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Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Lute Lillo , Nick Cheney

We address the Continual Learning (CL) problem, wherein a model must learn a sequence of tasks from non-stationary distributions while preserving prior knowledge upon encountering new experiences. With the advancement of foundation models,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-08 Kyra Ahrens , Hans Hergen Lehmann , Jae Hee Lee , Stefan Wermter

The problem of Rehearsal-Free Continual Learning (RFCL) aims to continually learn new knowledge while preventing forgetting of the old knowledge, without storing any old samples and prototypes. The latest methods leverage large-scale…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Xinyuan Gao , Songlin Dong , Yuhang He , Qiang Wang , Yihong Gong

Due to increasing privacy regulations and regulatory compliance, Machine Unlearning (MU) has become essential. The goal of unlearning is to remove information related to a specific class from a model. Traditional approaches achieve exact…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-20 Atharv Mittal

Continual learning (CL) in vision-language models (VLMs) faces significant challenges in improving task adaptation and avoiding catastrophic forgetting. Existing methods usually have heavy inference burden or rely on external knowledge,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Zhan Fa , Yue Duan , Jian Zhang , Lei Qi , Wanqi Yang , Yinghuan Shi

LoRA-based continual learning represents a promising avenue for leveraging pre-trained models in downstream continual learning tasks. Recent studies have shown that orthogonal LoRA tuning effectively mitigates forgetting. However, this work…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-21 Shimou Ling , Liang Zhang , Jiangwei Zhao , Lili Pan , Hongliang Li

Continual learning algorithms strive to acquire new knowledge while preserving prior information. Often, these algorithms emphasise stability and restrict network updates upon learning new tasks. In many cases, such restrictions come at a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Daniel Anthes , Sushrut Thorat , Peter König , Tim C. Kietzmann

Recent advances in deep learning underscore the need for systems that can not only acquire new knowledge through Continual Learning (CL) but also remove outdated, sensitive, or private information through Machine Unlearning (MU). However,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Jagadeesh Rachapudi , Ritali Vatsi , Praful Hambarde , Amit Shukla

In neural networks, continual learning results in gradient interference among sequential tasks, leading to catastrophic forgetting of old tasks while learning new ones. This issue is addressed in recent methods by storing the important…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-06 Gobinda Saha , Kaushik Roy

There has been a significant increase in the deployment of neural network models, presenting substantial challenges in model adaptation and fine-tuning. Efficient adaptation is crucial in maintaining model performance across diverse tasks…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-02 Maolin Wang , Xiangyu Zhao

When deployed in open-ended robotic environments, Vision--Language--Action (VLA) models need to continually acquire new skills, yet suffer from severe catastrophic forgetting. We observe that this degradation is related to the deterioration…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Libang Zhao , Qixin Zeng , Hongyin Zhang , Donglin Wang

The intrinsic difficulty in adapting deep learning models to non-stationary environments limits the applicability of neural networks to real-world tasks. This issue is critical in practical supervised learning settings, such as the ones in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-09 Simone Marullo , Matteo Tiezzi , Marco Gori , Stefano Melacci , Tinne Tuytelaars

Continual learning (CL) aims to learn new tasks without erasing previous knowledge. However, current CL methods primarily emphasize improving accuracy while often neglecting training efficiency, which consequently restricts their practical…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-30 RuiQi Liu , Boyu Diao , Libo Huang , Zijia An , Hangda Liu , Zhulin An , Yongjun Xu

Continual learning is a process that involves training learning agents to sequentially master a stream of tasks or classes without revisiting past data. The challenge lies in leveraging previously acquired knowledge to learn new tasks…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-21 Marcus de Carvalho , Mahardhika Pratama , Jie Zhang , Chua Haoyan , Edward Yapp

Continual learning methods usually preserve old behavior by regularizing parameters, matching old outputs, or replaying previous examples. These strategies can reduce forgetting, but they do not directly specify how the latent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-23 Henry J. Kobs

Continual learning is the problem of learning and retaining knowledge through time over multiple tasks and environments. Research has primarily focused on the incremental classification setting, where new tasks/classes are added at discrete…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-23 Zhipeng Cai , Ozan Sener , Vladlen Koltun

The ability to learn in dynamic, nonstationary environments without forgetting previous knowledge, also known as Continual Learning (CL), is a key enabler for scalable and trustworthy deployments of adaptive solutions. While the importance…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-25 Andrea Cossu , Antonio Carta , Davide Bacciu

Continual learning is a long-standing challenge in robot policy learning, where a policy must acquire new skills over time without catastrophically forgetting previously learned ones. While prior work has extensively studied continual…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-19 Huihan Liu , Changyeon Kim , Bo Liu , Minghuan Liu , Yuke Zhu

Foundational Vision-Language Models (VLMs) excel across diverse tasks, but adapting them to new domains without forgetting prior knowledge remains a critical challenge. Continual Learning (CL) addresses this challenge by enabling models to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Vaibhav Singh , Rahaf Aljundi , Eugene Belilovsky

Deep neural networks achieve state-of-the-art and sometimes super-human performance across various domains. However, when learning tasks sequentially, the networks easily forget the knowledge of previous tasks, known as "catastrophic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-18 Shixiang Tang , Dapeng Chen , Jinguo Zhu , Shijie Yu , Wanli Ouyang