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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
    Robust adaptation of visual representations for few-shot class-incremental learning via geometric calibrationTao Zhang, C.L. Philip Chen, Xiwen Luo … Jiehao LiPattern Recognition · South China University of Technology · South China Agricultural University · +1
  2. 2026
    Cognitive Bifurcation: Dual-Progressive Causal Diffusion with Hippocampal Memory for Continual Graph LearningJiahao Liang, Carl Yang, Haoran Yang … Kaixiang YangKDD · South China University of Technology · Emory University · +2
  3. 2026
    Crafting Your Evolving Dreams: Concept-Incremental Versatile CustomizationJiahua Dong, Wenqi Liang, Hongliu Li … Fahad Shahbaz KhanTPAMI · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence · University of Trento · +5
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  4. 2026
    ASMem: Anchor sparse memory for multi-domain knowledge editing of large language modelsGuanyu Zheng, Zhenyu Wang, Yang Zhao … Chengqing ZongNeural Networks · South China University of Technology · Shandong Institute of Automation · +3
  5. 2026
    Federated Class Incremental Learning Method With High Accuracy and Extremely Low Communication Cost Based on Broad Learning SystemJie Du, Wenbing Chen, Peng Liu … C L Philip ChenIEEE Transactions · Shenzhen University · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · +2
  6. 2026
    Dynamic expandable framework for incremental anomaly detectionYuxuan Tan, Hongxia Gao, Tongtong Liu, Xiaoqin WenNeural Networks · Xi'an Jiaotong University · South China University of Technology
  7. 2026
    PAL: Prompting Analytic Learning with Missing Modality for Multi-Modal Class-Incremental LearningXianghu Yue, Yiming Chen, Xueyi Zhang … Haizhou LiPattern Recognition · Tianjin University · National University of Singapore · +4
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  8. 2026
    Rep Deep & Machine Learning: Exemplar-Free Continual Video Action Recognition via Slow-Fast Collaborative LearningXueyi Zhang, Jianhua Zhang, Zheng Li … Huiping ZhuangAAAI · Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +4
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  9. 2026
    Class-Incremental Cloud-Device Collaborative Adaptation With Contrastive Learning in Dynamic Changing EnvironmentsYushi Zeng, Haopeng Ren, Yi Cai … Qing LiTNNLS · South China University of Technology · Guangzhou University · +3
  10. 2026
    Learning From Each Other: Generalized Federated Incremental Semantic SegmentationJiahua Dong, Wenqi Liang, Yang Cong … Luc Van GoolTPAMI · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence · Shenyang Institute of Automation · +5
  11. 2025
    Lifelong Learning of Large Language Model Based Agents: A RoadmapJunhao Zheng, Chengming Shi, Xidi Cai … Qianli MaTPAMI · South China University of Technology · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence · +2
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  12. 2026
    Decision Boundary Drift: A Security, Privacy, and Trust Risk of Continual Learning for Agentic AI in Edge NetworksKaixiang Yang, Yue Xu, Zhihao Li … C.L. Philip ChenIEEE Transactions · Lanzhou University of Technology · South China University of Technology · +2
  13. 2024
    REAL: Representation Enhanced Analytic Learning for Exemplar-free Class-incremental LearningRun He, Di Fang, Yizhu Chen … Huiping ZhuangKnowledge-Based Systems · South China University of Technology · Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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  14. 2026
    Rethinking Obscured Sub-Optimality in Analytic Learning for Exemplar-Free Class-Incremental LearningZijian Gao, Kele Xu, Xingxing Zhang … Huaimin WangIEEE TCSVT · National University of Defense Technology · Tsinghua University · +1
  15. 2025
    Multi-modality integrated class incremental learning networks for 3D object recognitionYufei Zhang, Dongyun Lin, Xiao Zhang … Huiping ZhuangKnowledge-Based Systems · Nanyang Technological University · Wuyi University · +4
  16. 2024
    Analytic Continual Test-Time Adaptation for Multi-Modality CorruptionYufei Zhang, Yicheng Xu, Hongxin Wei … Huiping ZhuangACM International Conference on Multimedia · South China University of Technology · Institute of Science Tokyo · +2
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  17. 2025
    TongGu-VL: Advancing Visual-Language Understanding in Chinese Classical Studies through Parameter Sensitivity-Guided Instruction TuningJiahuan Cao, Yang Liu, Peirong Zhang … Lianwen JinACM International Conference on Multimedia · South China University of Technology · Shanghai Medical Information Center
  18. 2025
    Forward-Only Continual LearningJiao Chen, Jiayi He, Fangfang Chen … Jianhua TangACM International Conference on Multimedia · South China University of Technology
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  19. 2024
    CFSSeg: Closed-Form Solution for Class-Incremental Semantic Segmentation of 2D Images and 3D Point CloudsJia Xu Li, Rui Li, Jianyu Qi … Huiping ZhuangACM International Conference on Multimedia · Central South University · Zhengzhou University · +4
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  20. 2025
    Probabilistic Mixture of Hyperbolic Mamba for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningYawen Cui, Wenbin Zou, Huiping Zhuang … Lap‐Pui ChauACM International Conference on Multimedia · Hong Kong Polytechnic University · South China University of Technology
  21. 2025
    Seeing 3D Through 2D Lenses: 3D Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning via Cross-Modal Geometric RectificationTuo Xiang, Xuemiao Xu, Bangzhen Liu … Shengfeng HeICCV · South China University of Technology · Singapore Management University
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  22. 2025
    Any-SSR: How Recursive Least Squares Works in Continual Learning of Large Language ModelsKai Tong, Kang Pan, Xiao Zhang … Huiping ZhuangICCV · South China University of Technology · Xiaomi (China) · +1
  23. 2025
    Class incremental learning based on fine-tuning of pre-trained modelsZhuliang Yu, Ruidong ZhangInternational Conference on Internet of Things, Automatio… · South China University of Technology
  24. 2026
    CIBLS-PLS: A Class-Incremental Broad Learning System With Pseudolabel-Guided Stacked StructureXin Liu, Zhaoyin Shi, Shuanghao Zhang … C. L. Philip ChenIEEE TAI · Shenzhen University · Shenzhen Technology University · +4
  25. 2025
    Hybrid Ensemble Framework for Imbalanced Data Streams With Concept DriftMianfen Lin, Zhiwen Yu, Kaixiang Yang, C. L. Philip ChenIEEE Transactions · South China University of Technology
  26. 2025
    Multi-table based Incremental Hashing for Cross Modal RetrievalDezhong Zhu, Chen Luo, Qihua Li … Wing W. Y. NgInternational Symposium on Machine Learning and Media Com… · South China Normal University · South China University of Technology
  27. 2025
    A spatially aware global and local perspective approach for few-shot incremental learningHeng Wu, Zijun Zheng, Laishui Lv … Yinyin WangScientific Reports · Ludong University · Hangzhou Vocational and Technical College · +10
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  28. 2025
    CALM: A Ubiquitous Crowdsourced Analytic Learning Mechanism for Continual Service Construction with Data Privacy PreservationKejia Fan, Yajiang Huang, Jingyu He … Yunhuai LiuACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technol… · Central South University · University of Pennsylvania · +6
  29. 2024
    Uncertainty-Calibrated Test-Time Model Adaptation Without ForgettingMingkui Tan, Guohao Chen, Jiaxiang Wu … Shuaicheng NiuTPAMI · South China University of Technology · National University of Singapore · +2
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  30. 2025
    ALMM: Analytic Learning and Model Merging for Class Incremental LearningHe Han, Huiping ZhuangWorld Conference on Computing and Communication Technolog… · South China University of Technology
  31. 2025
    SGB-Net: Scalable Graph Broad NetworkYuebin Xu, C. L. Philip Chen, Mengqi Wu, Tong ZhangTNNLS · South China University of Technology
  32. 2025
    L3Net: Localized and Layered Reparameterization for incremental learningXuandi Luo, Huaidong Zhang, Huaidong Zhang … Shengfeng HeNeural Networks · South China University of Technology · Singapore Management University
  33. 2024
    ReFu: Recursive Fusion for Exemplar-Free 3D Class-Incremental LearningYi Yang, Lei Zhong, Huiping ZhuangWACV · University of Edinburgh · South China University of Technology
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  34. 2024
    Towards Lifelong Learning of Large Language Models: A SurveyJunhao Zheng, Shengjie Qiu, Chengming Shi, Qianli MaACM Computing Surveys · South China University of Technology
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  35. 2024
    MuseumMaker: Continual Style Customization Without Catastrophic ForgettingChanglan Liu, Gan Sun, Wenqi Liang … Yang CongTIP · Shenyang Institute of Automation · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +3
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  36. 2025
    Source-Free Elastic Model Adaptation for Vision-and-Language NavigationMingkui Tan, Peihao Chen, Hongyan Zhi … Runhao ZengIEEE Trans. Multimedia · South China University of Technology · Tencent (China) · +4
  37. 2025
    Lightweight Class Incremental Semantic Segmentation Without Catastrophic ForgettingWei Cong, Yang Cong, Yu RenTIP · Shenyang Institute of Automation · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
  38. 2025
    Fully Few-Shot Class-Incremental Audio Classification With Adaptive Improvement of Stability and PlasticityYongjie Si, Yanxiong Li, Jiaxin Tan … Mladen RussoIEEE Transactions · South China University of Technology · University of Split
  39. 2026
    Few-Shot Class-Incremental Audio Classification Using Pseudo-Incrementally Trained Embedding Learner and Continually Updated Stochastic ClassifierYanxiong Li, Wenchang Cao, Jiaxin Tan … Guoqing ChenIEEE Transactions · South China University of Technology
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  40. 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
  41. 2024
    Analytic Class Incremental Learning for Sound Source Localization With Privacy ProtectionXinyuan Qian, Xianghu Yue, Jiadong Wang … Haizhou LiIEEE Signal Processing Letters · University of Science and Technology Beijing · National University of Singapore · +4
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  42. 2024
    MMAL: Multi-Modal Analytic Learning for Exemplar-Free Audio-Visual Class Incremental TasksXianghu Yue, Xueyi Zhang, Yiming Chen … Haizhou LiACM International Conference on Multimedia · National University of Singapore · National University of Defense Technology · +5
  43. 2024
    A Simple but Powerful Baseline for Continual LearningJuan Du, Shengzhi WangInternational Conference on Big Data & Artificial… · South China University of Technology
  44. 2024
    Less confidence, less forgetting: Learning with a humbler teacher in exemplar-free Class-Incremental learningZijian Gao, Kele Xu, Huiping Zhuang … Huaimin WangNeural Networks · National University of Defense Technology · South China University of Technology · +2
  45. 2024
    Federated Class-Incremental Learning With Dynamic Feature Extractor FusionYanyan Lu, Lei Yang, Hao-Rui Chen … Saiqin LongIEEE Transactions · South China University of Technology · Jinan University
  46. 2024
    Sampling Point Method: A Generalized Algorithm for Class-Incremental Learning of Linear ModelYuxuan ChengInternational Symposium on Intelligent Robotics and Syste… · South China University of Technology
  47. 2023
    Create Your World: Lifelong Text-to-Image DiffusionGan Sun, Wenqi Liang, Jiahua Dong … Yang CongTPAMI · Shenyang Institute of Automation · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +5
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  48. 2024
    DS-AL: A Dual-Stream Analytic Learning for Exemplar-Free Class-Incremental LearningHuiping Zhuang, Run He, Kai Tong … Zhiping LinAAAI · South China University of Technology · Nanyang Technological University
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  49. 2024
    M2SD: Multiple Mixing Self-Distillation for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningJinhao Lin, Ziheng Wu, Weifeng Lin … Ronghua LuoAAAI · Alibaba Group (China) · South China University of Technology · +1
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  50. 2024
    Few-Shot Class-Incremental Audio Classification With Adaptive Mitigation of Forgetting and OverfittingYanxiong Li, Jialong Li, Yongjie Si … Qianhua HeIEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Proces… · South China University of Technology
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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