Streaming Continual Learning for Unified Adaptive Intelligence in Dynamic Environments

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Main Authors: Giannini, Federico, Ziffer, Giacomo, Cossu, Andrea, Lomonaco, Vincenzo
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Published: 2026
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author Giannini, Federico
Ziffer, Giacomo
Cossu, Andrea
Lomonaco, Vincenzo
author_facet Giannini, Federico
Ziffer, Giacomo
Cossu, Andrea
Lomonaco, Vincenzo
contents Developing effective predictive models becomes challenging in dynamic environments that continuously produce data and constantly change. Continual Learning (CL) and Streaming Machine Learning (SML) are two research areas that tackle this arduous task. We put forward a unified setting that harnesses the benefits of both CL and SML: their ability to quickly adapt to non-stationary data streams without forgetting previous knowledge. We refer to this setting as Streaming Continual Learning (SCL). SCL does not replace either CL or SML. Instead, it extends the techniques and approaches considered by both fields. We start by briefly describing CL and SML and unifying the languages of the two frameworks. We then present the key features of SCL. We finally highlight the importance of bridging the two communities to advance the field of intelligent systems.
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spellingShingle Streaming Continual Learning for Unified Adaptive Intelligence in Dynamic Environments
Giannini, Federico
Ziffer, Giacomo
Cossu, Andrea
Lomonaco, Vincenzo
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
68T05, 68T07
I.2.6; I.2.7; H.2.8
Developing effective predictive models becomes challenging in dynamic environments that continuously produce data and constantly change. Continual Learning (CL) and Streaming Machine Learning (SML) are two research areas that tackle this arduous task. We put forward a unified setting that harnesses the benefits of both CL and SML: their ability to quickly adapt to non-stationary data streams without forgetting previous knowledge. We refer to this setting as Streaming Continual Learning (SCL). SCL does not replace either CL or SML. Instead, it extends the techniques and approaches considered by both fields. We start by briefly describing CL and SML and unifying the languages of the two frameworks. We then present the key features of SCL. We finally highlight the importance of bridging the two communities to advance the field of intelligent systems.
title Streaming Continual Learning for Unified Adaptive Intelligence in Dynamic Environments
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
68T05, 68T07
I.2.6; I.2.7; H.2.8
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.01695