SCaViS has its roots in particle physics where data mining is a primary task. It was created as jHepWork project in 2005 and it was initially written for data analysis for particle physics[1] using the Java software concept for International Linear Collider project developed at SLAC. Later versions of jHepWork were modified for general public use (for scientists, engineers, students for educational purpose) since the International Linear Collider project has stalled. In 2013, jHepWork was renamed to SCaViS and become a general-purpose community-supported project. The main source of reference is the book "Scientific Data analysis using Jython Scripting and Java"[2] which discusses in depth data analysis methods using Java and Jython scripting. More recently, SCaVis was discussed in German Java SPEKTRUM journal.[3]
The string "HEP" in the project name "jHepWork" abbreviates "High-Energy Physics". But due to a wide popularity outside this area of physics, it was renamed to SCaViS (Scientific Computation and Visualization Environment).