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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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    Bridging Inter-Task Gap of Continual Self-Supervised Learning With External DataHaori Lu, Xusheng Cao, Linlan Huang … Xialei LiuIEEE TCSVT · Nankai University
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    Learning without Forgetting Attention Scores - Attention Score Distillation for Online Continual LearningAdjovi K.X. Sim, Z.F. Wang, Aik Beng Ng … Wonmin Byeon2025 18th International Conference on Computer Science an… · Singapore Institute of Technology · Nvidia (United States)
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    Balanced Contrast Class-Incremental LearningShiqi Yu, Luojun Lin, Yuanlong YuCAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology · Fuzhou University
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    Analytic Continual Test-Time Adaptation for Multi-Modality CorruptionYufei Zhang, Yicheng Xu, Hongxin Wei … Huiping ZhuangACM International Conference on Multimedia · South China University of Technology · Institute of Science Tokyo · +2
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    Learning New Concepts, Remembering the Old: Continual Learning for Multimodal Concept Bottleneck ModelsSongning Lai, Mingqian Liao, Zhangyi Hu … Yutao YueACM International Conference on Multimedia · Qingdao Center of Resource Chemistry and New Materials · University of Hong Kong · +3
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    TongGu-VL: Advancing Visual-Language Understanding in Chinese Classical Studies through Parameter Sensitivity-Guided Instruction TuningJiahuan Cao, Yang Liu, Peirong Zhang … Lianwen JinACM International Conference on Multimedia · South China University of Technology · Shanghai Medical Information Center
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    Analytic Synaptic Dynamic Scaling Balancer for Multimodal Deepfake Continual DetectionMan Xiao, Jianbin Ye, Bo Liu … Xiaodong WangACM International Conference on Multimedia · National University of Defense Technology · Academy of Military Medical Sciences
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    CFSSeg: Closed-Form Solution for Class-Incremental Semantic Segmentation of 2D Images and 3D Point CloudsJia Xu Li, Rui Li, Jianyu Qi … Huiping ZhuangACM International Conference on Multimedia · Central South University · Zhengzhou University · +4
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    Forward-Only Continual LearningJiao Chen, Jiayi He, Fangfang Chen … Jianhua TangACM International Conference on Multimedia · South China University of Technology
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    Serial Over Parallel: Learning Continual Unification for Multi-Modal Visual Object Tracking and BenchmarkingZhangyong Tang, Tianyang Xu, Xuefeng Zhu … Josef KittlerACM International Conference on Multimedia · Jiangnan University · Nanjing University of Science and Technology · +1
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    Cross-Domain Attribute Alignment with CLIP: A Rehearsal-Free Approach for Class-Incremental Unsupervised Domain AdaptationKerun Mi, Guoliang Kang, Guangyu Li … Chen GongACM International Conference on Multimedia · Nanjing University of Science and Technology · Beihang University · +1
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    Imagining Vision From Language for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningShuo Li, Xingchen Liu, Fang Liu … Xuejian GouACM International Conference on Multimedia · Xidian University
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    Online Continual Learning via Dynamic Expandable Recursive ModelFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşACM International Conference on Multimedia · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Chengdu University of Information Technology · +1
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    PET-GPRA: Rethinking PET with Gradient-Aware Prompting and Router-Free Adapters for Few-shot Class-Incremental LearningYishu Liu, Zhiming Chen, D. Wang … Guangming LuACM International Conference on Multimedia · Harbin Institute of Technology · Beijing Institute of Technology · +2
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    Towards Effective Open-set Graph Class-incremental LearningJiazhen Chen, Zheng Ma, Sichao Fu … Weihua OuACM International Conference on Multimedia · University of Waterloo · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · +1
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    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
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    EBaR: Efficient Buffer and Resetting for Single-Sample Continual Test-Time AdaptationTianyi Ma, Maoying QiaoACM International Conference on Multimedia · University of Technology Sydney
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    Exploring Multimodal Prompts For Unsupervised Continuous Anomaly DetectionMingle Zhou, Jiahui Liu, Jin Wan … Min LiACM International Conference on Multimedia · Qilu University of Technology · Shandong Academy of Sciences
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    Optimized Model Merging Initialization for Multimodal Continual LearningJinglong Yang, Liang Huang, Jianguo ZhangInternational Workshop on Multi-Sensorial Media and Appli… · City University of Hong Kong · Southern University of Science and Technology
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    Probabilistic Mixture of Hyperbolic Mamba for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningYawen Cui, Wenbin Zou, Huiping Zhuang … Lap‐Pui ChauACM International Conference on Multimedia · Hong Kong Polytechnic University · South China University of Technology
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    Retaining Temporal Semantics and Relation Topologies for Continual Weakly-Supervised Audio-Visual Video ParsingJie Fu, Bing‐Kun BaoACM International Conference on Multimedia · Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
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    SDP: Spectral-Decomposed Prompting for Continual LearningSiqi Song, Limin Yu, Jimin XiaoACM International Conference on Multimedia · Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
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    Buffer layers for Test-Time AdaptationHyeongyu Kim, G. Han, Dosik HwangNeurIPS
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    C-NAV: Towards Self-Evolving Continual Object Navigation in Open WorldMingming Yu, Fei Zhu, Wenzhuo Liu … Jing LiuNeurIPS
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    BiaMix Contrastive Learning and Memory Similarity Distillation in Class-Incremental LearningMang Ye, Wenke Huang, Zekun Shi … Bo DuCAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology · Wuhan University · Hubei University of Technology
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    Continual Knowledge Adaptation for Reinforcement LearningJinwu Hu, Zihao Lian, Z. Wen … Mingkui TanNeurIPS
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    Are Greedy Task Orderings Better Than Random in Continual Linear Regression?Matan Tsipory, Ran Levinstein, Itay Evron … Daniel SoudryNeurIPS
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    XAI‐Guided Continual Learning: Rationale, Methods, and Future DirectionsMichela Proietti, Alessio Ragno, Roberto CapobiancoWiley · Sapienza University of Rome · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · +3
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    GaLLoP: Gradient-based Sparse Learning on Low-Magnitude ParametersChoudhary, Anand, Yasser Sulaıman, Lukas Mauch … Antoine BosselutarXiv
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    Retaining by Doing: The Role of On-Policy Data in Mitigating ForgettingHoward Chen, Noam Razin, Karthik Narasimhan, Danqi ChenarXiv
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    Learning After Model DeploymentDerda Kaymak, Gyuhak Kim, Tomoya Kaichi … Bing LiuFrontiers · University of Illinois Chicago · Accenture (United States) · +1
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    Multi-Modal Continual Learning via Cross-Modality Adapters and Representation Alignment with Knowledge PreservationEvelyn Chee, Wynne Hsu, Mong Li LeeFrontiers · National University of Singapore
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    Feature Drift Oriented Distribution Reconstruction for Imbalanced Class Incremental LearningTingmin Li, Fengqiang Wan, Yipeng Lin, Yang YangFrontiers · Nanjing University of Science and Technology
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    GEMPA: Graph-Enhanced Multimodal Prototype Alignment for Class Incremental LearningYuling Chen, Zhenming Zhang, Chunxia Ren … Li XiaoFrontiers · Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
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    Overcoming classic challenges for artificial neural networks by providing incentives and practiceKazuki Irie, Brenden M. LakeNature Machine Intelligence · Harvard University · Princeton University
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    CaMiT: A Time-Aware Car Model Dataset for Classification and GenerationFrédéric Lin, B. Ambaw, A. Popescu … Hervé Le BorgneNeurIPS
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    SMoLoRa: Exploring and Defying Dual Catastrophic Forgetting in Continual Visual Instruction TuningZiqi Wang, C. Che, Qi Wang … Meng WangICCV · Hefei University of Technology · Tsinghua University · +1
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    External Knowledge Injection for CLIP-Based Class-Incremental LearningDawei Zhou, Kaiwen Li, Jingyi Ning … De‐Chuan ZhanICCV · Nanjing University
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    GaussianUpdate: Continual 3D Gaussian Splatting Update for Changing EnvironmentsLin Zeng, Boming Zhao, J Hu … Zhaopeng CuiICCV · Zhejiang University
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    Federated Continual Instruction TuningHaiyang Guo, Fanhu Zeng, Fei Zhu … Cheng-Lin LiuICCV · Advanced Engineering (Czechia) · Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics · +1
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    iManip: Skill-Incremental Learning for Robotic ManipulationZexin Zheng, Jia-Feng Cai, Xiao-Ming Wu … Wei-Shi ZhengICCV · Sun Yat-sen University
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    Dynamic Multi-Layer Null Space Projection for Vision-Language Continual LearningBorui Kang, Lei Wang, Zhiping Wu … Weiwei LiICCV · Nanjing University · University of Wollongong · +2
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    Adversarial Robust Memory-Based Continual LearnerXiaoyue Mi, Fan Tang, Zonghan Yang … Yang LiuICCV · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Computing Technology · +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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