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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
    Synthetic Data is an Elegant GIFT for Continual Vision-Language ModelsWu Bin, Wuxuan Shi, Jinqiao Wang, Mang YeCVPR · Wuhan University · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
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  2. 2025
    Language Guided Concept Bottleneck Models for Interpretable Continual LearningLu Yu, Haoyu Han, Zhe Tao … Chris XuCVPR · Tianjin University of Technology · University of Science and Technology of China · +2
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  3. 2025
    BiLoRA: Almost-orthogonal Parameter Spaces for Continual LearningHao Zhu, Yifei Zhang, Junhao Dong, Piotr KoniuszCVPR · Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation · Data61 · +1
  4. 2025
    LoRA Subtraction for Drift-Resistant Space in Exemplar-Free Continual LearningXuan Liu, Xiaobin ChangCVPR · Sun Yat-sen University
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  5. 2025
    Adapter Merging with Centroid Prototype Mapping for Scalable Class-Incremental LearningTakuma Fukuda, Hiroshi Kera, Kazuhiko KawamotoCVPR · Chiba University · Zuse Institute Berlin
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  8. 2025
    Rethinking Query-Based Transformer for Continual Image SegmentationYuchen Zhu, Shi Cheng, Dingyou Wang … Sibei YangCVPR · ShanghaiTech University · Wuhan University
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  9. 2025
    Think Small, Act Big: Primitive Prompt Learning for Lifelong Robot ManipulationY. Lawrence Yao, Siao Liu, Haoming Song … Dong WangCVPR · ShangHai JiAi Genetics & IVF Institute · Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory · +2
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  10. 2025
    FALCON: Fairness Learning via Contrastive Attention Approach to Continual Semantic Scene UnderstandingThanh-Dat Truong, Utsav Prabhu, Bhiksha Raj … Khoa LuuCVPR · Google (United States) · Carnegie Mellon University · +2
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  11. 2025
    Multi-Granularity Class Prototype Topology Distillation for Class-Incremental Source-Free Unsupervised Domain AdaptationPeihua Deng, Jiehua Zhang, Xichun Sheng … L. LiCVPR · Hangzhou Dianzi University · Xi'an Jiaotong University · +4
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  12. 2025
    Boosting Domain Incremental Learning: Selecting the Optimal Parameters is All You NeedQiang Wang, Xiang Song, Yuhang He … Yihong GongCVPR · Xi'an Jiaotong University
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  13. 2025
    KAC: Kolmogorov-Arnold Classifier for Continual LearningYusong Hu, Zichen Liang, Fei Yang … Ming‐Ming ChengCVPR · Nankai University
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  14. 2025
    LLaVA-c: Continual Improved Visual Instruction TuningWenzhuo Liu, Fei Zhu, Haiyang Guo … Cheng‐Lin LiuarXiv
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  15. 2025
    Enhancing Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning via Training-Free Bi-Level Modality CalibrationYiyang Chen, Tianyu Ding, Lei Wang … Wenbin LiCVPR · Nanjing University · Microsoft (United States) · +1
  16. 2025
    Handling Spatial-Temporal Data Heterogeneity for Federated Continual Learning via Tail AnchorHao Yu, Xin Yang, Le Zhang … Qiang YangCVPR · Southwestern University of Finance and Economics · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · +3
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  17. 2025
    Knowledge Memorization and Rumination for Pre-trained Model-based Class-Incremental LearningZijian Gao, Wangwang Jia, Xingxing Zhang … Huaimin WangCVPR · National University of Defense Technology · Tsinghua University
  18. 2025
    ProtoDepth: Unsupervised Continual Depth Completion with PrototypesPatrick Rim, Hyoungseob Park, Soumik Gangopadhyay … Alex WongCVPR
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  19. 2025
    Beyond Background Shift: Rethinking Instance Replay in Continual Semantic SegmentationHongmei Yin, Tingliang Feng, Fan Lyu … Liang WanCVPR · Tianjin University · Institute of Automation
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  20. 2025
    Dynamic Integration of Task-Specific Adapters for Class Incremental LearningJiashuo Li, Shaokun Wang, Bo Qian … Yihong GongCVPR · Xi'an Jiaotong University
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  21. 2025
    pFedMxF: Personalized Federated Class-incremental Learning with Mixture of Frequency AggregationYifei Zhang, Hao Zhu, Alysa Ziying Tan … Han YuCVPR · Nanyang Technological University · Data Management (Italy) · +2
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    CoMBO: Conflict Mitigation via Branched Optimization for Class Incremental SegmentationKai Fang, Anqi Zhang, Guangyu Gao … Yunchao WeiCVPR · Beijing Institute of Technology · University of Birmingham · +1
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  24. 2025
    Hyperbolic Uncertainty-Aware Few-Shot Incremental Point Cloud SegmentationTanuj Sur, Samrat Kumar Mukherjee, Kaizer Rahaman … Biplab BanerjeeCVPR · Chennai Mathematical Institute · Indian Institute of Technology Bombay · +2
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  26. 2025
    Order-Robust Class Incremental Learning: Graph-Driven Dynamic Similarity GroupingGuangda Lai, Yujie Li, Xiangkun Wang … Xin YangCVPR · Southwestern University of Finance and Economics · Southwest Jiaotong University
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  27. 2025
    Revisiting Generative Replay for Class Incremental Object DetectionShizhou Zhang, Xueqiang Lv, Yinghui Xing … Yanning ZhangCVPR · Northwestern Polytechnical University
  28. 2025
    AVQACL: A Novel Benchmark for Audio-Visual Question Answering Continual LearningKunning Wu, Xinde Li, Xinling Li … Guoliang WuCVPR · Southeast University
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    Enhancing Online Continual Learning with Plug-and-Play State Space Model and Class-Conditional Mixture of DiscretizationSihao Liu, Yibo Yang, Xiaojie Li … Bernard GhanemCVPR · Harbin Institute of Technology · King Abdullah University of Science and Technology · +1
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  31. 2025
    Do Your Best and Get Enough Rest for Continual LearningHankyul Kang, Gregor Seifer, Dong‐Hyun Lee, Jongbin RyuCVPR · Ajou University · Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology · +1
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  32. 2025
    Reducing Class-wise Confusion for Incremental Learning with Disentangled ManifoldsHuitong Chen, Yu Wang, Yan Fan … Qinghua HuCVPR · Tianjin University
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  33. 2025
    Learning Endogenous Attention for Incremental Object DetectionXiang Song, Yuhang He, Jingyuan Li … Yihong GongCVPR · Xi'an Jiaotong University
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    Online Task-Free Continual Learning via Dynamic Expansionable Memory DistributionFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşCVPR · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York
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  35. 2025
    Flashbacks to Harmonize Stability and Plasticity in Continual LearningLeila Mahmoodi, Peyman Moghadam, Munawar Hayat … Mehrtash HarandiNeural Networks · Monash University · Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation · +3
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  36. 2025
    H2ST: Hierarchical Two-Sample Tests for Continual Out-of-Distribution DetectionYuhang Liu, Wenjie Zhao, Yu GuoCVPR · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
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    Neuromimetic metaplasticity for adaptive continual learning without catastrophic forgettingSuhee Cho, Hyeonsu Lee, Seungdae Baek, Se‐Bum PaikNeural Networks · Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology · Korea Institute of Brain Science
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    AdaptCMVC: Robust Adaption to Incremental Views in Continual Multi-view ClusteringJing Wang, Songhe Feng, Kristoffer Wickstrøm, Michael KampffmeyerCVPR · Beijing Jiaotong University · UiT The Arctic University of Norway
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    Ferret: An Efficient Online Continual Learning Framework under Varying Memory ConstraintsYuhao Zhou, Yuxin Tian, Jindi Lv … Jiancheng LvCVPR · Sichuan University · National University of Singapore · +3
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  40. 2025
    T-CIL: Temperature Scaling using Adversarial Perturbation for Calibration in Class-Incremental LearningSeong-Hyeon Hwang, Minsu Kim, Steven Euijong WhangCVPR · Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology · Kootenay Association for Science & Technology
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  41. 2025
    Tripartite Weight-Space Ensemble for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningJuntae Lee, Munawar Hayat, Sungrack YunCVPR · Qualcomm (United Kingdom)
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  42. 2025
    Activating Sparse Part Concepts for 3D Class Incremental LearningZhenya Tian, Jun Xiao, Lupeng Liu, Haiyong JiangCVPR · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  43. 2025
    Learning Conditional Space-Time Prompt Distributions for Video Class-Incremental LearningXiaohan Zou, Wenchao Ma, Shu ZhaoCVPR · Pennsylvania State University
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    AdaDARE-γ: Balancing Stability and Plasticity in Multi-modal LLMs through Efficient AdaptationJingyi Xie, Jintao Yang, Zhunchen Luo … Wenpeng HuCVPR · Military University · Beihang University
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    Attraction Diminishing and Distributing for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningLi-Jun Zhao, Zhen-Duo Chen, Yongxin Wang … Xin-Shun XuCVPR · Shandong University · Shandong Jianzhu University
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    Hyperbolic Dual Feature Augmentation for Open-EnvironmentPhilip L. H. Yu, Yuwei Wu, Zhi Gao … Yunde JiaarXiv
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    Incremental Object Keypoint LearningMingfu Liang, Jiahuan Zhou, Xu Zou, Ying WuCVPR · Peking University · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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  48. 2025
    Low-Rank Adaptation in Multilinear Operator Networks for Security-Preserving Incremental LearningHuu Binh Ta, Duc Thien Nguyen, Quyen Tran … Tung PhamCVPR · Qualcomm (United Kingdom)
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    CALM: A Ubiquitous Crowdsourced Analytic Learning Mechanism for Continual Service Construction with Data Privacy PreservationKejia Fan, Yajiang Huang, Jingyu He … Yunhuai LiuACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technol… · Central South University · University of Pennsylvania · +6
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    SHIELD: Secure Hypernetworks for Incremental Expansion Learning DefensePatryk Krukowski, Łukasz Gorczyca, Peter A. van der Helm … Przemysław SpurekarXiv
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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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