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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
    AMAF-FCL: Adaptive Multi-Factor Accurate Forgetting for Heterogeneous Federated Continual LearningWeimeng Wang, Guoping Fu, Weiqiao Zhu … Xiaolin ChangApplied Sciences · China Academy of Railway Sciences · China Railway Group (China) · +1
  2. 2026
    CGRD: An Exemplar-Free Extension of Knowledge Distillation for Class-Incremental 3D Point Cloud Semantic SegmentationLei Wang, Rongxiang LiuApplied Sciences · East China University of Technology
  3. 2026
    Dynamic LoRA-Experts and Prototype-Ensemble Matching for Class-Incremental LearningHongwei Zhao, Rui Liu, Ying LiuApplied Sciences · Beihang University
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  4. 2026
    CoDC: Unified Diffusion and Classification for Enhanced Class-Incremental LearningJunli Chen, Jianming Wen, Sijin Wang, Qiuyu ZhuApplied Sciences · Shanghai University
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  6. 2025
    D-Know: Disentangled Domain Knowledge-Aided Learning for Open-Domain Continual Object DetectionBintao He, Caixia Yan, Yan Kou … Yugui XieApplied Sciences · Xi'an Jiaotong University · Digital Video (Italy)
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  7. 2025
    Continual Learning Model with Dynamic Adaptation and Flexibility for Incremental ClassesMinami Hotta, Nobuyuki Ogasawara, Kengo Miyajima … Masayuki GotoApplied Sciences · Waseda University
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  8. 2025
    Tail-Calibrated Transformer Autoencoding with Prototype- Guided Mining for Open-World Object DetectionMuhammad Ali Iqbal, Yeo Chan Yoon, Soo Kyun KimApplied Sciences · Jeju National University
  9. 2025
    Mitigating the Stability–Plasticity Trade-Off in Neural Networks via Shared Extractors in Class-Incremental LearningMingda Dong, Rui Li, Feng LiuApplied Sciences · East China Normal University · China Mobile (China) · +1
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  10. 2025
    Analysis of Model Merging Methods for Continual Updating of Foundation Models in Distributed Data SettingsKenta Kubota, Ren Togo, Keisuke Maeda … Miki HaseyamaApplied Sciences · Hokkaido University
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  12. 2024
    A Class-Incremental Learning Method for Interactive Event Detection via Interaction, Contrast and DistillationJiashun Duan, Xin ZhangApplied Sciences · National University of Defense Technology
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  13. 2023
    Class-wise Classifier Design Capable of Continual Learning using Adaptive Resonance Theory-based Topological ClusteringNaoki Masuyama, Yusuke Nojima, Farhan Dawood, Zongying LiuApplied Sciences · Osaka Metropolitan University · Tokyo Metropolitan University · +3
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  14. 2023
    Applying Object Detection and Embedding Techniques to One-Shot Class-Incremental Multi-Label Image ClassificationYoungki Park, Youhyun ShinApplied Sciences · Chuncheon National University of Education · Incheon National University
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  15. 2023
    Machine Unlearning by Reversing the Continual LearningYongjing Zhang, Zhaobo Lu, Feng Zhang … Shaojing LiApplied Sciences · Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics · Qufu Normal University · +1
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  16. 2023
    Continual Learning Approach for Continuous Data Stream Analysis in Dynamic EnvironmentsK. Prasanna, Mudassir Khan, Saeed M. Alshahrani … J. Chinna BabuApplied Sciences · King Khalid University · Shaqra University
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  17. 2023
    Deep Lifelong Learning Optimization Algorithm in Dense Region FusionLinghao Zhang, Fan Ding, Siyu Xiang … Hongjun WangApplied Sciences · Inner Mongolia Electric Power (China) · Southwest Jiaotong University
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  18. 2023
    Experience Replay Optimisation via ATSC and TSC for Performance Stability in Deep RLRichard Sakyi Osei, Daphne LopezApplied Sciences · Vellore Institute of Technology University
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  19. 2022
    A Federated Incremental Learning Algorithm Based on Dual Attention MechanismKai Hu, Meixia Lu, Yaogen Li … Yi YangApplied Sciences · Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology · Nanjing University of Science and Technology
  20. 2022
    Predictive Distillation Method of Anchor-Free Object Detection Model for Continual LearningGang su-myung, Daewon Chung, Joonjae LeeApplied Sciences · Keimyung University
  21. 2021
    Modular Dynamic Neural Network: A Continual Learning ArchitectureDaniel Z. Turner, Pedro J. S. Cardoso, João M. F. RodriguesApplied Sciences · University of Algarve
  22. 2021
    Memory Model for Morphological Semantics of Visual Stimuli Using Sparse Distributed RepresentationKyuchang Kang, Changseok BaeApplied Sciences · Kunsan National University · Daejeon University
  23. 2021
    Bayesian Optimization Based Efficient Layer Sharing for Incremental LearningBomi Kim, Taehyeon Kim, Yoonsik ChoeApplied Sciences · Yonsei University
  24. 2020
    A Novel Layer Sharing-based Incremental Learning via Bayesian OptimizationYoonsik Choe, Bomi Kim, Taehyeon KimApplied Sciences · Yonsei University
  25. 2018
    Transfer Incremental Learning using Data AugmentationGhouthi Boukli Hacene, Vincent Gripon, Nicolas Farrugia … Michel JézéquelApplied Sciences · Université de Bretagne Occidentale · Laboratoire des Sciences et Techniques de l’Information de la Communication et de la Connaissance · +2
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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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