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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
    EKPC: Elastic Knowledge Preservation and Compensation for Class-Incremental LearningHuaijie Wang, De Cheng, Lingfeng He … Xinbo GaoIJCV · Xidian University · Northwestern Polytechnical University
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  2. 2026
    KSS-MoE: Knowledge Space Synergy Framework in Mixture of Experts for Continual Visual Instruction TuningLingyun Song, Ziyao Chen, Kang Pan … Xuequn ShangAAAI · Northwestern Polytechnical University · San Francisco Bay University · +1
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  3. 2026
    Better Matching, Less Forgetting: A Quality-Guided Matcher for Transformer-based Incremental Object DetectionQirui Wu, Shizhou Zhang, De Cheng … Peng WangAAAI · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Medrobotics (United States)
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  4. 2023
    Teacher Agent: A Knowledge Distillation-Free Framework for Rehearsal-Based Video Incremental LearningShengqin Jiang, Yaoyu Fang, Haokui Zhang … Peng WangIJCV · Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology · Northwestern Polytechnical University · +3
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  5. 2026
    Continual Low-Rank Adaptation Via Cumulative Unified Optimization.Yue Lu, Shizhou Zhang, De Cheng … Yanning ZhangTPAMI · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Xidian University
  6. 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
  7. 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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  8. 2026
    VPT-NSP2++: Importance-Aware Visual Prompt Tuning in Null Space for Continual LearningShizhou Zhang, Yue Lu, De Cheng … Yanning ZhangTPAMI · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Xidian University
  9. 2025
    Boosting Multi-Modal Alignment: Geometric Feature Separation for Class Incremental LearningGuoqiang Liang, Chuan Qin, De Cheng … Yanning ZhangACM International Conference on Multimedia · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Xidian University
  10. 2025
    Gradient Decomposition and Alignment for Incremental Object DetectionWenlong Luo, Xicheng Zhang, De Cheng … Y ZhangICCV · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Xidian University
  11. 2025
    Rethinking Continual Knowledge Graph Embedding: Benchmarks and AnalysisTianzhe Zhao, Jiaoyan Chen, Yanchi Ru … Jun LiuSIGIR · Xi'an Jiaotong University · University of Manchester · +3
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  12. 2025
    Revisiting Generative Replay for Class Incremental Object DetectionShizhou Zhang, Xueqiang Lv, Yinghui Xing … Yanning ZhangCVPR · Northwestern Polytechnical University
  13. 2025
    Training Consistent Mixture-of-Experts-Based Prompt Generator for Continual LearningYue Lu, Shizhou Zhang, De Cheng … Yanning ZhangAAAI · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Xidian University
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  14. 2025
    CoLeCLIP: Open-Domain Continual Learning via Joint Task Prompt and Vocabulary LearningYukun Li, Guansong Pang, Wei Suo … Peng WangTNNLS · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Singapore Management University · +2
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  15. 2025
    Using samples with label noise for robust continual learningHongyi Nie, Shiqi Fan, Yang Liu … Zhen WangNeural Networks · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Tsinghua University
  16. 2025
    Achieving Plasticity-Stability Trade-Off in Continual Learning Through Adaptive Orthogonal ProjectionDe Cheng, Yusong Hu, Nannan Wang … Xinbo GaoIEEE TCSVT · Xidian University · Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications · +2
  17. 2025
    Joint Memory Optimization for Continual LearningZhiheng Ma, Yaohui Ma, Xiaopeng Hong … Shizhou ZhangIEEE TCSVT · Shenzhen University · Shenzhen Technology University · +2
  18. 2025
    CMoA: Contrastive Mixture of Adapters for Generalized Few-Shot Continual LearningYawen Cui, Jian Zhao, Zitong Yu … Xuelong LiIEEE Trans. Multimedia · University of Oulu · China Telecom (China) · +6
  19. 2025
    Continual Learning Inspired by Brain Functionality: A Comprehensive SurveyMuhammad Azeem Aslam, Muhammad Ali Hamza, Zhu Shuangtong … Saba AslamInternational Journal of Intelligent Systems · Asia University · Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics · +3
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  20. 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
  21. 2024
    Sustainable Self-evolution Adversarial TrainingWenxuan Wang, Chenglei Wang, Huihui Qi … Yanning ZhangACM International Conference on Multimedia · Northwestern Polytechnical University
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  22. 2024
    Semi-Supervised Online Continual Learning for 3D Object Detection in Mobile RoboticsBinhong Liu, Dexin Yao, Rui Yang … Tao YangJournal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Carolina Unmanned Vehicles (United States) · +3
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  23. 2024
    Efficient Statistical Sampling Adaptation for Exemplar-Free Class Incremental LearningDe Cheng, Yuxin Zhao, Nannan Wang … Xinbo GaoIEEE TCSVT · Xidian University · Northwestern Polytechnical University · +1
  24. 2024
    Semi-supervised few-shot class-incremental learning based on dynamic topology evolutionWenqi Han, Kai Huang, Jie Geng, Wen JiangEng. Applications of AI · Northwestern Polytechnical University
  25. 2024
    Progressive Adapting and Pruning: Domain-Incremental Learning for Saliency PredictionKaihui Yang, Junwei Han, Guangyu Guo … Dingwen ZhangACM Transactions · Nanchang University · Northwestern Polytechnical University · +4
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  26. 2024
    Non-Exemplar Class-Incremental Learning by Random Auxiliary Classes Augmentation and Mixed FeaturesKe Song, Guoqiang Liang, Zhaojie Chen, Yanning ZhangIEEE TCSVT · Northwestern Polytechnical University
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  27. 2023
    IOB: integrating optimization transfer and behavior transfer for multi-policy reuseSiyuan Li, Hao Li, Jin Zhang … Chongjie ZhangAutonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems · Harbin Institute of Technology · Northwestern Polytechnical University · +2
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  28. 2023
    Optimal Policy Replay: A Simple Method to Reduce Catastrophic Forgetting in Target Incremental Visual NavigationXinting Li, Shizhou Zhang, Yue Lu … Yanning ZhangChina Automation Congress (CAC) · Northwestern Polytechnical University
  29. 2023
    SCRL: Self-supervised Continual Reinforcement Learning for Domain AdaptationYuyang Fang, Bin Guo, Jiaqi Liu … Zhiwen YuInternational Conference on Artificial Intelligence of Th… · Northwestern Polytechnical University
  30. 2023
    New Insights on Relieving Task-Recency Bias for Online Class Incremental LearningGuoqiang Liang, Zhaojie Chen, Zhaoqiang Chen … Yanning ZhangIEEE TCSVT · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Institute of Software
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  31. 2023
    Non-exemplar Class-incremental Learning via Dual Augmentation and Dual DistillationKe Song, Quan Xia, Zhaoyong QiuIJCNN · Northwestern Polytechnical University
  32. 2023
    Domain Incremental Object Detection Based on Feature Space Topology Preserving StrategyLi Ding, Xiang Song, Yuhang He … Yihong GongIEEE TCSVT · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Xi'an Jiaotong University
  33. 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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  34. 2022
    Cross-FCL: Toward a Cross-Edge Federated Continual Learning Framework in Mobile Edge Computing SystemsZhouyangzi Zhang, Bin Guo, Wen Sun … Zhiwen YuIEEE Transactions · Northwestern Polytechnical University
  35. 2022
    Multi-criteria Selection of Rehearsal Samples for Continual LearningZhuang Chen, Shaoli Huang, Gong Cheng, Jifeng NingPattern Recognition · Northwest A&F University · Tencent (China) · +1
  36. 2022
    Knowledge extraction and retention based continual learning by using convolutional autoencoder-based learning classifier systemMuhammad Irfan, Jiangbin Zheng, Muhammad Iqbal … Muhammad Hassan ArifInformation Sciences · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Higher Colleges of Technology · +1
  37. 2020
    Semantic Drift Compensation for Class-Incremental LearningLu Yu, Bartłomiej Twardowski, Xialei Liu … Joost van de WeijerCVPR · Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona · Northwestern Polytechnical University · +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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