diff --git a/sims/AstraSim/frontend/Astra-Sim Parameters - INPUT FORMAT (1).csv b/sims/AstraSim/frontend/Astra-Sim Parameters - INPUT FORMAT (1).csv
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+Network,,
+Parameter,Range,SamePerDimension
+num-npus,"[8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024]",N/A
+num-dims,"(1, 4, 1)",N/A
+topology,"[{""Ring"", ""Switch"", ""FullyConnected""}]",TRUE
+npus_count,"[(1, num-npus, 1)]",FALSE
+bandwidth,"[5, 12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200]",FALSE
+latency,[{1}],TRUE
+,,
+System,,
+Parameter,Range,SamePerDimension
+scheduling-policy,"{""FIFO"", ""LIFO""}",N/A
+endpoint-delay,"(1, 1000, 1)",N/A
+active-chunks-per-dimension,"(1, 32, 1)",N/A
+preferred-dataset-splits,"(1, 1024, 1)",N/A
+all-reduce-implementation,"[{""ring"", ""direct"", ""oneRing"", ""oneDirect"", ""hierarchicalRing"", ""doubleBinaryTree""}]",FALSE
+all-gather-implementation,"[{""ring"", ""direct"", ""oneRing"", ""oneDirect"", ""hierarchicalRing"", ""doubleBinaryTree""}]",FALSE
+reduce-scatter-implementation,"[{""ring"", ""direct"", ""oneRing"", ""oneDirect"", ""hierarchicalRing"", ""doubleBinaryTree""}]",FALSE
+all-to-all-implementation,"[{""ring"", ""direct"", ""oneRing"", ""oneDirect"", ""hierarchicalRing"", ""doubleBinaryTree""}]",FALSE
+collective-optimization,"{""localBWAware"", ""baseline""}",N/A
+intra-dimension-scheduling,"{""FIFO"", ""SCF""}",N/A
+inter-dimension-scheduling,"{""baseline"", ""themis""}",N/A
+,,
+Workload,,
+Parameter,Range,SamePerDimension
+parallel-strategy,"{""dp"", ""fdsp"", ""mpdp""}",N/A
+data-parallel-degree,"[1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512]",N/A
+model-parallel-degree,"[1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512]",N/A
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diff --git a/sims/AstraSim/frontend/parameter_specs.csv b/sims/AstraSim/frontend/parameter_specs.csv
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+Network,,,,
+Parameter,Range,SamePerDimension,,
+num-npus,"[8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024]",N/A,,
+num-dims,"(1, 4, 1)",N/A,,"(min, max, step)"
+topology,"[{""Ring"", ""Switch"", ""FullyConnected""}]",TRUE,,"[ring, ring, ring]"
+npus_count,"[(1, num-npus, 1)]",FALSE,,
+bandwidth,"[5, 12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200]",FALSE,,"[5, 25, 50]"
+latency,[{1}],TRUE,,
+,,,,
+System,,,,
+Parameter,Range,SamePerDimension,,
+scheduling-policy,"{""FIFO"", ""LIFO""}",N/A,,
+endpoint-delay,"(1, 1000, 1)",N/A,,
+active-chunks-per-dimension,"(1, 32, 1)",N/A,,
+preferred-dataset-splits,"(1, 1024, 1)",N/A,,
+all-reduce-implementation,"[{""ring"", ""direct"", ""oneRing"", ""oneDirect"", ""hierarchicalRing"", ""doubleBinaryTree""}]",FALSE,,
+all-gather-implementation,"[{""ring"", ""direct"", ""oneRing"", ""oneDirect"", ""hierarchicalRing"", ""doubleBinaryTree""}]",FALSE,,
+reduce-scatter-implementation,"[{""ring"", ""direct"", ""oneRing"", ""oneDirect"", ""hierarchicalRing"", ""doubleBinaryTree""}]",FALSE,,
+all-to-all-implementation,"[{""ring"", ""direct"", ""oneRing"", ""oneDirect"", ""hierarchicalRing"", ""doubleBinaryTree""}]",FALSE,,
+collective-optimization,"{""localBWAware"", ""baseline""}",N/A,,
+intra-dimension-scheduling,"{""FIFO"", ""SCF""}",N/A,,
+inter-dimension-scheduling,"{""baseline"", ""themis""}",N/A,,
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diff --git a/sims/AstraSim/frontend/parse_parameter_specs.py b/sims/AstraSim/frontend/parse_parameter_specs.py
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+import csv
+import os
+
+def parse_csv_to_knobs(input_csv):
+    system_knobs = {}
+    network_knobs = {}
+    workload_knobs = {}
+
+    current_knob_dict = None
+
+    with open(input_csv, 'r') as csvfile:
+        csvreader = csv.reader(csvfile)
+
+        for row in csvreader:
+            if row and row[0] == 'System':
+                current_knob_dict = system_knobs
+            elif row and row[0] == 'Network':
+                current_knob_dict = network_knobs
+            elif row and row[0] == 'Workload':
+                current_knob_dict = workload_knobs
+            elif row[0] == 'Parameter':
+                next(csvreader)
+            elif current_knob_dict is not None:
+                parameter = row[0]
+                # row[1] is a set or a tuple. Tuple is a range, and set is a set of possible values
+                range = row[1]
+                samePerDimension = row[2]
+                current_knob_dict[parameter] = (eval(range), samePerDimension)
+
+    return system_knobs, network_knobs
+
+# Example usage
+input_csv_file = 'parameter_specs.csv'
+
+settings_file_path = os.path.realpath(__file__)
+settings_dir_path = os.path.dirname(settings_file_path)
+proj_root_path = os.path.abspath(settings_dir_path)
+
+parameter_specs = os.path.join(proj_root_path, input_csv_file)
+
+
+SYSTEM_KNOBS, NETWORK_KNOBS = parse_csv_to_knobs(parameter_specs)
+
+print("SYSTEM_KNOBS:")
+print(SYSTEM_KNOBS)
+print("\nNETWORK_KNOBS:")
+print(NETWORK_KNOBS)
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