Sorry but there's a pretty big gap between understanding the domain for which your software is intended, and being qualified to work as a professional in that domain. The latter is what you're asking of academics.
If academics are writing predictive modelling software, I ask that they are qualified to do so.
> I ask that they are qualified to do so.
You need to make up your mind on this one. Are you asking this or aren't you?
Not all academic research depends on writing software.