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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
    IAP: Improving Continual Learning of Vision-Language Models via Instance-Aware PromptingHao Fu, Hanbin Zhao, Jiahua Dong … Hui QianTIP · Zhejiang University of Science and Technology · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence · +1
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  2. 2026
    Multi-Stage Knowledge Integration of Vision-Language Models for Continual LearningHongsheng Zhang, Zhong Ji, Jingren Liu … Jungong HanTIP · Tianjin University · Tsinghua University
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  3. 2026
    CRISP: Contrastive Residual Injection and Semantic Prompting for Continual Video Instance SegmentationBaichen Liu, Qi Lyu, Xudong Wang … Zhi HanTIP · Shenyang Institute of Automation · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
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  4. 2026
    A Few-Shot Class Incremental Learning Method Using Graph Neural NetworksYuqian Ma, Youfa Liu, Bo DuTIP · Wuhan University
  5. 2026
    Dual Domain-Attribute Learning Framework With Asynchronous Adapters for Continual Test-Time AdaptationYuntong Tian, Kang Li, Tianyang He … Wei FengTIP · Tianjin University · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · +1
  6. 2026
    Learning Prompt Adapters for Forgetting-Free Continual Image Super-ResolutionChaowei Fang, Bolin Fu, De Cheng … Guanbin LiTIP · Xidian University · Sun Yat-sen University
  7. 2026
    Multi-Task Unified Domain Incremental Learning With Domain Difference AdaptersXiang Song, Yuhang He, Lin Peng, Yihong GongTIP · Xi'an Jiaotong University
  8. 2026
    Symmetric Image-Text Tuning With Entropy-Guided Fusion for Online Continual Learning in Non-Stationary Visual StreamsLeyuan Wang, Liuyu Xiang, Yujie Wei … Zhaofeng HeTIP · Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications · Shandong Institute of Automation · +1
  9. 2026
    Boosting Few-Shot Continual Learning via Self-Adaptive EvolutionZiqi Gu, Chunyan Xu, Yue Wang … Zhen CuiTIP · Nanjing University of Science and Technology · Nanyang Technological University · +2
  10. 2026
    CLASH-CTTA: Class-Wise Shift-Aware Hierarchical Continual Test-Time AdaptationJ T Li, Songhe FengTIP · Beijing Jiaotong University
  11. 2026
    Emphasizing Domain Differences Through Interactive-Augmented Prompts in Continual Audio-Visual Speech RecognitionDongjie Fu, Xize Cheng, Jingyuan Chen … Zhongfei ZhangTIP · Ningbo University · Zhejiang University · +2
  12. 2026
    Incremental Vision–Language Object Detection via Sparse Frequency TransformXiang Song, Ziye Yang, Yuhang He … Yihong GongTIP · Xi'an Jiaotong University · Northwestern Polytechnical University · +2
  13. 2026
    Miles: Metric Learning With Expandable Subspace for Pre-Trained Model-Based Class-Incremental LearningKai Jiang, Zisong Lin, Hongyuan Zhang … Xuelong LiTIP · Xidian University · University of Hong Kong · +1
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  14. 2026
    Multi-Level Collaborative Distillation Meets Global Workspace Model: A Unified Framework for OCILShibin Su, Guoqiang Liang, De Cheng … Lingyan RanTIP · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Xidian University
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  15. 2026
    Overcoming Dual Incremental Challenges in Continual Person Search via Adapter and PrototypeXi Yang, Hexun Zhou, De Cheng, Nannan WangTIP · Xidian University
  16. 2026
    Preserving Fairness in Knowledge Transfer for Exemplar-Free Class-Incremental Learning via Semantic PropagationFankang Xu, Lu Jin, Yanpeng Sun, Zechao LiTIP · Nanjing University of Science and Technology · Singapore University of Technology and Design
  17. 2025
    CWPS: Efficient Channel-Wise Parameter Sharing for Knowledge TransferMingxuan Cui, Tao Wu, Xuewei Li … Xi LiTIP · Zhejiang University · Zhejiang University of Science and Technology · +2
  18. 2025
    MuseumMaker: Continual Style Customization Without Catastrophic ForgettingChanglan Liu, Gan Sun, Wenqi Liang … Yang CongTIP · Shenyang Institute of Automation · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +3
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  19. 2025
    Class Incremental Learning via Contrastive Complementary AugmentationXi Wang, Xu Yang, Kun Wei … Cheng DengTIP · Xidian University
  20. 2025
    Fast Partial-Modal Online Cross-Modal HashingFengling Li, Yang Sun, Tianshi Wang … Xiaojun ChangTIP · University of Technology Sydney · Shandong Normal University · +1
  21. 2025
    Enhancing Continual Semantic Segmentation via Uncertainty and Class Balance Re-WeightingZichen Liang, Yusong Hu, Fei Yang, Xialei LiuTIP · Nankai University
  22. 2025
    Session-Guided Attention in Continuous Learning With Few SamplesZicheng Pan, Xiaohan Yu, Yongsheng GaoTIP · Griffith University · Macquarie University
  23. 2025
    Dual-Domain Division Multiplexer for General Continual Learning: A Pseudo Causal Intervention StrategyJian-Yong wu, Shaofan Wang, Yanfeng Sun … Qingming HuangTIP · Beijing University of Technology · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  24. 2025
    Geodesic-Aligned Gradient Projection for Continual Task LearningBenliu Qiu, Heqian Qiu, Haitao Wen … Hongliang LiTIP · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  25. 2025
    Dual Uncertainty-Aware Correspondence Adapting and Retaining for Continual Composed Image RetrievalHaoliang Zhou, Feifei Zhang, Changsheng XuTIP · Tianjin University of Technology · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
  26. 2025
    Enhancing Feature Learning With Hard Samples in Mutual Learning for Online Class Incremental LearningGuoqiang Liang, Shibin Su, De Cheng … Yanning ZhangTIP · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Xidian University
  27. 2025
    Large Visual Language Models Continual Learning With Dynamic Mixture of ExpertsYizhou Chen, Xihao Huang, Wei ZhangTIP · Fudan University
  28. 2025
    Self-Supervised Discovery of Cross-Lingual Shared Knowledge for Continual Text RecognitionXuexun Liu, Zhen-Duo Chen, Xin Luo, Xin-Shun XuTIP · Shandong University
  29. 2025
    BITS: Bit-Extendable Incremental Hashing in Open EnvironmentsYongxin Wang, Zhen-Duo Chen, Xin Luo, Xin-Shun XuTIP · Shandong Jianzhu University · Shandong University
  30. 2024
    SDCoT++: Improved Static-Dynamic Co-Teaching for Class-Incremental 3D Object DetectionNa Zhao, Peisheng Qian, Fang Wu … Gim Hee LeeTIP · Singapore University of Technology and Design · National University of Singapore · +2
  31. 2024
    Relationship-Incremental Scene Graph Generation by a Divide-and-Conquer Pipeline With Feature AdapterXuewei Li, Guangcong Zheng, Yunlong Yu … Xi LiTIP · Zhejiang University of Science and Technology · Zhejiang University · +1
  32. 2024
    Class-Incremental Unsupervised Domain Adaptation via Pseudo-Label DistillationKun Wei, Xu Yang, Zhe Xu, Cheng DengTIP · Xidian University
  33. 2021
    Task-Specific Normalization for Continual Learning of Blind Image Quality ModelsWeixia Zhang, Kede Ma, Guangtao Zhai, Xiaokang YangTIP · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · City University of Hong Kong · +1
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  34. 2024
    Layer-Specific Knowledge Distillation for Class Incremental Semantic SegmentationQilong Wang, Yiwen Wu, Yang Liu … Qinghua HuTIP · Tianjin University · Harbin Institute of Technology · +1
  35. 2024
    NTK-Guided Few-Shot Class Incremental LearningJingren Liu, Zhong Ji, Yanwei Pang, Yunlong YuTIP · Tianjin University · Zhejiang University
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  36. 2024
    Model Attention Expansion for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningXuan Wang, Zhong Ji, Yunlong Yu … Jungong HanTIP · Tianjin University · Zhejiang University · +1
  37. 2024
    Balanced Destruction-Reconstruction Dynamics for Memory-Replay Class Incremental LearningYuhang Zhou, Jiangchao Yao, Feng Hong … Yanfeng WangTIP · Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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  38. 2024
    PAMK: Prototype Augmented Multi-Teacher Knowledge Transfer Network for Continual Zero-Shot LearningJunxin Lu, Shiliang SunTIP · East China Normal University · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  39. 2023
    Memorizing Complementation Network for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningZhong Ji, Zhishen Hou, Xiyao Liu … Xuelong LiTIP · Tianjin University · Shenyang Institute of Automation · +2
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  40. 2023
    Experts Collaboration Learning for Continual Multi-Modal ReasoningLi Xu, Jun LiuTIP · Singapore University of Technology and Design
  41. 2022
    Complementary Calibration: Boosting General Continual Learning With Collaborative Distillation and Self-SupervisionZhong Ji, Jin Li, Qiang Wang, Zhongfei ZhangTIP · Tianjin University · Binghamton University
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  42. 2022
    Continual Referring Expression Comprehension via Dual Modular MemorizationHeng Tao Shen, Cheng Chen, Peng Wang … Jingkuan SongTIP · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +2
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  43. 2021
    L3DOC: Lifelong 3D Object ClassificationYuyang Liu, Yang Cong, Gan Sun … Hongsen LiuTIP · Shenyang Institute of Automation · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
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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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