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The foundational work on continual learning, 1988 to 2026: methods, theory, benchmarks, surveys, and the neuroscience of memory. Updated weekly; some carry our notes.

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    Low-Complexity Inference in Continual Learning via Compressed Knowledge TransferZhenrong Liu, Janne M. J. Huttunen, Mikko HonkalaarXiv
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    PASS++: A Dual Bias Reduction Framework for Non-Exemplar Class-Incremental LearningFei Zhu, Xu-Yao Zhang, Zhen Cheng, Cheng‐Lin LiuTPAMI · Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
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    Prototype Augmented Hypernetworks for Continual LearningNeil De La Fuente, Maria Pilligua, Daniel Vidal … Andrey BarskyCVPR
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    Learning Dynamics in Continual Pre-Training for Large Language ModelsXingjin Wang, Howe Tissue, Lu Wang … Daniel Dajun ZengICML
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    ReplayCAD: Generative Diffusion Replay for Continual Anomaly DetectionLei Hu, Zhiyong Gan, Ling Deng … Tianshui ChenIJCAI
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    Unleashing the Power of Continual Learning on Non-Centralized Devices: A SurveyYichen Li, Haozhao Wang, Wenchao Xu … Ruixuan LiIEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Hong Kong Polytechnic University · +5
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    Neuro-Symbolic ConceptsJiayuan Mao, Joshua B. Tenenbaum, Jiajun WuarXiv
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    Class Incremental Learning with probability dampening and cascaded gated classifierJary Pomponi, Alessio Devoto, Simone ScardapaneNeurocomputing · Sapienza University of Rome
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    Autoencoder-Based Hybrid Replay for Class-Incremental LearningMilad Khademi Nori, Il‐Min Kim, Guanghui WangICML
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    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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    Balancing Plasticity and Stability via Dual-Branch Learning in Online Continual LearningXu Han, Haodong Lu, Huiyi Wang, Dong GongCompanion Proceedings of the ACM on Web Conference 2025 · UNSW Sydney
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    HINT: Hypernetwork approach to training weight interval regions in continual learningPatryk Krukowski, Anna Bielawska, Kamil Książek … Przemysław SpurekInformation Sciences · Jagiellonian University · Narodowy Instytut Leków · +1
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    Analysis of Model Merging Methods for Continual Updating of Foundation Models in Distributed Data SettingsKenta Kubota, Ren Togo, Keisuke Maeda … Miki HaseyamaApplied Sciences · Hokkaido University
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    SPARK: Simple and Parameter-Free Knowledge Embedding With Fuzzy Cognitive Maps for Class Incremental LearningYu Wang, Jiabo Xie, Junyan Zheng … Qinghua HuIEEE Transactions · Tianjin University
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    Enhancing task incremental continual learning: integrating prompt-based feature selection with pre-trained vision-language modelLie Yang, Haohan Yang, Xiangkun He … Chen LvKnowledge-Based Systems · Nanyang Technological University
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    Efficient Continual Learning in Keyword Spotting using Binary Neural NetworksQ. Vu, Luciano Sebastian Martinez-Rau, Yuxuan Zhang … S. BaderSensors Applications Symposium
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    TSPT: Two-Step Prompt Tuning for class-incremental novel class discoveryJie An, Zhenbang Du, Herui Zhang, Dongrui WuKnowledge-Based Systems · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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    Memory replay with unlabeled data for semi-supervised class-incremental learning via temporal consistencyQiang Wang, Kele Xu, Dawei Feng … Huaimin WangFrontiers of Computer Science · National University of Defense Technology
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    Towards on-device continual learning with Binary Neural Networks in industrial scenariosLorenzo Vorabbi, Angelo Carraggi, D. Maltoni … Stefano SantiImage and Vision Computing
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    Memorization and Knowledge Injection in Gated LLMsPan Xu, Ely Hahami, Zechen Zhang, Haim SompolinskyarXiv
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    What Causes Knowledge Loss in Multilingual Language Models?Maria Khelli, Samuel Cahyawijaya, Ayu Purwarianti, Genta Indra WinataarXiv
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    Low-redundancy distillation for continual learningRuiqi Liu, Boyu Diao, Libo Huang … Yongjun XuPattern Recognition · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Computing Technology · +1
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    Subnetwork Knowledge Injection and Transferable Parameter Updating Strategy for Continual Learning of Vision-and-Language TasksJiong Wang, Qing Zhang, Jie Liu … Yinqiao LiIEEE TAI · Beijing Normal University · North China University of Technology · +2
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    CIT: Rethinking Class-incremental Semantic Segmentation with a Class Independent TransformationJinchao Ge, Bowen Zhang, Akide Liu … Yang ZhaoPattern Recognition · The University of Adelaide · Monash University · +1
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    Effective Generative Replay with Strong Memory for Continual LearningJing Yang, Xinyu Zhou, Yao He … Changfu ZhangKnowledge-Based Systems · Guizhou University · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · +2
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    Continual Unsupervised Generative ModelingFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşTPAMI · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York
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    Enhancing Pre-Trained Model-Based Class-Incremental Learning through Neural CollapseKun He, Zijian Song, Shuoxi Zhang, John E. HopcroftarXiv
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    Continual Human-in-the-Loop OptimizationYi-Chi Liao, Paul Streli, Zhipeng Li … Christian HolzInternational Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sy… · ETH Zurich
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    Enhance the old representations' adaptability dynamically for exemplar-free continual learningKunchi Li, Chaoyue Ding, Jun Wan, Shan YuNeurocomputing · Shandong Institute of Automation · Institute of Automation · +1
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    Mathematics of Continual LearningPeng, Liangzu, René VidalarXiv
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    Efficient Self-Supervised Continual Learning with Progressive Task-Correlated Layer FreezingLi Yang, Sen Lin, Fan Zhang … Deliang FanInternational Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED) · University of North Carolina at Charlotte · University of Houston · +3
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    Red alarm: Controllable backdoor attack in continual learningRui Gao, Weiwei LiuNeural Networks · Wuhan University · Wuhan Donghu University
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    Noise-Tolerant Coreset-Based Class Incremental Continual LearningEdison Mucllari, Aswin Raghavan, Zachary DanielsarXiv
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    MoCFL: Mobile Cluster Federated Learning Framework for Highly Dynamic NetworkKai Fang, Jiangtao Deng, Chengzu Dong … Wei WangWWW · Zhejiang A & F University · Shenzhen University · +1
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    Enabling Real-Time Inference in Online Continual Learning via Device-Cloud CollaborationHaibo Liu, Chen Gong, Zhenzhe Zheng … Fan WuACM on Web Conference 2025 · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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    Mitigating Forgetting in Adapting Pre-trained Language Models to Text Processing Tasks via Consistency AlignmentJianqi Gao, Hao Wu, Yiu‐ming Cheung … Yonggang ZhangACM on Web Conference 2025 · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Shanghai University · +1
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    Few-Shot Vision-Language Action-Incremental Policy LearningMingchen Song, Xiang Deng, Guoqiang Zhong … Weili GuanarXiv
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    Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning via Asymmetric Supervised Contrastive LearningDuo Liu, Linglan Zhao, Zhongqiang Zhang … Liang WangIEEE TCSVT · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Tencent (China) · +4
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    Distribution-aware Forgetting Compensation for Exemplar-Free Lifelong Person Re-identificationShiben Liu, Huijie Fan, Qiang Wang … Liang-Qiong QuIEEE Trans. Multimedia
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    HiDe-PET: Continual Learning via Hierarchical Decomposition of Parameter-Efficient TuningLiyuan Wang, Jingyi Xie, Xingxing Zhang … Jun ZhuTPAMI · Tsinghua University
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    LoRA-Based Continual Learning with Constraints on Critical Parameter ChangesShimou Ling, Liang Zhang, Jiangwei Zhao … Hongliang LiPattern Recognition
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    Bias to Balance: New-Knowledge-Preferred Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning via Transition CalibrationHongquan Zhang, Zhizhong Zhang, Xin Tan … Yuan XieTNNLS · East China Normal University · Xiamen University
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    Uncertainty-guided recurrent prototype distillation for graph few-shot class-incremental learningNing Zhu, Shaofan Wang, Yanfeng Sun, Baocai YinMultimedia Systems · Beijing University of Technology · Beijing Information Science & Technology University
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 lists only papers we have a reason to trust: published at a venue like NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR or TPAMI, or led by someone who has published there, or cited a few hundred times. Preprints that later get accepted, and authors who later publish at those venues, are picked up by the weekly run. 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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