diff --git a/machine/models/Receiver.py b/machine/models/Receiver.py
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+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+
+from .baseRNN import BaseRNN
+
+device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
+
+class Receiver(BaseRNN):
+	"""
+		Applies a rnn to a message produced by a Sender.
+		Args:
+			vocab_size (int): size of the vocabulary
+			embedding_size (int): the size of the embedding of input variables
+			hidden_size (int): the size of the hidden dimension of the rnn
+			rnn_cell (str, optional): type of RNN cell (default: gru)
+		Inputs:
+		    m (torch.tensor): The message produced by the Sender. Shape [batch_size, max_seq_len]
+		Outputs:
+		    output (torch.tensor): The batch of the appended hidden states at each timestep.
+		    state (torch.tensor): (h,c) of the last timestep if LSTM, h if GRU
+	"""
+
+	def __init__(self, vocab_size, embedding_size, hidden_size, rnn_cell='gru'):
+		super().__init__(vocab_size, -1, hidden_size,
+						 input_dropout_p=0, dropout_p=0,
+						 n_layers=1, rnn_cell=rnn_cell)
+
+		self.rnn = self.rnn_cell(embedding_size, hidden_size, num_layers=1, batch_first=True)
+		self.embedding = nn.Parameter(torch.empty((vocab_size, embedding_size), dtype=torch.float32))
+
+		self.reset_parameters()
+
+	def reset_parameters(self):
+		nn.init.normal_(self.embedding, 0.0, 0.1)
+
+		nn.init.xavier_uniform_(self.rnn.weight_ih_l0)
+		nn.init.orthogonal_(self.rnn.weight_hh_l0)
+		nn.init.constant_(self.rnn.bias_ih_l0, val=0)
+		# cuDNN bias order: https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/sdk/cudnn-developer-guide/index.html#cudnnRNNMode_t
+		# add some positive bias for the forget gates [b_i, b_f, b_o, b_g] = [0, 1, 0, 0]
+		nn.init.constant_(self.rnn.bias_hh_l0, val=0)
+		nn.init.constant_(self.rnn.bias_hh_l0[self.hidden_size:2 * self.hidden_size], val=1)
+
+	def forward(self, messages):
+		emb = torch.matmul(messages, self.embedding) if self.training else self.embedding[messages]
+		return self.rnn(emb)
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diff --git a/test/test_receiver.py b/test/test_receiver.py
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+import unittest
+import mock
+
+import torch
+
+from machine.models.Receiver import Receiver
+
+class TestReceiver(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        self.vocab_size = 4
+        self.embedding_size = 8
+        self.hidden_size = 16
+        self.seq_len = 5
+
+    def test_lstm_train(self):
+        receiver = Receiver(self.vocab_size, self.embedding_size,
+                     self.hidden_size, rnn_cell='lstm')
+
+        batch_size = 2
+        m = torch.rand([batch_size, self.seq_len, self.vocab_size])
+
+        receiver.train()
+
+        outputs, (h,c) = receiver(m)
+
+        self.assertEqual(outputs.shape, (batch_size, self.seq_len, self.hidden_size))
+        self.assertEqual(h.squeeze().shape, (batch_size, self.hidden_size))
+        self.assertEqual(c.squeeze().shape, (batch_size, self.hidden_size))
+
+    def test_gru_train(self):
+        receiver = Receiver(self.vocab_size, self.embedding_size,
+                     self.hidden_size, rnn_cell='gru')
+
+        batch_size = 2
+        m = torch.rand([batch_size, self.seq_len, self.vocab_size])
+
+        receiver.train()
+
+        outputs, h = receiver(m)
+
+        self.assertEqual(outputs.shape, (batch_size, self.seq_len, self.hidden_size))
+        self.assertEqual(h.squeeze().shape, (batch_size, self.hidden_size))
+
+    def test_lstm_eval(self):
+        receiver = Receiver(self.vocab_size, self.embedding_size,
+                     self.hidden_size, rnn_cell='lstm')
+
+        batch_size = 2
+        m = torch.randint(high=self.vocab_size, size=(batch_size, self.seq_len))
+
+        receiver.eval()
+
+        outputs, (h,c) = receiver(m)
+
+        self.assertEqual(outputs.shape, (batch_size, self.seq_len, self.hidden_size))
+        self.assertEqual(h.squeeze().shape, (batch_size, self.hidden_size))
+        self.assertEqual(c.squeeze().shape, (batch_size, self.hidden_size))
+
+    def test_gru_eval(self):
+        receiver = Receiver(self.vocab_size, self.embedding_size,
+                     self.hidden_size, rnn_cell='gru')
+
+        batch_size = 2
+        m = torch.randint(high=self.vocab_size, size=(batch_size, self.seq_len))
+
+        receiver.eval()
+
+        outputs, h = receiver(m)
+
+        self.assertEqual(outputs.shape, (batch_size, self.seq_len, self.hidden_size))
+        self.assertEqual(h.squeeze().shape, (batch_size, self.hidden_size))
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