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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. 2024
    Analytic Continual Test-Time Adaptation for Multi-Modality CorruptionYufei Zhang, Yicheng Xu, Hongxin Wei … Huiping ZhuangACM International Conference on Multimedia · South China University of Technology · Institute of Science Tokyo · +2
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  2. 2025
    DSS-Prompt: Dynamic-Static Synergistic Prompting for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningLinpu He, Yanan Li, Bingze Li … Donghui WangACM International Conference on Multimedia · Zhejiang University of Science and Technology · Zhejiang Lab · +1
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  3. 2025
    TongGu-VL: Advancing Visual-Language Understanding in Chinese Classical Studies through Parameter Sensitivity-Guided Instruction TuningJiahuan Cao, Yang Liu, Peirong Zhang … Lianwen JinACM International Conference on Multimedia · South China University of Technology · Shanghai Medical Information Center
  4. 2024
    Learning New Concepts, Remembering the Old: Continual Learning for Multimodal Concept Bottleneck ModelsSongning Lai, Mingqian Liao, Zhangyi Hu … Yutao YueACM International Conference on Multimedia · Qingdao Center of Resource Chemistry and New Materials · University of Hong Kong · +3
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  5. 2025
    Analytic Synaptic Dynamic Scaling Balancer for Multimodal Deepfake Continual DetectionMan Xiao, Jianbin Ye, Bo Liu … Xiaodong WangACM International Conference on Multimedia · National University of Defense Technology · Academy of Military Medical Sciences
  6. 2025
    Forward-Only Continual LearningJiao Chen, Jiayi He, Fangfang Chen … Jianhua TangACM International Conference on Multimedia · South China University of Technology
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  7. 2025
    Remember Past, Anticipate Future: Learning Continual Multimodal Misinformation DetectorsBing Wang, Ximing Li, Mengzhe Ye … Lin WuACM International Conference on Multimedia · Jilin University · Jilin Province Science and Technology Department · +3
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  8. 2024
    CFSSeg: Closed-Form Solution for Class-Incremental Semantic Segmentation of 2D Images and 3D Point CloudsJia Xu Li, Rui Li, Jianyu Qi … Huiping ZhuangACM International Conference on Multimedia · Central South University · Zhengzhou University · +4
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  9. 2025
    Quantifying Samples with Invariance for Source-Free Class Incremental Domain AdaptationZhiyu Ye, Guowen Li, Haoyuan Liang … Juepeng ZhengACM International Conference on Multimedia · Sun Yat-sen University · National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen
  10. 2025
    Serial Over Parallel: Learning Continual Unification for Multi-Modal Visual Object Tracking and BenchmarkingZhangyong Tang, Tianyang Xu, Xuefeng Zhu … Josef KittlerACM International Conference on Multimedia · Jiangnan University · Nanjing University of Science and Technology · +1
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  11. 2025
    Cross-Domain Attribute Alignment with CLIP: A Rehearsal-Free Approach for Class-Incremental Unsupervised Domain AdaptationKerun Mi, Guoliang Kang, Guangyu Li … Chen GongACM International Conference on Multimedia · Nanjing University of Science and Technology · Beihang University · +1
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  12. 2025
    Imagining Vision From Language for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningShuo Li, Xingchen Liu, Fang Liu … Xuejian GouACM International Conference on Multimedia · Xidian University
  13. 2025
    Online Continual Learning via Dynamic Expandable Recursive ModelFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşACM International Conference on Multimedia · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Chengdu University of Information Technology · +1
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  14. 2025
    PET-GPRA: Rethinking PET with Gradient-Aware Prompting and Router-Free Adapters for Few-shot Class-Incremental LearningYishu Liu, Zhiming Chen, D. Wang … Guangming LuACM International Conference on Multimedia · Harbin Institute of Technology · Beijing Institute of Technology · +2
  15. 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
  16. 2025
    Boosting Multi-Modal Alignment: Geometric Feature Separation for Class Incremental LearningGuoqiang Liang, Chuan Qin, De Cheng … Yanning ZhangACM International Conference on Multimedia · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Xidian University
  17. 2025
    EBaR: Efficient Buffer and Resetting for Single-Sample Continual Test-Time AdaptationTianyi Ma, Maoying QiaoACM International Conference on Multimedia · University of Technology Sydney
  18. 2025
    Exploring Multimodal Prompts For Unsupervised Continuous Anomaly DetectionMingle Zhou, Jiahui Liu, Jin Wan … Min LiACM International Conference on Multimedia · Qilu University of Technology · Shandong Academy of Sciences
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  19. 2025
    Probabilistic Mixture of Hyperbolic Mamba for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningYawen Cui, Wenbin Zou, Huiping Zhuang … Lap‐Pui ChauACM International Conference on Multimedia · Hong Kong Polytechnic University · South China University of Technology
  20. 2025
    Retaining Temporal Semantics and Relation Topologies for Continual Weakly-Supervised Audio-Visual Video ParsingJie Fu, Bing‐Kun BaoACM International Conference on Multimedia · Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
  21. 2025
    SDP: Spectral-Decomposed Prompting for Continual LearningSiqi Song, Limin Yu, Jimin XiaoACM International Conference on Multimedia · Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
  22. 2024
    CP-Prompt: Composition-Based Cross-modal Prompting for Domain-Incremental Continual LearningYu Feng, Zhen Tian, Yifan Zhu … Meina SongACM International Conference on Multimedia · Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
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  23. 2024
    Overcoming Spatial-Temporal Catastrophic Forgetting for Federated Class-Incremental LearningHao Yu, Xin Yang, Xin Gao … Tianrui LiACM International Conference on Multimedia · Southwestern University of Finance and Economics · Sichuan University · +2
  24. 2024
    MMAL: Multi-Modal Analytic Learning for Exemplar-Free Audio-Visual Class Incremental TasksXianghu Yue, Xueyi Zhang, Yiming Chen … Haizhou LiACM International Conference on Multimedia · National University of Singapore · National University of Defense Technology · +5
  25. 2024
    Low-rank Prompt Interaction for Continual Vision-Language RetrievalW. B. Yan, Ye Wang, Lin Wang … Tao JinACM International Conference on Multimedia · Zhejiang University
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  26. 2024
    Calibrating Prompt from History for Continual Vision-Language Retrieval and GroundingTao Jin, W. B. Yan, Ye Wang … Zhou ZhaoACM International Conference on Multimedia · Zhejiang University · Southeast University
  27. 2024
    Generating Prompts in Latent Space for Rehearsal-free Continual LearningChengyi Yang, Wentao Liu, Shisong Chen … Aimin ZhouACM International Conference on Multimedia · East China Normal University · Guangzhou University
  28. 2024
    Progressive Prototype Evolving for Dual-Forgetting Mitigation in Non-Exemplar Online Continual LearningQiwei Li, Yuxin Peng, Jiahuan ZhouACM International Conference on Multimedia · Peking University
  29. 2024
    Introducing Common Null Space of Gradients for Gradient Projection Methods in Continual LearningChengyi Yang, Mingda Dong, Xiaoyue Zhang … Aimin ZhouACM International Conference on Multimedia · East China Normal University · Shanghai University of International Business and Economics · +1
  30. 2024
    Prior-free Balanced Replay: Uncertainty-guided Reservoir Sampling for Long-Tailed Continual LearningLei Liu, Li Liu, Yawen CuiACM International Conference on Multimedia · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data · +3
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  31. 2024
    Hierarchical Multi-label Learning for Incremental Multilingual Text RecognitionXiaoqian Liu, Minghui Liu, Zhen-Duo Chen … Xin-Shun XuACM International Conference on Multimedia · Shandong University
  32. 2024
    Prompting Continual Person SearchPengcheng Zhang, Xiaohan Yu, Bai Xiao … Xin NingACM International Conference on Multimedia · Beihang University · Macquarie University · +2
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  33. 2024
    Domain Shared and Specific Prompt Learning for Incremental Monocular Depth EstimationZhiwen Yang, Liang Li, Jiehua Zhang … Chenggang YanACM International Conference on Multimedia · Hangzhou Dianzi University · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +2
  34. 2024
    Importance-aware Shared Parameter Subspace Learning for Domain Incremental LearningShiye Wang, Changsheng Li, Jialin Tang … Guoren WangACM International Conference on Multimedia · Beijing Institute of Technology
  35. 2024
    Incremental Learning via Robust Parameter Posterior FusionWenju Sun, Qingyong Li, Siyu Zhang … Yangli-ao GengACM International Conference on Multimedia · Beijing Jiaotong University
  36. 2024
    Purified Distillation: Bridging Domain Shift and Category Gap in Incremental Object DetectionShilong Jia, Tingting Wu, Yingying Fang … Zhi LiACM International Conference on Multimedia · East China Normal University · Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications · +1
  37. 2024
    TS-ILM:Class Incremental Learning for Online Action DetectionXiaochen Li, Jian Cheng, Ziying Xia … Nyima TashiACM International Conference on Multimedia · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Tibet University
  38. 2024
    Sustainable Self-evolution Adversarial TrainingWenxuan Wang, Chenglei Wang, Huihui Qi … Yanning ZhangACM International Conference on Multimedia · Northwestern Polytechnical University
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  39. 2023
    Incremental Few Shot Semantic Segmentation via Class-agnostic Mask Proposal and Language-driven ClassifierLianlei Shan, Wenzhang Zhou, Zhao GuiQinACM International Conference on Multimedia · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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  40. 2023
    Non-Exemplar Class-Incremental Learning via Adaptive Old Class ReconstructionShaokun Wang, Weiwei Shi, Yuhang He … Yihong GongACM International Conference on Multimedia · Xi'an Jiaotong University · Xi'an University of Technology
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  41. 2023
    Pseudo Object Replay and Mining for Incremental Object DetectionDongbao Yang, Yu Zhou, Xiaopeng Hong … Weipinng WangACM International Conference on Multimedia · Institute of Information Engineering · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +2
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  42. 2022
    Handling Label Uncertainty for Camera Incremental Person Re-IdentificationZexian Yang, Dayan Wu, Wanqian Zhang … Weipinng WangACM International Conference on Multimedia · Institute of Information Engineering · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
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  43. 2023
    Knowledge Decomposition and Replay: A Novel Cross-modal Image-Text Retrieval Continual Learning MethodRui Yang, Shuang Wang, Huan Zhang … Licheng JiaoACM International Conference on Multimedia · Xidian University
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  44. 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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  45. 2023
    Slow-Fast Time Parameter Aggregation Network for Class-Incremental Lip ReadingXueyi Zhang, Chengwei Zhang, Tao Wang … Haizhou LiACM International Conference on Multimedia · National University of Defense Technology · Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data · +3
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  46. 2023
    C2MR: Continual Cross-Modal Retrieval for Streaming Multi-modal DataHuaiwen Zhang, Yang Yang, Fan Qi … Changsheng XuACM International Conference on Multimedia · Inner Mongolia University · Tianjin University of Technology · +2
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  47. 2023
    UER: A Heuristic Bias Addressing Approach for Online Continual LearningHuiwei Lin, Shanshan Feng, Baoquan Zhang … Yunming YeACM International Conference on Multimedia · Harbin Institute of Technology
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  48. 2023
    Lifelong Scene Text Recognizer via Expert ModulesShifeng Xia, Lin Geng, Ningzhong Liu … Jie QinACM International Conference on Multimedia · Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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  49. 2023
    IFS-SED: Incremental Few-Shot Sound Event Detection Using Explicit Learning and CalibrationMing Feng, Kele Xu, Hengxing CaiACM International Conference on Multimedia · Tongji University · National University of Defense Technology
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  50. 2022
    Patch-based Knowledge Distillation for Lifelong Person Re-IdentificationZhicheng Sun, Yadong MuACM International Conference on Multimedia · Peking University
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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