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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
    Compact feature distributions and refined pseudo labels for weakly supervised incremental semantic segmentationZilin Guo, Dongyue Wu, Changxin Gao, Nong SangPattern Recognition · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  2. 2026
    FlowRAG: Continual Learning for Dynamic Retriever in Retrieval-Augmented GenerationSenlei Zhang, Tongjun Shi, Dandan Song … Hai JinACM Web Conference 2026 · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Technology Holding (United States) · +1
  3. 2026
    StreamFP: Fingerprint-guided Data Selection for Efficient Stream LearningChangwu Li, Tongjun Shi, Shuhao Zhang … Hai JinACM Web Conference 2026 · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Technology Holding (United States) · +2
  4. 2026
    R-Tuning: Wavelet-Decomposed Replay and Semantic Alignment for Continual Adaptation of Pretrained Time-Series ModelsTianyi Yin, Jingwei Wang, Chenze Wang … Weiming ShenAAAI · Tongji University · Moscow State University of Printing Arts · +2
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  5. 2026
    Random Amalgamation of Adapters for Flatter Loss Landscapes: Towards Class-Incremental Learning with Better StabilityYao Deng, Xiang Xiang, Jiaqi GuiAAAI · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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  6. 2026
    CLIP-Based Class Incremental Semantic Segmentation Framework With Generalization-Preserving Knowledge DistillationQining Ren, Zhenyu Zhang, Depeng Li, Zhigang ZengIEEE TCSVT · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  7. 2025
    Learning dynamic representations via an optimally-weighted maximum mean discrepancy optimization framework for continual learningKaihui Huang, Runqing Wu, Jinhui Shen … Fei YeKnowledge-Based Systems · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · +2
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  8. 2026
    Lifelong knowledge graph embedding via diffusion modelDeyu Chen, Caicai Guo, Qiyuan Li … Hong ZhuNeural Networks · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Wuhan University of Science and Technology
  9. 2026
    Alleviating Regional Shortcuts for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningHaichen Zhou, Lyu Y, Yixiong Zou … Yuhua LiIEEE Trans. Multimedia · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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  10. 2026
    PointPDF V2: A Unified Framework for Continual Open-World 3D Semantic Segmentation.Jinfeng Xu, Xianzhi Li, Yixue Hao, Long HuTPAMI · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  11. 2026
    Unsupervised Continual Learning: A Review of Challenges, Techniques, and Evaluation MetricsHang Ruan, Tomás Maul, Yifan Chen … Man ZhouIEEE Access · University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  12. 2025
    Towards understanding memory buffer based continual learningGuodong Zheng, Peng Wang, Tao Sun, Li ShenNeural Networks · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Sun Yat-sen University · +1
  13. 2025
    Low-Resource Domain Adaptation for Speech LLMs via Text-Only Fine-TuningY. Y. Fang, Jing Peng, Xu Li … Kai YuIEEE Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding Works… · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · +1
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  14. 2025
    Towards Effective Open-set Graph Class-incremental LearningJiazhen Chen, Zheng Ma, Sichao Fu … Weihua OuACM International Conference on Multimedia · University of Waterloo · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · +1
  15. 2025
    Revisiting Pool-Based Prompt Learning for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningYongwei Jiang, Yixiong Zou, Yuhua Li, Ruixuan LiICCV · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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  16. 2025
    Multiple semantic prompt for rehearsal-free continual learningJunwei Chen, Zhenyu Zhang, Depeng Li, Zhigang ZengNeural Networks · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  17. 2025
    Ferret: An Efficient Online Continual Learning Framework under Varying Memory ConstraintsYuhao Zhou, Yuxin Tian, Jindi Lv … Jiancheng LvCVPR · Sichuan University · National University of Singapore · +3
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  18. 2025
    Incremental Object Keypoint LearningMingfu Liang, Jiahuan Zhou, Xu Zou, Ying WuCVPR · Peking University · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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  19. 2024
    Unleashing the Power of Continual Learning on Non-Centralized Devices: A SurveyYichen Li, Haozhao Wang, Wenchao Xu … Ruixuan LiIEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Hong Kong Polytechnic University · +5
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  20. 2025
    TSPT: Two-Step Prompt Tuning for class-incremental novel class discoveryJie An, Zhenbang Du, Herui Zhang, Dongrui WuKnowledge-Based Systems · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  21. 2025
    Adaptive Prototype Replay for Class Incremental Semantic SegmentationGuilin Zhu, Dongyue Wu, Changxin Gao … Nong SangAAAI · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Hunan Normal University
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  22. 2025
    Re-Fed+: A Better Replay Strategy for Federated Incremental LearningYichen Li, Haozhao Wang, Yining Qi … Ruixuan LiTPAMI · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  23. 2025
    Complementary Learning Subnetworks Towards Parameter-Efficient Class-Incremental LearningDepeng Li, Zhigang Zeng, Wei Dai, Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam SuganthanTKDE · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · China University of Mining and Technology · +1
  24. 2025
    Continual Gaussian Mixture Distribution Modeling for Class Incremental Semantic SegmentationGuilin Zhu, Runmin Wang, Yuanjie Shao … Changxin GaoNeurIPS · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Hunan Normal University
  25. 2025
    RECALL: REpresentation-aligned Catastrophic-forgetting ALLeviation via Hierarchical Model MergingBowen Wang, Haiyuan Wan, Liwen Shi … Sheng ZhangEMNLP · University Town of Shenzhen · Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute · +6
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  26. 2025
    A Minimalistic Unified Framework for Incremental Learning across Image Restoration TasksXiaoxuan Gong, Jie MaNeurIPS · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  27. 2024
    KM-Prompt: A Prompt-Based CNN for Continual LearningJunwei Chen, Zhigang ZengInternational Conference on Neuromorphic Computing (ICNC) · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  28. 2024
    SR-FDIL: Synergistic Replay for Federated Domain-Incremental LearningYichen Li, Wenchao Xu, Yining Qi … Song GuoIEEE Transactions · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Hong Kong Polytechnic University · +1
  29. 2024
    A Benchmark and Baseline for Open-Set Incremental Object DetectionQian Wan, S. WangIJCNN · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  30. 2024
    Dynamic Knowledge Adapter with Probabilistic Calibration for Generalized Few-Shot Semantic SegmentationJintao Tong, Haichen Zhou, Yicong Liu … Yixiong ZouCVPR · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  31. 2024
    Towards Efficient Replay in Federated Incremental LearningYichen Li, Qunwei Li, Haozhao Wang … Guannan ZhangCVPR · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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  32. 2024
    Preliminary exploration of data incremental learning methodMengzhu Yu, Mingyue Ding, Zihan Xi, Tao HuangMedical Imaging 2024: Image Processing · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  33. 2023
    Non-exemplar Online Class-Incremental Continual Learning via Dual-Prototype Self-Augment and RefinementFushuo Huo, Wenchao Xu, Jingcai Guo … Yunfeng FanAAAI · Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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  34. 2024
    Jointly Optimized Classifiers for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningSichao Fu, Qinmu Peng, Xiaorui Wang … Xinge YouIEEE TETCI · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Jingdong (China) · +2
  35. 2024
    Cross-Domain Few-Shot Incremental Learning for Point-Cloud RecognitionYuwen Tan, Xiang XiangWACV · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  36. 2024
    Expanding Hyperspherical Space for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningYao Deng, Xiang XiangWACV · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  37. 2024
    Privacy-Preserving Federated Class-Incremental LearningJue Xiao, Xueming Tang, Songfeng LuIEEE Transactions · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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  38. 2023
    Space-time Prompting for Video Class-incremental LearningYixuan Pei, Zhiwu Qing, Shiwei Zhang … Xueming QianICCV · Xi'an Jiaotong University · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · +1
  39. 2023
    Multi-View Class Incremental LearningDepeng Li, Tianqi Wang, Junwei Chen … Zhigang ZengInformation Fusion · National University of Singapore · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · +1
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  40. 2023
    Learning additional latent representations using variational autoencodersChong ShenJournal of Physics Conference Series · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  41. 2023
    Hierarchical Task-Incremental Learning with Feature-Space Initialization Inspired by Neural CollapseQinhao Zhou, Xiang Xiang, Jing MaNeural Processing Letters · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  42. 2023
    Semantic-visual Guided Transformer for Few-shot Class-incremental LearningWenhao Qiu, Sichao Fu, Jingyi Zhang … Qinmu PengIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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  43. 2023
    Semi-Supervised Generalized Source-Free Domain Adaptation (SSG-SFDA)Jiayu An, Changming Zhao, Dongrui WuIJCNN · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  44. 2021
    Coarse-To-Fine Incremental Few-Shot LearningXiang Xiang, Yuwen Tan, Qian Wan … Gregory D. HagerSpringer LNCS · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Johns Hopkins University
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  45. 2021
    Incremental learning of object detection with output merging of compact expert detectorsNan Zhang, Zhigang Sun, Kai Zhang, Li XiaoInternational Conference on Intelligent Autonomous System… · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  46. 2021
    Continual learning via inter-task synaptic mappingFubing Mao, Weiwei Weng, Mahardhika Pratama, Edward K.Y. YappKnowledge-Based Systems · Nanyang Technological University · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · +1
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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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