The Arab Awakening: One Year On

Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.Marwan Muasher is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment. He served as foreign minister (2002–04) and deputy prime minister (2004–05) of Jordan, and his career has spanned the areas of diplomacy, development, civil society, and communications. He is also a senior fellow at Yale University.Alumni Association of the American University of Beirut. Ohio Valley ChapterOhio State University. Middle East Studies CenterOhio State University. Department of HistoryOhio State University. Department of Near Eastern Languages and CulturesOhio State University. Mershon Center for International Security StudiesEvent Web page, streaming video, event photo

Post-2011 Pluralism and Inclusion in Jordan: Rhetoric vs. Reality

The author explores reform efforts and identifies challenges in Jordan following the Arab Spring. The brief is part of a two-year project generously supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Arab world in crisis: redefining Arab moderation

Marwan Muashe

Training Samples for Classification of Multispectral Earth Observation Data

An important step in the use of pattern recognition methods is the training of the classifier. This work attempts to investigate the effects of some of the parameters contributing towards a correct classification. Specifically, the effects of the number of training samples, the amount of detail in gray scale, and the degree of separability among classes are investigated. Empirical studies are performed, and results reported showing the interaction among these three parameters. Statistical analysis is performed on the results to determine their significance. The results suggest that the independence of samples may be of importance in determining the number of training samples required. Further, as (1) the gray scale detail and/or (2) the class separability are decreased, the maximum classification, of course, declines. This work shows that even to achieve this lower maximum, a larger number of training samples is required

Palestinian-Israeli direct talks: the case for a regional approach

Marwan Muashe

MULTISTAGE CLASSIFICATION OF MULTISPECTRAL EARTH OBSERVATIONAL DATA: THE DESIGN APPROACH

One of the main problems in a multistage decision tree procedure is predicting the optimal features to be used at every node. An algorithm is proposed which predicts the optimal features at every node in a binary tree procedure. The algorithm estimates the probability of error by approximating the area under the likelihood ratio function for two classes, and taking into account the number of training samples used in estimating each of these two classes. Some results on feature selection techniques, particularly in the presence of a very limited set of training samples are presented. Results comparing probabilities of error predicted by the proposed algorithm as a function of dimensionality as compared to experimental observations are shown for aircraft and Landsat data. Results are obtained for both real and simulated data. Finally, two binary tree examples which use the algorithm are presented to illustrate the usefulness of the procedure

Oral history interview with Marwan Muasher, 2008 Oct. 20

Marwan Muasher was born on June 14 1956 in Amman, Jordan and received his Bachelors of Science, (1977), Masters of Science (1978), and Ph.D. (1981) in Computer Engineering from Purdue. The interview was conducted at the time he was on campus with his new book The Arab Center he Promise of Moderation at a lecture sponsored by the College of Engineering and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in conjunction with the College of Liberal Arts, as part of the Experience Liberal Arts month. He talks about his campus days at Purdue, a long way from having grown up in Jordan-student and campus life, professors and courses. He has held a number of governmental posts in Jordan, as well as serving as Jordans Ambassador to the United States from 1997 to 2002. He was Jordans foreign minister from 2002 to 2004 and the first Jordanian Ambassador to the United States from 1997 to 2002. He was Jordans foreign minister from 2002 to 2004 and the first Jordanian Ambassador to Israel from April 1995 to February 1996. He received as honorary doctorate from Purdue in 1999 and currently serves on the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Advisory Board and is a member of Eta Kappa Nu. He currently resides in Washington D.C. where he serves as Senior Vice President for External Affairs, The World Bank

Arab monarchies: chance for reform, yet unmet

Marina Ottaway; Marwan Muashe

Education for citizenship in the Arab world : key to the future

Muhammad Faour; Marwan Muashe