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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
    Hyperspherical semantic compensation of vision-language models for continual learningHongsheng Zhang, Zhong Ji, Chen Tang, Yanwei PangKnowledge-Based Systems · Tianjin University · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +1
  2. 2026
    Leveraging Textual Semantic Guidance for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningYuqiao Xu, Hantao Yao, Lu Yu, Changsheng XuACM Transactions · Tianjin University of Technology · University of Science and Technology of China · +1
  3. 2026
    Incremental Learning for XGBoost via Knowledge ConsolidationTao Ning, Dan Luo, Fang ZhaoInternational Conference on Computer Supported Cooperativ… · Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications · Beijing Forestry University · +1
  4. 2026
    Quadruplet Augmentation With Attribute and Structure Invariance for Online Continual LearningJiamin Wu, Shaofan Wang, Yanan Sun … Baocai YinMemberTPAMI · Beijing University of Technology · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence
  5. 2026
    Research on Continual Learning for Large ModelsDa Yu, Xiaofei Dong, Feng CaoInternational Conference on Advanced Algorithms and Contr… · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence
  6. 2026
    Put the Space of LoRA Initialization to the Extreme to Preserve Pre-trained KnowledgePengwei Tang, Xiaolin Hu, Yong Liu … Debing ZhangAAAI · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · Ministry of Education · +3
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  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
    Continual learning of multiple cognitive functions with a brain-inspired temporal development mechanismBing Han, feifei Zhao, Yinqian Sun … Yi ZengNational Science Review · Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology · Institute of Automation · +2
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  9. 2026
    Spectral Disentanglement: Rank-Aware Task Adaptation for Rehearsal-free Continual Learning in LLMsHuanxuan Liao, Shizhu He, Yupu Hao … Kang LiuACL · Shandong Institute of Automation · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +3
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  10. 2026
    Towards Self-Evolving Agents: Enabling Autonomy through Interactive Experience RefinementCheng Yang, Xuemeng Yang, Licheng Wen … Haifeng LiACL · Central South University · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +4
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  11. 2026
    Harmonizing the Past, Present, and Future: A Null-Space Constrained Region-Specific Method for Continual Learning in LLMsJinhui Chen, Shizhu He, Xingchang Yang … Jun ZhaoACL · Shandong Institute of Automation · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +3
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  12. 2026
    Miles: Metric Learning With Expandable Subspace for Pre-Trained Model-Based Class-Incremental LearningKai Jiang, Zisong Lin, Hongyuan Zhang … Xuelong LiTIP · Xidian University · University of Hong Kong · +1
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  13. 2026
    NExplore: Exploration with Neural Fields for Autonomous Scene Reconstruction.Zike Yan, Zijia Kuang, Yuetao Li … Hongbin ZhaTPAMI · Tsinghua University · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence
  14. 2025
    CFSSeg: Closed-Form Solution for Class-Incremental Semantic Segmentation of 2D Images and 3D Point CloudsJia Xu Li, Rui Li, Jianyu Qi … Huiping ZhuangACM International Conference on Multimedia · Central South University · Zhengzhou University · +4
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  15. 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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  16. 2025
    Pareto Continual Learning: Preference-Conditioned Learning and Adaption for Dynamic Stability-Plasticity Trade-offSong Lai, Zhe Zhao, Fei Zhu … Gaofeng MengAAAI · City University of Hong Kong · City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Research Institute · +4
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  17. 2025
    Pseudo Informative Episode Construction for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningChaofan Chen, Xiaoshan Yang, Changsheng XuAAAI · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +1
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  18. 2025
    Compression and restoration: exploring elasticity in continual test-time adaptationJingwei Li, Chengbao Liu, Xiwei Bai … Yu WangMachine Learning · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Shandong Institute of Automation · +2
  19. 2025
    Branch-Tuning: Balancing Stability and Plasticity for Continual Self-Supervised LearningWenzhuo Liu, Fei Zhu, Cheng‐Lin LiuTNNLS · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
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  20. 2025
    Cross-Generational Contrastive Continual Learning for 3D Point Cloud Semantic SegmentationYuan He, Guyue Hu, Shan YuSpringer LNCS · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +4
  21. 2025
    Similarity-based context aware continual learning for spiking neural networksBing Han, Feifei Zhao, Yang Li … Yi ZengNeural Networks · Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +3
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  22. 2024
    PILoRA: Prototype Guided Incremental LoRA for Federated Class-Incremental LearningHaiyang Guo, Fei Zhu, Wenzhuo Liu … Cheng‐Lin LiuECCV · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Shandong Institute of Automation · +2
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  23. 2024
    Information Bottleneck Based Data Correction in Continual LearningShuai Chen, Mingyi Zhang, Junge Zhang, Kaiqi HuangECCV · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +3
  24. 2024
    Multi-scale Consistency Deep Lifelong Cross-modal HashingLiming Xu, Hanqi Li, Jie Shao … Weisheng LiACM Transactions · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · China West Normal University · +2
  25. 2024
    On the Approximation Risk of Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningXuan Wang, Zhong Ji, Xiyao Liu … Jungong HanECCV · Tianjin University · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +4
  26. 2024
    SCARF: Scalable Continual Learning Framework for Memory‐efficient Multiple Neural Radiance FieldsYuze Wang, Junyi Wang, Chen Wang … Yue QiComputer Graphics Forum · Beihang University · Shandong University of Science and Technology · +3
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  27. 2024
    A cognition-driven framework for few-shot class-incremental learningXuan Wang, Zhong Ji, Yanwei Pang, Yunlong YuNeurocomputing · Tianjin University of Technology · Tianjin University · +3
  28. 2024
    Class-incremental learning with Balanced Embedding Discrimination MaximizationQinglai Wei, Weiqin ZhangNeural Networks · Macau University of Science and Technology · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +4
  29. 2024
    CLOVA: A Closed-LOop Visual Assistant with Tool Usage and UpdateZhi Gao, Yuntao Du, Xintong Zhang … Qing LiCVPR · King University · Peking University · +2
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  30. 2024
    Uncertainty-aware enhanced dark experience replay for continual learningQiang Wang, Zhong Ji, Yanwei Pang, Zhongfei ZhangApplied Intelligence · Tianjin University · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +2
  31. 2024
    Hierarchical Augmentation and Distillation for Class Incremental Audio-Visual Video RecognitionYukun Zuo, Hantao Yao, Liansheng Zhuang, Changsheng XuTPAMI · University of Science and Technology of China · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +3
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  32. 2025
    Dual Balanced Class-Incremental Learning With im-Softmax and Angular RectificationRuicong Zhi, Yicheng Meng, Junyi Hou, Jun WanTNNLS · University of Science and Technology Beijing · National University of Singapore · +4
  33. 2025
    Imbalance Mitigation for Continual Learning via Knowledge Decoupling and Dual Enhanced Contrastive LearningZhong Ji, Zhanyu Jiao, Qiang Wang … Jungong HanTNNLS · Tianjin University · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +2
  34. 2024
    SEEKR: Selective Attention-Guided Knowledge Retention for Continual Learning of Large Language ModelsJinghan He, Haiyun Guo, Kuan Zhu … Jinqiao WangEMNLP · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · Institute of Automation · +1
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  35. 2024
    Spatiotemporal Orthogonal Projection Capsule Network for Incremental Few-Shot Action RecognitionYangbo Feng, Junyu Gao, Changsheng XuIEEE Trans. Multimedia · Tianjin University of Technology · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +5
  36. 2024
    Disentangled Representations for Continual Learning: Overcoming Forgetting and Facilitating Knowledge TransferZhaopeng Xu, Qi Qin, Bing Liu, Dongyan ZhaoSpringer LNCS · Peking University · University of Illinois Chicago · +1
  37. 2023
    AF Adapter: Continual Pretraining for Building Chinese Biomedical Language ModelYongyu Yan, Kui Xue, Xiaoming Shi … Tong RuanIEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biome… · East China University of Science and Technology · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +1
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  38. 2023
    Robust Batch Relation Preserving for Lifelong Unsupervised Domain AdaptationJinghan He, Haiyun Guo, Ming Tang, Jinqiao WangInternational Conference on Intelligent Education and Int… · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +3
  39. 2023
    Task Relation Distillation and Prototypical Pseudo Label for Incremental Named Entity RecognitionDuzhen Zhang, Hongliu Li, Wei Wei Cong … Xiuyi ChenCIKM · Baidu (China) · Hong Kong Polytechnic University · +3
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  40. 2023
    A Continual Learning Framework for Event Prediction with Temporal Knowledge GraphsFan Yang, Jie Bai, Linjing Li, Daniel ZengIEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Securit… · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Shandong Institute of Automation · +3
  41. 2024
    Online Active Continual Learning for Robotic Lifelong Object RecognitionXiangli Nie, Zhiguang Deng, Mingdong He … Zheng TangTNNLS · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +5
  42. 2023
    More task-balanced Class-Incremental LearningJunzhi Chen, Tian Wang, Deyuan Liu … Hichem SoussiYouth Academic Annual Conference of Chinese Association o… · Beihang University · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +4
  43. 2023
    Class Incremental Robotic Pick-and-Place via Incremental Few-Shot Object DetectionJieren Deng, Haojian Zhang, Jianhua Hu … Yunkuan WangRA-L · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +2
  44. 2023
    Contrastive Correlation Preserving Replay for Online Continual LearningDan-Ping Yu, Mingyi Zhang, Mantian Li … Kaiqi HuangIEEE TCSVT · Harbin Institute of Technology · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +4
  45. 2023
    Continual Learning for Anthropomorphic Hand GraspingWanyi Li, Wei Wei, Peng WangIEEE TCDS · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Automation · +3
  46. 2023
    Imitating the oracle: Towards calibrated model for class incremental learningFei Zhu, Zhen Cheng, Xu-Yao Zhang, Cheng‐Lin LiuNeural Networks · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Shandong Institute of Automation · +3
  47. 2023
    CRNet: A Fast Continual Learning Framework With Random TheoryDepeng Li, Zhigang ZengTPAMI · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence
  48. 2023
    Squeezing More Past Knowledge for Online Class-Incremental Continual LearningDahua Yu, Mingyi Zhang, Mantian Li … Kaiqi HuangIEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica · Harbin Institute of Technology · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +4
  49. 2023
    Knowledge Transfer in Incremental Learning for Multilingual Neural Machine TranslationKaiyu Huang, Peng Li, Jin Ma … Yang LiuACL · Tsinghua University · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +5
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  50. 2022
    Neural Manifold Modulated Continual Reinforcement Learning for Musculoskeletal RobotsJiahao Chen, Ziyu Chen, Chaojing Yao, Hong QiaoIEEE TCDS · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +2
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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