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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. 2025
    Rethinking Continual Learning with Pre-Trained Models: Knowledge-Preserving ApproachMakoto Misaizu, Koshi Watanabe, Keisuke Maeda … Miki HaseyamaIEEE 14th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE) · Hokkaido University
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    An Unlearning Framework for Continual LearningSayanta Adhikari, Vishnuprasadh Kumaravelu, P. K. SrijitharXiv
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    CoRe-KD: Contrastive Multi-Teacher and Retention-Aware Knowledge Distillation for Continual Multilingual Neural Machine TranslationLin Zhou, Degen HuangData Intelligence · Dalian University of Technology · Dalian University · +1
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    D3Net: Dual-Path Decoupling-Distillation for Adaptive Fusion in Continual Egocentric LearningChenghao Qi, Heqian Qiu, Zhaofeng Shi … Hongliang LiIEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processi… · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
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    DBAB: A Dual-Branch Adaptive Balance Framework with Optimized Plasticity Branch for Class-Incremental LearningXinyu Chen, Heqian Qiu, Chenghao Qi … Hongliang LiIEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processi… · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
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    OrthCal: Synergizing Orthogonal Contrastive Learning and Prototype Calibration for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningRuisong Dai, Hanwen Zhang, Xinyu Chen … Hongliang LiIEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processi… · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
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    VidCLearn: A Continual Learning Approach for Text-to-Video GenerationLuca Zanchetta, Lorenzo Papa, Luca Maiano, Irene AmeriniInternational Conference on Image Analysis and Processing
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    Mixture of Noise for Pre-Trained Model-Based Class-Incremental LearningKai Jiang, Zhengyan Shi, Dell Zhang … Xuelong LiNeurIPS
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    Memory-specific E-I balance supports diverse replay and mitigates catastrophic forgettingTomáš Bárta, Tomoki FukaibioRxiv · Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
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    Prompt-adaptive continual learning: integrating prompt-based learning with reinforcement learning for robust robotic task adjustmentYuheng Fan, Yunxi Liu, Nozirov Jurabek, Tulong YinICCV · Zhejiang University of Technology · Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University
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    Buffer-free Class-Incremental Learning with Out-of-Distribution DetectionSrishti Gupta, Daniele Angioni, Maura Pintor … Battista BiggioPattern Recognition · University of Cagliari · Sapienza University of Rome · +3
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    CIFNet: An Analytic Neural Learning Framework for Efficient and Calibrated Class-Incremental LearningAlejandro Dopico-Castro, Óscar Fontenla-Romero, Bertha Guijarro‐Berdiñas, Amparo Alonso‐BetanzosarXiv
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    Class incremental learning based on fine-tuning of pre-trained modelsZhuliang Yu, Ruidong ZhangInternational Conference on Internet of Things, Automatio… · South China University of Technology
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    A rate-dependent coreset selector for continual learning on time-varying data distributionsZilin Luo, Zichen Tian, Yaoyao Liu, Qianru SunNeurocomputing · Singapore Management University · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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    Brain Generative Replay for Continual LearningJian‐Guo Zhou, Dongjun Liu, Wanzeng KongSpringer LNCS · Zhejiang Lab · Hangzhou Dianzi University
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    CIBLS-PLS: A Class-Incremental Broad Learning System With Pseudolabel-Guided Stacked StructureXin Liu, Zhaoyin Shi, Shuanghao Zhang … C. L. Philip ChenIEEE TAI · Shenzhen University · Shenzhen Technology University · +4
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    Genesis: A Spiking Neuromorphic Accelerator With On-chip Continual LearningVedant Karia, Abdullah M. Zyarah, Dhireesha KudithipudiarXiv
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    Enhancing long-term memory in federated class continual learning with lightweight adaptersPan Wang, Wang Ji, Zhengyi Zhong … Jianguo ChenNeurocomputing · National University of Defense Technology · Sun Yat-sen University
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    ArcMemo: Abstract Reasoning Composition with Lifelong LLM MemoryMatthew Ho, Si Chen, Feng, Zhaoxiang … Lianhui QinarXiv
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    Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning With Non-IID Decentralized DataCuiwei Liu, Shijie Xu, Huaijun Qiu … Liang ZhaoIEEE Internet of Things Journal · Shenyang Aerospace University · University of Electro-Communications
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    Towards Incremental Learning in Large Language Models: A Critical ReviewMladjan Jovanovic, Peter VoßExpert Systems · Singidunum University · Koo & Associates International (United States)
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    RehearMixup: Improving rehearsal-based continual learningYan Zhang, Kaiyuan Qi, Dong Wu … Yilong YinNeurocomputing · Shandong University · Inspur (China)
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    Expanding the Category of Classifiers with LLM SupervisionDerui Lyu, Xiangyu Wang, Taiyu Ban … Huanhuan ChenIJCAI · University of Science and Technology of China
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    Few-Shot Incremental Multi-modal Learning via Touch Guidance and Imaginary Vision SynthesisLina Wei, Yan Ma, Zhongsheng Lin … Dapeng ChenIJCAI · City University · Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Department · +4
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    Diffuse&Refine: Intrinsic Knowledge Generation and Aggregation for Incremental Object DetectionJianzhou Wang, Yirui Wu, Lixin Yuan … Wenhai WangIJCAI · Hohai University · Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China · +5
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    From task-aware to task-agnostic parameter isolation for incremental learningÁlex Vicente, Paul Kirkland, Gaetano Di Caterina … Marc MasanaNeural Processing Letters · University of Strathclyde · United States Air Force Research Laboratory · +2
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    CD^2: Constrained Dataset Distillation for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningKexin Bao, Daichi Zhang, Hansong Zhang … Shiming GeIJCAI · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Information Engineering · +1
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    BM-CL: Bias Mitigation through the lens of Continual LearningLucas Mansilla, Rodrigo Echeveste, Camila González … Enzo FerrantearXiv
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    Toward Sustainable Continual Learning: Detection and Knowledge Repurposing for Reoccurring TasksSijia Wang, Yoojin Choi, Junya Chen … Ricardo HenaoIEEE 35th International Workshop on Machine Learning for… · Duke University · Samsung (South Korea)
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    STCKGE: Continual knowledge graph embedding based on spatial transformationXinyan Wang, Jinshuo Liu, Kaijian Xie … Jeff Z. PanKnowledge-Based Systems · Wuhan University of Technology · Wuhan University · +1
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    You look from old classes: Towards accurate few shot class-incremental learningYijie Hu, Kaizhu Huang, Wei Wang … Qiufeng WangPattern Recognition · University of Liverpool · Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University · +1
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    Autonomous retrieval for continuous learning in associative memory networksPaul Saighi, M. J. RozenbergFrontiers · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Université Paris-Saclay · +4
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    CorpusBrain++: A Continual Generative Pre-Training Framework for Knowledge-Intensive Language TasksJiafeng Guo, Changjiang Zhou, Ruqing Zhang … Xueqi ChengACM Transactions · Institute of Computing Technology · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
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    NI-SSCL: A Neuroplasticity-Inspired Method for Semisupervised Continual LearningGuanglei Xie, Yi Sun, Xin Xu … Xiaochang HuIEEE TCDS · National University of Defense Technology · PLA Academy of Military Science · +3
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    Continual Multi-Agent Trajectory Prediction via Dual Knowledge Consolidation and Pseudo Data GenerationYuning Wang, Zhang Pu, Yuan He … Jianru XueIEEE T-ITS · Cabot (United States)
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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