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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
    SUM: Unified Geometric Surgery on Spatio-Temporal Adaptation Vectors for Federated Class Incremental LearningJaeik Kim, Jaeyoung DoarXiv · Seoul National University · Seoul National University of Education · +1
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  2. 2026
    DeCoFlow: Structural Decomposition of Normalizing Flows for Continual Anomaly DetectionHun Im, Jungi Lee, Subeen Cha, Pilsung KangarXiv · Seoul National University
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  3. 2026
    LAPS: Improving Incremental LiDAR Mapping Using Active Pooling and Sampling for Neural Distance FieldsDongjae Lee, Wooseong Yang, Yifu Tao … Ayoung KimRA-L · Seoul National University · University of Oxford
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  4. 2026
    SPREAD: Scalable Pre-Trained World Model for Adaptive Dynamics ModelJihun Moon, Seong-Woo KimRA-L · Seoul National University
  5. 2026
    Generalized few-shot intent detection by prompt learning without forgettingChaiyut Luoyiching, Yangning Li, Rongsheng Li … Hong‐Gee KimNeural Computing and Applications · University Town of Shenzhen · Tsinghua University · +3
  6. 2025
    Playbook: Scalable Discrete Skill Discovery From Unstructured Datasets for Long-Horizon Decision-Making ProblemsMinjae Kang, Mineui Hong, Songhwai OhRA-L · Seoul National University · Carnegie Mellon University
  7. 2022
    MEIL-NeRF: Memory-Efficient Incremental Learning of Neural Radiance FieldsJaeyoung Chung, K. Lee, Sungyong Baik, Kyoung Mu LeeIEEE Access · Seoul National University · Hanyang University
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  8. 2025
    Improving Forward Compatibility in Class Incremental Learning by Increasing Representation Rank and Feature RichnessJaeill Kim, W. C. Lee, Moonjung Eo, Wonjong RheeNeural Networks · CHA University Bundang Medical Center · Seoul National University · +1
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  9. 2024
    CLOSER: Towards Better Representation Learning for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningJin-Yong Oh, Sungyong Baik, Kyoung Mu LeeECCV · Seoul National University · Hanyang University
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  10. 2025
    When Meta-Learning Meets Online and Continual Learning: A SurveyJaehyeon Son, Soochan Lee, Gunhee KimTPAMI · Seoul National University · LG (South Korea)
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  11. 2024
    Learning Equi-Angular Representations for Online Continual LearningMinhyuk Seo, Hyunseo Koh, Wonje Jeung … Jonghyun ChoiCVPR · Yonsei University · Zhejiang Lab · +1
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  12. 2024
    What, How, and When Should Object Detectors Update in Continually Changing Test Domains?Jayeon Yoo, D.T. Lee, Inseop Chung … Nojun KwakCVPR · Seoul National University
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  13. 2024
    CLeVer: Continual Learning Visualizer for Detecting Task Transition FailureMinsuk Chang, Donghun Kim, Hyeon Jeon … Jinwook SeoIEEE 17th Pacific Visualization Conference (PacificVis) · Seoul National University
  14. 2023
    Generating Instance-level Prompts for Rehearsal-free Continual LearningDahuin Jung, Dongyoon Han, Jihwan Bang, Hwanjun SongICCV · Seoul National University · NAVER Cloud (South Korea) · +1
  15. 2023
    Online Continual Learning on Hierarchical Label ExpansionByung Hyun Lee, Okchul Jung, Jonghyun Choi, Se Young ChunICCV · Seoul National University · Yonsei University
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  16. 2023
    GVCCI: Lifelong Learning of Visual Grounding for Language-Guided Robotic ManipulationJunghyun Kim, Gi-Cheon Kang, Jaein Kim … Byoung‐Tak ZhangIROS · Seoul National University
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  17. 2023
    On the Stability-Plasticity Dilemma of Class-Incremental LearningDong-Wan Kim, Bohyung HanCVPR · Seoul National University
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  18. 2023
    Rebalancing Batch Normalization for Exemplar-Based Class-Incremental LearningSungmin Cha, Sungjun Cho, Dasol Hwang … Taesup MoonCVPR · Seoul National University · University of Illinois Chicago
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  19. 2023
    Large-scale Lifelong Learning of In-context Instructions and How to Tackle ItJisoo Mok, Jaeyoung Do, Sung‐Jin Lee … Sungroh YoonACL · Seoul National University · New Generation University College · +4
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  20. 2022
    Brain-inspired Predictive Coding Improves the Performance of Machine Challenging TasksJangho Lee, Jeonghee Jo, Byoung-Hwa Lee … Sungroh YoonFrontiers · Seoul National University · Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute · +1
  21. 2022
    Class-Incremental Learning by Knowledge Distillation with Adaptive Feature ConsolidationMinsoo Kang, Jaeyoo Park, Bohyung HanCVPR · Seoul National University
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  22. 2022
    Online Continual Learning on a Contaminated Data Stream with Blurry Task BoundariesJihwan Bang, Hyunseo Koh, Seulki Park … Jonghyun ChoiCVPR · NAVER Cloud (South Korea) · Naver (South Korea) · +2
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  23. 2022
    Visual Tracking by Adaptive Continual Meta-LearningJanghoon Choi, Sungyong Baik, Myungsub Choi … Kyoung Mu LeeIEEE Access · Kookmin University · Seoul National University · +1
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  24. 2022
    Incremental Learning With Adaptive Model Search and a Nominal Loss ModelChanho Ahn, Eunwoo Kim, Songhwai OhIEEE Access · Seoul National University · Chung-Ang University
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  25. 2021
    SS-IL: Separated Softmax for Incremental LearningHongjoon Ahn, Jihwan Kwak, Subin Lim … Taesup MoonICCV · Sungkyunkwan University · Seoul National University
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  26. 2021
    Class-Incremental Learning for Action Recognition in VideosJaeyoo Park, Minsoo Kang, Bohyung HanICCV · Seoul National University
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  27. 2021
    Continual Learning on Noisy Data Streams via Self-Purified ReplayChris Dongjoo Kim, Jinseo Jeong, Sangwoo Moon, Gunhee KimICCV · Seoul National University
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  28. 2021
    SSUL: Semantic Segmentation with Unknown Label for Exemplar-based Class-Incremental LearningSungmin Cha, Beomyoung Kim, Youngjoon Yoo, Taesup MoonNeurIPS · Sungkyunkwan University · Naver (South Korea) · +1
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  29. 2021
    Homeostasis-Inspired Continual Learning: Learning to Control Structural RegularizationJoonyoung Kim, Hyowoon Seo, Wan Choi, Kyomin JungIEEE Access · Seoul National University · University of Oulu · +1
  30. 2020
    StackNet: Stacking feature maps for Continual learningKim Jangho, Jeesoo Kim, Nojun KwakCVPR · Seoul National University
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  31. 2020
    Imbalanced Continual Learning with Partitioning Reservoir SamplingChris Dongjoo Kim, Jinseo Jeong, Gunhee KimECCV · Seoul National University
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  32. 2019
    Continual Learning by Asymmetric Loss Approximation With Single-Side OverestimationDong-Min Park, Seokil Hong, Bohyung Han, Kyoung Mu LeeICCV · Seoul National University · Samsung (South Korea)
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  33. 2019
    Autoencoder-Based Incremental Class Learning without Retraining on Old DataEuntae Choi, Kyungmi Lee, Ki‐Young ChoiarXiv · Seoul National University · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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  34. 2018
    Lifelong Learning with the Feedback-loop between Emotions and Actions via Internal RewardDharani Punithan, Byoung‐Tak ZhangProcedia Computer Science · Seoul National University
  35. 2017
    Continual Learning with Deep Generative ReplayHanul Shin, Jung Kwon Lee, Jaehong Kim, Jiwon KimNeurIPS · Seoul National University · Samsung (South Korea)
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  36. 2017
    Overcoming Catastrophic Forgetting by Incremental Moment MatchingSang-Woo Lee, Jin-Hwa Kim, Jae-Hyun Jun … Byoung‐Tak ZhangNeurIPS · Seoul National University · Naver (South Korea)
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  37. 2015
    Dual Memory Architectures for Fast Deep Learning of Stream Data via an Online-Incremental-Transfer StrategySang-Woo Lee, Min-Oh Heo, Jiwon Kim … Byoung‐Tak ZhangarXiv · Seoul National University
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  38. 2015
    Automated Construction of Visual-Linguistic Knowledge via Concept Learning from Cartoon VideosJung-Woo Ha, Kyung-Min Kim, Byoung‐Tak ZhangAAAI · Seoul National University
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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