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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
    SPARC: Subspace-Aware Prompt Adaptation for Robust Continual Learning in LLMsDinithi Jayasuriya, Sina Tayebati, Davide Ettori … Amit Ranjan TrivediIJCNN · University of Illinois Chicago · Intel (United States)
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  2. 2025
    Remembering Transformer for Continual LearningYuwei Sun, Ippei Fujisawa, Arthur Juliani … Ryota KanaiIJCNN · Konya Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · Microsoft Research (United Kingdom) · +1
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  3. 2025
    TinyCL: An Efficient Hardware Architecture for Continual Learning on Autonomous SystemsEugenio Ressa, Alberto Marchisio, Maurizio Martina … Muhammad ShafiqueIJCNN · Politecnico di Torino · New York University Abu Dhabi
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  4. 2025
    A Novel Forgetting Mitigation Approach for YOLOv7-Enabled Incremental Object DetectionQing Wang, Fang Liu, Jiawei Yue … Xiangbin ShiIJCNN · Shenyang Aerospace University · Shenyang Institute of Engineering
  5. 2025
    Autonomous Generation of Sub-goals for Lifelong Learning in RobotsEmanuel Fallas-Hernández, Sergio Martínez-Alonso, Alejandro Romero … Richard J. DuroIJCNN
  6. 2025
    Bias Mitigation in Federated Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning via Multi-Prototype CollaborationShijie Xu, Huaijun Qiu, Zhuo Yan, Cuiwei LiuIJCNN · Shenyang Aerospace University
  7. 2025
    FedPTR: Enhancing Federated Prompt Learning with Server-Side Retraining for Non-IID DataYufeng Chen, Min Liu, Sheng Sun, Zhongcheng LiIJCNN · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
  8. 2025
    GenCNER: A Generative Framework for Continual Named Entity RecognitionYawen Yang, Fukun Ma, Shiao Meng … Lijie WenIJCNN · Tsinghua University
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  9. 2025
    GeNGuide: Generalized Neighbour Guidance Framework for Noisy Class Incremental LearningAvnish Kumar, Jayateja Kalla, Soma BiswasIJCNN · Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
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  11. 2025
    On Sequential Maximum a Posteriori Inference for Continual LearningMenghao Waiyan William Zhu, Erçan E. KuruoğluIJCNN · Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute
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  12. 2025
    Tactile-Visual Class-Continual Learning via Temporal Attention InteractionLina Wei, Yan Ma, Zhongsheng Lin … Fangfang WangIJCNN · Hangzhou City University · City University of Macau · +1
  13. 2024
    Prompt-Based Memory Bank for Continual Test-Time Domain Adaptation in Vision-Language ModelsRan Wang, Hua Zuo, Zhen Fang, Jie LüIJCNN · University of Technology Sydney
  14. 2024
    A Self-Organizing Clustering System for Unsupervised Distribution Shift DetectionSebastián Basterrech, Line Katrine Harder Clemmensen, Gerardo RubinoIJCNN · Technical University of Denmark · Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique · +1
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  15. 2024
    Dual Variational Knowledge Attention for Class Incremental Vision TransformerHaoran Duan, Rui Sun, Varun Ojha … Rajiv RanjanIJCNN · Newcastle University · Aberystwyth University · +2
  16. 2024
    Expand and Merge: Continual Learning with the Guidance of Fixed Text Embedding SpaceYujun Huang, Wentao Zhang, Ruixuan WangIJCNN · Sun Yat-sen University
  17. 2024
    One-Shot Domain Incremental LearningYasushi Esaki, Satoshi Koide, Takuro KutsunaIJCNN · Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan)
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  18. 2024
    Adversarially Diversified Rehearsal Memory (ADRM): Mitigating Memory Overfitting Challenge in Continual LearningHikmat Khan, Ghulam Rasool, Nidhal BouaynayaIJCNN · Rowan University · Moffitt Cancer Center
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  19. 2024
    Continual Learning for Temporal-Sensitive Question AnsweringWanqi Yang, Yunqiu Xu, Yanda Li … Ling ChenIJCNN · University of Technology Sydney · The University of Sydney · +1
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  20. 2024
    Defying Forgetting in Continual Relation Extraction via Batch Spectral Norm RegularizationRundong Gao, Wenkai Yang, Xu SunIJCNN · Peking University · Renmin University of China · +1
  21. 2024
    Relation Knowledge Distillation Based on Prompt Learning for Generalized Few-Shot Intent DetectionChaiyut Luoyiching, Yangning Li, Yinghui Li … Hanjing SuIJCNN · Tsinghua University · Tencent (China)
  22. 2024
    Representation Space Maintenance: Against Forgetting in Continual LearningRui Niu, Zhiyong Wu, Changhe SongIJCNN · Tsinghua University
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  24. 2024
    Autonomous Perceptual Categorization for Robotic Lifelong Learning in Dynamic DomainsSergio Martínez Alonso, Alejandro Romero, J. A. Becerra, Richard J. DuroIJCNN
  25. 2024
    Fusion of Current and Historical Knowledge for Personalized Federated LearningPengju Wang, Bochao Liu, Weijia Guo … Shiming GeIJCNN · Institute of Information Engineering · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  26. 2024
    A Decomposition Framework for Class Incremental Text Classification with Dual Prompt TuningBo Xu, Yifei Wu, Shufei Li … Hongya WangIJCNN · Donghua University
  27. 2024
    MGSER-SAM: Memory-Guided Soft Experience Replay with Sharpness-Aware Optimization for Enhanced Continual LearningXingyu Li, Bo TangIJCNN · Tulane University · Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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  28. 2023
    Semi-Supervised Generalized Source-Free Domain Adaptation (SSG-SFDA)Jiayu An, Changming Zhao, Dongrui WuIJCNN · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  29. 2023
    Continual Learning with Pretrained Backbones by Tuning in the Input SpaceSimone Marullo, Matteo Tiezzi, Marco Gori … Tinne TuytelaarsIJCNN · University of Siena · University of Florence · +1
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  30. 2023
    Non-exemplar Class-incremental Learning via Dual Augmentation and Dual DistillationKe Song, Quan Xia, Zhaoyong QiuIJCNN · Northwestern Polytechnical University
  31. 2023
    Deep Inversion Method for Attacking Lifelong Learning Neural NetworksBoyuan Du, Yuanlong Yu, Huaping LiuIJCNN · Fuzhou University · Tsinghua University
  32. 2023
    Online Continual Learning for Control of Mobile RobotsAndriy Sarabakha, Zhongzheng Qiao, Savitha Ramasamy, Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam SuganthanIJCNN · Nanyang Technological University · Agency for Science, Technology and Research · +2
  33. 2023
    Angular Penalty for Few-Shot Incremental 3D Object LearningBingtao Ma, Yang CongIJCNN · Shenyang Institute of Automation · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
  34. 2023
    Deep Hashing Capable of Adding New Dataset without Class LabelsYe Chenyang, Hisashi KogaIJCNN · University of Electro-Communications
  35. 2022
    Sample Condensation in Online Continual LearningMattia Sangermano, Antonio Carta, Andrea Cossu, Davide BacciuIJCNN · University of Pisa · Scuola Normale Superiore
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  36. 2022
    Adversarially Robust Continual LearningHikmat Ullah Khan, Nidhal Bouaynaya, Ghulam RasoolIJCNN · Rowan University · Moffitt Cancer Center
  37. 2022
    Continual Horizontal Federated Learning for Heterogeneous DataJunki Mori, Isamu Teranishi, Ryo FurukawaIJCNN · NEC (Japan)
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  38. 2022
    LIFEWATCH: Lifelong Wasserstein Change Point DetectionKamil Faber, Roberto Corizzo, Bartłomiej Śnieżyński … Nathalie JapkowiczIJCNN · Institute of Computer Science · AGH University of Krakow · +1
  39. 2022
    Ego-graph Replay based Continual Learning for Misinformation Engagement PredictionHongbo Bo, Ryan McConville, Jun Hong, Weiru LiuIJCNN · University of Bristol · University of the West of England
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  40. 2022
    Balancing the Stability-Plasticity Dilemma with Online Stability Tuning for Continual LearningAnton Lee, Heitor Murilo Gomes, Yaqian ZhangIJCNN · University of Waikato · Victoria University of Wellington
  41. 2022
    RVAE-LAMOL: Residual Variational Autoencoder to Enhance Lifelong Language LearningHan Wang, Ruiliu Fu, Xuejun Zhang, Jun ZhouIJCNN · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Acoustics · +1
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  43. 2022
    Self-distilled Knowledge Delegator for Exemplar-free Class Incremental LearningFanfan Ye, Liang Ma, Qiaoyong Zhong … Shiliang PuIJCNN
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  44. 2022
    Understanding Catastrophic Forgetting of Gated Linear Networks in Continual LearningMatteo Munari, Luca Pasa, Daniele Zambon … Nicolò NavarinIJCNN · University of Padua · Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research · +2
  45. 2022
    Dynamic Template Selection Through Change Detection for Adaptive Siamese TrackingMadhu Kiran, Le Thanh Nguyen-Meidine, Rajat Sahay … Éric GrangerIJCNN · Vellore Institute of Technology University · Genetec (Canada)
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  46. 2022
    A Robust Growing Memory Network for Lifelong Learning of Intelligent AgentsWei Hong Chin, Wenbang Dou, Naoyuki Kubota, Chu Kiong LooIJCNN · Tokyo Metropolitan University · University of Malaya
  47. 2022
    Dirichlet Prior Networks for Continual LearningFelix Wiewel, Alexander Bartler, Bin YangIJCNN · University of Stuttgart
  48. 2022
    Smaller is Better: An Analysis of Instance Quantity/Quality Trade-off in Rehearsal-based Continual LearningFrancesco Pelosin, Andrea TorselloIJCNN · Ca' Foscari University of Venice
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  49. 2022
    Incremental Attractor Neural Network Modelling of the Lifespan Retrieval CurvePatrícia Pereira, Anders Lansner, Pawel HermanIJCNN · Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento · University of Lisbon · +2
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  50. 2021
    Memory-Efficient Semi-Supervised Continual Learning: The World is its Own Replay BufferJames Smith, Jonathan Balloch, Yen-Chang Hsu, Zsolt KiraIJCNN · Georgia Institute of Technology · Samsung (United States)
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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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