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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
    Unifying Detection and Adaptation in Task-Free Continual LearningDezheng Han, Anbang Zhang, Zhihao Zhu, Shuaishuai GuoarXiv
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    A Visual Dependence-Aware Framework for Multimodal Unsupervised Continual Post-TrainingKaichen Li, Zhilin Zhu, Jianhao Huang … Changsheng XuarXiv
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    Complementary Asymmetric Representation Learning for Exemplar-Free Class-Incremental LearningRunhang Chen, Xiao‐Yuan Jing, Xiaodong JiaACM Transactions · Wuhan University · Henan University of Engineering · +2
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    Lost but not erased: Finding traces of a forgotten language in neural speech modelsPeter Plantinga, Charlotte Moore, Peter Donhauser … Denise KleinarXiv
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    Preference Data Selection for Mitigating the Alignment Tax in Large Language ModelsMinsu Kim, Jianxun Lian, Xing Xie, Steven Euijong WhangarXiv
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    Rethinking Continual Learning Through Self-Adaptive LearningEhsan Hallaji, Roozbeh Razavi‐FarMachine Learning and Knowledge Extraction · University of New Brunswick
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    Reinforced Interactive Continual Learning via Real-time Noisy Human FeedbackYutao Yang, Jie Zhou, Junsong Li … Liang HeExpert Systems with Applications · East China Normal University · Shanghai Xuhui Central Hospital
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    Continual Visual Learning under Evolving Semantic Concept ShiftIsmail Lamaakal, Chaymae Yahyati, Yassine Maleh … Ibrahim OuahbiarXiv
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    Few-shot, continual learning for spiking neuromorphic olfactionKevin Max, Yang ShenNeuromorphic Computing and Engineering
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    Few-shot, continual learning for spiking neuromorphic olfactionKevin Max, Yang ShenNeuromorphic Computing and Engineering · Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
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    GAP-Prompt: Gated Adaptive Prompting for Efficient Continual LearningTrung-Anh Dang, Duy-Cuong Bui, Ngoc‐Son Vu … Vincent NguyenarXiv
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    MCo2L: A unified framework for multimodal contrastive continual learning in audio-visual question answeringKunning Wu, Xinde Li, Xinde Li … Jin DengNeurocomputing · Southeast University · Northeastern University
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    Reward-Free Continual Adaptation for Resilient Space RobotsAndrej Orsula, Miguel Olivares-Mendez, Carol MartínezarXiv
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    Towards class-incremental open-set scenarios for video-based action recognition.Yuanshuai Gou, Chengcen Zhong, Xun GongNeural Networks · Southwest Jiaotong University · Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
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    Federated Continual Learning as a Distributed Drift-Plus-Penalty Control ProblemNazreen Shah, Naveen Kumar Reddy Somireddy, Zubair Shaban … B. N. BharatharXiv
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    SPARCL: Spectral Partitioned Analytic Continual LearningJames Hartley, Zeropy Surio, Daniel Whitmore … Thomas ReedarXiv
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    TASSO: TAsk-Specific Subspace Optimization for Continual Learning of Vision-Language ModelsChang Sun, Francesco Barbato, Matteo Caligiuri, Pietro ZanuttigharXiv
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    An Inclusive and Lightweight Approach to Federated Continual Learning for Cultural HeritageIoannis Theologitis, Debin Meng, Stylianos Eleftheriadis … Konstantinos VotisarXiv
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    Modular Expert Injection for Scalable Class-Incremental Classification Using Frozen Foundation Model FeaturesGavin Mccormick, Liam Smith, Joey BoteroDSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) · United States Air Force · U.S. Air Force Test Center · +1
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    PromptCIL: Feature-Guided Prompting for Audio-Visual Class-Incremental LearningAditya Kumar Singh, Rini Smita Thakur, Parinita Nema, Vinod K. KurmiExpert Systems with Applications · Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal
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    Forgetting, plasticity, and co-observation: a third facet of continual learningTimm Hess, Abhishek Jha, Gido M. van de Ven, Tinne TuytelaarsarXiv
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    Harness Continual Learning: Continual Adaptation Beyond Model ParametersBorui Kang, Jinrui Gu, Junhan Lv … Yang GaoarXiv
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    HiCPS: Hierarchical complementary prompt synergy for few-shot class-incremental learningQiang Huang, Shengli Wu, Shaohua Wan … Hu LuNeurocomputing · Jiangsu University · University of Ulster · +4
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    AMAF-FCL: Adaptive Multi-Factor Accurate Forgetting for Heterogeneous Federated Continual LearningWeimeng Wang, Guoping Fu, Weiqiao Zhu … Xiaolin ChangApplied Sciences · China Academy of Railway Sciences · China Railway Group (China) · +1
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    CGRD: An Exemplar-Free Extension of Knowledge Distillation for Class-Incremental 3D Point Cloud Semantic SegmentationLei Wang, Rongxiang LiuApplied Sciences · East China University of Technology
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    Structure-aware federated hypergraph continual learningYanxin Hu, Xiaoman Liu, Zhenzhen Xie … Chao ChengInformation Sciences · Changchun University of Technology · Shandong University of Science and Technology · +3
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    When to Review: Spaced Repetition for Continual Pre-Training of Language ModelsAlankar Atreya, Devesh Batra, Yoages Kumar Mantri … Raad KhraishiarXiv
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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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