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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. 2026
    MEMTS: Internalizing Domain Knowledge via Parameterized Memory for Retrieval-Free Domain Adaptation of Time Series Foundation ModelsXiaoyun Yu, Li Fan, Xiangfei Qiu … Jilin HuKDD · East China Normal University · Shanghai Innovative Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine · +3
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  2. 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
  3. 2026
    A Framework for Addressing Catastrophic Forgetting and Noisy Labeling in Continual LearningZhonghe Wei, X Q Li, Hongsheng Yin … Jihang YinInternational Conference on Computer Supported Cooperativ… · China University of Mining and Technology · Northwest University · +2
  4. 2026
    Enhancing Federated Class-Incremental Learning via Spatial-Temporal Statistics AggregationZenghao Guan, Guojun Zhu, Zhou Yucan … Xiaoyan GuWWW · Institute of Information Engineering · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +3
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  5. 2026
    Negative-weighted knowledge distillation regularized graph convolutional network for multi-label class-incremental learningKaile Du, Junzhou Xie, Fan Lyu … Guangcan LiuPattern Recognition · Southeast University · Institute of Automation · +1
  6. 2026
    Rep Deep & Machine Learning: Exemplar-Free Continual Video Action Recognition via Slow-Fast Collaborative LearningXueyi Zhang, Jianhua Zhang, Zheng Li … Huiping ZhuangAAAI · Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +4
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  7. 2026
    A Unified Knowledge Management Framework for Continual Learning and Machine Unlearning in Large Language ModelsJiaqi Lang, Linjing Li, Dajun ZengInformation · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Automation · +1
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  8. 2026
    Continual learning of multiple cognitive functions with a brain-inspired temporal development mechanismBing Han, feifei Zhao, Yinqian Sun … Yi ZengNational Science Review · Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology · Institute of Automation · +2
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  9. 2026
    CAKGE: Context-Aware Adaptive Learning for Dynamic Knowledge Graph EmbeddingsZongsheng Cao, Qianqian Xu, Zhiyong Yang … Qingming HuangTPAMI · ShangHai JiAi Genetics & IVF Institute · Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory · +3
  10. 2026
    PASs-MoE: Mitigating Misaligned Co-drift among Router and Experts via Pathway Activation Subspaces for Continual LearningZhiyan Hou, Haiyun Guo, Haokai Ma … Jinqiao WangACL · Chinese Academy of Sciences · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +2
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  11. 2025
    Rethinking domain-agnostic continual learning via frequency completeness learningJian Peng, Haitao Zhang, Jing Shen … Haifeng LiInformation Fusion · Space Engineering University · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +5
  12. 2025
    SEDEG:Sequential Enhancement of Decoder and Encoder's Generality for Class Incremental Learning with Small MemoryShaoling Pu, Hongyang Chen, Lingyu Zheng, Zhongwu SunSpringer CCIS · Zhejiang Lab · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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  13. 2025
    Generalization-Preserved Learning: Closing the Backdoor to Catastrophic Forgetting in Continual Deepfake DetectionXi Zhang, Peiyin Zhu, Chengwei Zhang … Yanming GuoICCV · National University of Defense Technology · National University of Singapore · +4
  14. 2025
    Federated Class-Incremental Learning with New-Class Augmented Self-DistillationZhiyuan Wu, Tianliu He, Sheng Sun … Xuefeng JiangJournal of Computer Science and Technology · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Computing Technology · +2
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  15. 2025
    CD^2: Constrained Dataset Distillation for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningKexin Bao, Daichi Zhang, Hansong Zhang … Shiming GeIJCAI · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Information Engineering · +1
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  16. 2025
    CorpusBrain++: A Continual Generative Pre-Training Framework for Knowledge-Intensive Language TasksJiafeng Guo, Changjiang Zhou, Ruqing Zhang … Xueqi ChengACM Transactions · Institute of Computing Technology · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
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  17. 2025
    FedPTR: Enhancing Federated Prompt Learning with Server-Side Retraining for Non-IID DataYufeng Chen, Min Liu, Sheng Sun, Zhongcheng LiIJCNN · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
  18. 2025
    Activating Sparse Part Concepts for 3D Class Incremental LearningZhenya Tian, Jun Xiao, Lupeng Liu, Haiyong JiangCVPR · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  19. 2025
    Anterograde interference in multitask perceptual learningJia Yang, Fang-Fang Yan, Tingting Wang … Chang‐Bing Huangnpj Science of Learning · Peking University · Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences · +6
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  20. 2025
    Low-redundancy distillation for continual learningRuiqi Liu, Boyu Diao, Libo Huang … Yongjun XuPattern Recognition · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Computing Technology · +1
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  21. 2025
    MoM: Continual Generative Retrieval via Mixture of MemoriesYihan Guo, Yilong Chen, Jiawei Sheng, Tingwen LiuInternational Conference on Information Science, Electric… · Institute of Information Engineering · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  22. 2025
    Boundary-aware Prototype Augmentation and Dual-level Knowledge Distillation for Non-Exemplar Class-Incremental HashingQinghang Su, Dayan Wu, Bo LiKnowledge-Based Systems · Aerospace Information Research Institute · Institute of Information Engineering · +2
  23. 2025
    Specifying What You Know or Not for Multi-Label Class-Incremental LearningAoting Zhang, Dongbao Yang, Chang Liu … Yu ZhouAAAI · Institute of Information Engineering · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +3
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  24. 2025
    DCA: Dividing and Conquering Amnesia in Incremental Object DetectionAoting Zhang, Dongbao Yang, Chang Liu … Yu ZhouAAAI · Institute of Information Engineering · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +3
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  25. 2025
    Compression and restoration: exploring elasticity in continual test-time adaptationJingwei Li, Chengbao Liu, Xiwei Bai … Yu WangMachine Learning · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Shandong Institute of Automation · +2
  26. 2025
    Branch-Tuning: Balancing Stability and Plasticity for Continual Self-Supervised LearningWenzhuo Liu, Fei Zhu, Cheng‐Lin LiuTNNLS · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
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  27. 2025
    Dual-Domain Division Multiplexer for General Continual Learning: A Pseudo Causal Intervention StrategyJian-Yong wu, Shaofan Wang, Yanfeng Sun … Qingming HuangTIP · Beijing University of Technology · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  28. 2025
    Cross-Generational Contrastive Continual Learning for 3D Point Cloud Semantic SegmentationYuan He, Guyue Hu, Shan YuSpringer LNCS · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +4
  29. 2024
    Decoding BatchNorm statistics via anchors pool for data-free models based on continual learningXiaobin Li, Weiqiang Wang, Guangluan XuNeural Computing and Applications · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Aerospace Information Research Institute · +1
  30. 2025
    Similarity-based context aware continual learning for spiking neural networksBing Han, Feifei Zhao, Yang Li … Yi ZengNeural Networks · Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +3
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  31. 2024
    PILoRA: Prototype Guided Incremental LoRA for Federated Class-Incremental LearningHaiyang Guo, Fei Zhu, Wenzhuo Liu … Cheng‐Lin LiuECCV · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Shandong Institute of Automation · +2
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  32. 2024
    Information Bottleneck Based Data Correction in Continual LearningShuai Chen, Mingyi Zhang, Junge Zhang, Kaiqi HuangECCV · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +3
  33. 2024
    Class Incremental Learning for Knowledge Acquisition Based on Prototype Network Gating MechanismYuming Feng, Xiaolong Jin, Haozhe Liang, Jiafeng GuoIEEE International Conference on Medical Artificial Intel… · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  34. 2024
    DB-FSCIL: Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning Using Dual BridgesKexin Bao, Fanzhao Lin, Ruyue Liu, Shiming GeSpringer LNCS · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Information Engineering · +2
  35. 2024
    Adapt and Refine: A Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learner via Pre-Trained ModelsSunyuan Qiang, Xiong Zhu, Yanyan Liang … Du ZhangSpringer LNCS · Macau University of Science and Technology · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +2
  36. 2024
    MMAL: Multi-Modal Analytic Learning for Exemplar-Free Audio-Visual Class Incremental TasksXianghu Yue, Xueyi Zhang, Yiming Chen … Haizhou LiACM International Conference on Multimedia · National University of Singapore · National University of Defense Technology · +5
  37. 2024
    Information Retrieval Optimization for Non-Exemplar Class Incremental LearningShuai Guo, Yang Gu, Yuan Ma … Yiqiang ChenCIKM · Institute of Computing Technology · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +2
  38. 2024
    Continual Multi-View Clustering with Consistent Anchor GuidanceWei Hua, Chenlin Zhou, Jibin Wu … Yangyang ShuIJCAI · Nanjing University · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +3
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  39. 2024
    Fusion of Current and Historical Knowledge for Personalized Federated LearningPengju Wang, Bochao Liu, Weijia Guo … Shiming GeIJCNN · Institute of Information Engineering · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  40. 2024
    Resurrecting Old Classes with New Data for Exemplar-Free Continual LearningDipam Goswami, Albin Soutif--Cormerais, Yuyang Liu … Joost van de WeijerCVPR · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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  41. 2024
    Enhancing Visual Continual Learning with Language-Guided SupervisionBolin Ni, Hongbo Zhao, Chenghao Zhang … Shiming XiangCVPR · Chinese Academy of Sciences · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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  42. 2024
    Hierarchical Augmentation and Distillation for Class Incremental Audio-Visual Video RecognitionYukun Zuo, Hantao Yao, Liansheng Zhuang, Changsheng XuTPAMI · University of Science and Technology of China · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +3
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  43. 2024
    Create Your World: Lifelong Text-to-Image DiffusionGan Sun, Wenqi Liang, Jiahua Dong … Yang CongTPAMI · Shenyang Institute of Automation · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +5
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  44. 2024
    Overcomplete-to-sparse representation learning for few-shot class-incremental learningMengying Fu, Binghao Liu, Ma Tianren, Qixiang YeMultimedia Systems · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  45. 2024
    Defying Imbalanced Forgetting in Class Incremental LearningXu Shi-xiong, Gaofeng Meng, Xing Nie … Shiming XiangAAAI · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Shandong Institute of Automation · +3
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  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 2024
    Domain-incremental learning without forgetting based on random vector functional link networksChengRan Liu, Yi Wang, Dong Li, Xizhao WangPattern Recognition · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Computing Technology · +2
  49. 2025
    Dual Balanced Class-Incremental Learning With im-Softmax and Angular RectificationRuicong Zhi, Yicheng Meng, Junyi Hou, Jun WanTNNLS · University of Science and Technology Beijing · National University of Singapore · +4
  50. 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
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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