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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. 2024
    Continual Learning From a Stream of APIsEnneng Yang, Zhenyi Wang, Li Shen … Dacheng TaoTPAMI · Northeastern University · University of Maryland, College Park · +4
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  2. 2025
    When Meta-Learning Meets Online and Continual Learning: A SurveyJaehyeon Son, Soochan Lee, Gunhee KimTPAMI · Seoul National University · LG (South Korea)
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  4. 2024
    Class-Incremental Learning: A SurveyDa-Wei Zhou, Qiwei Wang, Zhihong Qi … Ziwei LiuTPAMI · Nanyang Technological University · Nanjing University
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  6. 2024
    Learning With Style: Continual Semantic Segmentation Across Tasks and DomainsMarco Toldo, Umberto Michieli, Pietro ZanuttighTPAMI · University of Padua
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  8. 2024
    Hierarchical Augmentation and Distillation for Class Incremental Audio-Visual Video RecognitionYukun Zuo, Hantao Yao, Liansheng Zhuang, Changsheng XuTPAMI · University of Science and Technology of China · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +3
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  9. 2024
    Create Your World: Lifelong Text-to-Image DiffusionGan Sun, Wenqi Liang, Jiahua Dong … Yang CongTPAMI · Shenyang Institute of Automation · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +5
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  10. 2024
    A Comprehensive Survey of Continual Learning: Theory, Method and ApplicationLiyuan Wang, Xingxing Zhang, Hang Su, Jun ZhuTPAMI · Tsinghua University
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  11. 2024
    Building an Open-Vocabulary Video CLIP Model With Better Architectures, Optimization and DataZuxuan Wu, Zejia Weng, Wujian Peng … Yu–Gang JiangTPAMI · Fudan University · Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society · +2
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  12. 2024
    No One Left Behind: Real-World Federated Class-Incremental LearningJiahua Dong, Hongliu Li, Yang Cong … Luc Van GoolTPAMI · Shenyang Institute of Automation · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +3
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  13. 2024
    Generalizable Heterogeneous Federated Cross-Correlation and Instance Similarity LearningWenke Huang, Mang Ye, Zekun Shi, Bo DuTPAMI · Wuhan University
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  14. 2021
    Continual Learning: Fast and SlowQuang Pham, Chenghao Liu, Steven C. H. HoiTPAMI · Institute for Infocomm Research · Singapore Management University
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  15. 2023
    Distributionally Robust Memory Evolution With Generalized Divergence for Continual LearningZhenyi Wang, Li Shen, Tiehang Duan … Mingchen GaoTPAMI · University of Maryland, College Park · Jingdong (China) · +2
  16. 2023
    Incremental Learning for Simultaneous Augmentation of Feature and ClassChenping Hou, Shilin Gu, Chao Xu, Yuhua QianTPAMI · National University of Defense Technology · Shanxi University
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  18. 2023
    Cross Domain Lifelong Learning Based on Task SimilarityShuojin Yang, Zhanchuan CaiTPAMI · Macau University of Science and Technology
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  20. 2023
    Learnable Distribution Calibration for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningBinghao Liu, Boyu Yang, Lingxi Xie … Qixiang YeTPAMI · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · Huawei Technologies (China)
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  21. 2023
    Variational Data-Free Knowledge Distillation for Continual LearningXiaorong Li, Shipeng Wang, Jian Sun, Zongben XuTPAMI · Xi'an Jiaotong University
  22. 2023
    CRNet: A Fast Continual Learning Framework With Random TheoryDepeng Li, Zhigang ZengTPAMI · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence
  23. 2023
    Continual Image Deraining With Hypergraph Convolutional NetworksXueyang Fu, Jie Xiao, Yurui Zhu … Zheng-Jun ZhaTPAMI · University of Science and Technology of China
  24. 2023
    Multi-Label Classification via Adaptive Resonance Theory-Based ClusteringNaoki Masuyama, Yusuke Nojima, Chu Kiong Loo, Hisao IshibuchiTPAMI · Osaka Metropolitan University · University of Malaya · +1
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  25. 2024
    Rectification-Based Knowledge Retention for Task Incremental LearningPratik Mazumder, Pravendra Singh, Piyush Rai, Vinay P. NamboodiriTPAMI · Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur · Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee · +2
  26. 2020
    Class-Incremental Learning: Survey and Performance Evaluation on Image ClassificationMarc Masana, Xialei Liu, Bartłomiej Twardowski … Joost van de WeijerTPAMI · Computer Vision Center
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  27. 2023
    Class-Incremental Continual Learning Into the eXtended DER-VerseMatteo Boschini, Lorenzo Bonicelli, Pietro Buzzega … Simone CalderaraTPAMI · University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
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  28. 2023
    Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning by Sampling Multi-Phase TasksDa-Wei Zhou, Han-Jia Ye, Liang Ma … De-Chuan ZhanTPAMI · Nanjing University
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  29. 2023
    Hierarchical Prototype Networks for Continual Graph Representation LearningXikun Zhang, Dongjin Song, Dacheng TaoTPAMI · The University of Sydney · University of Connecticut
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  30. 2023
    Dynamic Support Network for Few-Shot Class Incremental LearningBoyu Yang, Mingbao Lin, Yunxiao Zhang … Qixiang YeTPAMI · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · Xiamen University · +2
  31. 2023
    Uncertainty-aware Contrastive Distillation for Incremental Semantic SegmentationGuanglei Yang, Enrico Fini, Dan Xu … Elisa RicciTPAMI · Harbin Institute of Technology · University of Trento · +2
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  32. 2023
    Continual Learning for Blind Image Quality AssessmentWeixia Zhang, Dingquan Li, Chao Ma … Kede MaTPAMI · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +1
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  33. 2023
    Meta-Reinforcement Learning in Non-Stationary and Dynamic EnvironmentsZhenshan Bing, David Lerch, Kai Huang, Alois KnollTPAMI · Technical University of Munich · Sun Yat-sen University · +1
  34. 2020
    Drinking From a Firehose: Continual Learning With Web-Scale Natural LanguageHexiang Hu, Ozan Şener, Fei Sha, Vladlen KoltunTPAMI · University of Southern California · Intel (United States)
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  35. 2023
    Dynamic Self-Supervised Teacher-Student Network LearningFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşTPAMI · University of York
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  37. 2020
    MgSvF: Multi-Grained Slow versus Fast Framework for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningHanbin Zhao, Yongjian Fu, Mintong Kang … Xi LiTPAMI · Zhejiang University of Science and Technology · Huawei Technologies (China)
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  38. 2022
    Modeling the Background for Incremental and Weakly-Supervised Semantic SegmentationFabio Cermelli, Massimiliano Mancini, Samuel Rota Bulo … Barbara CaputoTPAMI · Politecnico di Torino · TH Bingen University of Applied Sciences · +3
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  39. 2022
    Incremental Object Detection via Meta-LearningK J Joseph, Jathushan Rajasegaran, Salman Khan … Vineeth N BalasubramanianTPAMI · Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
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  40. 2022
    Adaptive Progressive Continual LearningJu Xu, Jin Ma, Xuesong Gao, Zhanxing ZhuTPAMI · Peking University · Shandong University · +4
  41. 2022
    Lifelong Teacher-Student Network LearningFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşTPAMI · University of York
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  42. 2022
    What and How: Generalized Lifelong Spectral Clustering via Dual MemoryGan Sun, Yang Cong, Jiahua Dong … Haibin YuTPAMI · Shenyang Institute of Automation · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +2
  43. 2019
    A Continual Learning Survey: Defying Forgetting in Classification TasksMatthias Delange, Rahaf Aljundi, Marc Masana … Tinne TuytelaarsTPAMI · Computer Vision Center · Huawei Technologies (Canada)
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  44. 2021
    One-Shot Neural Architecture Search: Maximising Diversity to Overcome Catastrophic ForgettingMiao Zhang, Huiqi Li, Shirui Pan … Steven W. SuTPAMI · Beijing Institute of Technology · Monash University · +2
  45. 2021
    Novelty Detection and Online Learning for Chunk Data StreamsYi Wang, Yi Ding, Xiangjian He … Jiebo LuoTPAMI · Dalian University of Technology · University of Technology Sydney · +2
  46. 2021
    Direction Concentration Learning: Enhancing Congruency in Machine LearningYan Luo, Yongkang Wong, Mohan Kankanhalli, Qi ZhaoTPAMI · University of Minnesota · National University of Singapore
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  47. 2019
    Continual learning: A comparative study on how to defy forgetting in classification tasksMatthias De Lange, Rahaf Aljundi, Marc Masana … T. TuytelaarsTPAMI
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  48. 2017
    Incremental Learning Through Deep AdaptationAmir Rosenfeld, John K. TsotsosTPAMI · York University
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  49. 2015
    The Extreme Value MachineEthan M. Rudd, Lalit P. Jain, Walter J. Scheirer, Terrance E. BoultTPAMI · University of Colorado Colorado Springs · University of Notre Dame
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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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