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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
    Continual Evolution Strategies in Control TasksNICOLA PITZALIS, Eleni Nisioti, Antonio Carta … Andrea CossuGenetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion · University of Pisa · IT University of Copenhagen
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    Overcoming catastrophic forgetting in continuous image classification tasks with adaptersEverton Lima Aleixo, Juan G. ColonnaIntelligent Systems with Applications
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    Progressive Learning in Neural Networks: A Comparative Architectural Analysis for Multi-task Continual LearningMohammed MahmoudIFIP advances in information and communication technology · Arab Open University
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    Scaling Complementarity-Driven Expert Routing to Long Task Sequences in Multimodal Continual LearningDavid Roqui, Nistor Grozavu, Ann Bourges, Adèle CormierIFIP advances in information and communication technology · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Fondation de France · +4
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    Dynamic Elastic Weight Consolidation for Continual Learning in Spiking Neural NetworksJunxiu Liu, Puyang Li, Qiang Fu … Xue OuyangSpringer LNCS · Guangxi Normal University
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    Hybrid Continual Learning for Low-Resource Australian Aboriginal Language IdentificationPravina Mylvaganam, Ting Dang, Eliathamby Ambikairajah … Jingyao WuarXiv
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    UNIT: Unleash Large Language Models Potential for Graph Continual LearningTairan Huang, Yili Wang, Beibei Hu … Jianliang GaoarXiv
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    A Parametric Memory Head for Continual Generative RetrievalKidist Amde Mekonnen, Yubao Tang, Maarten de RijkeSIGIR · Amsterdam University of the Arts · University of Amsterdam
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    COvolve: Adversarial Co-Evolution of Large-Language-Model-Generated Policies and Environments via Two-Player Zero-Sum GameAlkis Sygkounas, Rishi Hazra, Andreas Persson … Amy LoutfiGenetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference · Örebro University
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    Multi-Faceted Continual Knowledge Graph Embedding for Semantic-Aware Link PredictionJing Qi, Yuxiang Wang, Zhiyuan Yu … Tianxing WuSIGIR · Hangzhou Dianzi University · Xidian University · +1
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    Wave-GA: Cyclical Evolutionary Optimization for Streaming Classification with Emerging LabelsGiannis Vassiliou, Georgia Eirini Trouli, Sotiris Batsakis, Haridimos KondylakisGenetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference · Hellenic Mediterranean University · Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas · +1
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    Selective Distillation for Continual Named Entity Recognition with Memory ReplayWeihua Wang, Yue Cao, Feilong BaoSIGIR · Inner Mongolia University
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    Continual Test-Time Adaptation in Computer Vision: Methods, Benchmarks, and Future DirectionsSarthak Kumar Maharana, Shambhavi Mishra, Yunbei Zhang … Yunhui GuoTrans. Mach. Learn. Res.
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    Addressing class imbalance in federated learning: A perspective of catastrophic forgettingXiaohan Yuan, Yaheng Wang, Jinlu Xiong … Shuyu ChenChaos Solitons & Fractals
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    Federated continual learning with joint diffusion-based generative replayYouhuizi Li, Yu Chen, Yiran Ma … Shuyuan HuApplied Soft Computing · Hangzhou Dianzi University
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    When Does Continual Learning Require LearningAnne Harrington, Nayan Saxena, Michael Murphy … Yutong BaiarXiv
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    Lifelong Representations: A Survey on Continual Self-Supervised Learning for Vision ModelsSergi Masip, Alicja Dobrzeniecka, Jonathan Swinnen … Tinne TuytelaarsarXiv
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    A Continual Learning Framework for Adaptive Control of Modular Soft RobotsNilay Kushawaha, Muhammad Sunny Nazeer, Baljinder Singh Bal … Egidio FaloticoarXiv
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    Learning Probabilistic Prompt for Continual LearningHye-Kang Park, Sanghoon Lee, Geon Lee … Bumsub HamarXiv
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    To Retain or to Adapt? Generalizing Continual LearningGiulia Lanzillotta, Mandana Samiei, Doina Precup … Claire VernadearXiv
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    ORACIL: Conflict-Graph-Based Order-Robust Analytic Class-Incremental LearningGuanjie Wang, Hongyu Sun, Weiwei Li, Yanhua DongElectronics · Jilin Normal University
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    RL Forgets! Towards Continual Policy OptimizationMao-Lin Luo, Zhe-Xu Wang, Zi-Hao Zhou … Tong WeiarXiv
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    FORECASS: Adaptive and forgetting-resilient continual unsupervised domain adaptation for semantic segmentationBaqar Abbas, Abderrazak Chahi, Yassine RuichekExpert Systems with Applications · Université de technologie de belfort-montbéliard
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    TestMate: Test-Time Domain Adaptation Aided by Lightweight Vision Foundation ModelDimitrios Fotiou, Vasileios Mygdalis, Ioannis PitasarXiv
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    Energy-aware spike budgeting for continual learning in spiking neural networks for neuromorphic visionAnika Tabassum Meem, Muntasir Hossain Nadid, Md Zesun Ahmed MiaNeuromorphic Computing and Engineering · University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh · Pennsylvania State University
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    Learning under Dynamics: Distribution Shift Detection and Continual Learning via Modulated LearningJeff LuUNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)
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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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