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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
    Singular Value Fine-Tuning for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningZhiwu Wang, Yichen Wu, Renzhen Wang … Deyu MengIEEE TCSVT · Xi'an Jiaotong University · City University of Hong Kong
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  2. 2026
    GAIN: Global-Atomic INteraction Graph for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningFan Lyu, Linglan Zhao, Changli Liu … Liang WangIEEE TCSVT · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Automation · +6
  3. 2026
    Sculpting Margin Penalty: Intra-Task Adapter Merging and Classifier Calibration for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningLiang Bai, Hong Song, J. W. Li … Jian YangIEEE TCSVT · Beijing Institute of Technology
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  4. 2026
    Learning Unknowns Without Forgetting Knowns: Compositional and Bidirectional Low-Rank Adaptive Open-World Detection TransformerY. M. Pan, Zhaoquan Yuan, Xiao Wu … Chunqiang XuIEEE TCSVT · Southwest Jiaotong University · Shandong Institute of Automation · +1
  5. 2026
    AVQACL++: Toward a Robust Framework and Benchmark for Audio-Visual Question Answering Continual LearningKunning Wu, Xinde Li, X. Z. Li … Zhiwei LvIEEE TCSVT · Southeast University
  6. 2026
    CoMasTRe+: Unleashing Disentangled Continual Segmentation With Mixture of Continual AdaptersYizheng Gong, Siyue Yu, Liquan Shen, Jimin XiaoIEEE TCSVT · Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University · Shanghai University
  7. 2026
    Retrieval-Augmented Pseudo-Image Guided Alignment and Text Domain-Aware Memory Recall for Continual Zero-Shot CaptioningBing Liu, Wenjie Yang, Mingming Liu … Yong ZhouIEEE TCSVT · China University of Mining and Technology · Jiangsu Vocational Institute of Architectural Technology · +1
  8. 2026
    Adaptive Quantization for Stable Knowledge Acquisition in Quantization-Aware Continual LearningDe Cheng, Kun Gu, Lingfeng He … Xinbo GaoIEEE TCSVT · Xidian University · Huawei Technologies (China)
  9. 2026
    Functionality Separation: Rethinking Dual-Stream Networks for Class-Incremental LearningQi Gao, Xiaoyan Li, Zhongfan Sun … Wen GaoIEEE TCSVT · Beijing University of Technology · Imperial College London · +1
  10. 2025
    Prompt-Driven Bit Extension Hashing for Continual Cross-Modal RetrievalWenhao Liu, Tianshi Wang, Fengling Li … Lei ZhuIEEE TCSVT · Shandong Normal University · Tongji University · +2
  11. 2025
    Adaptive Momentum Mixture-of-Experts for Continual Visual Question AnsweringTianyu Huai, Jie Zhou, Qin Chen … Liang HeIEEE TCSVT · East China Normal University · Shanghai Open University · +2
  12. 2025
    Learn by Reasoning: Analogical Weight Generation for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningJizhou Han, Chenhao Ding, Yuhang He … Yihong GongIEEE TCSVT · Xi'an Jiaotong University · Shenzhen University · +2
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  13. 2025
    Rethinking Obscured Sub-Optimality in Analytic Learning for Exemplar-Free Class-Incremental LearningZijian Gao, Kele Xu, Xingxing Zhang … Huaimin WangIEEE TCSVT · National University of Defense Technology · Tsinghua University · +1
  14. 2025
    Bridging Inter-Task Gap of Continual Self-Supervised Learning With External DataHaori Lu, Xusheng Cao, Linlan Huang … Xialei LiuIEEE TCSVT · Nankai University
  15. 2025
    Controllable Relation Disentanglement for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningYuan Zhou, Richang Hong, Yanrong Guo … Hanwang ZhangIEEE TCSVT · Nanyang Technological University · Hefei University of Technology · +1
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  16. 2025
    Class-Specific Knowledge-Guided Multimodal Prompt Tuning for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningFangying Xiong, Zhaoquan Yuan, Xiao Wu, Changsheng XuIEEE TCSVT · Southwest Jiaotong University · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
  17. 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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  18. 2025
    PECTP: Parameter-Efficient Cross-Task Prompts for Incremental Vision TransformerQian Feng, Hanbin Zhao, Chao Zhang … Hui QianIEEE TCSVT · Zhejiang University of Science and Technology · Zhejiang University · +2
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  19. 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
  20. 2025
    Class-Aware Prompting for Federated Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningFang-Yi Liang, Yu-Wei Zhan, Jiale Liu … Xin-Shun XuIEEE TCSVT · Shandong University · Tsinghua University
  21. 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
  22. 2025
    Joint Memory Optimization for Continual LearningZhiheng Ma, Yaohui Ma, Xiaopeng Hong … Shizhou ZhangIEEE TCSVT · Shenzhen University · Shenzhen Technology University · +2
  23. 2025
    Contrastive Augmented Graph2Graph Memory Interaction for Few Shot Continual LearningBiqing Qi, Junqi Gao, Xinquan Chen … Bowen ZhouIEEE TCSVT · Tsinghua University · Harbin Institute of Technology
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  24. 2025
    Prompt-Based Concept Learning for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningShuo Li, Fang Liu, Licheng Jiao … Wenping MaIEEE TCSVT · Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China · Xidian University
  25. 2024
    CEAT: Continual Expansion and Absorption Transformer for Non-Exemplar Class-Incremental LearningSonglin Dong, Xinyuan Gao, Yuhang He … Yihong GongIEEE TCSVT · Xi'an Jiaotong University · Nanyang Technological University
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  26. 2024
    Open World Object Detection: A SurveyYiming Li, Yi Wang, Wenqian Wang … Kim–Hui YapIEEE TCSVT · Nanyang Technological University · Hong Kong Polytechnic University · +2
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  27. 2024
    Class Incremental Learning With Less Forgetting Direction and Equilibrium PointHaitao Wen, Heqian Qiu, Lanxiao Wang … Hongliang LiIEEE TCSVT · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  28. 2024
    L2A: Learning Affinity From Attention for Weakly Supervised Continual Semantic SegmentationHao Liu, Yong Zhou, Bing Liu … Joey Tianyi ZhouIEEE TCSVT · China University of Mining and Technology · Agency for Science, Technology and Research · +1
  29. 2024
    Reformulating Classification as Image-Class Matching for Class Incremental LearningYusong Hu, Zichen Liang, Xialei Liu … Ming‐Ming ChengIEEE TCSVT · Nankai University
  30. 2024
    Deep Lifelong Cross-Modal HashingLiming Xu, Hanqi Li, Bochuan Zheng … Jiancheng LvIEEE TCSVT · China West Normal University · Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications · +2
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  31. 2024
    Continual Learning of Image Classes With Language Guidance From a Vision-Language ModelWentao Zhang, Yujun Huang, Weizhuo Zhang … Ruixuan WangIEEE TCSVT · Sun Yat-sen University · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +1
  32. 2024
    Class Incremental Learning via Semantic Information Mapping and Background Information CalibratingYan Xian, Hong Yu, Huaxiong Li, Guoyin WangIEEE TCSVT · Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications · Nanjing University
  33. 2024
    Continual Learning of No-Reference Image Quality Assessment With Channel Modulation KernelHui Li, Liang Liao, Chaofeng Chen … Weisi LinIEEE TCSVT · Nanyang Technological University · Harbin Institute of Technology
  34. 2024
    Class Incremental Learning for Light-Weighted NetworksZhe Tao, Lu Yu, Hantao Yao … Changsheng XuIEEE TCSVT · Tianjin University of Technology · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +2
  35. 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
  36. 2024
    MoBoo: Memory-Boosted Vision Transformer for Class-Incremental LearningBolin Ni, Xing Nie, Chenghao Zhang … Shiming XiangIEEE TCSVT · Shandong Institute of Automation · Beijing Institute of Technology
  37. 2024
    Prompt-Guided Semantic-Aware Distillation for Weakly Supervised Incremental Semantic SegmentationXuze Hao, Xuhao Jiang, Wenqian Ni … Bo YanIEEE TCSVT · Fudan University
  38. 2024
    Continual Action Assessment via Task-Consistent Score-Discriminative Feature Distribution ModelingYuan-Ming Li, Ling-An Zeng, Jingke Meng, Wei‐Shi ZhengIEEE TCSVT · Sun Yat-sen University
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  39. 2024
    Continual Cross-Domain Image Compression via Entropy Prior Guided Knowledge Distillation and Scalable DecodingChenhao Wu, Qingbo Wu, Rui Ma … Heqian QiuIEEE TCSVT · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  40. 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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  41. 2024
    ESDB: Expand the Shrinking Decision Boundary via One-to-Many Information Matching for Continual Learning With Small MemoryKunchi Li, Hongyang Chen, Jun Wan, Shan YuIEEE TCSVT · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Shandong Institute of Automation · +3
  42. 2024
    From Data to Optimization: Data-Free Deep Incremental Hashing With Data Disambiguation and Adaptive ProxiesQinghang Su, Dayan Wu, Chenming Wu … Weiping WangIEEE TCSVT · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Information Engineering · +2
  43. 2024
    Analogical Learning-Based Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningJiashuo Li, Songlin Dong, Yihong Gong … Xing WeiIEEE TCSVT · Xi'an Jiaotong University
  44. 2023
    Continual Learning for Image Segmentation With Dynamic QueryWeijia Wu, Yuzhong Zhao, Zhuang Li … Mike Zheng ShouIEEE TCSVT · Zhejiang University · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +2
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  45. 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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  46. 2023
    IOSL: Incremental Open Set LearningBingtao Ma, Yang Cong, Yu RenIEEE TCSVT · Shenyang Institute of Automation · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +2
  47. 2023
    Self-Paced Weight Consolidation for Continual LearningWei Wei Cong, Yang Cong, Gan Sun … Jiahua DongIEEE TCSVT · Shenyang Institute of Automation · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +2
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  48. 2023
    A Unified Object Counting Network With Object Occupation PriorShengqin Jiang, Qing Wang, Fengna Cheng … Qingshan LiuIEEE TCSVT · Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology · Nanjing Forestry University · +3
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  49. 2023
    Improved Continually Evolved Classifiers for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningYe Wang, Guoshuai Zhao, Xueming QianIEEE TCSVT · Xi'an Jiaotong University
  50. 2023
    Contrastive Correlation Preserving Replay for Online Continual LearningDan-Ping Yu, Mingyi Zhang, Mantian Li … Kaiqi HuangIEEE TCSVT · Harbin Institute of Technology · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +4
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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