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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.

188 papers of 8,653 · showing 51–100Sort Recent · Most cited
  1. 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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    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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    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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    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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    Walking the Web of Concept-Class Relationships in Incrementally Trained Interpretable ModelsSusmit Agrawal, Deepika Vemuri, S P, Vineeth N BalasubramanianAAAI
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    Region-Based Optimization in Continual Learning for Audio Deepfake DetectionYujie Chen, Jiangyan Yi, Cunhang Fan … Xiaohui ZhangAAAI
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    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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  18. 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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    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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  21. 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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    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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  24. 2024
    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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    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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    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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    Dynamic Sub-graph Distillation for Robust Semi-supervised Continual LearningYan Fan, Yu Wang, Pengfei Zhu, Qinghua HuAAAI · Tianjin 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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    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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    TIKP: Text-to-Image Knowledge Preservation for Continual Semantic SegmentationZhidong Yu, Wei Yang, Xike Xie, Zhenbo ShiAAAI · University of Science and Technology of China · Suzhou University of Science and Technology
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    Defying Imbalanced Forgetting in Class Incremental LearningXu Shi-xiong, Gaofeng Meng, Xing Nie … Shiming XiangAAAI · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Shandong Institute of Automation · +3
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    Hypercorrelation Evolution for Video Class-Incremental LearningSen Liang, Kai Zhu, Wei Zhai … Yang CaoAAAI · University of Science and Technology of China
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    SimCS: Simulation for Domain Incremental Online Continual SegmentationMotasem Alfarra, Zhipeng Cai, Adel Bibi … Matthias MüllerAAAI · Intel (United States) · King Abdullah University of Science and Technology · +1
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  42. 2024
    Task-Free Dynamic Sparse Vision Transformer for Continual LearningFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşAAAI · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence · University of York
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  43. 2024
    Unify Named Entity Recognition Scenarios via Contrastive Real-Time Updating PrototypeYanhe Liu, Peng Wang, Wenjun Ke … Ziyu ShangAAAI · Southeast University · Nanjing University of Finance and Economics
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    Attacks on Continual Semantic Segmentation by Perturbing Incremental SamplesZhidong Yu, Wei Yang, Xike Xie, Zhenbo ShiAAAI · University of Science and Technology of China · Suzhou University of Science and Technology
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    Continual Learning in an Open and Dynamic WorldYunhui GuoAAAI · The University of Texas at Dallas
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    Exploring Domain Incremental Video Highlights Detection with the LiveFood BenchmarkSen Pei, Xu Shi-xiong, Xiaojie JinAAAI · Chinese Academy of Sciences
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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. 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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