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Faculty of Computing
University of Latvia
Raiņa bulv. 19, LV-1586
Riga, Latvia Email
raqueline at gmail dot com Last updated: 27.03.2025
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.
Talks
Projects
2017 - 2021
Postdoc Latvia
Kvantu klejošana un pielietojumi (Quantum walks and applications)

Preprints
Publications
- Impact of Bivariate Gaussian Potentials on Quantum Walks for Spatial Search (2025).
F.L. Marquezino, R.A.M. Santos. Physica Scripta | arXiv:2410.03269 - 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 - Decoherence on Staggered Quantum Walks (2022).
R.A.M. Santos, F.L. Marquezino. Physical Review A | arXiv:2112.02846 - Quantum state transfer on the complete bipartite graph (2022).
R.A.M. Santos. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical | arXiv:2111.13197 - 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 - The role of tessellation intersection in staggered quantum walks (2019).
R.A.M. Santos. Natural Computing | arXiv:1810.02387 - 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 - 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 - Exceptional quantum walk search on the cycle (2017).
T.G. Wong, R.A.M. Santos Quantum Information Processing 16, 154 | arXiv:1610.06075 - 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 - Szegedy’s quantum walk with queries (2016).
R.A.M. Santos. Quantum Information Processing, 15:4461–4475 | arXiv:1603.05473 - 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 - 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
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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 - 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 modellingNational 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
2008 - 2010
Master degree - Computational modelling
National Laboratory for Scientific Computing - LNCC
Petrópolis, Brazil
Advisor: Prof. Renato Portugal
2003 - 2008
Bachelor's degree - Computer Science
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Natal, Brazil
Advisor: Prof. Dario Aloise