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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
    Self-adaptive Low-Rank Adaptation for Class-Incremental LearningYiming Song, Qiqi Duan, Lijun Sun … Yuhui ShiSpringer LNCS · Southern University of Science and Technology · Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics · +3
  2. 2026
    Knowledge-aware replay for multi-label class-incremental learningChengtai Cao, Xinhong Chen, Qun Song … Jianping WangExpert Systems with Applications · City University of Hong Kong · Nanyang Technological University · +1
  3. 2026
    CSBoRA: A continual learning method for large language models with true orthogonality and reduced forgettingYuyang Liu, Lai-Man Po, Farrell Hung … Kwok-Wai CheungPattern Recognition · City University of Hong Kong · nLIGHT (United States) · +2
  4. 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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  5. 2026
    Pattern in Motion: Retrieval-Augmented Learning for Dynamic Spatio-Temporal Graphs.Haoyu Zhang, Xinke Jiang, Wentao Zhang … Heqing HuangTPAMI · City University of Hong Kong · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · +2
  6. 2025
    FedART: Enhancing Replay in Federated Incremental LearningZijiang Tan, Haodi Wang, Libin Jiao, Rongfang BieACM International Conference on Multimedia in Asia · Beijing Normal University · City University of Hong Kong · +1
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  7. 2025
    Swin-NSPT: Null-Space Prompt Tuning for Continual Learning in Swin TransformersYunjie Han, Hui Li, Zhengmin Jiang … Jianxing LiuIEEE 6th International Conference on Computer, Big Data,… · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology · +5
  8. 2025
    Contextual Attention Modulation: Towards Efficient Multi-Task Adaptation in Large Language ModelsDawei Pan, Zhaoyang Fu, Jingyuan Wang … Xiangyu ZhaoCIKM · City University of Hong Kong · Beihang University · +2
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  9. 2025
    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
  10. 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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  11. 2025
    Exploring continual learning in code intelligence with domain-wise distilled promptsShuo Liu, Jacky Keung, Zhen Yang … Yicheng SunInformation and Software Technology · City University of Hong Kong · Beihang University · +1
  12. 2026
    Subnetwork Knowledge Injection and Transferable Parameter Updating Strategy for Continual Learning of Vision-and-Language TasksJiong Wang, Qing Zhang, Jie Liu … Yinqiao LiIEEE TAI · Beijing Normal University · North China University of Technology · +2
  13. 2025
    Pareto Continual Learning: Preference-Conditioned Learning and Adaption for Dynamic Stability-Plasticity Trade-offSong Lai, Zhe Zhao, Fei Zhu … Gaofeng MengAAAI · City University of Hong Kong · City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Research Institute · +4
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  14. 2025
    Replay Without Saving: Prototype Derivation and Distribution Rebalance for Class-Incremental Semantic SegmentationJ.R. Chen, Runmin Cong, Yuxuan Luo … Sam KwongTPAMI · City University of Hong Kong · Shandong University
  15. 2025
    A Unified Sparse Training Framework for Lightweight Lifelong Deep Reinforcement LearningMeng Xu, Xinhong Chen, Weiwei Fu … Jianping WangIEEE Transactions · City University of Hong Kong · Taiwan Forestry Research Institute
  16. 2025
    Source-Free Elastic Model Adaptation for Vision-and-Language NavigationMingkui Tan, Peihao Chen, Hongyan Zhi … Runhao ZengIEEE Trans. Multimedia · South China University of Technology · Tencent (China) · +4
  17. 2025
    Gradient-Guided Epsilon Constraint Method for Online Continual LearningSong Lai, Changyi Ma, Fei Zhu … Qingfu ZhangNeurIPS · City University of Hong Kong · Chinese University of Hong Kong · +4
  18. 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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  19. 2024
    Modeling Inner- and Cross-Task Contrastive Relations for Continual Image ClassificationYuxuan Luo, Runmin Cong, Xialei Liu … Sam KwongIEEE Trans. Multimedia · City University of Hong Kong · Shandong University · +1
  20. 2023
    CBA: Improving Online Continual Learning via Continual Bias AdaptorQuanziang Wang, Renzhen Wang, Yichen Wu … Deyu MengICCV · Xi'an Jiaotong University · City University of Hong Kong · +2
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  21. 2022
    BioSLAM: A Bioinspired Lifelong Memory System for General Place RecognitionPeng Yin, Abulikemu Abuduweili, Shiqi Zhao … Sebastian SchererIEEE Transactions · City University of Hong Kong · Carnegie Mellon University
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  22. 2023
    CILIATE: Towards Fairer Class-Based Incremental Learning by Dataset and Training RefinementXuanqi Gao, Juan Zhai, Shiqing Ma … Shiwei WangACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing a… · Xi'an Jiaotong University · University of Massachusetts Boston · +1
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  23. 2022
    Dynamic Consolidation for Continual LearningHang Li, Chen Ma, Xi Chen, Xue LiuNeural Computation · McGill University · City University of Hong Kong
  24. 2022
    Power Law in Deep Neural Networks: Sparse Network Generation and Continual Learning With Preferential AttachmentFan Feng, Lu Hou, Qi She … James T. KwokTNNLS · City University of Hong Kong · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  25. 2021
    Graph Few-shot Class-incremental LearningZhen Tan, Kaize Ding, Ruocheng Guo, Huan LiuWSDM · Arizona State University · City University of Hong Kong
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  26. 2021
    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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  27. 2019
    OpenLORIS-Object: A Robotic Vision Dataset and Benchmark for Lifelong Deep LearningQi She, Fan Feng, Xinyue Hao … Rosa H. M. ChanICRA · City University of Hong Kong · Tsinghua University · +4
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  28. 2020
    Challenges in Task Incremental Learning for Assistive RoboticsFan Feng, Rosa H. M. Chan, Xuesong Shi … Qi SheIEEE Access · City University of Hong Kong
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 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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