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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
    Leveraging Textual Semantic Guidance for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningYuqiao Xu, Hantao Yao, Lu Yu, Changsheng XuACM Transactions · Tianjin University of Technology · University of Science and Technology of China · +1
  2. 2026
    Sleep as a system-level resilience mechanism in complex dynamic networks: Insights from biological and artificial systemsL Yang, C T Lin, Haohong Li, Xiaohui WangBrain medicine : · University of Science and Technology of China · Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry · +1
  3. 2024
    Continual test-time adaptation for object detection with adaptive monitoring and randomized restorationShilei Cao, Juepeng Zheng, Yan Liu … Haohuan FuExpert Systems with Applications · Sun Yat-sen University · National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen · +4
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  4. 2026
    TAAM:Inductive Graph-Class Incremental Learning with Task-Aware Adaptive ModulationJingtao Liu, Xi ZhangInternational Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiag… · University of Science and Technology of China
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  5. 2025
    Mitigating Catastrophic Forgetting With Adaptive Transformer Block Expansion in Federated Fine-TuningYujia Huo, Jianchun Liu, Hongli Xu … Liusheng HuangIEEE Transactions · University of Science and Technology of China · China University of Mining and Technology
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  6. 2025
    Enhancing Federated Class-Incremental Learning via Spatial-Temporal Statistics AggregationZenghao Guan, Guojun Zhu, Zhou Yucan … Xiaoyan GuWWW · Institute of Information Engineering · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +3
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  7. 2026
    We Need a More Robust Classifier: Dual Causal Learning Empowers Domain-Incremental Time Series ClassificationZhipeng Liu, Peibo Duan, Xuan Tang … Binwu WangACM Web Conference 2026 · Northeastern University · Xi'an Jiaotong University · +2
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  8. 2026
    GCL: Group-shared continual learning fine-tuning for sparse LLMsYanzhe Wang, Baoqun YinNeurocomputing · University of Science and Technology of China
  9. 2026
    Emotion-augmented continual learning for empathic robot behaviorYuxuan Zhao, Tongwei Zhang, Siqi Liu … Wei WuExpert Systems with Applications · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Shandong Institute of Automation · +3
  10. 2025
    CSCL: Bridging the plasticity-stability gap in continuous supervised contrastive learningYi Xiong, Liqi Xiang, Qianyue Cao … Xuehai ZhouNeural Networks · University of Science and Technology of China · Suzhou University of Science and Technology
  11. 2025
    Expanding the Category of Classifiers with LLM SupervisionDerui Lyu, Xiangyu Wang, Taiyu Ban … Huanhuan ChenIJCAI · University of Science and Technology of China
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  12. 2024
    Controllable Relation Disentanglement for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningYuan Zhou, Richang Hong, Yanrong Guo … Hanwang ZhangIEEE TCSVT · Nanyang Technological University · Hefei University of Technology · +1
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  13. 2025
    Re-examine all-in-one image restoration: A catastrophic forgetting perspectiveChen Wu, Pu Wang, Zhuoran ZhengPattern Recognition Letters · University of Science and Technology of China · Shandong University · +2
  14. 2025
    Leveraging Multiple Deep Experts for Online Class-incremental LearningZhe Tao, Lu Yu, Hantao Yao, Changsheng XuIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Tianjin University of Technology · University of Science and Technology of China · +2
  15. 2025
    Language Guided Concept Bottleneck Models for Interpretable Continual LearningLu Yu, Haoyu Han, Zhe Tao … Chris XuCVPR · Tianjin University of Technology · University of Science and Technology of China · +2
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  16. 2025
    GCD: Advancing Vision-Language Models for Incremental Object Detection via Global Alignment and Correspondence DistillationXu Wang, Zilei Wang, Zihan LinAAAI · University of Science and Technology of China
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  17. 2025
    DCFT: Dependency-aware continual learning fine-tuning for sparse LLMsYanzhe Wang, Yizhen Wang, Baoqun YinNeurocomputing · University of Science and Technology of China
  18. 2025
    Multi-Prototype Grouping for Continual Learning in Visual Question AnsweringLicheng Zhang, Zhendong Mao, Yixing Peng … Yongdong ZhangICASSP · University of Science and Technology of China
  19. 2024
    Category-instance distillation based on visual-language models for rehearsal-free class incremental learningWeilong Jin, Zilei Wang, Yixin ZhangIET Computer Vision · University of Science and Technology of China
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  20. 2024
    MultiVFL: A Training-Efficient Framework for Multiple Vertical Federated LearningJu Huang, Lan Zhang, Cheng Ding … Lan XuInternational Conference on Big Data Computing and Commun… · University of Science and Technology of China · Tencent (China)
  21. 2023
    Continual-MAE: Adaptive Distribution Masked Autoencoders for Continual Test-Time AdaptationJiaming Liu, Ran Xu, Senqiao Yang … Shanghang ZhangCVPR · Peking University · University of Hong Kong · +2
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  22. 2024
    Hierarchical Augmentation and Distillation for Class Incremental Audio-Visual Video RecognitionYukun Zuo, Hantao Yao, Liansheng Zhuang, Changsheng XuTPAMI · University of Science and Technology of China · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +3
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  23. 2024
    Scaling Up Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning via Graph Decomposition Invariant NetworkHongyi Fu, Jianmin JiInternational Seminar on Artificial Intelligence, Network… · University of Science and Technology of China
  24. 2024
    TIKP: Text-to-Image Knowledge Preservation for Continual Semantic SegmentationZhidong Yu, Wei Yang, Xike Xie, Zhenbo ShiAAAI · University of Science and Technology of China · Suzhou University of Science and Technology
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  25. 2024
    Hypercorrelation Evolution for Video Class-Incremental LearningSen Liang, Kai Zhu, Wei Zhai … Yang CaoAAAI · University of Science and Technology of China
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  26. 2024
    Attacks on Continual Semantic Segmentation by Perturbing Incremental SamplesZhidong Yu, Wei Yang, Xike Xie, Zhenbo ShiAAAI · University of Science and Technology of China · Suzhou University of Science and Technology
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  27. 2023
    Camera-Incremental Object Re-Identification With Identity Knowledge EvolutionHantao Yao, Jifei Luo, Lu Yu, Changsheng XuIEEE Trans. Multimedia · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Automation · +2
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  28. 2023
    Self-Distillation Dual-Memory Online Hashing with Hash Centers for Streaming Data RetrievalChong-Yu Zhang, Xin Luo, Yu-Wei Zhan … Xin-Shun XuACM International Conference on Multimedia · Shandong University · The University of Queensland · +2
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  29. 2023
    Self-Organizing Pathway Expansion for Non-Exemplar Class-Incremental LearningK. J. Zhu, Kecheng Zheng, Ruili Feng … Zheng-Jun ZhaICCV · University of Science and Technology of China · Alibaba Group (United States) · +1
  30. 2023
    Overcoming Catastrophic Forgetting in Continual Learning by Exploring Eigenvalues of Hessian MatrixYajing Kong, Liu Liu, Huanhuan Chen … Dacheng TaoTNNLS · The University of Sydney · University of Science and Technology of China · +2
  31. 2023
    Rethinking Self-Supervision for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningLinglan Zhao, Jing Lü, Zhanzhan Cheng … Xiangzhong FangIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · University of Science and Technology of China · +1
  32. 2023
    Class Incremental Learning for Task-Oriented Dialogue System with Contrastive Distillation on Internal Representations (Student Abstract)Qiancheng Xu, Min Yang, Binzong GengAAAI · Georgia Institute of Technology · Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology · +1
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  33. 2023
    ALRS: An Attention Loss Function based on Row-Sparsity for Incremental LearningYingying Xia, Bo Lu, Jianmin JiInternational Conference on Computer and Communication Sy… · University of Science and Technology of China
  34. 2023
    Continual learning in an easy-to-hard mannerYifan Chang, Yulu Chen, Yadan Zhang, Li WenboApplied Intelligence · University of Science and Technology of China · Anhui University · +2
  35. 2023
    Continual Image Deraining With Hypergraph Convolutional NetworksXueyang Fu, Jie Xiao, Yurui Zhu … Zheng-Jun ZhaTPAMI · University of Science and Technology of China
  36. 2023
    Knowledge Transfer in Incremental Learning for Multilingual Neural Machine TranslationKaiyu Huang, Peng Li, Jin Ma … Yang LiuACL · Tsinghua University · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +5
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  37. 2023
    Dynamic Memory-Based Continual Learning with Generating and ScreeningSiying Tao, Jinyang Huang, Xiang Zhang … Yu GuSpringer LNCS · Hefei University of Technology · University of Science and Technology of China · +1
  38. 2021
    LIQA: Lifelong Blind Image Quality AssessmentJianzhao Liu, Wei Zhou, Xin Li … Zhibo ChenIEEE Trans. Multimedia · University of Science and Technology of China
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  39. 2022
    Self-Sustaining Representation Expansion for Non-Exemplar Class-Incremental LearningKai Zhu, Wei Zhai, Yang Cao … Zheng-Jun ZhaCVPR · University of Science and Technology of China · University of Rochester
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  40. 2021
    Lifelong Unsupervised Domain Adaptive Person Re-identification with Coordinated Anti-forgetting and AdaptationZhipeng Huang, Zhizheng Zhang, Cuiling Lan … Zheng-Jun ZhaCVPR · University of Science and Technology of China · Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)
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  41. 2021
    Towards Lifelong Learning of Multilingual Text-to-Speech SynthesisMu Yang, Shaojin Ding, Tianlong Chen … Zhangyang WangICASSP · The University of Texas at Dallas · Texas A&M University · +2
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  42. 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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  43. 2021
    Continual Learning for Sentiment Classification by Iterative Networks CombinationShupeng Wang, Junhao LiuInternational Conference on Computer Science and Artifici… · University of Science and Technology of China · Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
  44. 2021
    Improving De-raining Generalization via Neural ReorganizationJie Xiao, Man Zhou, Xueyang Fu … Zheng-Jun ZhaICCV · University of Science and Technology of China
  45. 2022
    MFS: A Brain-Inspired Memory Formation System for GANYifan Chang, Yifan Wang, Jian Peng … Wenbo LiIEEE Transactions · University of Science and Technology of China · Anhui University · +3
  46. 2021
    Continual Learning for Fake Audio DetectionHaoxin Ma, Jiangyan Yi, Jianhua Tao … Chenglong WangInterspeech · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Center for Excellence in Education · +1
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  47. 2021
    Iterative Network Pruning with Uncertainty Regularization for Lifelong Sentiment ClassificationBinzong Geng, Min Yang, Fajie Yuan … Ruifeng XuSIGIR · University of Science and Technology of China · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +5
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  48. 2021
    Self-Promoted Prototype Refinement for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningKai Zhu, Yang Cao, Wei Zhai … Zheng-Jun ZhaCVPR · University of Science and Technology of China · Huawei Technologies (United Kingdom)
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  49. 2021
    Image De-raining via Continual LearningMan Zhou, Jie Xiao, Yifan Chang … Zheng-Jun ZhaCVPR · University of Science and Technology of China · Nanjing University of Science and Technology
  50. 2021
    Continual Learning for Task-oriented Dialogue System with Iterative Network Pruning, Expanding and MaskingBinzong Geng, Fajie Yuan, Qiancheng Xu … Min YangACL · University of Science and Technology of China · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +7
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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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