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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
    FAT-TAG: Mitigating Forgetting in Task-Free Temporal Graph Class Incremental LearningJiyuan Feng, Zhao Liu, Dongyi Zheng … Qing LiaoKDD · Harbin Institute of Technology · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +1
  2. 2026
    Sample-Aware Knowledge Association and Enhancement for Open-Vocabulary Continual LearningZhilin Zhu, Zhiheng Ma, Yabin Wang … Xiaopeng HongInternational Journal of Computer Vision · Harbin Institute of Technology · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +2
  3. 2026
    Logits -with-correlation-based distillation for class incremental learning with limited initial classesJie Du, Jing Wang (6206297), Wenbing Chen … Tianfu WangNeural Networks · Shenzhen University Health Science Center · Peng Cheng Laboratory
  4. 2024
    Sparse Orthogonal Parameters Tuning for Continual LearningKun-Peng Ning, Hai-Jian Ke, Yuyang Liu … Yuan LiInternational Journal of Computer Vision · Peking University Shenzhen Hospital · Peng Cheng Laboratory
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  5. 2026
    Generalized few-shot intent detection by prompt learning without forgettingChaiyut Luoyiching, Yangning Li, Rongsheng Li … Hong‐Gee KimNeural Computing and Applications · University Town of Shenzhen · Tsinghua University · +3
  6. 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
  7. 2026
    Functionality Separation: Rethinking Dual-Stream Networks for Class-Incremental LearningQi Gao, Xiaoyan Li, Zhongfan Sun … Wen GaoIEEE TCSVT · Beijing University of Technology · Imperial College London · +1
  8. 2026
    Prompting Rain Off: Evolving Compact Dual Prompts for Continual De-RainingMinghao Liu, Wenhan Yang, Jiaying LiuTIP · Peking University · Peng Cheng Laboratory
  9. 2025
    Dual-Attention based prompt generation and catalyzing for instance-wise continual learningYong Dai, Xiaopeng Hong, Yabin Wang … Yaowei WangPattern Recognition · Shenzhen Polytechnic University · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +5
  10. 2025
    Boosting confidence in class-incremental learning via discriminative local feature enhancementWeizhuo Zhang, Ping Hu, Qiu Li … Ruixuan WangNeurocomputing · Sun Yat-sen University · Key Laboratory of Guangdong Province · +3
  11. 2025
    Continual Adaptation: Environment-Conditional Parameter Generation for Object Detection in Dynamic ScenariosLi Deng, Aming Wu, Yang Li … Yahong HanICCV · Tianjin University · Hefei University of Technology · +1
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  12. 2025
    DPP-CL: orthogonal subspace continual learning for dialogue policy planningYue Han, Rong Jiang, Yinxuan Huang … Weihong HanWorld Wide Web · National University of Defense Technology · Peng Cheng Laboratory
  13. 2025
    Slowly expanding neural network for class incremental learningZhengjin Xu, Xuyang Li, Xiaobin Chang … Ruixuan WangPattern Recognition · Sun Yat-sen University · Key Laboratory of Guangdong Province · +2
  14. 2025
    ReFEdit: Rehearsal-Free Lifelong Knowledge Editing for Large Language ModelsXianjie Mo, Youcheng Pan, Yongshuai Hou … Yang XiangIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Peng Cheng Laboratory
  15. 2025
    Overcoming Catastrophic Forgetting in Federated Continual Graph Learning for Resource-Limited Mobile DevicesJiyuan Feng, Xu Yang, Dongyi Zheng … Qing LiaoIEEE Transactions · Harbin Institute of Technology · Peng Cheng Laboratory
  16. 2025
    CGoFed: Constrained Gradient Optimization Strategy for Federated Class Incremental LearningJiyuan Feng, Xu Yang, Liwen Liang … Qing LiaoTKDE · Harbin Institute of Technology · Peng Cheng Laboratory
  17. 2024
    Prompt Customization for Continual LearningYong Dai, Xiaopeng Hong, Yabin Wang … Yaowei WangIEEE TAI · Shenzhen Polytechnic University · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +6
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  18. 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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  19. 2025
    An Orthogonality-Based Dual-Memory Framework for Continual Text ClassificationHan Zhang, Lei Yu, Bin Liang … Ruifeng XuIEEE Transactions · Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology · Harbin Institute of Technology · +1
  20. 2025
    Turning the Tables: Enabling Backward Transfer via Causal-Aware LoRA in Continual LearningChaoyang Li, Runze Ye, Jianyang Qin … Qing LiaoNeurIPS · Harbin Institute of Technology · Peng Cheng Laboratory
  21. 2024
    Enhancing Task Identification Through Pseudo-OOD Features for Class-Incremental LearningWeizhuo Zhang, Jiankang Chen, Wentao Zhang … Ruixuan WangSpringer LNCS · Sun Yat-sen University · Key Laboratory of Guangdong Province · +1
  22. 2024
    Information Retrieval Optimization for Non-Exemplar Class Incremental LearningShuai Guo, Yang Gu, Yuan Ma … Yiqiang ChenCIKM · Institute of Computing Technology · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +2
  23. 2024
    Continual Learning of Image Classes With Language Guidance From a Vision-Language ModelWentao Zhang, Yujun Huang, Weizhuo Zhang … Ruixuan WangIEEE TCSVT · Sun Yat-sen University · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +1
  24. 2024
    Solving the Catastrophic Forgetting Problem in Generalized Category DiscoveryXinzi Cao, Xiawu Zheng, Guanhong Wang … Yonghong TianCVPR · Sun Yat-sen University · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +2
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  25. 2024
    Adaptive Discovering and Merging for Incremental Novel Class DiscoveryGuangyao Chen, Peixi Peng, Yangru Huang … Yonghong TianAAAI · Peking University · Peng Cheng Laboratory
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  26. 2024
    INCPrompt: Task-Aware Incremental Prompting for Rehearsal-Free Class-Incremental LearningZhiyuan Wang, Xiaoyang Qu, Jing Xiao … Jianzong WangICASSP · Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute · Shenzhen Technology University · +3
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  27. 2024
    KC-Prompt: End-To-End Knowledge-Complementary Prompting for Rehearsal-Free Continual LearningYaowei Li, Yating Liu, Xuxin Cheng … Zhiqi HuangICASSP · Peking University · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +2
  28. 2024
    P2DT: Mitigating Forgetting in Task-Incremental Learning with Progressive Prompt Decision TransformerZhiyuan Wang, Xiaoyang Qu, Jing Xiao … Jianzong WangICASSP · Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute · Shenzhen Technology University · +3
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  29. 2024
    Spatiotemporal Orthogonal Projection Capsule Network for Incremental Few-Shot Action RecognitionYangbo Feng, Junyu Gao, Changsheng XuIEEE Trans. Multimedia · Tianjin University of Technology · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +5
  30. 2024
    CtF: Mitigating Visual Confusion in Continual Learning Through a Coarse-To-Fine ScreeningZejun Ye, Defeng Zhao, Wentao Zhang, Ruixuan WangSpringer LNCS · Sun Yat-sen University · Key Laboratory of Guangdong Province · +1
  31. 2023
    Robust Batch Relation Preserving for Lifelong Unsupervised Domain AdaptationJinghan He, Haiyun Guo, Ming Tang, Jinqiao WangInternational Conference on Intelligent Education and Int… · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +3
  32. 2023
    When Prompt-based Incremental Learning Does Not Meet Strong PretrainingYuming Tang, Yi-Xing Peng, Wei‐Shi ZhengICCV · Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China · Sun Yat-sen University · +1
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  33. 2023
    CTP: Towards Vision-Language Continual Pretraining via Compatible Momentum Contrast and Topology PreservationHongguang Zhu, Yunchao Wei, Xiaodan Liang … Yao ZhaoICCV · Beijing Jiaotong University · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +2
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  34. 2023
    A Neural Span-Based Continual Named Entity Recognition ModelYunan Zhang, Qingcai ChenAAAI · Harbin Institute of Technology · Peng Cheng Laboratory
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  35. 2023
    Learning with Fantasy: Semantic-Aware Virtual Contrastive Constraint for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningZeyin Song, Yifan Zhao, Yujun Shi … Yonghong TianCVPR · Peking University · National University of Singapore · +1
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  36. 2023
    VQACL: A Novel Visual Question Answering Continual Learning SettingXi Zhang, Feifei Zhang, Changsheng XuCVPR · Chinese Academy of Sciences · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +2
  37. 2023
    Regularizing Second-Order Influences for Continual LearningZhicheng Sun, Yadong Mu, Gang HuaCVPR · Peking University · Peng Cheng Laboratory
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  38. 2022
    Continual learning with Bayesian model based on a fixed pre-trained feature extractorYang Yang, Zhiying Cui, Junjie Xu … Ruixuan WangVisual Intelligence · Sun Yat-sen University · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +1
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  39. 2023
    Keeping Pace with Ever-Increasing Data: Towards Continual Learning of Code Intelligence ModelsShuzheng Gao, Hongyu Zhang, Cuiyun Gao, Chaozheng WangIEEE/ACM 45th International Conference on Software Engine… · Intel (United States) · Harbin Institute of Technology · +3
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  40. 2022
    SATS: Self-Attention Transfer for Continual Semantic SegmentationYiqiao Qiu, Yixing Shen, Zhuohao Sun … Ruixuan WangPattern Recognition · Sun Yat-sen University · Wuhan University · +2
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  41. 2023
    Anchor Assisted Experience Replay for Online Class-Incremental LearningHuiwei Lin, Shanshan Feng, Xutao Li … Yunming YeIEEE TCSVT · Harbin Institute of Technology · Peng Cheng Laboratory
  42. 2022
    Class Gradient Projection For Continual LearningCheng Chen, Ji Zhang, Jingkuan Song, Lianli GaoACM International Conference on Multimedia · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Peng Cheng Laboratory
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  43. 2022
    Learning to Imagine: Diversify Memory for Incremental Learning using Unlabeled DataYu-Ming Tang, Yi-Xing Peng, Wei‐Shi ZhengCVPR · Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China · Sun Yat-sen University · +1
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  44. 2022
    Energy Alignment for Bias Rectification in Class Incremental LearningBowen Zhao, Chen Chen, Xi Xiao … Shu‐Tao XiaICASSP · Tsinghua University · Peng Cheng Laboratory
  45. 2021
    Continual Learning for Blind Image Quality AssessmentWeixia Zhang, Dingquan Li, Chao Ma … Kede MaTPAMI · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +1
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  46. 2022
    Meta-Reinforcement Learning in Non-Stationary and Dynamic EnvironmentsZhenshan Bing, David Lerch, Kai Huang, Alois KnollTPAMI · Technical University of Munich · Sun Yat-sen University · +1
  47. 2022
    Prompt-Based Prototypical Framework for Continual Relation ExtractionHan Zhang, Bin Liang, Min Yang … Ruifeng XuIEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Proces… · Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology · Harbin Institute of Technology · +2
  48. 2022
    CLLE: A Benchmark for Continual Language Learning Evaluation in Multilingual Machine TranslationHan Zhang, Sheng Zhang, Yang Xiang … Ruifeng XuEMNLP · Harbin Institute of Technology · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +3
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  49. 2022
    Continual Referring Expression Comprehension via Dual Modular MemorizationHeng Tao Shen, Cheng Chen, Peng Wang … Jingkuan SongTIP · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +2
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  50. 2022
    Entropy-Based Vocabulary Substitution for Incremental Learning in Multilingual Neural Machine TranslationKaiyu Huang, Peng Li, Jin Ma, Yang LiuEMNLP · Tsinghua University · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +5
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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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