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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
    Space-based Parameter Evolving with Lightweight Optimization for Graph Adaptation to Evolving ShiftsJunyu Luo, Zixuan Ouyang, Xiao Luo … Ming ZhangACM Web Conference 2026 · Peking University · University of Wisconsin–Madison · +2
  3. 2026
    Reinforcement Learning with Semantic Rewards Enables Low-Resource Language Expansion without Alignment TaxZeli Su, Ziyin Zhang, Zhou Liu … Wentao ZhangACL · Minzu University of China · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · +4
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  4. 2026
    Soft Orthogonal Low-Rank Adaptation for Knowledge Sharing in Large Language Model Continual LearningYitong Wang, Xue Han, Wenchun Gao … Junlan FengACL · Jiuquan Iron & Steel (China) · China Mobile (China) · +1
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  5. 2026
    VFA: Empowering Multilingual MLLMs via Vision-Free AdaptationYixia Li, Yaqing Shi, Zhiwen Ruan … Furu WeiACL · Southern University of Science and Technology · Shanghai University of Finance and Economics · +3
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  6. 2025
    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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  7. 2025
    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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  8. 2025
    Generalization-Preserved Learning: Closing the Backdoor to Catastrophic Forgetting in Continual Deepfake DetectionXi Zhang, Peiyin Zhu, Chengwei Zhang … Yanming GuoICCV · National University of Defense Technology · National University of Singapore · +4
  9. 2025
    CASA: Class-Agnostic Shared Attributes in Vision-Language Models for Efficient Incremental Object DetectionMingyi Guo, Yuyang Liu, Zhiyuan Yan … Yonghong TianIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Peking University
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  10. 2025
    Incremental Object Keypoint LearningMingfu Liang, Jiahuan Zhou, Xu Zou, Ying WuCVPR · Peking University · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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  11. 2025
    CALM: A Ubiquitous Crowdsourced Analytic Learning Mechanism for Continual Service Construction with Data Privacy PreservationKejia Fan, Yajiang Huang, Jingyu He … Yunhuai LiuACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technol… · Central South University · University of Pennsylvania · +6
  12. 2025
    Anterograde interference in multitask perceptual learningJia Yang, Fang-Fang Yan, Tingting Wang … Chang‐Bing Huangnpj Science of Learning · Peking University · Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences · +6
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  13. 2025
    Research on the Online Update Method for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Model with Incremental LearningYuxin Fan, Yuxiang Wang, Lipeng Liu … Zidong YuInternational Conference on Neural Networks, Information… · University of Toronto · Stevens Institute of Technology · +3
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  14. 2025
    C$^2$Prompt: Class-aware Client Knowledge Interaction for Federated Continual LearningKunlun Xu, Yibo Feng, Jiangmeng Li … Jiahuan ZhouNeurIPS · Peking University · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · +3
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  15. 2025
    Language-Inspired Relation Transfer for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningYifan Zhao, Jia Li, Zeyin Song, Yonghong TianTPAMI · Beihang University · Peking University
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  16. 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
  17. 2024
    Defying Forgetting in Continual Relation Extraction via Batch Spectral Norm RegularizationRundong Gao, Wenkai Yang, Xu SunIJCNN · Peking University · Renmin University of China · +1
  18. 2024
    CLOVA: A Closed-LOop Visual Assistant with Tool Usage and UpdateZhi Gao, Yuntao Du, Xintong Zhang … Qing LiCVPR · King University · Peking University · +2
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  19. 2024
    FCS: Feature Calibration and Separation for Non-Exemplar Class Incremental LearningQiwei Li, Yuxin Peng, Jiahuan ZhouCVPR · Peking University
  20. 2024
    Continual-MAE: Adaptive Distribution Masked Autoencoders for Continual Test-Time AdaptationJiaming Liu, Ran Xu, Senqiao Yang … Shanghang ZhangCVPR · Peking University · University of Hong Kong · +2
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  21. 2024
    Solving the Catastrophic Forgetting Problem in Generalized Category DiscoveryXinzi Cao, Xiawu Zheng, Guanhong Wang … Yonghong TianCVPR · Sun Yat-sen University · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +2
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  22. 2024
    Distribution-Aware Continual Test-Time Adaptation for Semantic SegmentationJiayi Ni, Senqiao Yang, Ran Xu … Shanghang ZhangICRA · King University · Peking University · +2
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  23. 2024
    On-Chip Incremental Learning based on Unsupervised STDP ImplementationGuang Chen, Jian Cao, Shuo Feng … Yuan WangIEEE 6th International Conference on AI Circuits and Syst… · Peking University
  24. 2024
    Continual Vision-Language Retrieval via Dynamic Knowledge RectificationZhenyu Cui, Yuxin Peng, Xun Wang … Jiahuan ZhouAAAI · Peking University
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  25. 2024
    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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  26. 2024
    KC-Prompt: End-To-End Knowledge-Complementary Prompting for Rehearsal-Free Continual LearningYaowei Li, Yating Liu, Xuxin Cheng … Zhiqi HuangICASSP · Peking University · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +2
  27. 2024
    TCP: Triplet Contrastive-relationship Preserving for Class-Incremental LearningShiyao Li, Xuefei Ning, Shanghang Zhang … Yu WangWACV · Tsinghua University · Peking University
  28. 2024
    TaSL: Continual Dialog State Tracking via Task Skill Localization and ConsolidationYujie Feng, Xu Chu, Yongxin Xu … Xiao-Ming WuACL · Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Peking University · +1
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  29. 2024
    Class Incremental Learning With Deep Contrastive Learning and Attention DistillationJitao Zhu, Guibo Luo, Baishan Duan, Yuesheng ZhuIEEE Signal Processing Letters · Peking University · Peking University Shenzhen Hospital
  30. 2024
    AdaHAT: Adaptive Hard Attention to the Task in Task-Incremental LearningPengxiang Wang, Hongbo Bo, Jun Hong … Kedian MuSpringer LNCS · Peking University · University of Bristol · +2
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  31. 2024
    Disentangled Representations for Continual Learning: Overcoming Forgetting and Facilitating Knowledge TransferZhaopeng Xu, Qi Qin, Bing Liu, Dongyan ZhaoSpringer LNCS · Peking University · University of Illinois Chicago · +1
  32. 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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  33. 2024
    Lifelong Learning With Cycle Memory NetworksJian Peng, Dingqi Ye, Bo Tang … Haifeng LiTNNLS · Shanghai Zhangjiang Laboratory · Tsinghua University · +5
  34. 2023
    Continual Learning on Dynamic Graphs via Parameter IsolationPeiyan Zhang, Yuchen Yan, Chaozhuo Li … Sunghun KimSIGIR · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · Peking University · +3
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  35. 2023
    Learning with Fantasy: Semantic-Aware Virtual Contrastive Constraint for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningZeyin Song, Yifan Zhao, Yujun Shi … Yonghong TianCVPR · Peking University · National University of Singapore · +1
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  36. 2023
    Regularizing Second-Order Influences for Continual LearningZhicheng Sun, Yadong Mu, Gang HuaCVPR · Peking University · Peng Cheng Laboratory
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  37. 2023
    Dealing with Cross-Task Class Discrimination in Online Continual LearningYiduo Guo, Bing Liu, Dongyan ZhaoCVPR · Peking University · University of Illinois Chicago
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  38. 2023
    Recent Advances in Class-Incremental LearningDejie Yang, Minghang Zheng, Weishuai Wang … Yang LiuSpringer LNCS · Peking University
  39. 2023
    Overcoming Catastrophic Forgetting for Fine-Tuning Pre-trained GANsZeren Zhang, Xingjian Li, Hong Tao … Chengzhong XuSpringer LNCS · Peking University · Baidu (China) · +2
  40. 2023
    Class-Incremental Learning with Multiscale Distillation for Weakly Supervised Temporal Action LocalizationTianquan Chen, Bairong Li, Yusheng Tao … Yuesheng ZhuSpringer LNCS · Peking University
  41. 2022
    Patch-based Knowledge Distillation for Lifelong Person Re-IdentificationZhicheng Sun, Yadong MuACM International Conference on Multimedia · Peking University
  42. 2022
    Preserve Knowledge with Auxiliary Feature Extractor for Class Incremental LearningHuihui Jie, Yuesheng ZhuThe 5th International Conference on Control and Computer… · Peking University
  43. 2022
    Continual Contrastive Learning for Image ClassificationZhiwei Lin, Yongtao Wang, Hongxiang LinIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Peking University
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  45. 2022
    Adaptive Orthogonal Projection for Batch and Online Continual LearningYiduo Guo, Wenpeng Hu, Dongyan Zhao, Bing LiuAAAI · Peking University · King University · +1
  46. 2022
    Alleviating Representational Shift for Continual Fine-tuningShibo Jie, Zhihong Deng, Ziheng LiCVPR · Peking University · Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (Canada)
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  47. 2022
    Learn and Review: Enhancing Continual Named Entity Recognition via Reviewing Synthetic SamplesYu Xia, Quan Wang, Yajuan Lyu … Dai DaiACL · Peking University · Baidu (China)
  48. 2022
    Balancing Between Forgetting and Acquisition in Incremental Subpopulation LearningMingfu Liang, Jiahuan Zhou, Wei Wei, Ying WuECCV · Northwestern University · Peking University
  49. 2021
    Continual Neural Mapping: Learning An Implicit Scene Representation from Sequential ObservationsZike Yan, Yuxin Tian, Xuesong Shi … Hongbin ZhaICCV · King University · Peking University · +1
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  50. 2021
    Continual Multi-Agent Interaction Behavior Prediction With Conditional Generative MemoryHengbo Ma, Yaofeng Sun, Jiachen Li … Chiho ChoiRA-L · Honda (United States) · University of California, Berkeley · +1
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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