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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
    Robust adaptation of visual representations for few-shot class-incremental learning via geometric calibrationTao Zhang, C.L. Philip Chen, Xiwen Luo … Jiehao LiPattern Recognition · South China University of Technology · South China Agricultural University · +1
  2. 2026
    Continual learning via semantic memory systemMingsen Luo, Qihe Liu, Fei Ye … Shijie ZhouPattern Recognition · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York
  3. 2026
    Compact feature distributions and refined pseudo labels for weakly supervised incremental semantic segmentationZilin Guo, Dongyue Wu, Changxin Gao, Nong SangPattern Recognition · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  4. 2026
    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
  5. 2026
  6. 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
  7. 2026
    Incomplete cross-modality class-incremental learning in visible-thermal recognitionXinjie Yao, Yanxian Bi, Yu Wang … Qinghua HuPattern Recognition · Kunming University of Science and Technology · Tianjin University · +5
  8. 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
  9. 2026
    Learning task-shared and specific knowledge via mixture-of-experts in generative model for continual learningWeinan Zhao, Yanling Ji, Yan Li … Dingwen ZhangPattern Recognition · Northwestern Polytechnical University · Xidian University · +1
  10. 2026
    PAL: Prompting Analytic Learning with Missing Modality for Multi-Modal Class-Incremental LearningXianghu Yue, Yiming Chen, Xueyi Zhang … Haizhou LiPattern Recognition · Tianjin University · National University of Singapore · +4
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  11. 2026
    CASP: Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning with CLS Token Attention Steering PromptsShuai Huang, Xuhan Lin, Yuwu LuPattern Recognition · South China Normal University
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  12. 2026
    PSR: Proactive soft-orthogonal regulation for long-tailed class-incremental learningZhihan Fu, Zhiqi Zhang, Shipeng Liao … Tianyu ShenPattern Recognition · Beijing University of Chemical Technology · Beijing Information Science & Technology University
  13. 2025
    MoTiC: Momentum Tightness and Contrast for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningZeyu He, Shuai Huang, Yuwu Lu, Ming ZhaoPattern Recognition · Guilin University of Electronic Technology · South China Normal University
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  14. 2025
    Dual-Attention based prompt generation and catalyzing for instance-wise continual learningYong Dai, Xiaopeng Hong, Yabin Wang … Yaowei WangPattern Recognition · Shenzhen Polytechnic University · Peng Cheng Laboratory · +5
  15. 2025
    Class-aware prototype augmentation and decoupled feature distillation for class-incremental learningChengdong Wang, Yangjun Ou, Xianfang Tang … Rui YanPattern Recognition · Hefei University of Technology · Wuhan Textile University · +2
  16. 2025
    Buffer-free Class-Incremental Learning with Out-of-Distribution DetectionSrishti Gupta, Daniele Angioni, Maura Pintor … Battista BiggioPattern Recognition · University of Cagliari · Sapienza University of Rome · +3
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  17. 2025
    You look from old classes: Towards accurate few shot class-incremental learningYijie Hu, Kaizhu Huang, Wei Wang … Qiufeng WangPattern Recognition · University of Liverpool · Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University · +1
  18. 2025
    TIPS: Two-level prompt selection for more stability-plasticity balance in continual learningZhikun Feng, Liang Peng, Kang Dang … Jionglong SuPattern Recognition · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Chengdu University of Information Technology · +3
  19. 2025
    GaitAdapt: Continual Learning for Evolving Gait RecognitionJingjie Wang, Shun-Li Zhang, Xiang Wei, Senmao TianPattern Recognition
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  20. 2025
    Slowly expanding neural network for class incremental learningZhengjin Xu, Xuyang Li, Xiaobin Chang … Ruixuan WangPattern Recognition · Sun Yat-sen University · Key Laboratory of Guangdong Province · +2
  21. 2025
    Towards Redundancy-Free Sub-networks in Continual LearningCheng Chen, Lianli Gao, Pengpeng Zeng … Heng Tao ShenPattern Recognition · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Tongji University
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  22. 2025
    Online task-free continual learning via Expansible Vision TransformerFei Ye, Adrian G. BorşPattern Recognition · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · University of York
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  23. 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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  24. 2025
    CIT: Rethinking Class-incremental Semantic Segmentation with a Class Independent TransformationJinchao Ge, Bowen Zhang, Akide Liu … Yang ZhaoPattern Recognition · The University of Adelaide · Monash University · +1
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  25. 2025
    LoRA-Based Continual Learning with Constraints on Critical Parameter ChangesShimou Ling, Liang Zhang, Jiangwei Zhao … Hongliang LiPattern Recognition
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  26. 2025
    FILP-3D: Enhancing 3D few-shot class-incremental learning with pre-trained vision-language modelsWan Xu, Tianyu Huang, Tianyuan Qu … Wangmeng ZuoPattern Recognition · Harbin Institute of Technology
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  27. 2024
    A masking, linkage and guidance framework for online class incremental learningGuoqiang Liang, Zhaojie Chen, Shibin Su … Yanning ZhangPattern Recognition · Northwestern Polytechnical University
  28. 2024
    Continual learning with high-order experience replay for dynamic network embeddingZhizheng Wang, Yuanyuan Sun, Xiaokun Zhang … Hongfei LinPattern Recognition · Dalian University of Technology
  29. 2024
    OpenCIL: Benchmarking Out-of-Distribution Detection in Class-Incremental LearningWenjun Miao, Guansong Pang, Trong-Tung Nguyen … Xiao BaiPattern Recognition
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  30. 2024
    Pseudo-set Frequency Refinement architecture for fine-grained few-shot class-incremental learningZicheng Pan, Weichuan Zhang, Xiaohan Yu … Yongsheng GaoPattern Recognition · Griffith University
  31. 2024
    Rebalancing network with knowledge stability for class incremental learningJialun Song, Jian Chen, Lan DuPattern Recognition · Xidian University
  32. 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
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  34. 2024
    Continual learning for cross-modal image-text retrieval based on domain-selective attentionRui Yang, Shuang Wang, Yu Gu … Licheng JiaoPattern Recognition · Xidian University
  35. 2024
    Large-scale continual learning for ancient Chinese character recognitionYue Xu, Xu-Yao Zhang, Zhaoxiang Zhang, Cheng‐Lin LiuPattern Recognition · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Automation · +1
  36. 2023
    Dynamic Heterogeneous Federated Learning with Multi-Level PrototypesShunxin Guo, Hongsong Wang, Xin GengPattern Recognition
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  37. 2023
    Memory efficient data-free distillation for continual learningXiaorong Li, Shipeng Wang, Jian Sun, Zongben XuPattern Recognition · Xi'an Jiaotong University
  38. 2023
    Class Incremental Learning with Self-Supervised Pre-Training and Prototype LearningWenzhuo Liu, WU Xin-jian, Fei Zhu … Cheng‐Lin LiuPattern Recognition
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  39. 2023
    Exemplar-free class incremental learning via discriminative and comparable parallel one-class classifiersWenju Sun, Qingyong Li, Jing Zhang … Yangli‐ao GengPattern Recognition · Beijing Jiaotong University
  40. 2023
    Class-incremental object detectionNa Dong, Yongqiang Zhang, Mingli Ding, Yancheng BaiPattern Recognition · Harbin Institute of Technology · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
  41. 2023
    SATS: Self-Attention Transfer for Continual Semantic SegmentationYiqiao Qiu, Yixing Shen, Zhuohao Sun … Ruixuan WangPattern Recognition · Sun Yat-sen University · Wuhan University · +2
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  42. 2023
    Knowledge aggregation networks for class incremental learningZhiling Fu, Zhe Wang, Xinlei Xu … Hai YangPattern Recognition · East China University of Science and Technology
  43. 2022
    DIODE: Dilatable Incremental Object DetectionCan Peng, Kun Zhao, Sam Maksoud … Brian C. LovellPattern Recognition · The University of Queensland
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  44. 2022
    Multi-criteria Selection of Rehearsal Samples for Continual LearningZhuang Chen, Shaoli Huang, Gong Cheng, Jifeng NingPattern Recognition · Northwest A&F University · Tencent (China) · +1
  45. 2022
    Incremental Learning from Low-labelled Stream Data in Open-Set Video Face RecognitionEric López‐López, Xosé M. Pardo, Carlos V. RegueiroPattern Recognition · Universidade da Coruña · Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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  46. 2022
    Multi-View Correlation Distillation for Incremental Object DetectionDongbao Yang, Yu Zhou, Aoting Zhang … Qixiang YePattern Recognition · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Information Engineering · +1
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  47. 2022
    Instance exploitation for learning temporary concepts from sparsely labeled drifting data streamsŁukasz Korycki, Bartosz KrawczykPattern Recognition · Virginia Commonwealth University
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  48. 2021
    Lifelong robotic visual-tactile perception learningJiahua Dong, Yang Cong, Gan Sun, Tao ZhangPattern Recognition · Shenyang Institute of Automation · Chinese Academy of Sciences · +1
  49. 2021
    FoCL: Feature-Oriented Continual Learning for Generative ModelsQicheng Lao, Mehrzad Mortazavi, Marzieh S. Tahaei … Mohammad HavaeiPattern Recognition · Sichuan University · West China Medical Center of Sichuan University · +3
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  50. 2018
    A novel random forests based class incremental learning method for activity recognitionChunyu Hu, Yiqiang Chen, Lisha Hu, Xiaohui PengPattern Recognition · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Institute of Computing Technology · +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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