturer

Transport and Telecomunication Institute

Riga, Latvia

2017 - Present

Researcher

Centre for Quantum Computing Science, University of Latvia

Riga, Latvia

2017 - 2020

Expert

Academy of Science

Latvia

2015 - 2017

Visiting Researcher

Faculty of Computing, University of Latvia

Riga, Latvia

2014 - 2015

Postdoctoral Researcher

National Laboratory for Scientific Computing - LNCC

Petrópolis, Brazil

Students

Gustavo Bezerra (2019 - 2021)

Master program in Computational modelling
National Laboratory for Scientific Computing - LNCC (Petrópolis, Brazil)
Co-advisor

Education

2010 - 2014

Doctoral degree - Computational modelling

National Laboratory for Scientific Computing - LNCC

Petrópolis, Brazil
Advisor: Prof. Renato Portugal
Co-advisor: Prof. Marcelo Fragoso

My doctoral thesis (in Portuguese)
2008 - 2010

Master degree - Computational modelling

National Laboratory for Scientific Computing - LNCC

Petrópolis, Brazil
Advisor: Prof. Renato Portugal

My master thesis (in Portuguese)
2003 - 2008

Bachelor's degree - Computer Science

Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

Natal, Brazil
Advisor: Prof. Dario Aloise

My bachelor thesis (in Portuguese)