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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
    PDR-FSCIL: prompt decoupling regularization with an optimized classifier for few-shot class-incremental learningMeilan Hao, Yiren Cai, Y. Gu … Deepak Kumar JainThe Journal of Supercomputing · Hebei University of Engineering · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +3
  2. 2026
    Time Series Class-Incremental Learning via Confidence-guided Mask Distillation and Prototype-guided Contrastive LearningYu Liu, Haoqin Yang, Jinping Sui … Qi JiaAAAI · Dalian University of Technology · United States Naval Academy · +1
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  3. 2026
    Key-Value Pair-Free Continual Learner via Task-Specific Prompt-PrototypeHaihua Luo, Xuming Ran, Zhengji Li … Fengyu CongNeural Networks · University of Jyväskylä · National University of Singapore · +3
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  4. 2025
    Continual Learning for Multilingual Neural Machine Translation via Meta-Contrastive Memory ReplayLin Zhou, Degen Huang, Junpeng Liu … Kaiyu HuangSpringer LNCS · Dalian University of Technology · Université de Montréal · +1
  5. 2025
    CoRe-KD: Contrastive Multi-Teacher and Retention-Aware Knowledge Distillation for Continual Multilingual Neural Machine TranslationLin Zhou, Degen HuangData Intelligence · Dalian University of Technology · Dalian University · +1
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  6. 2025
    MoE-Adapters++: Toward More Efficient Continual Learning of Vision-Language Models Via Dynamic Mixture-of-Experts AdaptersJiazuo Yu, Zichen Huang, Yunzhi Zhuge … You HeTPAMI · Dalian University of Technology · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · +2
  7. 2025
    ALADE-SNN: Adaptive Logit Alignment in Dynamically Expandable Spiking Neural Networks for Class Incremental LearningWenyao Ni, Jiangrong Shen, Qi Xu, Huajin TangAAAI · Zhejiang University · Xi'an Jiaotong University · +1
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  8. 2025
    Multi-View Incremental Learning with Structured Hebbian Plasticity for Enhanced Fusion EfficiencyYuhong Chen, Ailin Song, Huifeng Yin … Mingkun XuAAAI · Fuzhou University · Guangdong Polytechnic of Science and Technology · +2
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  9. 2025
    Online Contrastive Continual Learning with Hard Negative SamplesGuanglu Wang, Xinyue Liu, Wentao Yang … Xianchao ZhangICASSP · Dalian University of Technology
  10. 2025
    A Dual-Channel Collaborative Transformer for continual learningHao Cai, Yizhe Wang, Yong Luo, Keming MaoApplied Soft Computing · Northeastern University · Dalian University of Technology
  11. 2024
    Fast Online Adaptation of Visual SLAM via Variational Information Transfer and PreservationSangni Xu, Hao Xiong, Qiuxia Wu … Zhiyong WangACM International Conference on Multimedia in Asia · South China University of Technology · Macquarie University · +2
  12. 2024
    Continual learning with high-order experience replay for dynamic network embeddingZhizheng Wang, Yuanyuan Sun, Xiaokun Zhang … Hongfei LinPattern Recognition · Dalian University of Technology
  13. 2024
    Online Class-incremental Continual Learning with Maximum Entropy Memory UpdateGuanglu Wang, Xinyue Liu, Wenxin Liang … Xianchao ZhangIJCNN · Dalian University of Technology
  14. 2024
    NLOCL: Noise-Labeled Online Continual LearningKan Cheng, Yongxin Ma, Guanglu Wang … Xinyue LiuElectronics · China Academy of Space Technology · Dalian University of Technology
  15. 2024
    Boosting Continual Learning of Vision-Language Models via Mixture-of-Experts AdaptersJiazuo Yu, Yunzhi Zhuge, Lu Zhang … You HeCVPR · Dalian University of Technology · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · +1
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  16. 2024
    Dual-Consistency Model Inversion for Non-Exemplar Class Incremental LearningZihuan Qiu, Yi Xu, Fanman Meng … Qingbo WuCVPR · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Dalian University of Technology
  17. 2024
    Efficient Spiking Neural Networks with Sparse Selective Activation for Continual LearningJiangrong Shen, Wenyao Ni, Qi Xu, Huajin TangAAAI · Zhejiang University · Dalian University of Technology
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  18. 2024
    Continual Learning with Class-Level Minimally Interfered UpdateGuanglu Wang, Xianchao Zhang, Han Liu … Linlin ZongICASSP · Dalian University of Technology
  19. 2024
    Representation Robustness and Feature Expansion for Exemplar-Free Class-Incremental LearningYong Luo, Hongwei Ge, Yuxuan Liu, Chunguo WuIEEE TCSVT · Dalian University of Technology · Jilin University · +1
  20. 2023
    Online Visual SLAM Adaptation against Catastrophic Forgetting with Cycle-Consistent Contrastive LearningSangni Xu, Hao Xiong, Qiuxia Wu … Zhiyong WangICRA · The University of Sydney · South China University of Technology · +3
  21. 2023
    TRICL: Triplet Continual LearningXianchao Zhang, Guanglu Wang, Xiaotong Zhang … Wentao YangICASSP · Dalian University of Technology · Huawei Technologies (United Kingdom)
  22. 2023
    Continual Learning for Multilingual Neural Machine Translation via Dual Importance-based Model DivisionJunpeng Liu, Kaiyu Huang, Hao Yu … Degen HuangEMNLP · Dalian University of Technology · Tsinghua University · +1
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  23. 2023
    Lifelong Fine-Grained Image RetrievalWei Chen, Haoyang Xu, Nan Pu … Michael S. LewIEEE Trans. Multimedia · Xidian University · Leiden University · +2
  24. 2022
    Meta Reconciliation Normalization for Lifelong Person Re-IdentificationNan Pu, Yu Liu, Wei Chen … Michael S. LewACM International Conference on Multimedia · Leiden University · Dalian University of Technology
  25. 2021
    Lifelong Person Re-Identification via Adaptive Knowledge AccumulationNan Pu, Wei Chen, Yu Liu … Michael S. LewCVPR · Leiden University · Dalian University of Technology
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  26. 2022
    Feature Estimations Based Correlation Distillation for Incremental Image RetrievalWei Chen, Yu Liu, Nan Pu … Michael S. LewIEEE Trans. Multimedia · Leiden University · Dalian University of Technology · +1
  27. 2020
    Novelty Detection and Online Learning for Chunk Data StreamsYi Wang, Yi Ding, Xiangjian He … Jiebo LuoTPAMI · Dalian University of Technology · University of Technology Sydney · +2
  28. 2018
    Fast Factorization-free Kernel Learning for Unlabeled Chunk Data StreamsYi Wang, Nan Xue, Xin Fan … Zhongxuan LuoIJCAI · Dalian University of Technology · University of Rochester
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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. 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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