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The foundational work on continual learning, 1988 to 2026: methods, theory, benchmarks, surveys, and the neuroscience of memory. Updated weekly; some carry our notes.

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  1. 2026
    Lethe: Plasticity-aware Active Forgetting for Resource-Efficient On-Device Continual LearningHaibo Liu, Chenxin Mao, Zhenzhe Zheng … He HuangKDD · Soochow University · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  2. 2026
    Keep the General, Inject the Specific: Structured Dialogue Fine-Tuning for Knowledge Injection without Catastrophic ForgettingYijie Hong, Xiaofei Yin, Xinzhong Wang … Sufeng Duan2026 International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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  3. 2026
    Crafting Your Evolving Dreams: Concept-Incremental Versatile CustomizationJiahua Dong, Wenqi Liang, Hongliu Li … Fahad Shahbaz KhanTPAMI · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence · University of Trento · +5
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  4. 2026
    Randomized neural network with adaptive forward regularization for online task-free class incremental learningJunda Wang, Minghui Hu, Ning Li … Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam SuganthanNeural Networks · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Nanyang Technological University · +1
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  5. 2026
    Beyond catastrophic forgetting: A continual learning-driven multi-modal fusion model for saliency prediction in dynamic scenesNana Zhang, Yi-Xiang Wang, Dandan Zhu … Guangtao ZhaiExpert Systems with Applications · Donghua University · Tongji University · +1
  6. 2026
    UIKG: New Uncertain-Dynamic Incremental Knowledge GraphsZhangcong Xu, Gumin Jin, Guangyao Wang, Li JChinese Control and Decision Conference (CCDC) · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Shenyang Aerospace University
  7. 2026
    From Cold-Start to Stabilization: A Dual-Prototype Framework for Online Any-Shot Continual LearningChengyan Liu, Linglan Zhao, Juping Gu … Fan LyuICASSP · Suzhou University of Science and Technology · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  8. 2026
    Smaller but Better: Plasticity-Preserving Continual Learning for Embedded AIChenxin Mao, Haibo Liu, Zhenzhe Zheng … Guihai ChenACM Web Conference 2026 · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  9. 2026
    Vision-Language Efficient Tuning for Mitigating Catastrophic Forgetting in Multi-Modal LearningYaoming Wang, Yuchen Liu, Wenrui Dai … Hongkai XiongIJCV · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Huawei Technologies (China)
  10. 2026
    Learning From Each Other: Generalized Federated Incremental Semantic SegmentationJiahua Dong, Wenqi Liang, Yang Cong … Luc Van GoolTPAMI · Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence · Shenyang Institute of Automation · +5
  11. 2026
    Incremental Online Learning of Randomized Neural Network With Forward RegularizationJunda Wang, Minghui Hu, Ning Li … Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam SuganthanTPAMI · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Nanyang Technological University · +1
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  12. 2026
    Generalizable and Adaptive Continual Learning Framework for AI-Generated Image DetectionHanyi Wang, Jun Lan, Yaoyu Kang … Shilin WangIEEE Trans. Multimedia · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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  13. 2026
    Reinforcement Learning with Semantic Rewards Enables Low-Resource Language Expansion without Alignment TaxZeli Su, Ziyin Zhang, Zhou Liu … Wentao ZhangACL · Minzu University of China · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · +4
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  14. 2026
    SLoRA: Balancing Plasticity and Forgetting in Large Language Models for Continual LearningLina Yang, Yusheng Liao, Yanfeng Wang, Yu Guang WangACL · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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  15. 2026
    A Device-Cloud Collaborative Data Enrichment Framework for Continual Learning on DevicesChen Gong, Zhenzhe Zheng, F. Y. Wu, Guihai ChenIEEE Transactions · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  16. 2026
    Developing Evolving Adaptability in Biological Intelligence: A Novel Biologically-Inspired Continual Learning Model for Video Saliency PredictionDandan Zhu, Kaiwei Zhang, Kun Zhu … Xiaokang YangTPAMI · East China Normal University · Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory · +3
  17. 2026
    A Theoretical Perspective on Streaming Noisy Data With Distribution ShiftWenshui Luo, Shuo Chen, Tao Zhou, Chen GongTPAMI · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Nanjing University of Science and Technology
  18. 2025
    Low-Resource Domain Adaptation for Speech LLMs via Text-Only Fine-TuningY. Y. Fang, Jing Peng, Xu Li … Kai YuIEEE Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding Works… · Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · +1
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  19. 2025
    Mitigating Catastrophic Forgetting in Online Continual Learning With Dual-Margin Contrastive ReplayFan Lyu, Gongbo Cheng, Daofeng Liu … Liang WangIEEE TCSVT · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Automation · +2
  20. 2025
    Pursuing Better Representations: Balancing Discriminability and Transferability for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningQi Li, Wei Wang, Hui Fan … Fei WenJournal of Imaging · National University of Defense Technology · Central South University of Forestry and Technology · +2
  21. 2025
    Gaussian-Augmented Prototypical Network for Class-Incremental Few-Shot Relation ClassificationChenxi Hu, Yifan Hu, Yunxiang Zhao … Yangyi HuACM Transactions · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Beijing Radiation Center · +3
  22. 2025
    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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  23. 2025
    Flexi-FSCIL: Adaptive Knowledge Retention for Breaking the Stability-Plasticity Dilemma in Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningWufei Xie, Yue Wang, Chenliang Liu … Xue YangICCV · Central South University · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  24. 2025
    CSTA: Spatial-Temporal Causal Adaptive Learning for Exemplar-Free Video Class-Incremental LearningTieyuan Chen, Huabin Liu, Chern Hong Lim … Weiyao LinIEEE TCSVT · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Monash University Malaysia · +4
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  25. 2025
    One-for-More: Continual Diffusion Model for Anomaly DetectionXiaofan Li, Xin Tan, Zhuo Chen … Yuan XieCVPR · East China Normal University · Xiamen University · +2
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  26. 2025
    ZSCIL: Zero-Shot Class Incremental Learning Method for Signal RecognitionWenjie Sun, Rujun Song, Sidi Liang … Bo YanIEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  27. 2025
    Effective Generative Replay with Strong Memory for Continual LearningJing Yang, Xinyu Zhou, Yao He … Changfu ZhangKnowledge-Based Systems · Guizhou University · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · +2
  28. 2025
    Enabling Real-Time Inference in Online Continual Learning via Device-Cloud CollaborationHaibo Liu, Chen Gong, Zhenzhe Zheng … Fan WuACM on Web Conference 2025 · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  29. 2025
    Mitigating Forgetting in Adapting Pre-trained Language Models to Text Processing Tasks via Consistency AlignmentJianqi Gao, Hao Wu, Yiu‐ming Cheung … Yonggang ZhangACM on Web Conference 2025 · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Shanghai University · +1
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  30. 2025
    Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning via Asymmetric Supervised Contrastive LearningDuo Liu, Linglan Zhao, Zhongqiang Zhang … Liang WangIEEE TCSVT · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Tencent (China) · +4
  31. 2025
    A3-TTA: Adaptive Anchor Alignment Test-Time Adaptation for Image SegmentationJianghao Wu, Xiangde Luo, Yubo Zhou … Shaoting ZhangTIP · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · +1
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  32. 2025
    Tackling Continual Offline RL through Selective Weights Activation on Aligned SpacesJifeng Hu, Sili Huang, Li Chun Shen … Dacheng TaoNeurIPS · Jilin University · Jilin Medical University · +5
  33. 2024
    Delta: A Cloud-assisted Data Enrichment Framework for On-Device Continual LearningChen Gong, Zhenzhe Zheng, Fan Wu … Guihai ChenAnnual International Conference on Mobile Computing and N… · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Beijing Institute of Big Data Research
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  34. 2024
    Rapid context inference in a thalamocortical model using recurrent neural networksWei‐Long Zheng, Zhongxuan Wu, Ali Hummos … Michael M. HalassaNature Communications · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · +3
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  35. 2024
    Distillation Excluding Positives for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningDuo Liu, Linglan Zhao, Zhongqiang Zhang … Xiangzhong FangIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Tencent (China)
  36. 2024
    Exploring Soft Prompt Initialization Strategy for Few-Shot Continual Text ClassificationZhehao Zhang, Tong Yu, Handong Zhao … Shuai LiICASSP · Dartmouth College · Dartmouth Hospital · +6
  37. 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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  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. 2024
    Self-supervised Contrastive Feature Refinement for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningShengjin Ma, Wang Yuan, Yiting Wang … Lizhuang MaSpringer LNCS · East China Normal University · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  40. 2023
    Rethinking Self-Supervision for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningLinglan Zhao, Jing Lü, Zhanzhan Cheng … Xiangzhong FangIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · University of Science and Technology of China · +1
  41. 2023
    Incremental Image De-raining via Associative MemoryYi Gu, Chao Wang, Jie LiAAAI · Alibaba Group (China) · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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  42. 2023
    Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning via Class-Aware Bilateral DistillationLinglan Zhao, Jing Lü, Yunlu Xu … Xiangzhong FangCVPR · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  43. 2022
    Geometer: Graph Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning via Prototype RepresentationBin Lü, Xiaoying Gan, Lina Yang … Xinbing WangKDD · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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  44. 2022
    Camel: Managing Data for Efficient Stream LearningYiming Li, Yanyan Shen, Lei Chen2022 International Conference on Management of Data · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  45. 2022
    Continual Predictive Learning from VideosGeng Chen, Wendong Zhang, Lu Han … Xiaokang YangCVPR · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Tsinghua University
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  46. 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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  47. 2020
    Towards Making the Most of BERT in Neural Machine TranslationJiacheng Yang, Mingxuan Wang, Hao Zhou … Lei LiAAAI · Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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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. It lists only 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. Preprints that later get accepted, and authors who later publish at those venues, are picked up by the weekly run. 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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