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The foundational work on continual learning, 1988 to 2026: methods, theory, benchmarks, surveys, and the neuroscience of memory. Updated weekly; some carry our notes.

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  1. 2026
    Continual learning via semantic memory systemMingsen Luo, Qihe Liu, Fei Ye … Shijie ZhouPattern Recognition · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York
  2. 2026
    Continual learning via dynamic expandable task-specific and general representationsQihe Liu, yongcheng zhong, Fei Ye … ShiJie ZhouKnowledge-Based Systems · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York
  3. 2026
    A lightweight and reliable continual learning framework for lip-readingZhixue Chen, Changyan Zheng, Yakun Zhang … Erwei YinDisplays · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Academy of Military Medical Sciences · +2
  4. 2026
    Towards Conflict-aware Selective Knowledge Unlearning for Continual Few-shot Knowledge Graph CompletionJunlin Zhu, Bo Fu, Guiduo DuanSIGIR · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  5. 2026
    Improving Alignment for Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning via Prompt-Tuned Vision TransformerLinfeng Xu, Yilei Qian, Xiao Hou … Guanheng HuangDisplays · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  6. 2026
    Cooperative meta-learning for incremental few-shot object detection in open urban environmentsYuan Li, C F Zhang, Song Yang … Lin WuPattern Recognition · Beijing Institute of Technology · Beijing Electronic Science and Technology Institute · +2
  7. 2026
    Spatial-Temporal Side Adaptation with Difference-based Frame Selector for video class-incremental learningYu Dai, Heqian Qiu, Lanxiao Wang … Hui LiDisplays · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  8. 2026
    Enhancing decision boundaries in continual learning through a decoupled Gaussian frameworkZHIKUN FENG, Chi Chen, Zhou Yang … Yakun JuInformation Processing & Management · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Chengdu University of Information Technology · +3
  9. 2026
    Continual Learning across multiple domains via a Dynamic Expandable and Mergeable ModelFei Ye, Ruilong Yu, Qihe Liu … Kun ZhangEng. Applications of AI · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York · +2
  10. 2026
    Federated Class Incremental Learning Method With High Accuracy and Extremely Low Communication Cost Based on Broad Learning SystemJie Du, Wenbing Chen, Peng Liu … C L Philip ChenIEEE Transactions · Shenzhen University · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · +2
  11. 2026
    MccTTA: A Memory-Efficient Collaborative Continual Test-Time Adaptation Framework for Edge DevicesHaojie Bai, Aiguo Chen, Yijia Rong … Schahram DustdarIEEE Transactions · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · TU Wien
  12. 2026
    Learning Adaptive and Expandable Mixture Model for Continual LearningFei Ye, yongcheng zhong, Qihe Liu … Shijie ZhouAAAI · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York
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  13. 2026
    Parameter Merging with Gradient-Guided Supermasks in Online Continual LearningBenliu Qiu, Heqian Qiu, Lanxiao Wang … Hongliang LiAAAI · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  14. 2023
    Teacher Agent: A Knowledge Distillation-Free Framework for Rehearsal-Based Video Incremental LearningShengqin Jiang, Yaoyu Fang, Haokui Zhang … Peng WangIJCV · Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology · Northwestern Polytechnical University · +3
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  15. 2026
    Learning dynamic representations via an optimally-weighted maximum mean discrepancy optimization framework for continual learningKaihui Huang, Runqing Wu, Jinhui Shen … Fei YeKnowledge-Based Systems · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · +2
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  16. 2026
    Task-adaptive continual learning of vision language models via prototype routing and promptLei Pan, Zhipeng Lu, Yuan Zheng … Chang XuNeurocomputing · Civil Aviation Administration of China · Chinese Academy of Civil Aviation Science and Technology · +3
  17. 2026
    DesCLIP: Robust Continual Learning via General Attribute Descriptions for VLM-Based Visual RecognitionChiyuan He, Zihuan Qiu, Fanman Meng … Hui LiIEEE Trans. Multimedia · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
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  18. 2026
    Dual Domain-Attribute Learning Framework With Asynchronous Adapters for Continual Test-Time AdaptationYuntong Tian, Kang Li, Tianyang He … Wei FengTIP · Tianjin University · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · +1
  19. 2026
    Continual Learning Via Gradient-Regularized Based Dynamic Expansion ModelFei Ye, yongcheng zhong, Qihe Liu … ShiJie ZhouIEEE Trans. Multimedia · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York
  20. 2026
    Pattern in Motion: Retrieval-Augmented Learning for Dynamic Spatio-Temporal Graphs.Haoyu Zhang, Xinke Jiang, Wentao Zhang … Heqing HuangTPAMI · City University of Hong Kong · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · +2
  21. 2025
    Prompt-Driven Bit Extension Hashing for Continual Cross-Modal RetrievalWenhao Liu, Tianshi Wang, Fengling Li … Lei ZhuIEEE TCSVT · Shandong Normal University · Tongji University · +2
  22. 2025
    Evaluating Forgetting in Pretrained Robotic Policy Networks: A Continual Learning Study with OctoYu Ding, Lingqiao Liu, Peng Wang, Lei WangInternational Conference on Digital Image Computing: Tech… · University of Wollongong · The University of Adelaide · +1
  23. 2025
    Learning diverse and adaptive representations for continual learningMingyan Liu, Fei YeNeurocomputing · Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology · University Town of Shenzhen · +2
  24. 2025
    DebiasedKGE: Towards Mitigating Spurious Forgetting in Continual Knowledge Graph EmbeddingJunlin Zhu, Bo Fu, Guiduo DuanCIKM · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  25. 2025
    Online Continual Learning via Dynamic Expandable Recursive ModelFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşACM International Conference on Multimedia · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Chengdu University of Information Technology · +1
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  26. 2025
    Incremental Time Series Prediction: A SurveyXianglin Lu, Lisheng Huang, Fengjun Zhang … Sai ZouICML · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · China Electronics Technology Group Corporation · +2
  27. 2025
    D3Net: Dual-Path Decoupling-Distillation for Adaptive Fusion in Continual Egocentric LearningChenghao Qi, Heqian Qiu, Zhaofeng Shi … Hongliang LiIEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processi… · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  28. 2025
    DBAB: A Dual-Branch Adaptive Balance Framework with Optimized Plasticity Branch for Class-Incremental LearningXinyu Chen, Heqian Qiu, Chenghao Qi … Hongliang LiIEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processi… · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  29. 2025
    OrthCal: Synergizing Orthogonal Contrastive Learning and Prototype Calibration for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningRuisong Dai, Hanwen Zhang, Xinyu Chen … Hongliang LiIEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processi… · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  30. 2025
    TIPS: Two-level prompt selection for more stability-plasticity balance in continual learningZhikun Feng, Liang Peng, Kang Dang … Jionglong SuPattern Recognition · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Chengdu University of Information Technology · +3
  31. 2025
    MoE-Adapters++: Toward More Efficient Continual Learning of Vision-Language Models Via Dynamic Mixture-of-Experts AdaptersJiazuo Yu, Zichen Huang, Yunzhi Zhuge … You HeTPAMI · Dalian University of Technology · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · +2
  32. 2025
    Towards Redundancy-Free Sub-networks in Continual LearningCheng Chen, Lianli Gao, Pengpeng Zeng … Heng Tao ShenPattern Recognition · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Tongji University
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  33. 2025
    Feature Transformation-Based Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningX Zhang, Yang LuoAlgorithms · China Electronics Technology Group Corporation · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
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  34. 2025
    Evaluating Temporal Plasticity in Foundation Time Series Models for Incremental Fine-TuningJia Jia Liu, Cheng Jinguo, Fang Xia … Yuankai WuIJCNN · Sichuan University · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · +2
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  35. 2025
    Decoupling Overlapped Feature Spaces: When Continual Learning Meets Fine-Grain ClassificationZhikun Feng, Mingyu Wu, Ping Kuang … Yu LiuIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
  36. 2025
    Enhancing Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning via Frozen Feature AugmentationShimou Ling, Shengkai Gan, Caoxin Wang … Hongliang LiCVPR · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  37. 2025
    Handling Spatial-Temporal Data Heterogeneity for Federated Continual Learning via Tail AnchorHao Yu, Xin Yang, Le Zhang … Qiang YangCVPR · Southwestern University of Finance and Economics · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · +3
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  38. 2025
    Online Task-Free Continual Learning via Dynamic Expansionable Memory DistributionFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşCVPR · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York
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  39. 2025
    H2ST: Hierarchical Two-Sample Tests for Continual Out-of-Distribution DetectionYuhang Liu, Wenjie Zhao, Yu GuoCVPR · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
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  40. 2025
    Training a Dynamic Growing Mixture Model for Lifelong LearningFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşTNNLS · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York
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  41. 2025
    Multi-Attribute Continual Learning for Blind Image Quality AssessmentYunhao Luo, Jinming Liu, Wei Zhou, Xin JinIEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology · +1
  42. 2025
    ZSCIL: Zero-Shot Class Incremental Learning Method for Signal RecognitionWenjie Sun, Rujun Song, Sidi Liang … Bo YanIEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  43. 2025
    Online task-free continual learning via Expansible Vision TransformerFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşPattern Recognition · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York
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  44. 2025
    Online task-free continual learning via discrepancy mechanismFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşKnowledge-Based Systems · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York
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  45. 2025
    Continual Unsupervised Generative ModelingFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşTPAMI · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York
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  46. 2025
    Dynamic Expansion Diffusion Learning for Lifelong Generative ModellingFei Ye, Adrian G. Borş, Kun ZhangAAAI · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York · +1
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  47. 2025
    Continual Unsupervised Generative Modelling via Online Optimal TransportFei Ye, Adrian G. Borş, Kun ZhangAAAI · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York · +2
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  48. 2025
    Lifelong Scalable Generative System via Online Maximum Mean DiscrepancyFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşAAAI · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York
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  49. 2025
    Leveraging Pre-Trained Models for Multimodal Class-Incremental Learning under Adaptive FusionYukun Chen, Zihuan Qiu, Fanman Meng … Qingbo WuICASSP · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
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  50. 2025
    Adaptively forget with crossmodal and textual distillation for class-incremental video captioningHuiyu Xiong, Lanxiao Wang, Heqian Qiu … Hongliang LiNeurocomputing · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
About this index

We keep this list because we read the field and wanted one place to see it. It covers work on continual learning itself, in the core areas of machine learning, and leaves out papers that apply it inside another field, such as medical imaging or fault diagnosis. It lists only papers we have a reason to trust: published at a venue like NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR or TPAMI, or led by someone who has published there, or cited a few hundred times. Preprints that later get accepted, and authors who later publish at those venues, are picked up by the weekly run. It is seeded from the community lists kept by ContinualAI and by Xialei Liu, then filled out from OpenAlex, and every week a script looks for new papers on OpenAlex and arXiv. A model reads each candidate and decides whether it belongs; a person reviews the additions before they go live. Authors and affiliations come from OpenAlex, so a recent preprint can lack its institutions for a week or two.

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