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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
    Few-Shot Domain Incremental Learning via Continual Vision-Language ConsolidationNaeem Paeedeh, Mahardhika Pratama, Wolfgang Mayer … Yew-Soon OngarXiv
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  2. 2026
    Transformer-Based Active Learning for Data-Efficient Vaccine Epitope Selection in PRRSAspen Erlandsson Brisebois, Zahed Khatooni, Connor Burbridge … Gordon BroderickarXiv
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  3. 2026
    Adaptive memory replay for plasticity-aware edge continual learningP P Zhang, Jie Yang, Yong Yao … Yanping ChenExpert Systems with Applications · Guizhou University · Chengdu Institute of Information Technology (China)
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    Cooperative meta-learning for incremental few-shot object detection in open urban environmentsYuan Li, C F Zhang, Song Yang … Lin WuPattern Recognition · Beijing Institute of Technology · Beijing Electronic Science and Technology Institute · +2
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    Can Scale Save Us From Plasticity Loss in Large Language Models?J. Fernando Hernandez-Garcia, Tomas Figliolia, Beren MillidgearXiv
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    Attention-Spectrum Regularization for Replay-Free Continual Multimodal LLMsChuangxin Zhao, Canran Xiao, Siyuan Ma … Yang LiuarXiv
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    Fast and Slow Variational Continual LearningSubarnaduti Paul, Yohan Jung, Mohammad Emtiyaz Khan … Martin MundtarXiv
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  14. 2026
    Device-Algorithm Co-Design with FeFETs for On-device Continual LearningFatima Tuz Zohora, Nicolas Ramos, Abinidhi Geethaikrishnan … Dhireesha KudithipudiGreat Lakes Symposium on VLSI 2026 · The University of Texas at San Antonio · Duke University
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    LOKI: Memory-Free Null-Space Constrained Lifelong Knowledge EditingMasih Eskandar, Miquel Sirera Perelló, Stratis Ioannidis, Jennifer DyarXiv
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  17. 2026
    A negative-anchored self-relabeling strategy for multi-label class-incremental learningKaile Du, Junzhou Xie, Fan Lyu … Guangcan LiuNeurocomputing · Southeast University · Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona · +1
  18. 2026
    Dynamic LoRA-Experts and Prototype-Ensemble Matching for Class-Incremental LearningHongwei Zhao, Rui Liu, Ying LiuApplied Sciences · Beihang University
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    EA: Elastic multi-level anchoring-based generative approach for federated class-incremental learningWanxin Wu, Gang Li, Lixin Liu … Jianfeng ZhaoExpert Systems with Applications · Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology · Wuhan University of Technology · +1
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  21. 2026
    Continual Self-Improvement with Lightweight Experiential Latent MemoriesVaggelis Dorovatas, Nancy Kalaj, Rahaf AljundiarXiv
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  22. 2026
    Dimensionality Controls When Modularity Helps in Continual LearningKathrin Korte, C. Adriano, Joachim Winther Pedersen … Sebastian RisiarXiv
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  23. 2026
    Learning continually with representational driftSuzanne van der Veldt, Gido M. van de Ven, Sanne Moorman, Guillaume EtterTrends Open
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  24. 2026
    Multimodal Deepfake Detection with Quantum State Inspired Analytic Incremental Adaptability LearningJianbin Ye, Man Xiao, Bo Liu … Huaimin Wang2026 International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval · National University of Defense Technology
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    Spatial-Temporal Side Adaptation with Difference-based Frame Selector for video class-incremental learningYu Dai, Heqian Qiu, Lanxiao Wang … Hui LiDisplays · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  26. 2026
    Tabular continual learning from high-heterogeneity feature spaces via memory and forgetting dual-drivenYan Xian, Hong Yu, Yongfang Xie, Guoyin WangInformation Processing & Management · Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications · Central South University · +1
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    Text-Guided Prototype Replay and Classifier Guidance for Incremental Few-Shot Semantic SegmentationLuofeng Zhang, Shengzhe You, Qian Shao … Fei Gao2026 International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval · Zhejiang University of Technology · Zhejiang University
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    Retrievable Gradients: Continual Post-Training Without Cumulative Weight DriftWeihang Su, Jiacheng Kang, Jingyan Xu … Yiqun LiuarXiv
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    LatentGym: A Testbed For Cross-Task Experiential Learning With Controllable Latent StructureDaksh Mittal, Tommaso Castellani, Thomson Yen … Hongseok NamkoongarXiv
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    SGFormer++: Semantic Graph Transformer for Incremental 3D Scene Graph GenerationMengshi Qi, Changsheng Lv, Zijian Fu … Huadong MaarXiv
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    Online Lifelong Dynamic Learning Control for Manipulators With Closed Architecture in Multi-Tasking EnvironmentsMingyu Wang, M Wang, Chenguang YangRA-L · Ministry of Education · Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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    Attention-based Experience Replay Framework for Continual Learning of Agnostic Time Series Forecasting ModelsQuentin Besnard, Nicolas RagotarXiv · Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India
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    Learning to Hear Hesitation: Continual Learning for Disfluency-Aware ASRHenri-Leon Kordt, Theresa Pekarek Rosin, Jae Hee Lee, Stefan WermterarXiv
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    MoDiCoL: A Modular Diagnostic Continual Learning Dataset for Robust Speech RecognitionTheresa Pekarek Rosin, Matthias Kerzel, Stefan WermterarXiv · Universität Hamburg · Hamburg University of Technology
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    Enhancing decision boundaries in continual learning through a decoupled Gaussian frameworkZHIKUN FENG, Chi Chen, Zhou Yang … Yakun JuInformation Processing & Management · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Chengdu University of Information Technology · +3
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    Towards self-adaptive learning: A comprehensive survey on continual learning under harsh conditionsRoozbeh Razavi‐Far, Ehsan Hallaji, Alireza Fathalizadeh … Mohammad RostamiNeurocomputing · University of New Brunswick · University of Southern California
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    ECA: Efficient Continual Alignment for Open-Ended Image-to-Text GenerationJiangtao Kong, Peijun Zhao, Chun-Fu Chen … Huajie ShaoICML
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    Amnesia: A Stealthy Replay Attack on Continual Learning DreamsAhmed Sharshar, Naveen Kumar Kummari, Mohsen GuizaniTMLR
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    Preserving Plasticity in Continual Learning via Dynamical IsometryAndries Rosseau, Robert Müller, Ann NowéICML
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    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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    Theoretical Foundations of Continual Learning via Drift-Plus-PenaltyNazreen Shah, Govinda Arya, Bharath B. N., Ranjitha PrasadTMLR
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    ASMem: Anchor sparse memory for multi-domain knowledge editing of large language modelsGuanyu Zheng, Zhenyu Wang, Yang Zhao … Chengqing ZongNeural Networks · South China University of Technology · Shandong Institute of Automation · +3
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    TailLoR: Protecting Principal Components in Parameter-Efficient Continual LearningMarius Dragoi, Ioana Pintilie, Alexandra Dragomir … Florin BradarXiv
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    CLaaS: Continual learning as a service for sample efficient online learningKion Fallah, Silen Naihin, Barak Widawsky, Qingqing MaoarXiv
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    RECAP: Regression Evaluation for Continual Adaptation of PromptsHarsh Deshpande, Kushal Chawla, Sangwoo Cho … Sambit SahuarXiv
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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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