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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
    Exploring Rationale Learning for Continual Graph LearningLei Song, Jiaxing Li, Qinghua Si … Youyong KongAAAI
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    Few-Shot Audio-Visual Class-Incremental Learning with Temporal Prompting and RegularizationYawen Cui, Li Liu, Zitong Yu … Xiaopeng HongAAAI · Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Great Bay University · +1
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  3. 2025
    Metric-Agnostic Continual Learning for Sustainable Group FairnessHeng Lian, Chen Zhao, Zhong Chen … Yi HeAAAI · William & Mary · Baylor University · +3
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  4. 2025
    Towards Macro-AUC Oriented Imbalanced Multi-Label Continual LearningYan Zhang, Guoqiang Wu, Bingzheng Wang … Yilong YinAAAI
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  5. 2025
    Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks Still Catastrophically Forget but Differently from MLPAnton Lee, Heitor Murilo Gomes, Yaqian Zhang, W. Bastiaan KleijnAAAI · Victoria University of Wellington · University of Waikato
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  6. 2025
    LAGD: Local Topological-Alignment and Global Semantic-Deconstruction for Incremental 3D Semantic SegmentationYumin Zhang, Haoran Duan, Rui Sun … Bo WeiAAAI · Newcastle University · Beijing Jiaotong University
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    Attack on Prompt: Backdoor Attack in Prompt-Based Continual LearningTrang M Nguyen, Anh Tran, Nhat HoAAAI · The University of Texas at Austin
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    Deconfound Semantic Shift and Incompleteness in Incremental Few-shot Semantic SegmentationYirui Wu, Yuhang Xia, Hao Li … Shaohua WanAAAI · Hohai University · Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China · +3
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  9. 2025
    Prototypical Replay with Old-class Focusing Knowledge Distillation for Incremental Named Entity RecognitionZesheng Liu, Qiannan Zhu, Cuiping Li, Hong ChenAAAI · Renmin University of China · Beijing Normal University
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    Interweaving Memories of a Siamese Large Language ModelXin Song, Zhenwei Xue, Guoxiu He … Wei LuAAAI · East China Normal University · Worcester Polytechnic Institute · +1
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    Continual Unsupervised Generative Modelling via Online Optimal TransportFei Ye, Adrian G. Borş, Kun ZhangAAAI · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York · +2
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    Lifelong Scalable Generative System via Online Maximum Mean DiscrepancyFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşAAAI · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York
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  15. 2025
    When to Learn and When to Stop: Quitting at the Optimal Time (Student Abstract)Diana Vins, Jean Erik Delanois, Maxim BazhenovAAAI · University of San Diego · University of California San Diego
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  16. 2025
    Few-Shot, No Problem: Descriptive Continual Relation ExtractionThanh Xuan Nguyen, A. Le, Quyen Tran … T. NguyenAAAI
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  17. 2025
    Walking the Web of Concept-Class Relationships in Incrementally Trained Interpretable ModelsSusmit Agrawal, Deepika Vemuri, S P, Vineeth N BalasubramanianAAAI
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  22. 2024
    Region-Based Optimization in Continual Learning for Audio Deepfake DetectionYujie Chen, Jiangyan Yi, Cunhang Fan … Xiaohui ZhangAAAI
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  23. 2024
    MOS: Model Surgery for Pre-Trained Model-Based Class-Incremental LearningHai-Long Sun, Da-Wei Zhou, Hanbin Zhao … Han-Jia YeAAAI
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  26. 2024
    Adaptive Prompting for Continual Relation Extraction: A Within-Task Variance PerspectiveMinh Thu Le, Tien Ngoc Luu, An Nguyen The … Thien Huu NguyenAAAI
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    Rebalancing Multi-Label Class-Incremental LearningKaile Du, Yifan Zhou, Fan Lyu … Guangcan LiuAAAI
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  30. 2024
    Advancing Neuro-Inspired Lifelong Learning for Edge with Co-DesignNicholas Soures, Vedant Karia, Dhireesha KudithipudiAAAI · The University of Texas at San Antonio
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    Human-like Learning in Temporally Structured EnvironmentsMatt Jones, Tyler R. Scott, Michael C. MozerAAAI · University of Colorado System · Google (United States) · +1
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  32. 2024
    Towards Continual Knowledge Graph Embedding via Incremental DistillationJiajun Liu, Wenjun Ke, Peng Wang … Yanhe LiuAAAI · Southeast University · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
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  33. 2024
    DS-AL: A Dual-Stream Analytic Learning for Exemplar-Free Class-Incremental LearningHuiping Zhuang, Run He, Kai Tong … Zhiping LinAAAI · South China University of Technology · Nanyang Technological University
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  34. 2024
    Efficient Spiking Neural Networks with Sparse Selective Activation for Continual LearningJiangrong Shen, Wenyao Ni, Qi Xu, Huajin TangAAAI · Zhejiang University · Dalian University of Technology
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    eTag: Class-Incremental Learning via Embedding Distillation and Task-Oriented GenerationLibo Huang, Yan Zeng, Chuanguang Yang … Yongjun XuAAAI · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Computing Technology · +1
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    Evolving Parameterized Prompt Memory for Continual LearningMuhammad Rifki Kurniawan, Xiang Song, Zhiheng Ma … Xing WeiAAAI · Xi'an Jiaotong University · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
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    Summarizing Stream Data for Memory-Constrained Online Continual LearningJianyang Gu, Kai Wang, Wei Jiang, Yang YouAAAI · National University of Singapore · Zhejiang University
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    Non-exemplar Online Class-Incremental Continual Learning via Dual-Prototype Self-Augment and RefinementFushuo Huo, Wenchao Xu, Jingcai Guo … Yunfeng FanAAAI · Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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  40. 2024
    Contrastive Continual Learning with Importance Sampling and Prototype-Instance Relation DistillationJiyong Li, Dilshod Azizov, Yang Li, Shangsong LiangAAAI · Sun Yat-sen University · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
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  41. 2024
    Semi-supervised Open-World Object DetectionSahal Shaji Mullappilly, Abhishek Singh Gehlot, Rao Muhammad Anwer … Hisham CholakkalAAAI · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence · Linköping University
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    Continual Relation Extraction via Sequential Multi-Task LearningThanh-Thien Le, Mạnh Hùng Nguyễn, Tung Nguyen … Thien Huu NguyenAAAI · VinUniversity · Hanoi University of Science and Technology · +2
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    Non-exemplar Domain Incremental Object Detection via Learning Domain BiasXiang Song, Yuhang He, Songlin Dong, Yihong GongAAAI · Xi'an Jiaotong University
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    Learning Task-Aware Language-Image Representation for Class-Incremental Object DetectionHongquan Zhang, Bin-Bin Gao, Yi Zeng … Yuan XieAAAI · East China Normal University · Tencent (China) · +1
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  45. 2023
    Dynamic Sub-graph Distillation for Robust Semi-supervised Continual LearningYan Fan, Yu Wang, Pengfei Zhu, Qinghua HuAAAI · Tianjin University
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    M2SD: Multiple Mixing Self-Distillation for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningJinhao Lin, Ziheng Wu, Weifeng Lin … Ronghua LuoAAAI · Alibaba Group (China) · South China University of Technology · +1
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    Learning Representations on the Unit Sphere: Investigating Angular Gaussian and Von Mises-Fisher Distributions for Online Continual LearningNicolas Michel, Giovanni Chierchia, Romain Negrel, Jean‐François BercherAAAI · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Laboratoire d'Informatique Gaspard-Monge · +1
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    Continual Vision-Language Retrieval via Dynamic Knowledge RectificationZhenyu Cui, Yuxin Peng, Xun Wang … Jiahuan ZhouAAAI · Peking University
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    Live and Learn: Continual Action Clustering with Incremental ViewsXiaoqiang Yan, Yingtao Gan, Yiqiao Mao … Hui YuAAAI · Zhengzhou University · University of Portsmouth
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    Adaptive Discovering and Merging for Incremental Novel Class DiscoveryGuangyao Chen, Peixi Peng, Yangru Huang … Yonghong TianAAAI · Peking University · Peng Cheng Laboratory
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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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