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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
    MEMTS: Internalizing Domain Knowledge via Parameterized Memory for Retrieval-Free Domain Adaptation of Time Series Foundation ModelsXiaoyun Yu, Li Fan, Xiangfei Qiu … Jilin HuKDD · East China Normal University · Shanghai Innovative Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine · +3
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  2. 2026
    Continual-GraphLLM: Dynamic Graph Large Language Model with Invariance Regularized Adaptive Multi-Scale ExpertsTianhang Wan, Xin Wang, Haibo Chen … Wenwu ZhuKDD · Tsinghua University · Alibaba Group (China)
  3. 2026
    PrePrompt: Predictive Prompting for Class Incremental LearningLibo Huang, Xiangqi Li, Jiarui Zhao … Yongjun XuKDD · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Computing Technology · +2
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  4. 2026
    TRACE: Discovering Task-Specific Parameter via Adaptation-Aware Probing for Continual Fine-TuningXiaosong Han, Ke Chen, Xindi Dai … Renchu GuanKDD · Jilin University · Jilin Province Science and Technology Department · +3
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  5. 2026
    Cognitive Bifurcation: Dual-Progressive Causal Diffusion with Hippocampal Memory for Continual Graph LearningJiahao Liang, Carl Yang, Haoran Yang … Kaixiang YangKDD · South China University of Technology · Emory University · +2
  6. 2026
    Collaborative Knowledge Extraction and Integration for Graph Domain Incremental LearningJialu Li, Yu Wang, Wanyu Lin, Pengfei ZhuKDD · Tianjin University · Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  7. 2026
    FAT-TAG: Mitigating Forgetting in Task-Free Temporal Graph Class Incremental LearningJiyuan Feng, Zhao Liu, Dongyi Zheng … Qing LiaoKDD · Harbin Institute of Technology · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +1
  8. 2026
    FedFST: Mitigating Spectral Catastrophic Forgetting in Federated Graph Continual LearningHanyao Guo, Zihan Tan, Wenke Huang … Mang YeKDD · Wuhan University · Nanyang Technological University
  9. 2026
    G2LoRA: Gradient Orthogonal Low-Rank Adaptation Framework for Graph Continual Learning on Text-Attributed GraphsYuhan Wang, Yibo Ding, Yutong Ye … Jianxin LiKDD · Beihang University · Columbia University · +1
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  10. 2026
    CREAM: Continual Retrieval on Dynamic Streaming Corpora with Adaptive Soft MemoryHuijeong Son, Hyeongu Kang, Sunho Kim … Susik YoonKDD · Korea University · Yonsei University
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  11. 2025
    Improving Open-world Continual Learning under the Constraints of Scarce Labeled DataYujie Li, Xiangkun Wang, Xin Yang … Tianrui LiKDD · Southwestern University of Finance and Economics · Leiden University · +2
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  12. 2025
    Self-Supervised Continual Graph Learning via Adaptive Spaced Replay on Node ProxiesZhen Peng, Xu Hua, Jingchen Hao … Chao ShenKDD · Xi'an Jiaotong University · National University of Singapore · +1
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  13. 2025
    ErrorEraser: Unlearning Data Bias for Improved Continual LearningXuemei Cao, Hanlin Gu, Xin Yang … Tianrui LiKDD · Southwestern University of Finance and Economics · Southwest Jiaotong University
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  14. 2024
    Linked Adapters: Linking Past and Future to Present for Effective Continual LearningDupati Srikar Chandra, P. K. Srijith, Dana Rezazadegan, Chris McCarthyKDD
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  15. 2024
    Personalized Federated Continual Learning via Multi-Granularity PromptHao Yu, Xin Yang, Xin Gao … Tianrui LiKDD · Southwestern University of Finance and Economics · Sichuan University · +3
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  16. 2024
    Topology-aware Embedding Memory for Continual Learning on Expanding NetworksXikun Zhang, Dongjin Song, Yixin Chen, Dacheng TaoKDD · The University of Sydney · University of Connecticut · +1
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  17. 2024
    Sketch-Based Replay Projection for Continual LearningJack Julian, Yun Sing Koh, Albert BifetKDD · University of Auckland · Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l’Information · +1
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  18. 2022
    Geometer: Graph Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning via Prototype RepresentationBin Lü, Xiaoying Gan, Lina Yang … Xinbing WangKDD · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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  19. 2022
    Adaptive Fairness-Aware Online Meta-Learning for Changing EnvironmentsChen Zhao, Feng Mi, Xintao Wu … Feng ChenKDD · The University of Texas at Dallas · University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
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  20. 2022
    Preventing Catastrophic Forgetting in Continual Learning of New Natural Language TasksSudipta Kar, Giuseppe Castellucci, Simone Filice … Oleg RokhlenkoKDD · Amazon (United States)
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  21. 2022
    ILASR: Privacy-Preserving Incremental Learning for Automatic Speech Recognition at Production ScaleGopinath Chennupati, Milind Rao, Gurpreet Chadha … Pankaj SitpureKDD · Amazon (United States)
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  22. 2021
    MeLL: Large-scale Extensible User Intent Classification for Dialogue Systems with Meta Lifelong LearningChengyu Wang, Haojie Pan, Yuan Liu … Deng CaiKDD · Alibaba Group (China) · Zhejiang University
  23. 2019
    Adaptive Deep Models for Incremental Learning: Considering Capacity Scalability and SustainabilityYang Yang, Da-Wei Zhou, De‐Chuan Zhan … Yuan JiangKDD · Nanjing University · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  24. 1999
    Handling concept drifts in incremental learning with support vector machinesNadeem Ahmed Syed, Huan Liu, Kah Kay SungKDD · National University of Singapore
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. By default it shows the papers we have a reason to trust: published at a venue like NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR or TPAMI, or written by someone who has published there, or cited a few hundred times. The rest are one click away under “All papers”. 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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