# Continual Learning: On Machines that can Learn Continually

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Learning continually from non-stationary data streams is a fascinating research topic and **a fundamental aspect of Intelligence**.  At [ContinualAI](#how-to-officially-enroll-in-the-course), in conjunction with the [University of Pisa](#how-to-officially-enroll-in-the-course) and the [AIDA Doctoral Academy](https://www.ai4media.eu/ai-doctoral-academy/), we are proud to offer the ***first*** [***official***](https://dottorato.di.unipi.it/phd-programme/teaching/phd-courses/phd-courses-a-y-2021-2022/#anchor2) ***open-access course*** *on Continual Learning. Anyone from around the world can join the class and learn about this fascinating topic, completely for free!*

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The course is tailored for *Graduate* / *PhD Students* as an introduction to *Continual Learning*, especially focusing on the recent *Deep Learning* advances.
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The course will follow a mixed in-person / virtual modality and recorded lectures will be **uploaded** on the [*ContinualAI Youtube*](https://www.youtube.com/c/ContinualAI) *account* (and remain available on Youtube for async views). However, if you want to actually *be enrolled in the course,* interact in class and get a **certificate of attendance** you need to follow the procedure described [below](#how-to-officially-enroll-in-the-course) :arrow\_down:.

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Please note that the certificate of attendance is only released after a **project-based exam** to be agreed with the course instructor. 
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You can check out the ***official course structure*** (*8 lectures* + *2 invited talks),* the **class** **timetable** and other relevant details about the course in the section below:

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[details](https://course.continualai.org/background/details)
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### Officially Enroll in the Course

In order to officially enroll in this course, hence being able to participate and interact in class, you need to register through the form below (you'll be contacted soon with more instructions if you already complected the enrollment).

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**Enrollments for the 2021 course are now closed**. You can still follow the recorded lectures on YouTube in the official [*ContinualAI channel*](https://www.youtube.com/c/continualai)*!*
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