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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. 2025
    A New Model for Prototype-based Continual Learning in Hyperspherical SpaceYixin Ren, Yewei Xia, Ke Li … Shuigeng ZhouICASSP · Fudan University · Alibaba Group (China)
  2. 2025
    Adapt and Feature Translation for Class-Incremental Learning with Pre-Trained ModelsHongfeng Li, Geming Xia, Yuze Zhang … Jiawen WuICASSP · National University of Defense Technology
  3. 2025
    CapT: A Hierarchical Capsule Representation Learning Approach for Class Continual LearningAnkita Chatterjee, S. Patel, Jayanta Mukhopadhyay, Partha Pratim DasICASSP · Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur · Ashoka University
  4. 2025
    Defying Imbalanced Forgetting for Class Incremental LearningFeng Yu, Linqiang Deng, Huizi Yan … Weiqi ZhangICASSP · Shanxi Agricultural University
  5. 2025
    Efficient Prototypical Classifier for Class-Incremental LearningWei Zhang, Jingyang Qiao, Yuan Xie … Xin TanICASSP · East China Normal University
  6. 2025
    Fresh-CL: Feature Realignment through Experts on Hypersphere in Continual LearningZhongyi Zhou, Yaxin Peng, Pengxing Yi … Chaomin ShenICASSP · East China Normal University · Shanghai University
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  8. 2025
    Less Over More: Interference Sample Gradient Purification For Parallel Continual LearningTianbo Lu, Jiayao Tan, Linyan Li, Fuyuan HuICASSP · Suzhou University of Science and Technology · Suzhou Institute of Trade & Commerce
  9. 2025
    Prototype Alignment with LoRA Fusion for Class-Incremental LearningWei Zhang, Yuan Xie, Zhizhong Zhang, Xin TanICASSP · East China Normal University
  10. 2025
    Relaxing Distillation Constraints for Improved New Class Learning in Continual Semantic SegmentationZheng Ti, Xuze Hao, Renhai ChenICASSP · Tianjin University · Fudan University
  11. 2025
    A2GP-SF: Enhancing Few-shot Class Incremental Learning via Attribute Generative Prompting and Adaptive Sharpness FlatteningZhiming Chen, De‐Shen Wang, Sisi Fu … Bingzhi ChenICASSP · South China Normal University
  12. 2025
    Enhancing Data-Free Class-Incremental Learning via Image-Centric Dual DistillationFeifei Fu, Zhiwu LuICASSP · Renmin University of China
  13. 2025
    kNN-CL: Enhancing Continual Learning with Nearest Neighbor RetrievalEnzhi Wang, Qicheng Li, Hao Chen … Xin ZhouICASSP · Nankai University · Intel (United States) · +1
  14. 2025
    Multi-Layer Knowledge Distillation for Continual Semantic SegmentationYan Wang, Pengju Xu, Bo Wang, Haiying ZhaoICASSP · Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
  15. 2025
    Online Contrastive Continual Learning with Hard Negative SamplesGuanglu Wang, Xinyue Liu, Wentao Yang … Xianchao ZhangICASSP · Dalian University of Technology
  16. 2025
    Towards Differential Optimization: Rehearsal-Free Class-Incremental Learning with Slow Learners and Fast AdaptersYinghong Chen, Huanjia Zhu, Jiali Cai … Bingzhi ChenICASSP · South China Normal University
  17. 2025
    ValSub: Subsampling Validation Data to Mitigate Forgetting during ASR PersonalizationHaaris Mehmood, Karthikeyan Saravanan, Pablo Peso Parada … Seokyeong JungICASSP · Samsung (United Kingdom) · Samsung (South Korea)
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  18. 2025
    ViCo: A Multitask Video-enhanced and Cognition-preserving Modality Alignment Training FrameworkZhiyi Yu, Jin Chen, Jiayu Shen … Yanmei KangICASSP · Telenor (Norway) · China Central Television · +2
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  22. 2024
    Vision-Sensor Attention Based Continual Multimodal Egocentric Activity RecognitionShaoxu Cheng, Chi-Yuan He, Kailong Chen … Qingbo WuICASSP
  23. 2024
    Class-Incremental Learning for Multi-Label Audio ClassificationManjunath Mulimani, Annamaria MesarosICASSP · Tampere University
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  24. 2024
    ECIL-MU: Embedding Based Class Incremental Learning and Machine UnlearningZhiwei Zuo, Zhuo Tang, Bin Wang … Anwitaman DattaICASSP · Hunan University · Nanyang Technological University
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  25. 2024
    Improving Continual Learning of Acoustic Scene Classification via Mutual Information OptimizationMuqiao Yang, Umberto Cappellazzo, Xiang Li, Bhiksha RajICASSP · Carnegie Mellon University · University of Trento
  26. 2024
    Multi-Object Editing in Personalized Text-To-Image Diffusion Model Via Segmentation GuidanceHaruka Matsuda, Ren Togo, Keisuke Maeda … Miki HaseyamaICASSP · Hokkaido University
  27. 2023
    Class-Wise Buffer Management for Incremental Object Detection: An Effective Buffer Training StrategyJunsu Kim, Sumin Hong, Chanwoo Kim … Seungryul BaekICASSP · Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology · Seoul National University of Science and Technology · +3
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  28. 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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  29. 2024
    Class: Continual Learning Approach for Speech Super-ResolutionDonghyun Kim, Yungyeo Kim, Joon‐Hyuk ChangICASSP · Hanyang University
  30. 2024
    Dynamic Replay Training for Class-Incremental LearningYan Yang, Dongdong Ren, Chenglei Peng … Yang GaoICASSP · Nanjing University · Nanjing University of Science and Technology
  31. 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
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  33. 2024
    Multi-Modal Continual Pre-Training For Audio EncodersGyuhak Kim, Ho-Hsiang Wu, Luca Bondi, Bing LiuICASSP · University of Illinois Chicago · Robert Bosch (United States)
  34. 2024
    Multi-Teacher Distillation for Incremental Object DetectionLe Jiang, Hongqiang Cheng, Xiaozhou Ye, Ye OuyangICASSP · Asia Foundation
  35. 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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  36. 2024
    Autonomous Generative Feature Replay for Non-Exemplar Class-Incremental LearningYinjie Zhang, Ming Shao, Wenlong Shi … Siyu XiaICASSP · University of Massachusetts Dartmouth · Southeast University
  37. 2024
    Dynamic Model Structure Adjustment to Realize Quantum Continual Learning Based on Quantum DataHailiang Xu, Haozhen SituICASSP · South China Agricultural University
  38. 2024
    ESA: Expert-and-Samples-Aware Incremental Learning Under Longtail DistributionJie Mei, Jenq–Neng HwangICASSP · University of Washington
  39. 2024
    Exploring Soft Prompt Initialization Strategy for Few-Shot Continual Text ClassificationZhehao Zhang, Tong Yu, Handong Zhao … Shuai LiICASSP · Dartmouth College · Dartmouth Hospital · +6
  40. 2024
    Generalizable Two-Branch Framework for Image Class-Incremental LearningChao Wu, Xiaobin Chang, Ruixuan WangICASSP · Sun Yat-sen University
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  41. 2024
    Task-Wise Prompt Query Function for Rehearsal-Free Continual LearningShuai Chen, Mingyi Zhang, Junge Zhang, Kaiqi HuangICASSP · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Automation · +2
  42. 2024
    Unsupervised Continual Learning of Image Representation Via Rememory-Based SimsiamFeifei Fu, Yizhao Gao, Zhiwu Lu … Shiqi ZhaoICASSP · Renmin University of China · China United Network Communications Group (China)
  43. 2023
    Learning a Low-Rank Feature Representation: Achieving Better Trade-Off Between Stability and Plasticity in Continual LearningZhenrong Liu, Yang Li, Yi Gong, Yik‐Chung WuICASSP · Southern University of Science and Technology · University of Hong Kong · +1
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  44. 2023
    FusDom: Combining in-Domain and Out-of-Domain Knowledge for Continuous Self-Supervised LearningAshish Seth, Sreyan Ghosh, S. Umesh, Dinesh ManochaICASSP · Indian Institute of Technology Madras · University of Maryland, College Park
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  45. 2024
    Continual Learning with Class-Level Minimally Interfered UpdateGuanglu Wang, Xianchao Zhang, Han Liu … Linlin ZongICASSP · Dalian University of Technology
  46. 2024
    Prompting to Prompt for Rehearsal-Free Class Incremental LearningGuangzhi Zhao, Yuting Hou, Kedian MuICASSP · Peking University
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  50. 2023
    Towards Adversarially Robust Continual LearningTao Bai, Chen Chen, Lingjuan Lyu … Bihan WenICASSP · Nanyang Technological University · Zhejiang University of Science and Technology · +2
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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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