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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
    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
  2. 2026
    EDCL: An Efficient Dynamic Continual Learning Framework for IoT SystemsKai-Xuan Zhang, Xiulong Liu, Ke Wang … Keqiu LiIEEE Transactions
  3. 2026
    MccTTA: A Memory-Efficient Collaborative Continual Test-Time Adaptation Framework for Edge DevicesHaojie Bai, Aiguo Chen, Yijia Rong … Schahram DustdarIEEE Transactions · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · TU Wien
  4. 2026
    Incremental Micro-Expression Recognition: A BenchmarkZhengqin Lai, Xiaopeng Hong, Yabin Wang, Xiaobai LiIEEE Transactions · Harbin Institute of Technology · Zhejiang University
  5. 2026
  6. 2026
    Robot Continual Learning With Knowledge Sharing and Model Acceleration for Sequential Assembly TasksLigang Jin, Chaoqun Wang, Zhiwei Cui … Rui SongIEEE Transactions · Shandong University · Tsinghua University
  7. 2026
  8. 2026
    Mitigating Catastrophic Forgetting in Personalized Federated Learning for Edge Devices Using State-Space ModelsWei-Dong Zhang, Dongshang Deng, Xuangou Wu … Dong In KimIEEE Transactions
  9. 2026
    Hybrid Offline–Online Learning of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps for Forecasting Nonstationary Streaming Time SeriesX. Liu, Yingjun Zhang, Hui Wang … Baigen CaiIEEE Transactions · Lanzhou Jiaotong University · Beijing Jiaotong University · +1
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  10. 2026
    A Review of Continual Learning in Edge AIBeining Wu, Zihao Ding, Jun HuangIEEE Transactions · South Dakota State University
  11. 2026
    Efficient Rehearsal for Continual Learning in ASR via Singular Value TuningSteven Vander Eeckt, Hugo Van hammeIEEE Transactions · KU Leuven
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  12. 2026
    A Device-Cloud Collaborative Data Enrichment Framework for Continual Learning on DevicesChen Gong, Zhenzhe Zheng, F. Y. Wu, Guihai ChenIEEE Transactions · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  13. 2026
    Adaptive Affinity Memorization With Layer Mutation for Multimodal Deepfake Continual DetectionMan Xiao, Jianbin Ye, Bo Liu … Kele XuIEEE Transactions · National University of Defense Technology · Hunan Normal University · +1
  14. 2026
    CLDIPS-CIL: Causal Learning and Dynamic Importance Parameter Selection for Class Incremental LearningJing Yang, Qinglang Li, Xiaoli Ruan … Quan ZhouIEEE Transactions · Guizhou University · Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
  15. 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
  16. 2026
    Efficient Decentralized Modular Continual Learning via Aligned Modularization and Selective CollaborationMingze Li, Bin Guo, Ke Ma … Zhiwen YuIEEE Transactions · Northwestern Polytechnical University
  17. 2026
    FASS: Discrete Fourier Transform Adapters for Speech Separation With Incremental LearningZiye Yang, Xiang SONG, Min Zhao … Israel CohenIEEE Transactions · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Xi'an Jiaotong University · +4
  18. 2026
    LLKF: Lifelong Learning Kalman Filter with Noise Statistics Continual LearningAndi Lin, Wen‐An Zhang, Ling Shi, Chenlong LiIEEE Transactions · Zhejiang University of Technology · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · +1
  19. 2026
    Meta-Adaptive Continual Learning for Dynamic Social Communication GraphsMonika Varshney, Tanima DuttaIEEE Transactions · Indian Institute of Technology BHU · Banaras Hindu University
  20. 2026
    A Comprehensive Survey of Federated Open-World LearningZhipeng Cai, Junjie Pang, Yingshu Li … Zhenzhen XieIEEE Transactions
  21. 2026
    Theoretical Analysis of Mixture-of-Experts in Mobile Edge ComputingHongbo Li, Lingjie DuanIEEE Transactions · Singapore University of Technology and Design · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  22. 2026
    Teleportation Links: Mitigating Catastrophic Forgetting in Decentralized Federated LearningXu Wang, Yuanzhu Chen, Qiang Ye, Octavia A. DobreIEEE Transactions · Queen's University · University of Calgary · +1
  23. 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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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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