I think the paper that the NYT article is referencing is actually this one, published yesterday: A Framework for Intelligence and Cortical Function Based on Grid Cells in the Neocortex

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/10/13/442418

Jeff Hawkins is scheduled to give a talk at the Human Brain Project Open Day[1] in Maastricht, NL about this paper.

The one linked in the parent is from last year, related to the mentioned story of him running his finger across the coffee cup.

[1]: https://www.hbpopendaysummit-2018.org/programme/keynote-spea...