Two of the biologists we’re collaborating with at the lab brought up a good point today: we’re submitting papers that are written from the perspective of computer science to biomedical informatics conferences. No wonder we’re getting so many reviews in the neighborhood of “Why does this work?” when discussing topics that are assumed to be background! (Although I still don’t consider this a valid excuse to reject a paper; another’s lack of understanding is not a problem with my idea). I suppose we really should be submitting to different conferences, or including different sorts of information in the paper.