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The foundational work on continual learning, 1988 to 2026: methods, theory, benchmarks, surveys, and the neuroscience of memory. Updated weekly; some carry our notes.

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  1. 2025
    Towards Differential Optimization: Rehearsal-Free Class-Incremental Learning with Slow Learners and Fast AdaptersYinghong Chen, Huanjia Zhu, Jiali Cai … Bingzhi ChenICASSP · South China Normal University
  2. 2025
    ValSub: Subsampling Validation Data to Mitigate Forgetting during ASR PersonalizationHaaris Mehmood, Karthikeyan Saravanan, Pablo Peso Parada … Seokyeong JungICASSP · Samsung (United Kingdom) · Samsung (South Korea)
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  5. 2024
    Vision-Sensor Attention Based Continual Multimodal Egocentric Activity RecognitionShaoxu Cheng, Chi-Yuan He, Kailong Chen … Qingbo WuICASSP
  6. 2024
    ECIL-MU: Embedding Based Class Incremental Learning and Machine UnlearningZhiwei Zuo, Zhuo Tang, Bin Wang … Anwitaman DattaICASSP · Hunan University · Nanyang Technological University
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  7. 2024
    Improving Continual Learning of Acoustic Scene Classification via Mutual Information OptimizationMuqiao Yang, Umberto Cappellazzo, Xiang Li, Bhiksha RajICASSP · Carnegie Mellon University · University of Trento
  8. 2024
    Class-Wise Buffer Management for Incremental Object Detection: An Effective Buffer Training StrategyJunsu Kim, Sumin Hong, Chanwoo Kim … Seungryul BaekICASSP · Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology · Seoul National University of Science and Technology · +3
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  9. 2024
    Multi-Object Editing in Personalized Text-To-Image Diffusion Model Via Segmentation GuidanceHaruka Matsuda, Ren Togo, Keisuke Maeda … Miki HaseyamaICASSP · Hokkaido University
  10. 2024
    INCPrompt: Task-Aware Incremental Prompting for Rehearsal-Free Class-Incremental LearningZhiyuan Wang, Xiaoyang Qu, Jing Xiao … Jianzong WangICASSP · Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute · Shenzhen Technology University · +3
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  12. 2024
    Dynamic Replay Training for Class-Incremental LearningYan Yang, Dongdong Ren, Chenglei Peng … Yang GaoICASSP · Nanjing University · Nanjing University of Science and Technology
  13. 2024
    KC-Prompt: End-To-End Knowledge-Complementary Prompting for Rehearsal-Free Continual LearningYaowei Li, Yating Liu, Xuxin Cheng … Zhiqi HuangICASSP · Peking University · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +2
  14. 2024
    Multi-Modal Continual Pre-Training For Audio EncodersGyuhak Kim, Ho-Hsiang Wu, Luca Bondi, Bing LiuICASSP · University of Illinois Chicago · Robert Bosch (United States)
  15. 2024
    Multi-Teacher Distillation for Incremental Object DetectionLe Jiang, Hongqiang Cheng, Xiaozhou Ye, Ye OuyangICASSP · Asia Foundation
  16. 2024
    P2DT: Mitigating Forgetting in Task-Incremental Learning with Progressive Prompt Decision TransformerZhiyuan Wang, Xiaoyang Qu, Jing Xiao … Jianzong WangICASSP · Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute · Shenzhen Technology University · +3
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  17. 2024
    Autonomous Generative Feature Replay for Non-Exemplar Class-Incremental LearningYinjie Zhang, Ming Shao, Wenlong Shi … Siyu XiaICASSP · University of Massachusetts Dartmouth · Southeast University
  18. 2024
    Dynamic Model Structure Adjustment to Realize Quantum Continual Learning Based on Quantum DataHailiang Xu, Haozhen SituICASSP · South China Agricultural University
  19. 2024
    ESA: Expert-and-Samples-Aware Incremental Learning Under Longtail DistributionJie Mei, Jenq–Neng HwangICASSP · University of Washington
  20. 2024
    Exploring Soft Prompt Initialization Strategy for Few-Shot Continual Text ClassificationZhehao Zhang, Tong Yu, Handong Zhao … Shuai LiICASSP · Dartmouth College · Dartmouth Hospital · +6
  21. 2024
    Generalizable Two-Branch Framework for Image Class-Incremental LearningChao Wu, Xiaobin Chang, Ruixuan WangICASSP · Sun Yat-sen University
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  22. 2024
    Learning a Low-Rank Feature Representation: Achieving Better Trade-Off Between Stability and Plasticity in Continual LearningZhenrong Liu, Yang Li, Yi Gong, Yik‐Chung WuICASSP · Southern University of Science and Technology · University of Hong Kong · +1
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  23. 2024
    Task-Wise Prompt Query Function for Rehearsal-Free Continual LearningShuai Chen, Mingyi Zhang, Junge Zhang, Kaiqi HuangICASSP · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Automation · +2
  24. 2024
    Unsupervised Continual Learning of Image Representation Via Rememory-Based SimsiamFeifei Fu, Yizhao Gao, Zhiwu Lu … Shiqi ZhaoICASSP · Renmin University of China · China United Network Communications Group (China)
  25. 2024
    FusDom: Combining in-Domain and Out-of-Domain Knowledge for Continuous Self-Supervised LearningAshish Seth, Sreyan Ghosh, S. Umesh, Dinesh ManochaICASSP · Indian Institute of Technology Madras · University of Maryland, College Park
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  26. 2024
    Continual Learning with Class-Level Minimally Interfered UpdateGuanglu Wang, Xianchao Zhang, Han Liu … Linlin ZongICASSP · Dalian University of Technology
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  29. 2023
    Towards Adversarially Robust Continual LearningTao Bai, Chen Chen, Lingjuan Lyu … Bihan WenICASSP · Nanyang Technological University · Zhejiang University of Science and Technology · +2
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  30. 2023
    Class-Incremental Learning on Multivariate Time Series Via Shape-Aligned Temporal DistillationZhongzheng Qiao, Minghui Hu, Xudong Jiang … Savitha RamasamyICASSP · Nanyang Technological University · Institute for Infocomm Research · +1
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  31. 2023
    Continual Learning for On-Device Speech Recognition Using Disentangled ConformersAnuj Diwan, Ching-Feng Yeh, Wei-Ning Hsu … Abdelrahman MohamedICASSP · The University of Texas at Austin
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  32. 2023
    Quantifying Catastrophic Forgetting in Continual Federated LearningChristophe Dupuy, Jimit Majmudar, Jixuan Wang … Salman AvestimehrICASSP · Amazon (United States) · University of Southern California · +1
  33. 2023
    Uncertainty-Aware Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningJiancai Zhu, Jiabao Zhao, Jiayi Zhou … Zhi ZhangICASSP · East China Normal University · New York University Shanghai · +1
  34. 2023
    Centroid Distance Distillation for Effective Rehearsal in Continual LearningDaofeng Liu, Fan Lyu, Linyan Li … Fuyuan HuICASSP · Suzhou University of Science and Technology · Tianjin University · +1
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  35. 2023
    Federated Self-Learning with Weak Supervision for Speech RecognitionMilind Rao, Gopinath Chennupati, Gautam Tiwari … Jasha DroppoICASSP · Amazon (United States)
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  36. 2023
    Is Multi-Task Learning an Upper Bound for Continual Learning?Zihao Wu, Huy Tran, Hamed Pirsiavash, Soheil KolouriICASSP · Vanderbilt University · University of California, Davis
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  37. 2023
    Robustness-Preserving Lifelong Learning Via Dataset CondensationJinghan Jia, Yihua Zhang, Dogyoon Song … Alfred O. HeroICASSP · Michigan State University · University of Michigan
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    Continuous Learning for Blind Image Quality Assessment with Contrastive TransformerJifan Yang, Zhongyuan Wang, Baojin Huang, Lianbing DengICASSP · Wuhan University
  39. 2023
    M-CTRL: A Continual Representation Learning Framework with Slowly Improving Past Pre-Trained ModelJin-Seong Choi, Jaehong Lee, Chae-Won Lee, Joon‐Hyuk ChangICASSP · Hanyang University
  40. 2023
    Dynamic Scalable Self-Attention Ensemble for Task-Free Continual LearningFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşICASSP · University of York
  41. 2023
    Biologically-Inspired Continual Learning of Human Motion SequencesJ. C. Ott, Shih‐Chii LiuICASSP · SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics · University of Zurich · +1
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  42. 2023
    CDHD: Contrastive Dreamer for Hint DistillationLe Yu, Tongyan Hua, Wenming Yang … Qingmin LiaoICASSP · University Town of Shenzhen · Tsinghua University · +1
  43. 2023
    TRICL: Triplet Continual LearningXianchao Zhang, Guanglu Wang, Xiaotong Zhang … Wentao YangICASSP · Dalian University of Technology · Huawei Technologies (United Kingdom)
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  45. 2022
    An Adapter Based Pre-Training for Efficient and Scalable Self-Supervised Speech Representation LearningSamuel Kessler, Bethan Thomas, Salah KaroutICASSP · University of Oxford · Huawei Technologies (United Kingdom)
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  46. 2022
    Progressive Continual Learning for Spoken Keyword SpottingYizheng Huang, Nana Hou, Nancy F. ChenICASSP · Agency for Science, Technology and Research · Institute for Infocomm Research · +1
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  47. 2022
    Towards Lifelong Learning of Multilingual Text-to-Speech SynthesisMu Yang, Shaojin Ding, Tianlong Chen … Zhangyang WangICASSP · The University of Texas at Dallas · Texas A&M University · +2
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  48. 2022
    Energy Alignment for Bias Rectification in Class Incremental LearningBowen Zhao, Chen Chen, Xi Xiao … Shu‐Tao XiaICASSP · Tsinghua University · Peng Cheng Laboratory
  49. 2022
    Balanced Ranking and Sorting For Class Incremental Object DetectionBo Cui, Hui Qu, Xuhui Huang, Shan YuICASSP · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Automation · +4
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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. It lists only papers we have a reason to trust: published at a venue like NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR or TPAMI, or led by someone who has published there, or cited a few hundred times. Preprints that later get accepted, and authors who later publish at those venues, are picked up by the weekly run. 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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