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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
    GRASP: Gradient-Aligned Sequential Parameter Transfer for Memory-Efficient Multi-Source LearningMary Isabelle Wisell, Nicholas Jacobs, Aayush Manandhar, Salimeh Yasaei SekehICPR
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  2. 2026
    Tunable MAGMAX: Preference-Aware Model Merging for Continual LearningKei Hiroshima, Kento Uchida, Shinichi ShirakawaICPR
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  3. 2026
    STAER: Temporal Aligned Rehearsal for Continual Spiking Neural NetworkMatteo Gianferrari, Omayma Moussadek, Riccardo Salami … Simone CalderaraICPR
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  4. 2025
    Semi-Dynamic Ensemble for Evolutionary NAS in Continual LearningDaniel Victor Ferreira, Lucas Rakotoarivony, Agathe ArchetICPR · Thales (Australia)
  5. 2025
    Lifelong Learning Needs Sleep: Few-Shot Incremental Learning Enhanced by SleepYuma Kishimoto, Koichiro YamauchiICPR · Chubu University
  6. 2024
    FedRewind: Rewinding Continual Model Exchange for Decentralized Federated LearningLuca Palazzo, Matteo Pennisi, Federica Proietto Salanitri … Concetto SpampinatoICPR
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  9. 2024
    Mask and Compress: Efficient Skeleton-based Action Recognition in Continual LearningMatteo Mosconi, Andriy Sorokin, Aniello Panariello … Rita CucchiaraICPR
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  10. 2024
    Alleviating Catastrophic Forgetting in Facial Expression Recognition with Emotion-Centered ModelsR. IsraelA.Laurensi, A. de Souza Britto, J. P. Barddal, A. KoerichICPR
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  12. 2024
    Face to Cartoon Incremental Super-Resolution using Knowledge DistillationTrinetra Devkatte, Shiv Ram Dubey, Satish Kumar Singh, Abdenour HadidICPR
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  13. 2024
    Swap-Deep Neural Network: Incremental Inference and Learning for Embedded SystemsTaihei Asai, Koichiro YamauchiICPR · Chubu University
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  16. 2023
    Severity of Catastrophic Forgetting in Object Detection for Autonomous DrivingC. Witte, René Schuster, S. Bukhari … Georg SchneiderICPR
  17. 2022
    Effects of Auxiliary Knowledge on Continual LearningGiovanni Bellitto, Matteo Pennisi, Simone Palazzo … Simone CalderaraICPR · University of Catania · University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
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  18. 2022
    Rethinking Task-Incremental Learning BaselinesMd. Sazzad Hossain, Pritom Saha, Townim Faisal Chowdhury … Nabeel MohammedICPR · Grameenphone (Bangladesh) · North South University
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  19. 2022
    Class Incremental Learning based on Local Structure Constraints in Feature SpaceYinan Li, Ronghua Luo, Zhen-Ming HuangICPR · South China University of Technology
  20. 2022
    CTR: Contrastive Training Recognition Classifier for Few-Shot Open-World RecognitionNikolaos Dionelis, Sotirios A. Tsaftaris, Mehrdad YaghoobiICPR · University of Edinburgh
  21. 2022
    Continual Learning for Document Image BinarizationCarlos Garrido-Munoz, Adrian Sanchez-Hernandez, Francisco J. Castellanos, Jorge Calvo-ZaragozaICPR · University of Alicante · Software (Spain)
  22. 2022
    Continual Learning via Dynamic ProgrammingRanganath Krishnan, Prasanna BalaprakashICPR · Argonne National Laboratory
  23. 2022
    Dynamic Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning for Incremental Few-Shot LearningJansen Keith L. Domoguen, Prospero C. NavalICPR · University of the Philippines Diliman
  24. 2022
    KRNet: Towards Efficient Knowledge ReplayYingying Zhang, Qiaoyong Zhong, Di Xie, Shiliang PuICPR
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  25. 2022
    Feature Distribution Distillation-Based Few Shot Class Incremental LearningJuntao Zhu, Guangle Yao, Wenlong Zhou … Wei ZhangICPR · Chengdu University of Technology · Yibin University · +4
  26. 2021
    Rethinking Experience Replay: a Bag of Tricks for Continual LearningPietro Buzzega, Matteo Boschini, Angelo Porrello, Simone CalderaraICPR · University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
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  27. 2021
    Class-incremental Learning with Pre-allocated Fixed ClassifiersFederico Pernici, Matteo Bruni, Claudio Baecchi … Alberto Del BimboICPR · Florence (Netherlands) · University of Florence
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  28. 2021
    Sequential Domain Adaptation through Elastic Weight Consolidation for Sentiment AnalysisAvinash Madasu, Anvesh Rao VijjiniICPR · Samsung (United States) · Samsung (India)
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  29. 2021
    Semi-Supervised Class Incremental LearningAlexis Lechat, Stéphane Herbin, Frédéric JurieICPR · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen · +5
  30. 2021
    Energy Minimum Regularization in Continual LearningXiaobin Li, Lianlei Shan, Minglong Li, Weiqiang WangICPR · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  31. 2021
    ARCADe: A Rapid Continual Anomaly DetectorAhmed Frikha, Denis Krompaß, Volker TrespICPR · Siemens (Germany)
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  32. 2021
    Class-Incremental Learning with Topological Schemas of Memory SpacesXinyuan Chang, Xiaoyu Tao, Xiaopeng Hong … Yihong GongICPR · Xi'an Jiaotong University
  33. 2021
    Selecting Useful Knowledge from Previous Tasks for Future Learning in a Single NetworkFeifei Shi, Peng Wang, Zhongchao Shi, Yong RuiICPR · Lenovo (China)
  34. 2021
    Dual-Memory Model for Incremental Learning: The Handwriting Recognition Use CaseM. Piot, Berangere Bourdoulous, Jordan González … Lionel PrévostICPR · ESIEA University
  35. 2021
    Incrementally Zero-Shot Detection by an Extreme Value AnalyzerSixiao Zheng, Yanwei Fu, Yanxi HouICPR · Fudan University
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  36. 2021
    Pseudo Rehearsal using non photo-realistic imagesBhasker Sri Harsha Suri, Kalidas YeturuICPR · Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
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  37. 2021
    Few-Shot Class Incremental Learning with Generative Feature ReplayAbhilash Shankarampeta, Koichiro YamauchiICPR · Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati · Chubu University
  38. 2018
    Rotate your Networks: Better Weight Consolidation and Less Catastrophic ForgettingXialei Liu, Marc Masana, Luis Herranz … Andrew D. BagdanovICPR · Computer Vision Center · University of Florence
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  39. 2015
    Adaptive Classification for Person Re-identification Driven by Change DetectionC. Pagano, Éric Granger, Robert Sabourin … Fabio RoliICPR · Université du Québec · University of Cagliari
  40. 2013
    Evolving Classifier Ensembles using Dynamic Multi-objective Swarm IntelligenceJean-François Connolly, Éric Granger, Robert SabourinICPR
  41. 2002
    IFOSART: a noise resistant neural network capable of incremental learningAllan Loh, M. Robey, Geoff WestICPR · Curtin 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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