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The foundational work on continual learning, 1980 to 2026: methods, theory, benchmarks, surveys, and the neuroscience of memory. Updated weekly; some carry our notes.

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  1. 2026
    Singular Value Fine-Tuning for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningZhiwu Wang, Yichen Wu, Renzhen Wang … Deyu MengIEEE TCSVT · Xi'an Jiaotong University · City University of Hong Kong
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  2. 2026
    Evidential Prior Guided Neural Collapse for Open World Object DetectionKewen Xia, Xiaodong Yue, Wei Liu … Yaxin PengIEEE TCSVT · Shanghai University · Tongji University
  3. 2026
    GAIN: Global-Atomic INteraction Graph for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningFan Lyu, Linglan Zhao, Changli Liu … Liang WangIEEE TCSVT · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Automation · +6
  4. 2026
    Continual Learning with Vision-Language Models via Semantic-Geometry PreservationChiyuan He, Zihuan Qiu, Fanman Meng … Hongliang LiIEEE TCSVT
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  5. 2026
    Sculpting Margin Penalty: Intra-Task Adapter Merging and Classifier Calibration for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningLiang Bai, Hong Song, J. W. Li … Jian YangIEEE TCSVT · Beijing Institute of Technology
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  6. 2026
  7. 2026
    Learning Unknowns Without Forgetting Knowns: Compositional and Bidirectional Low-Rank Adaptive Open-World Detection TransformerY. M. Pan, Zhaoquan Yuan, Xiao Wu … Chunqiang XuIEEE TCSVT · Southwest Jiaotong University · Shandong Institute of Automation · +1
  8. 2026
    AVQACL++: Toward a Robust Framework and Benchmark for Audio-Visual Question Answering Continual LearningKunning Wu, Xinde Li, X. Z. Li … Zhiwei LvIEEE TCSVT · Southeast University
  9. 2026
    CoMasTRe+: Unleashing Disentangled Continual Segmentation With Mixture of Continual AdaptersYizheng Gong, Siyue Yu, Liquan Shen, Jimin XiaoIEEE TCSVT · Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University · Shanghai University
  10. 2026
    CLIP-Based Class Incremental Semantic Segmentation Framework With Generalization-Preserving Knowledge DistillationQining Ren, Zhenyu Zhang, Depeng Li, Zhigang ZengIEEE TCSVT · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  11. 2026
    Adaptive Continual Learning for Online Visual Object Tracking via Dynamic Grassmannian Appearance ModelingJinglin Zhou, Tianyang Xu, Xuefeng Zhu … Josef KittlerIEEE TCSVT · Jiangnan University · University of Surrey
  12. 2026
    Retrieval-Augmented Pseudo-Image Guided Alignment and Text Domain-Aware Memory Recall for Continual Zero-Shot CaptioningBing Liu, Wenjie Yang, Mingming Liu … Yong ZhouIEEE TCSVT · China University of Mining and Technology · Jiangsu Vocational Institute of Architectural Technology · +1
  13. 2026
    Adaptive Quantization for Stable Knowledge Acquisition in Quantization-Aware Continual LearningDe Cheng, Kun Gu, Lingfeng He … Xinbo GaoIEEE TCSVT · Xidian University · Huawei Technologies (China)
  14. 2026
    Functionality Separation: Rethinking Dual-Stream Networks for Class-Incremental LearningQi Gao, Xiaoyan Li, Zhongfan Sun … Wen GaoIEEE TCSVT · Beijing University of Technology · Imperial College London · +1
  15. 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
  16. 2025
    Mitigating Catastrophic Forgetting in Online Continual Learning With Dual-Margin Contrastive ReplayFan Lyu, Gongbo Cheng, Daofeng Liu … Liang WangIEEE TCSVT · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Automation · +2
  17. 2025
    Adaptive Momentum Mixture-of-Experts for Continual Visual Question AnsweringTianyu Huai, Jie Zhou, Qin Chen … Liang HeIEEE TCSVT · East China Normal University · Shanghai Open University · +2
  18. 2025
    Learn by Reasoning: Analogical Weight Generation for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningJizhou Han, Chenhao Ding, Yuhang He … Yihong GongIEEE TCSVT · Xi'an Jiaotong University · Shenzhen University · +2
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  19. 2025
    Toward Adaptive Human-Centric Video Anomaly Detection: A Comprehensive Framework and a New BenchmarkArmin Danesh Pazho, Shanle Yao, Ghazal Alinezhad Noghre … Hamed TabkhiIEEE TCSVT · University of North Carolina at Charlotte · University of Wyoming · +1
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  20. 2025
    Rethinking Obscured Sub-Optimality in Analytic Learning for Exemplar-Free Class-Incremental LearningZijian Gao, Kele Xu, Xingxing Zhang … Huaimin WangIEEE TCSVT · National University of Defense Technology · Tsinghua University · +1
  21. 2025
    Bridging Inter-Task Gap of Continual Self-Supervised Learning With External DataHaori Lu, Xusheng Cao, Linlan Huang … Xialei LiuIEEE TCSVT · Nankai University
  22. 2025
    Controllable Relation Disentanglement for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningYuan Zhou, Richang Hong, Yanrong Guo … Hanwang ZhangIEEE TCSVT · Nanyang Technological University · Hefei University of Technology · +1
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  23. 2025
    Class-Specific Knowledge-Guided Multimodal Prompt Tuning for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningFangying Xiong, Zhaoquan Yuan, Xiao Wu, Changsheng XuIEEE TCSVT · Southwest Jiaotong University · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
  24. 2025
    CSTA: Spatial-Temporal Causal Adaptive Learning for Exemplar-Free Video Class-Incremental LearningTieyuan Chen, Huabin Liu, Chern Hong Lim … Weiyao LinIEEE TCSVT · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Monash University Malaysia · +4
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  25. 2025
    PECTP: Parameter-Efficient Cross-Task Prompts for Incremental Vision TransformerQian Feng, Hanbin Zhao, Chao Zhang … Hui QianIEEE TCSVT · Zhejiang University of Science and Technology · Zhejiang University · +2
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  26. 2025
    Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning via Asymmetric Supervised Contrastive LearningDuo Liu, Linglan Zhao, Zhongqiang Zhang … Liang WangIEEE TCSVT · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Tencent (China) · +4
  27. 2025
    Class-Aware Prompting for Federated Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningFang-Yi Liang, Yu-Wei Zhan, Jiale Liu … Xin-Shun XuIEEE TCSVT · Shandong University · Tsinghua University
  28. 2025
    Achieving Plasticity-Stability Trade-Off in Continual Learning Through Adaptive Orthogonal ProjectionDe Cheng, Yusong Hu, Nannan Wang … Xinbo GaoIEEE TCSVT · Xidian University · Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications · +2
  29. 2025
    A Generalized Few-Shot Object Detection Method via Extraction of Base-Novel Commonality With Memory Distillation of Category PrototypesJunchi Su, Xin Gao, Heping Lu … Qiangwei LiIEEE TCSVT · Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications · China Electric Power Research Institute
  30. 2025
    Joint Memory Optimization for Continual LearningZhiheng Ma, Yaohui Ma, Xiaopeng Hong … Shizhou ZhangIEEE TCSVT · Shenzhen University · Shenzhen Technology University · +2
  31. 2025
    Contrastive Augmented Graph2Graph Memory Interaction for Few Shot Continual LearningBiqing Qi, Junqi Gao, Xinquan Chen … Bowen ZhouIEEE TCSVT · Tsinghua University · Harbin Institute of Technology
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  32. 2025
    Prompt-Based Concept Learning for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningShuo Li, Fang Liu, Licheng Jiao … Wenping MaIEEE TCSVT · Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China · Xidian University
  33. 2024
    CEAT: Continual Expansion and Absorption Transformer for Non-Exemplar Class-Incremental LearningSonglin Dong, Xinyuan Gao, Yuhang He … Yihong GongIEEE TCSVT · Xi'an Jiaotong University · Nanyang Technological University
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  34. 2024
    Open World Object Detection: A SurveyYiming Li, Yi Wang, Wenqian Wang … Kim–Hui YapIEEE TCSVT · Nanyang Technological University · Hong Kong Polytechnic University · +2
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  35. 2024
    Class Incremental Learning With Less Forgetting Direction and Equilibrium PointHaitao Wen, Heqian Qiu, Lanxiao Wang … Hongliang LiIEEE TCSVT · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  36. 2024
  37. 2024
    Domain Consistency Representation Learning for Lifelong Person Re-IdentificationShiben Liu, Huijie Fan, Qiang Wang … Yang CongIEEE TCSVT
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  38. 2024
    L2A: Learning Affinity From Attention for Weakly Supervised Continual Semantic SegmentationHao Liu, Yong Zhou, Bing Liu … Joey Tianyi ZhouIEEE TCSVT · China University of Mining and Technology · Agency for Science, Technology and Research · +1
  39. 2024
    Reformulating Classification as Image-Class Matching for Class Incremental LearningYusong Hu, Zichen Liang, Xialei Liu … Ming‐Ming ChengIEEE TCSVT · Nankai University
  40. 2024
    Deep Lifelong Cross-Modal HashingLiming Xu, Hanqi Li, Bochuan Zheng … Jiancheng LvIEEE TCSVT · China West Normal University · Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications · +2
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  41. 2024
    Continual Learning of Image Classes With Language Guidance From a Vision-Language ModelWentao Zhang, Yujun Huang, Weizhuo Zhang … Ruixuan WangIEEE TCSVT · Sun Yat-sen University · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +1
  42. 2024
    Class Incremental Learning via Semantic Information Mapping and Background Information CalibratingYan Xian, Hong Yu, Huaxiong Li, Guoyin WangIEEE TCSVT · Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications · Nanjing University
  43. 2024
    Continual Learning of No-Reference Image Quality Assessment With Channel Modulation KernelHui Li, Liang Liao, Chaofeng Chen … Weisi LinIEEE TCSVT · Nanyang Technological University · Harbin Institute of Technology
  44. 2024
    Class Incremental Learning for Light-Weighted NetworksZhe Tao, Lu Yu, Hantao Yao … Changsheng XuIEEE TCSVT · Tianjin University of Technology · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +2
  45. 2024
    Efficient Statistical Sampling Adaptation for Exemplar-Free Class Incremental LearningDe Cheng, Yuxin Zhao, Nannan Wang … Xinbo GaoIEEE TCSVT · Xidian University · Northwestern Polytechnical University · +1
  46. 2024
    MoBoo: Memory-Boosted Vision Transformer for Class-Incremental LearningBolin Ni, Xing Nie, Chenghao Zhang … Shiming XiangIEEE TCSVT · Shandong Institute of Automation · Beijing Institute of Technology
  47. 2024
    Prompt-Guided Semantic-Aware Distillation for Weakly Supervised Incremental Semantic SegmentationXuze Hao, Xuhao Jiang, Wenqian Ni … Bo YanIEEE TCSVT · Fudan University
  48. 2024
    Continual Action Assessment via Task-Consistent Score-Discriminative Feature Distribution ModelingYuan-Ming Li, Ling-An Zeng, Jingke Meng, Wei‐Shi ZhengIEEE TCSVT · Sun Yat-sen University
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  49. 2024
    Continual Cross-Domain Image Compression via Entropy Prior Guided Knowledge Distillation and Scalable DecodingChenhao Wu, Qingbo Wu, Rui Ma … Heqian QiuIEEE TCSVT · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  50. 2024
    Non-Exemplar Class-Incremental Learning by Random Auxiliary Classes Augmentation and Mixed FeaturesKe Song, Guoqiang Liang, Zhaojie Chen, Yanning ZhangIEEE TCSVT · Northwestern Polytechnical University
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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. By default it shows the papers we have a reason to trust: published at a venue like NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR or TPAMI, or written by someone who has published there, or cited a few hundred times. The rest are one click away under “All papers”. 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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