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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
    IAP: Improving Continual Learning of Vision-Language Models via Instance-Aware PromptingHao Fu, Hanbin Zhao, Jiahua Dong … Hui QianTIP · Zhejiang University of Science and Technology · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence · +1
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  2. 2026
    Multi-Stage Knowledge Integration of Vision-Language Models for Continual LearningHongsheng Zhang, Zhong Ji, Jingren Liu … Jungong HanTIP · Tianjin University · Tsinghua University
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  3. 2026
    CRISP: Contrastive Residual Injection and Semantic Prompting for Continual Video Instance SegmentationBaichen Liu, Qi Lyu, Xudong Wang … Zhi HanTIP · Shenyang Institute of Automation · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
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  4. 2026
    A Few-Shot Class Incremental Learning Method Using Graph Neural NetworksYuqian Ma, Youfa Liu, Bo DuTIP · Wuhan University
  5. 2026
    Dual Domain-Attribute Learning Framework With Asynchronous Adapters for Continual Test-Time AdaptationYuntong Tian, Kang Li, Tianyang He … Wei FengTIP · Tianjin University · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · +1
  6. 2026
    Learning Prompt Adapters for Forgetting-Free Continual Image Super-ResolutionChaowei Fang, Bolin Fu, De Cheng … Guanbin LiTIP · Xidian University · Sun Yat-sen University
  7. 2026
    Multi-Task Unified Domain Incremental Learning With Domain Difference AdaptersXiang Song, Yuhang He, Lin Peng, Yihong GongTIP · Xi'an Jiaotong University
  8. 2026
    Symmetric Image-Text Tuning With Entropy-Guided Fusion for Online Continual Learning in Non-Stationary Visual StreamsLeyuan Wang, Liuyu Xiang, Yujie Wei … Zhaofeng HeTIP · Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications · Shandong Institute of Automation · +1
  9. 2026
    Toward Generative Understanding: Incremental Few-Shot Semantic Segmentation With Diffusion ModelsQun Li, Lu Huang, Fu Xiao … B. BhanuTIP · Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications · Singapore University of Technology and Design · +1
  10. 2026
    Boosting Few-Shot Continual Learning via Self-Adaptive EvolutionZiqi Gu, Chunyan Xu, Yue Wang … Zhen CuiTIP · Nanjing University of Science and Technology · Nanyang Technological University · +2
  11. 2026
    CLASH-CTTA: Class-Wise Shift-Aware Hierarchical Continual Test-Time AdaptationJ T Li, Songhe FengTIP · Beijing Jiaotong University
  12. 2026
    Emphasizing Domain Differences Through Interactive-Augmented Prompts in Continual Audio-Visual Speech RecognitionDongjie Fu, Xize Cheng, Jingyuan Chen … Zhongfei ZhangTIP · Ningbo University · Zhejiang University · +2
  13. 2026
    Incremental Vision–Language Object Detection via Sparse Frequency TransformXiang Song, Ziye Yang, Yuhang He … Yihong GongTIP · Xi'an Jiaotong University · Northwestern Polytechnical University · +2
  14. 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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  15. 2026
    Multi-Level Collaborative Distillation Meets Global Workspace Model: A Unified Framework for OCILShibin Su, Guoqiang Liang, De Cheng … Lingyan RanTIP · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Xidian University
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  16. 2026
    Overcoming Dual Incremental Challenges in Continual Person Search via Adapter and PrototypeXi Yang, Hexun Zhou, De Cheng, Nannan WangTIP · Xidian University
  17. 2026
    Preserving Fairness in Knowledge Transfer for Exemplar-Free Class-Incremental Learning via Semantic PropagationFankang Xu, Lu Jin, Yanpeng Sun, Zechao LiTIP · Nanjing University of Science and Technology · Singapore University of Technology and Design
  18. 2026
    Prompting Rain Off: Evolving Compact Dual Prompts for Continual De-RainingMinghao Liu, Wenhan Yang, Jiaying LiuTIP · Peking University · Peng Cheng Laboratory
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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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